Prima Education Days in Indiana . . .
April 04, 2016
This past weekend I had the privilege of teaching at two wonderful Indiana stores.
Friday night was spent with new and old friends at
We started with a Carte Blanche blank slate.
Added beautiful Prima papers (everyone chose their own)
and then painted
4x6 Paintables with Oil Pastels.
Each one was finished off with
Adhesive Rub-Ons and Rub-On Foil Sheets.
They all turned out beautiful and unique to each artist!
Not to be missed, are Prima's beautiful gold doilies!
Next I traveled about an hour up the state to
for two Prima projects:
First up, a 6x6 Memory Hardware mini-book.
Can you tell it was a very cold, windy day?
But we had fun inside this beautiful store chock-full of great goodies!
We decorated the books using a couple of cool techniques
and many chipboard shapes from
The paper is from Frank Garcia's Collection: Vintage Emporium
as were the flowers.
Mel and Hannah make everyone feel right at home
and did I mention they ship for one (very low) price?
Hannah and Mel have one little section with
really cool jewelry and purses.
Yep, bought a couple. Did you see the price on that purse? $9.99!
OK, on to altered art.
For the 2nd workshop at Doodlebug
we began with Prima's Watercolor 12x12 Panel.
A blank canvas was painted using
Not saying this because but . . .
these are the best oil pastels I've ever used.
They mix easily with water,
are creamy,
come in a ton of colors
and one pack of 24 colors is only around $20.
I think the gals that used them this weekend would agree!
We also tried the beautiful
and the
Opal Magic Paints and found out they are definitely magic!
We painted with Art Alchemy paints
and finished off projects with detailed
Once the base canvas was painted, we layered it with
various Prima stamps and Birdy Nest stencils.
Using Art Extravagance Texture Paste - Crackle Mediums were a big hit!
Of course, we also added Adhesive Rub-Ons and Rub-On Foils.
Each canvas is beautiful and unique to the creator.
Mel and Hannah had prize giveaways in each class:
Gotta love Comfort Craft Tools!
Thank you Indiana! I had a great time visiting and teaching for
Prima Marketing.
A wonderful Prima Educator Day . . .
March 20, 2016
Spent the best day yesterday at Checkered Cottage, Kirkwood MO
We got together to create this mini-book.
It's a Frank Garcia Memory Hardware Chipboard Album (Square).
We all loved using this album with a 6x6 paper pad.
Frank's trick of painting the edges of the album in your favorite color
makes putting this together a snap!
The classroom is ready and filled with gorgeous Prima Marketing products.
We were using Prima's Butterfly 6x6 paper pad
with a theme of butterflies, birds and fairies for our books.
Then we got down to busy-ness:
We started with 4x6 Pocket Paintable Cards
and used
Prima's creamy Oil Pastels.
They easily mix with water and have the most delicious colors.
They are, by far, the easiest to blend I have ever worked with.
The girls agreed!
Each of the girls picked out an intricately cut butterfly from
We first painted with a layer of
Prima's Altered Alchemy Light Patina,
let that dry and then added
a layer of
Altered Alchemy Opal Magic Blue.
Why is it called Magic?
The color is brilliant when painted on white or cream.
Paint it on black and the color magically changes.
(You'll see in a bit.)
We finished the inside pages and
then started layering the cover:
Since each of the gals chose their own image for the cover,
each book was uniquely their own.
Here are a few samples of what they completed:
Notice the butterflies!
The doily on the front cover was cut using
Of course Prima flowers were everywhere
as well as
were used on the cover and throughout the book.
We were finished creating at 2 pm
(I thought)
but the gals kept fussing, adding flowers, leaves, embellishments and fussy cutting.
It was so much fun!
Thank you to all those who participated.
I loved every minute of it and hope you did too.
Bonus . . .
February 13, 2016
We'll be working on tags for March cards.
And a little bonus will be added . . .
If you have signed up, I have some very special
Prima Marketing Resin pieces.
You will get 3 resin pieces featuring baby chicks and eggs.
Perfect to add to Easter cards and/or altered pieces.
Because Easter is so early this year, we will be unable to work on Easter cards
with the Graphic 45 March papers.
So I'm throwing in a bit of a bonus to this class.
Join me at Checkered Cottage, Kirkwood MO
Friday, February 19
10:30 am
Reservations Required.
Just signed a contract . . .
January 28, 2016
So very excited to be a new member of the
Prima Education Team.
(I'll be added to their blog as soon as I take my own photo!)
I paper craft therefore I hoard . . . as we almost all do.
And one of my paper addictions is Prima Marketing.
Their vintage style matches my crafting wants.
Here's a book I completed using Prima's Time Travelers collections and one of Laura Denison's patterns.
I adore vintage look papers, interactive pages and mini-books
and these Prima papers and Laura Denison patterns fill all those desires.
Tags, pockets, envelopes!
Make shabby look even older with the help of
torn papers reminiscent of old wallpaper, tattered lace
and dyed vintage look ribbons.
So what can you expect from me as a Prima Educator?
More workshops featuring Prima Marketing products.
Maybe a kit or two here and there for those out-of-towners.
Teaching at your local scrapbook store or at one of your planned scrapbook retreats.
(No number is too small!)
Stay tuned for more projects with these beautifully designed papers and embellishments.
Contact me if you'd like me to teach at your store!