The tag feature on the Prima Blog was so popular last month, they decided to do it again this month. How cool is that?!
I decided to give it another go. I mean how much fun are they?
I played with the Songbird collection using chipboard, paper, flowers and even some crystals (just for a change).
I adore Prima. It's that simple.
Check out the blog for more inspiration from the Flower Girls. I especially love Karola's beautiful tags. Sigh.
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So let's start with Spellbinders.
My second post as an international Spellblogger is up and running and I'd love for you to take a look.
This month I used some of Spellbinders flower dies and created some beautiful flowers to add to a card and a wee treasure box.
Here's a sneak peek....
To see more photos and a tutorial on how I made these, just pop on over to the blog.
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I didn't show you the smash album from my class on Saturday in yesterday's post. So thought I'd come back today to show you what we made.
It started with a very different cover from last time.
I adore using corrugated card on my scrapbooking work. To add it in as a cover was great!
Then here's the inside....
We used a ton of cool new papers. I even threw in some ready made pockets.
Once again we used full pages as pockets, and on this page added a gorgeous little hand-made envelope too.
Some of the pages are very simple. Just a few stickers across the corner and a punched edge.
While others had tons of hand made work going on.
Another full length, but shorter pocket.
There were some beautiful whimsical papers we used. Just adored them.
Others were strong colour combos. Again, we created a hole in the top page so as we turn the page, we get to 'find' things aren't as we expected.
Some pages were kept nice and 'clean' so lots could be added to them.
We tried a bit of double stamping. Creating one image, then adding to it.
Plus we created pockets from 6x4 journaling cards from a sheet of paper.
I ADORE this page. So so pretty.
This one is cute too. Add some numbered stickers for journaling and a little bird and it looks pre made.
Loved these little frames that we could add stamped sayings to.
And that pocket there? Another something different, something fun to add more items to an album.
I really do enjoy cutting down the copyfile clear files. They make perfect pages.
And more white embossing. LOVE it.
Another small pocket, a sticker and another couple of pages are done.
These albums are so much fun to make. They take a bit of time. But we did have some people finish in class. WOW! They would have worked! Still others I've heard from since. They've completed their albums over the last couple of days. How cool is that?!
So now I'm onto planning for SENZ. I've got some products ordered and now I need to find more. Ahhhh the fun about to start!
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Huge thanks to Lyn and her angels for having me down to Nelson yesterday. What a beautiful bunch of ladies you all are!
From the hanging out on Friday, to dinner Friday night to the classes yesterday. It was a wonderful experience.
Here's some photos of the day....
How about waking up to this each morning?
Isn't this beautiful? THANK YOU so much Lyn & Bevan for having me stay over. You are wonderful hosts and I so appreciated the time we spent together.
We went and set up for the day to find out our room wasn't as big as they assured us it would be. Oh well, we're nothing if not resourceful and with the help of the lovely man and his wheels, we got it sorted as best we could.
I've put three photos together here (not very well! LOL), but it gives you an idea of the FUN we were all having. Workstations around the room with use of punches, die cuts, inking, painting, embossing, glimmer misting. A big room of glorious mess. But I'm getting ahead of myself. This is a look at our second class.
We started off with the LO class. Here's what it looked like....
It was a bit of a jigsaw to put together, but everyone did really well and their LO's looked amazing!
Of course when you use Prima products, it can't help but look pretty good, right?!
I loved this class. As per usual there was a bit of cutting to do. But then it was a matter of putting it all together. Probably the most 'different' part of this class was using Prima's resist canvas. See those leaves? Yep, that's it. It comes in a packet (with tons of product inside!!!), as white canvas, but when you ink (as we did), or spray it or whatever you choose to do, there is a wonderful pattern underneath that resists the colour you're applying. Neat huh?!
We used two colours of Tim Holtz's Distress ink to get a deep and interesting colour.
We went outside to take a quick pic of the class. Aren't they a great looking bunch?!
On the way back in, Brenda took a photo of me. I wasn't too sure to start with, but one of my 'mantras' is to ensure that I try to include myself in photos, so I couldn't very well turn around and say no, could I? LOL. I think she did a great job (thanks Brenda!)....
And of course it wouldn't be a 'Trina' scrapping class without lots of laughter. OMG, I'm catching flies! LOL.
And those that were there yesterday found out a wee secret that Lyn and I have been working on. It's exciting. It's amazing. It's bigger and better than the one day and it means I'll be going back to Nelson.
Watch this space as we finalise details and get back to you with just what we've been planning. You're going to LOVE it.
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I don't think I've put anything on my blog about this yet? And it's on Sat. Let's give you some clues huh?!!!!
It's a wonderful whimsical LO. We're using one photo. 6x4 portrait. Ideally with background that you can trim.
If you don't have a photo to bring, you can always add it later.
Apart from your photo, all you need to bring is your standard scrapbooking kit.
I can't wait to see you on Sat!
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There's another BAP competition on the Prima blog.
I gave it a go and came up with this.
Not quite the same as the sketch, but certainly inspired by it. To see the sketch, click here.
I wanted to add a 'proper' title to it, but was running out of room, so decided to put my title on a transparency and then have it roll over all those gorgeous embellishments.
I don't have a stapler that reaches right into the middle of the page, but have a little tip for you....
Fully open the stapler so it is one long piece of metal rather than two pieces meeting together.
Pop something soft under where you want to staple, then staple with just the one side.
Using the soft piece (I use an old mouse pad) means the staple will go into it and not your table. Then I just turn over my work and fold the staples over.
To see more work from the Prima DT, just pop on over to the blog and check it out!
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Thanks so much for joining in the blog hop yesterday! It was a ton of fun huh?! Did you get as much inspiration as I did from everyone's wonderful blogs?
I chose a random winner using the random number generator....
True Random Number Generator 82 Powered by RANDOM.ORG
So that means Tamika is my winner.
Интересный блог. Рада была побывать у вас в гостях. Спасибо за возможность выиграть приз.
Posted by: Tamika | May 06, 2012 at 09:05 AM
Tamika, can you please send me an email with your address and I'll get this box of goodies off to you asap.
Have a happy Sunday everyone.
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WOOHOO, Welcome to the Scrap Kitchen NSD blog hop!!!
You have a chance to win one or more of 50 prizes from 50 different blogs!!!
This is the EASIEST BLOG HOP EVER! All you have to do to win a prize is to PLEASE LEAVE a comment under this post. I would also love it if you would become a follower of my blog!
On Sunday May 6th I will choose someone randomly for the prize winner!
My Prize will be a PIZZA BOX FULL OF PRIMA GOODIES!!!
The winners details will be posted on here so make sure you check back to see if you have won!
For more chances to win, please go to the next blogger....
Nadia Cannizzo www.samnadia.blogspot.com and leave some more blog love. I have posted the complete blog list here just in case anyone forgets to post or has computer issues!
We would also love for you to come and join us in The Scrap Kitchen on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/groups/358068404230630/ and will also be posting winners names there!
BLOG HOP Participants (in order)
Sherry Mendoza http://sherryscreations.typepad.com/sherrys-creations/
Katherine Prefol www.scrapeverything.wordpress.com
Kristie Taylor http://kristietaylor.blogspot.com/
Melissa Harris Goodman http://melsartjourney.blogspot.com.au/
Jenny Burns http://burns900.blogspot.com.au/
Tina Dalton http://tdscrappin.blogspot.com.au/
LeAnne Payne http://australianscrapbooking.blogspot.com.au/
Sheree Power http://sheree412.blogspot.com.au/
Michelle Clarke www.blueshell.typepad.com
Jamie Dougherty http://www.jaylynnscraps.com/
Liz Hicks http://blogerisms.blogspot.com/
Heidi Kelley http://seesterk.blogspot.com/
Irit Shalom http://iritshalom.blogspot.com/
JJ Sobey http://1-goodthing.blogspot.com/
Scraptherapy http://scraptherapysessions.blogspot.com.au/
Gerry van Gent http://gerryscrafts.blogspot.com/
Cheryl Bodkin Waters http://blog.artsyfindings.com/
Mel Connell http://mouldsbymel.blogspot.com.au/
Gine Kristofferson Silvera http://ginesscraproom.blogspot.com/
Sarah Moore http://sarahmoore-thescrapjunkie.blogspot.com.au/
Samantha Hauzer http://justlovescrappin.blogspot.com.au/
Drew Scott http://www.scrappyhappiness.com/
Jennifer Priest http://hydrangeahippo.com/
Jordie Craig http://combatcardswa.typepad.com/today_is_a_gift/
Kathy Hall http://kat-meowsmusings.blogspot.com.au/
Melissa Elsner http://theprofoundbrunette.com/
Michelle Thomas http://scrapbookdivas.blogspot.com.au/
Trina McClune www.trinamcclune.typepad.com (you are HERE!)
Nadia Cannizzo www.samnadia.blogspot.com
Lynne Erskine Forsythe http://lynneforsythe.blogspot.com/
Gloria Stengel http://www.gloriascraps.blogspot.com/
Leanne Allinson http://leanneallinson.blogspot.com.au/
Wendy Crafts http://wendycrafts.blogspot.com/
Agnus Kasprzak http://www.a-place-in-my-dreams.blogspot.com.au/
Natasja Cats Verbeek www.vintagetearooms.com
Kim Jeffress http://www.glasshalffull-kim.blogspot.com.au/
Gina Rodgers http://gingerbread.typepad.com/
Trudi Harrison http://scrappinwitht.blogspot.com.au/
Steph Devlin: www.stephdevlin.typepad.com
Beck Beattie: www.justmebingme.blogspot.com
Melita Chow: http://simplyscrappingbyhisgrace.wordpress.com/
Emeline Seet: www.scrapvilla.blogspot.com
Crece Thomas: www.crecet.blogspot.com
Rebecca Boyer: http://rebeccaboyer.blogspot.com.au/
Emma Rose Sabourin Rayburn: http://auntieemsscrapbookingbeading.blogspot.ca/
Brandie Partello: http://parttotell5.blogspot.com/
Marjie Kemper www.marjiekemper.typepad.com
Susan Pyrcz Weckesser: http://mysweetearth.blogspot.com/
Iris Babao Uy: http://irisbabaouy.typepad.com/creativecorner/
Susan Mintmire (Papercrafters corner): www.papercrafterscorner.com
Thanks so much for joining in!!!
And just because I can, I've put together a couple of little ideas for you. Both very simple, quick and easy. Something you could put together in just a few minutes.
The first one is a card you could make for any occassion. You know the one, as you walk out the door to leave for it, and suddenly realise you haven't got a card? Uh huh! This is for you!
I have used a ton of Prima papers from the North Country range and just a few (grin) Spellbinders dies too.
To give the card some dimension I added foam dots behind each layer of paper, and sanded the edges.
The other is a tiny paper box I made using an envelope die. I actually saw the original idea on Pinterest so can't claim the idea as my own, but have adjusted it slightly to make it smaller.
I love to pop little bags of sweets into boxes like this and give to people when they are least expecting it. Again, the sentiment can be added when you know what the reason is for the gift.
To make this box, I used a Stampin Up Die. I cut two pieces of the same die, as well as a couple of rectangular pieces of cardstock.
Both very simple, very quick but fun to make and give.
Have a wonderful day today!
Trina.
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And here's why....
I'm teaching another SMASH album. Yeha! We're going to create the album from scratch again meaning you make it personalised just the way YOU like it. So good!
We're using gorgeous papers from Pink Paislee, Simple Stories and Heidi Swapp.
We're using lots of techniques, including a very old one which I'm loving at the moment.
We're using stuff from around the home, and some other cool embellishments.
We're making pockets.
Adding nifty secret compartments.
Stamping (lots and lots).
We're enhancing patterns already on the page.
Adding special tags and layered stamping.
We're making colours 'POP'.
And not being scared of colours that already pop by themselves.
We're making the book so you can take it away and smash all your special things in it, or save it for a trip, or give it to a friend having a baby, or whatever event or idea takes your fancy (perhaps even for mothers day!).
I am really excited about this album. It's different to the one I taught in March. Although some (not all) of the techniques will be similar. And after seeing how much fun we had in the last class, well, I can't wait to get all messy and goey again.
Here is what you are going to need to bring to make your gorgeous pages:
Your standard scrapbooking kit
A variety of adhesives (I used a glue gun, double sided tape, glossy accents).
Brown ink (plus any other of your favourite colours - bring your ink stash!).
Your favourite paint/s.
Your favourite glimmmermist colours.
Things to bring IF you have them:
Cuttlebug.
Crop a dile.
Foam Brush/s.
Heat gun.
Baby wipes.
Additional items/scraps you might like to add to your album.
This class contains enough product/supplies for you to complete 23 pages (thats 46 pages all up) and your covers, OMG, that's even more than the last class!
The additional paint/glimmermist/ink that I'm recommending you bring are so you can ensure the feel of your album is exactly right. I will of course have enough paint etc for you to complete the album as mine is.
There are a ton of techniques we're going to be using during the construction of the album, from stamping to sewing, making our own pages to making our own pockets, from die cuts to trimmers, from paint to glimmermist. It is chock full of F . U . N.
Please let me know if you have any questions!
See you there!
PS: If you want to see how my inital album turned out, check it out in this post.
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We woke up to a pretty big storm of snow in comparison to our other days and it was pure magic. The boys and I took off to the end of the hotel corridor to watch it fall. It's about 7am but looks like midnight.
We were moving hotels, so packed up, had breakfast and while Andy got in the taxi with all our luggage, we wandered across on foot. The snow was so deep and powdery the kids couldn't stop themselves playing in it. In hindsight, this was probably a silly place to make snow angels, but IS on the 'footpath'.
While we were waiting for Andy, the kids and I went back outside. Those suits are far too warm to stay inside in. Grin. The boys loved throwing snowballs at the side of the hotel.
We had left our last day as a 'free' day. And because we felt rushed at Santa's village and the husky's we went back there. It was amazing to see them in so much fresh snow and the light.
Check out all the huskys behind the fence. Was pure fantasty type stuff.
And then they came racing around the corner.
It looks freezing, but we were totally enjoying all the new snow falling around us watching an amazing sight.
Check out Dan below trying to catch snow on his tongue. Grin.
On the path it was 'easy' to walk, but off the paths, it was deep powdery snow.
And of course I wanted a 'perfect' Finland photo with all this new snow. Pity I look like the Michelin man. ROFL!
Remember that photo from the other day that I said reminded me of The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe? Well, here it is again, in the daylight.
Dan just wanted to play in the snow. Play, play and play some more. It was easy. There was so much of it around! Grin.
Andy is tall, so you can see just how deep the snow is.
We wandered from the husky's across the road, playing along the way, back to Santa's village.
So pretty. Both the scene and our gorgeous girl.
More beautiful trees with beautiful lights in a beautiful landscape.
And this is Santa's letterbox. Those letters you send him, this is where they arrive.
Goodness only knows what Dan's thinking/doing. LOL! Just above these figurines is a temperature guage and during the day we kept watching to see it getting lower and lower. This was by far the coldest day while we were here.
Around Santa's village were a ton of things to do. Of course Reindeer rides was one of them. Adored seeing these beautiful creatures again.
There was a really cool looking hut up a snow staircase. It looked interesting from the things we could see on the other side of that fence, so we had to go see.
Unfortunately, we didn't have cash. Note to self, take cash to all things in Finland. We couldn't use our credit cards. I can't remember why. But it was a mission. The closest 'hole in the wall' was 10kms away. So Andy took off in a taxi, while the kids and I found some other cool things to see and do.
The kids were a bit grumpy by this stage. They just wanted to so on some of the fun rides. And well us adults, were next to useless. Grin.
Finally they got to have a turn on the mini snow mobiles. And this time, there was no rope! Go Dan Go. Can you see the grin through all those layers? He LOVED it.
And competition between my three? NOT MUCH! LOL.
Wonder where they got that trait from? Hmmmmm.
After the snow mobiles we wandered back past those beautiful reindeer and up and into that cool snow building. Look what was inside. WOW!
And going out the other side, we found the coolest couple of slides EVER!
That's Matt. We ALL went on this slide first. And it was SCARY! But oh so much fun! And this was only the small one!
When you got to the bottom you climbed back up the ice steps and went again, and again, and again. LOL.
Check out how high we'd go on the bank!!!!!
Sarah got bored with the slide for a bit and wanted to watch with us, thank goodness there was ready made fun right there.
And then the sun started to set.
And we went back through this door, down the steps and back to the hotel.
We went for dinner and Sarah promptly threw up all over the table. OMG! So it was back to the room for her and I. Before sleep and then we left the next morning.
Getting to the airport, I LOVED seeing all the wonderful names on the display board.
We were off to Helsinki for the night before going back to Singapore.
But what I couldn't get over was the airport runways. Totally covered in snow. It amazed me how the flights just carried on.
Above is from the end of the runway, and below is from somewhere over Finland. WOW!
Taking the time to go over these photos again a few months after the trip has been so amazing. I feel incredibly priviledged and lucky to have experienced a white Xmas with my family.
Planning is now underway for the next 'intrepid journey' in 3 years time (or sooner if I can make it work. LOL).
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Oh I do love a good cake. And what better time to bake one than a friend's birthday?
Sarah and I set about baking for our good friend Linn's birthday which was on Sat. We're seeing her on Wed so have now put the cake in the freezer to decorate on Tues, but we also made one for the family.
Sarah is in charge of Linn's cake, but I decorated this one.
We made 4 small cakes in different colours, layered them on top of each other, then iced.
It's Sarah's colour choice. Eeeeek. LOL.
I was watching the new NZ hottest home baker the other night and saw a woman trying to make a chocolate top, so decided to give it a go myself.
and inside?
I need to learn how to smooth the edges better. I see a cake decorating course coming up in the future ;)
Later.
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We had a lovely lazy day at home today.
Reading
and kissing.
Baking (more of that tomorrow!)
and hanging out.
Plus a bit of chicken time...
I wanted to see if our new chooks would be interested in coming into the main garden. They did as babies, but now, were a little nervous. In the end I tempted them with bread...
Here's Sunshine. She is the most beautiful BIG bird. She is a Coronation Sussex and we are waiting for her to start laying (hopefully any day now).
This is Chocey (as in Chocolate), she was quite happy to come outside as soon as she saw food. Grin. She is a Barnevelder (we think single laced, but that is a little unusual, so not sure?). She was from our second hatch.
Here's Tiny. Our wee Frizzle. She is growing up quickly. But still tiny. And running away from me here. LOL.
This is Bertie. She is enjoying a new roost we put up last weekend. She is a Barred Rock and is very cute. We brought her from Poultry Valley about a month ago. So we're still waiting on her to lay. It will probably be a few more weeks at the earliest.
Like I said, a lovely lazy day. Ahhhhhhh.
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If you've been watching the Prima blog this month you'll have noticed lots of LO's showcasing their flowers and what can be done with them. The design team have once again outdone themselves in giving everyone a ton of inspiration.
Well I couldn't miss out on all the fun could I?
Here's a look at what I created using oodles of glorious Prima flowers....
To start I created a base of Essentials flowers to give a fantastic flat flow across the page that I could then layer upon.
I then decorated these flat flowers with more flowers including a vine which I cut apart to give me more 'bang for my bucks', if that makes sense. By cutting the vine, I could pop a little piece here and a little piece there and it looked like there was a lovely vine flowing across the page.
Of course the photos and journaling had to take centre stage and in this case I think they worked well together. The photos are old, but it was something I just couldn't let go. I needed to tell this story.
You can see that some of the Essentials flowers are still 'empty' and part of the design while others have been layered with more flowers on top.
I placed the title alphabets onto a piece of clear transparency so I could move it around and see where I liked it best. It also allowed me to layer it over anything.
And the best thing about this LO is that all those Essential flowers I used? Didn't even touch the sides of the package I had. Grin. Gotta love a big bunch of beautiful flowers!
I hope you get the chance to do some crafting today. Maybe even taking some inspiration from some of the team over at the blog.
Later.
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I've done this before, but was at a loose end the other day so thought I could give it another go.
I create a set of cards, with similar designs but different sentiments and package it together with envelopes to give to a friend/teacher/family member or to just use myself as the need arises.
A quick and easy yet thoughtful solution to give to those people who are a little hard to buy for.
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