We have two awesome projects to share with you this week on Live with Prima! Both projects will be altered using different art mediums on Prima's fabulous products, including canvas and packaging. Cari and Marion are sure to inspire you with lots of great ideas and put a little mojo back into your creativity...Hope to see you there!

The new June schedule for Live with Prima will be posted later today and you can check out all of the classes we have to offer this month. It is packed full of great projects and amazing ideas using Prima products. Go to the Live with Prima website for the complete schedule and all of our class information. This site is a wealth of information regarding all of our upcoming broadcasts, including a store locator that offer LWP kits, FAQ's on how our program works and archived videos too.

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Art Tin with Cari Fennell

Tuesday, May 31st at 6:30pm PST

(7:30pm MDT/ 8:30pm CST/ 9:30pm EST)

 

Let’s alter a tin with Gesso, paint, and finish it off with a crackle finish…stunning! And of course, we’ll be adding lots of Prima embellishments including canvas, pearls and flowers too to create a gorgeous project to display anything you like…The possibilities are endless and you’ll learn couple of cool techniques too!

Class kits are available at Scrapbook Grammie and Your Memories Here!

Prima Product List

• 531133-Alphabet-Teal
• 527075-Velvet Leaves
• 920425-Canvas Shape-Dressform
• 518196-Belle Fleur Satin Flower-Teal
• 841171-Pastiche Paper-Love Letter
• 538620-Fairy Tale Roses-White
• 300746-E-Line Pearls
• 517632-Tin
• 536978-DeVine Felt

Extra Materials:

• Distress Rock Candy Crackle by Ranger
• Studio Gesso by Claudine Helmuth
• Vintage Photo Distress Ink by Ranger
• Studio Acrylic Paint-Tan by Claudine Helmuth
• Sand Paper
• Corner Rounder
• Trimmer
• Fabri Tac

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Artful Tote with Marion Smith

Thursday, June 3rd at 6:30pm PST

(7:30pm MDT/ 8:30pm CST/ 9:30pm EST)

 

This class is so fun and easy, we'll be making an artful tote bag that can be used as purse or tool bag for your craft supplies. It's a creative way to wear your art on your shoulder! We'll be using some of the latest Prima products, as well as some glimmer mists, which work wonderfully with the mask you'll receive in this kit. I'll see you there! 

See our Store Locator for class kits!

Prima supplies:

• 545611-12x12 Mask
• 547820-Audrey-Matriarch Collection
• 548698-Nanette-Dechire Collection
• 547974-Coretta-Matriarch Collection
• 549480-Sparkling-Butterfly Kisses
• 548735-Joyl-Dechire Collection
• 547523-Lovely Leaves Collection
• 921538-Donna Downey Canvas Tote 

Extra supplies:

• Napkins or paper towels for over spray
• Glimmer mist Pomegranate, Timeless Lilac, any tan color, dark brown
• Heat tool or Dryer
• Diamond Stickles
• Quick dry glue or hot glue 

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 Join us on our Prima channel to see the shows "live" and to participate in our chats! Create a free account on ustream, log in and go to our channel to chat with other viewers during the show. We have moderators present to help you with any questions you may have during the broadcast. It's a lot of fun and very informative. All of our broadcasts are recorded, so if you can't make it for the live version, you will still be able to see all of the classes we've aired! See the list of videos here!

 

Happy Memorial Day to our military families!

 

Thank you for your service.

Prima would like to thank every one of our military families on this Memorial Day week-end! The sacrifices each of you make to protect our freedoms are very much appreciated.

 

Safe travels for everyone traveling. For those staying near home-we hope you  take some time out of your busy week-end to enjoy these delightful projects!

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Amanda Muirhead shows off one of our flocked iron-ons and loads of fun Prima products on this adorable layout!

 
Iron-On 921170

Supplies:

• 545277 Rub ons
• 921170 Flocked Iron – Ons
• 544676 Say it in Crystals & Pearls
• 545802 Sparkling - Glittered CardStock Stickers
• 545413 Lace Alencon Collection
  
• 842635  Bon Jour - Sparkling Spring Collection
• 842697  Frou Frou - Sparkling Spring Collection
• 842703  Spun Sugar - Sparkling Spring Collection
• 842710  Berry Fresh - Sparkling Spring Collection
• 842680  Giselle - Sparkling Spring Collection
• 921033 Rose Trim

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Daniela Dobson is the queen of cards as shown on this Back Stage beauty!

Back Stage Paper 842109

Supplies:

• Celeste Back Stage - 842079
• Venue Back Stage – 842109
• Rub on Back Stage – 545369
• SIIC – 544263
• Ribbon trim – 921552
• Treasure Rae Col Georgia – 546885

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Iris Babao-Uy brings us a gorgeous design showing off our Say It In Crystals swirls. They add the perfect sparkly touch to any project.

Mask-545581

Supplies:

• Mask-545581
• SIIC Swirl-544638
• Vintage Trinket-549749
• DD Rose Trim-921569
• Calcutta Leaves-539153
• Madeline Papers-842383, 842376

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Jamie Dougherty displays a few stunning vacation photos on this lovely layout! The touches of lace and bold flowers really catch your eye.

 

Supplies:

• 842437-Skyward Madeline Collection
• 549121-Lemon Carnation Vine
• 549602-Aire Collection
• 548421-Reflections Paloma Collection
• 545475-Alencon Lace
• 544737-Say It In Crystals

 

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Check out this new class offered by Donna Downey Studios!

Leave a comment on this post for a chance to win a FREE spot in this fabulous, artsy class! We will pick one class winner on Tuesday, May 31st!

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the future's so bright...

i gotta wear shades (of color!)

so excited to announce that PanPastel has teamed up with me to bring you a new series in video workshops!

i just finished recording PanPastel 101 and will be available June 1st for immediate download.

this wokshop will be an introduction to PanPastels as a medium of color and will walk you through step by step as we explore the following key concepts.

• the palettes of color
• tools
• apllication
• layering techniques
• shading
• blending
• and fixing

we will be creating in a working journal as we experiment, document and explore this new medium. the journal will then become a resource as well as an integral part of the process as we progress through each workshop in the series.

watch a bit of the intro...

 

for each video workshop PanPastel is custom packaging palettes of color used in each.

check it out!!!

i am currently working on PanPastel 102, which will be the second of the 2 part intruduction in the series.

PanPastel 102 will go more in depth into building backgrounds, layering techniques, texture building, and mediums.   (should be available online soon after 101)

 

Prima will be teaching classes at BOTH Great American Scrapbook Conventions!

Great American Scrapbook Convention
Arlington Convention Center
Arlington, TX
June 2-4, 2011

(Rebecca will be hosting make-n-takes in the Prima booth (#518) and teaching Prima classes in Texas: 30 Minute Layouts, Prima Possibilities Mini-Album.)

Dulles Expo Center - South Hall
Chantilly, VA
June 24-25, 2011

(Sharon will be teaching Prima classes in Virginia: 30 Minute Layouts, Prima Possibilities Mini-Album.)

You can sign up here!! Hurry Up-registration closes today at 1:00 PM est for Chantilly, VA!

The Color Connections event was held this past week-end and we had so much fun! 

 

THANK YOU to everyone who came and shared your week-end with us: Talented Students, Valued Retailers, Tattered Angels, and Pink Paislee. What a GREAT group of amazing people!

 

Since a picture is worth a thousand words we are going to be quite WORDY today. Enjoy!!

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 The event was held at the gorgeous Mission Inn located in Riverside, CA.

 

These were the Inn greeters! (The talented birds even danced and talked.)

 

Isn't it stunning?

Mission Inn offers a spa, boutique, restaurants, and a cupcake place! And the cupcakes were oh-so-yummy!

The restaurants had delicious food and musical entertainment!

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Thursday Evening:

We opened up The Color Connection with event registration on one of their adorable patios!

 

You could even make a personalized name-tag with Rebecca of PP while birds tweeted, church bells rang, and warm breezes swirled around the patio!

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Friday: 

Prima was ready to start on Friday with loads of energy and an artsy project for our students taught by Marion Smith! 

(Sharon, Pom, and Marion)

(Just peek at the gorgeous rooms we crafted in!)

 

Crop Night:

We opened up crop night with a delicious, and brightly-colored, candy bar...

...a hilarious photo booth (excuse the blurry pic...we were laughing so hard we didn't get one single sharp shot!)

...and lots and lots of scrapping and prizes!

Did we mention how FUN our Color Connection ladies were? They worked really hard on their Prima canvas totes for the "What's Your Color?" contest...and these three beautiful ladies won!

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 Saturday:

Prima's Saturday project included LOTS of coloring and fun techniques taught by Sharon Laakkonen

The ladies each customized their birdhouse album! You just have to see how varied they came out.

Each one turned out so adorable!

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Sunday:

On Sunday we moved to the AMAZING Music Room for a PACKED day of gorgeous fun!

 

Wendy, Pom, and Rebecca...

Sharon, Rebecca, and Marion..ready to start the jam-packed day!

Gorgeousness!

Fun kits!

We will post even MORE photos on our Facebook Fan Page so hop on over there and LIKE us!!

This week, we have some fabulous, flowery mini book projects to share with you!

Cari is teaching a Flower Mini book that is perfect to create for those special little ones in our lives. She is creating two books on the show -one for a boy and a girl. These are perfect projects to recreate with the kiddos too!

Marion has a grungy-gorgeous mini book thats holds handmade postcards and mailings that fit inside the book. There is a lot of inking, blending and custom creating, included in this project.

All of our online classes are free and filled with great ideas! See all of our live broadcasts on our Prima channel and you can see all the recorded shows here. Be sure check out our Live with Prima website for the entire class schedule, FAQ's and more! Hope to see you at the shows!

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Flower Mini Books with Cari Fennell

Tuesday, May 24th at 11:00am PST

(12:00pm MDT/ 1:00pm CST/ 2:00pm EST)

 

 

Let’s create mini books using large flowers and adorable embellishments! This little book will make the perfect gift for anyone and a great project to create with the kids too! We’ll make one for a girl and one for a boy-all in one class. Join me to see how it’s done and maybe even become inspired to make one too!

 

514211-Mum Flower Kit-Moda

514181-Mum Flower Kit-Amaranth

841560-So Cute-Hide and Seek

841456-So Cute-So Cute

841577-So Cute-Great Outdoors

841591-So Cute Noteworthy

841553-So Cute-Growing

541644-Chipboard Journaling-So Cute

541798-Alphabet-So Cute

300388-E-Line flowers-white

300746-E Line pearls

541378-Lace-1 yard

Marvy 3 inch circle punch-regular or scalloped

Hole Punch

2-Binding Rings

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 Grungy Mailings Mini Book with Marion Smith

Thursday, May 26th at 6:30pm PST

(7:30pm MDT/ 8:30pm CST/ 9:30pm EST)

 

Everyone loves getting mail! How fun would it be to get together with some friends and send each other some handmade postcards? They were created to go perfectly with this mini book to store them. Not only will you be recycling your Prima packaging, but also the box your goodies came in! We're going for a Grungy postcard theme with this book and it is loaded with cute little pockets. Your imagination is sure to run wild with all kinds of possibilities! I hope you can join me, and be prepared to get your hands dirty!

 

545222-Botanical Journal Notecards

546250-Eminence Flowers

546427-Gatsby Flower-Peace

547523-Lovely Leaves-Green

549473-Butterfly Kiss-Melody

930066-Vintage Trinkets-Birdcage

930073-Vintage Trinkets-Milk Glass Drops

842840-Botanical Adore

842833-Botanical-Beloved

842826-Botanical-From The Heart

842819-Botanical-Romance

842802-Botanical-Far Far Away

842796-Botanical-My Love

842789-Botanical-Candle Light

842772-Botanical-True Words

842765-Botanical-Sweet Heart

• 6-4''x6'' cardboard pieces
• 6 mini tags
• jute rope
• Brushed Corduroy Distress ink
• wet glue
• Glimmer Mist in Wheatfields or any tan color. Even water will do!

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Did you happen to catch Drew's show from last week? He made a gorgeous mini book using Prima's Back Stage Collection, including flowers, lace, pearls and more... Check it out right here....

 

Today, it's all about cards... It's so nice to take a break from larger projects and create mini works of art from our stash of scrap supplies.

Prima flowers and papers are the perfect elements to make stunning cards and we wanted to share some examples that our talented Design Team has created....

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This adorable, whimsical card was created by Daniela Dobson. She cut out the journaling bracket from our So Cute Paper Collection and added a beautifully layered flower to bring out the colors from the papers. The added texture to the sentiment and little butterflies accent the card perfectly...

 

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Anabelle O'Malley created this richly colored card using papers from our Reflections Collection. The journaling notecard adds an elegant touch and it makes the perfect focal point for this card. The flowers finish it off perfectly, tying in the warm color scheme.

 

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Nic Howard reused our gorgeous packaging and created a stunning window card! Our translucent packaging makes the perfect back drop for this beautiful card.  Notice all the details added by using a mix of Prima flowers, felt and lace...

 

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Cari Fennell created this vintage style card using Prima stamps and a beautiful mix of painted flowers. Custom color our white flowers to achieve your desired color pallette and add a mix of centers to finish off the look...

 

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We hope you enjoyed our card segment today and inspired you to create little some masterpieces of your own!

 

We have had lots and lots of fun challenges, give-aways, and a hippity hop blog hop lately right here on the Prima blog! We hope you have enjoyed ALL of them. Of course we offered a few freebies along the way and it's time to give those away.

 

Today we have two winners to announce for the Big Picture Class Give-Aways. Check out these two AMAZING classes. We have a spot for one Prima blog reader in each one!

 

1. Picture Spring self-paced class
taught by Tracey Clarke http://www.traceyclark.com/

Picture Spring is a 30-day self-paced e-class that will encourage and inspire you to use photography to celebrate the season of new beginnings while honoring and nourishing your creative spirit. With a new email and fresh perspective in your inbox each morning, you'll use the daily photo prompt to help open your mind and guide your lens to see and capture your life and the world around you. Whether you are an expert photographer, or just starting out, this project will help you see things in a completely new light.  Sign- up details http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/picturespringsp.php

 

2. May with May month long live workshop
taught by May Flaum http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/mayf.php

 

Scrapbooking should be fun. Less rules, more color, lots of smiling and reminiscing. Scrapbookers should be able to enjoy whatever creative time they make or find, right? Right! At least this is what long time Big Picture instructor May Flaum believes – and May wants to use the whole month of May to infuse you with her free-spirited and lighthearted approach to keeping memories. Register for May with May and experience 31 days chock full of May’s all time favorites, fanciful ideas and brand new layouts. In short, May with May is an entire month packed with scrapbooking goodness. Sign- up details http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/maywithmay.php

 

Our lucky BPS & Prima winners are:

Alwayscharlie  and  Pam Capone!

Congrats! Please email sharon@primamarketinginc.com within the next 7 days to claim your spot!

 

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We  also have a FABULOUS copy of Creative Spaces to give away!

 

 

You can grab a copy of this amazing issue (being released May 10th) right here at Scrap and Paper Shop! You can see more sneak peeks HERE! Use this code-  SPACESBB  -for free shipping in the US-offer expires 5/27/11.

 

Our lucky winner for a copy of Creative Spaces is:

 

Sherie!

Congrats, Sherie! Please email sharon@primamarketinginc.com within 7 days to claim your prize!

 

Just look at these beautiful feminine products! May's PPP includes scrumptious flowers, sparkling crystals, glossy pebbles, luscious ribbons, and oh-so-sweet patterned papers.

Products Include: 

549459-Pink& Purple Angel Eyes

548919-Regent Collection Flowers

548773-Love Note Crochet Flowers

548629-Fairy Whisper Collection

547011-Delightful Day Purple Flowers

547325-Millinery Purple Flowers

547875-Lovely Lace Ribbon

548049-Via Flaminia Pink Flower

548001-Matriarch Collection

544461-Lace and Crystal Borders

548162-Floret Roses 

Want to win some of these high-quality Prima products? Now you have TWO chances to win!

 

First: Repost this Prima PPP blog post on your blog, facebook, or any other forum (please follow all forum's TOU.) Come back here and LINK us to your repost in the comment section!

 

OR

 

Second: Complete a Prima-based project using these products or Palette shown above and submit them to us: sharon@primamarketinginc.com by MAY 30th! Please put "May PPP" in the subject line.

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Our design team had fun with this palette too! Just look at their scrumptious projects!

 

Jamie Dougherty pulls this month's Prima Palette onto a doll-form! Just look at her amazing touches to create depth and detail on the design using Prima paper, lace, and flowers.

548001-Matriarch Flowers

The soft and feminine Matriarch flowers are made with layers and layers of gorgeous fabric.

 

Supplies Used:

• 548919- Regent Collection- Victoria
• 547011- Delightful Day Collection- Twilight 
• 548001- Matriarch Collection Melissa
• 544461- SIIC Border 
• 842987- Sweet Fairy Collection- Charmed PP
• 549565- Aire Collection
• 549497- Butterfly Kiss Collection- Fairy

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Alyssa McGrew chose three of the palette colors to focus on for this sweet play-filled layout! A soft yellow Whisper flower adds a tender touch to the design.

 

548629-Whisper Flowers

 

Supplies Used:

• Sweet Fairy Paper 842987, 
• Sweet Fairy Chipboard 545864
• Sweet Fairy Pebbles 545949
• SIIC Trim 544461
• Sweet Fairy Flocked Rub-Ons 545390
• Champagne Roses 546793
• Fairytale Roses 538620
• Arco Iris Flowers 544393
• Whisper Flowers Sparkling Spring 548599
• Alphabet 536589

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Leena Loh sets a beautiful stage with her edge-punch green backdrop which is accented with a garden full of pretty purple flowers- including a sprinkling of Delightful Day blooms!

 

547011-Delightful Day Flowers

Products Used:

• 842987 - Sweet Fairy Paper - Charmed
• 545239 - Sparkling Spring Note Cards
• 548162 - Floret Collection Gibele
• 547011 - Delightful Day Col Twilight
• 547318 - Millinery Collection Berries
• 547516 - Lovely Fabric Leaves
• 545802 - Chipboard Journaling Stickers
• 544461 - SIIC Lace Ribbon
• 547134 - Birdsong Col Rose Print
• 542603 - Sweet Taffy Lavender
• 538767 - Zazi Lilac
• 545918 - Pebbles
• 542221 - Felt Gates
• 541750 - Alphabet Stickers

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Liana Suwandi splashes touches of purple on her page for bursts of fun, bold color on her lovely multi-photo design.

 

546694 Audrey Rose

 

Products Used:

• 548339 trinket collection fairy
• 842499 songbird melody collection
• 538743 cameo roses heather
• 543723 sugar plum roses eggplant
• 920999 sculpture flowers
• 544324 alpha sticker
• 537418 alpha sticker
• 544174 blossom branches pistachio
• 541972 fairy notecard

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Stacy Cohen chose a neutral backdrop so her stamped images, stunning photos, sparkling crystals and floral accents really POP off the beautiful page!

548162-Floret Roses

 

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Trina McClune records a sweet tradition carried on in her family on this purple-filled page. What a FUN design and idea!

 

544461-Say It In Crystals Border Lace

 

 Supplies Used:

• 843083 – Sweet Fairy Rosebud
• 843052 – Sweet Fairy Romantique
• 842291 – Reflections Goldsboro
• 841829 – Annalee Sonnet
• 540456 – Rose Leaves
• 548599 – Whisper Coll sparkling
• 548469 – Gianna Collections Fairy
• 535469 – Mini Rose
• 538606 – Fairytale Roses Orchid
• 544461 – SIIC
• 547608 – Shalimar Col Ania
• 920999 – Cabachon Sculptured flower centres
• 545512 - Lace Alencon
• 544324 – Alphabet stickers 
• Other: Martha Stewart punches, stitching

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That's right! Prima, Tattered Angels and Pink Paislee have teamed up to bring you a FABULOUS event starting this FRIDAY!

 

Check out the event blog for details! There's still time to join in. You are not going to want to MISS this fun-filled, product-filled, triple-the-fun good time!

 

 

(This class will be taught by Marion Smith!)

 

We are bursting at the seams with some amazing classes this week!

Guest designer, Trisha Ladouceur is joining us tonight, all the way from Canada! She has some amazing techniques to share, while creating a gorgeous layout using Prima's, Melody Collection. This class is a must see!

Drew Scott is hosting the show on Thursday night and he will be creating a gorgeous mini album using Prima's, Backstage Collection. His album is made up of rich colors and includes many, beautiful Prima products. He always has clever ideas to share with our viewers and this class will be no exception!

We are also happy to announce that Ustream has converted back to the original chat format! It is working better than ever. Be sure to visit our Live with Prima website for all of our class information, including the schedule, store locator, FAQ's and archived videos! The site is a wealth of information regarding our class program.

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Memories Layout with Guest Designer: Trisha Ladouceur

Tuesday, May 17th at 6:30pm PST

(7:30pm MDT/ 8:30pm CST/ 9:30pm EST)

 

Full of lumps, bumps and luscious layers, this is a layout that is sure to become a favorite! Learn numerous tricks to give your projects fabulous dimension using the beautiful Melody collection by Prima. It's most likely that you will be framing this layout to display on your wall rather than tucking it away in an album!

• 544874-Journaling Cardstock Melody
• 548407-Paloma Collection Melody
• 549237-Essentials Melody
• 713546-Flower PK-Garden Picks
• 842512-Melody Paper-Troubador
• 842529-Melody Cardstock-Chateau
• 842536-Melody Cardstock-Potting Shed
• 842581-Melody Cardstock-Open Sky
• 842598-Melody Cardstock-Melody

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Family Fun Mini Album with Drew Scott

Thursday, May 19th at 6:30pm PST

(7:30pm MDT/ 8:30pm CST/ 9:30pm EST)

 

We will be creating a Family themed mini book using Prima's Back Stage paper collection, with coordinating flowers and embellishments. You will be amazed to see how this elegant paper line can be used in a family themed project or for everyday moments. A ton of techniques such as crackle painting, distressing and more will be taught throughout this class!!

300647 - E line Pearls and Crystals

518400 - Embossed Chipboard Book

541125 - Lace (1 yard)

545544 - Lace (1 Yard)

546373 - Gatsby Flowers Myrtle

546885 - Treasure Rae Roses Georgia

547462 - Lovely Leaves

549039 - Backstage Sugar Blooms

549305 - Backstage Essentials 10

842147 – Back Stage 6x6 Pad

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Did you catch Lolly's show from last Thursday? Cari and Lolly hosted live from the Inspired Event, in North Carolina! It was a lot of fun and the project was stunning! Scrapbook Grammie has just 4 kits available from this class!

 

 ...is finally here!!

 

Do you have a lot of photos that you need to get on one winning page design? Well this is the sketch to use them on! May's BAP has a lot going on including areas for photos, journaling, embellishments, and a large title.  

 

We invite you to play along with us using this month's sketch. Simply send your Prima-based project to us by May 30th, 2011, for a chance to win some amazing Prima products. Send projects to: sharon@primamarketinginc.com. Please include "BAP May" in the subject line. Our design team has had a chance to play along and here are a few lovely samples from them!

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Karola Witczak focuses on soft Prima papers and accents on her precious baby page! The flowers compliment the photo.

Trina McClune added lots of detailed photos to her stunning design for this month's BAP! True talent!

Stacy Cohen took this month's sketch and used it to create this altered canvas that is just bursting with color and design! 

Janine Koczwara uses loads of feminine colors and flowers to accent her gorgeous page about her sweet daughter.

Jamie Dougherty swings out a home-run with a masculine Prima page featuring her adorable son!

Birgit Koopsen brings us a fabulous travel page highlighting stunning photos and perfect Prima coordinates.

 

And we would LOVE to see what you do with this month's sketch so get your Prima-based projects in!!

April's sketch was a fun one to play with.

 And what a great design to focus on that one special photo. We had so many amazing entries (once again), but after narrowing it down (and narrowing it down again) we finally came up with this winning page:

 

Winner: Vanessa Gutierrez

Vanessa's rich, but clean page really caught our attention. We especially love how she flipped the floral cluster to the side, her lovely focus on that stunning photo, and her very creative title play!

 

 Congrats, Vanessa !! Please email within seven days to claim your prize: sharon@primamarketinginc.com

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Each month we get more and more BAP entries and WE LOVE IT! All of you are TALENTED and inspiring and just down-right fabulous!! So we had to share a bunch of the entries with you this month. Just look at the CREATIVE sketch interpretations and fun techniques on these pages!

Adeline Ailei

Anne Jo Lexander

 

Beverley Cunningham

Camilla Ekman

Cecilia Torsfeldt

Debby Lewis

Dianne Hanson

Floliescrap

Flora Nogradi-Miko

Francine Evans

Helen Tilbury

Ines Cooper

Janiah Japar

Janice Boon

Jolaine Frias

Keren Tamir

Lindy Gillespie

Maiko Kosugi

Maiko Miwa

Mona Pendleton

Nicole Doiron

Rita Vergara

Sara Kronqvist

Saysa

Shamma Parvin

Susan Lui

Tiffany Morgan-Solorio

Tomomi Nomura

Ulrika Blomflet

Yuka Hino

We hope you have enjoyed this amazing gallery sampling! Make sure and watch the blog for our May BAP and Prima Palette coming next week!

 

 

First we just wanted to say we are STILL narrowing down the Design Team applications. Hang in there. We want to make sure we give enough time to each application. THANK YOU for your patience.

Now on to some FABULOUS winners. Today we have a few winners to announce for our monthly contests! (Tomorrow we will post our Build-A-Page winner!)

• Prima Palette
• Prima Product Pick

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This month's Prima Palette was a colorful feast for the eyes...with loads of gorgeous spring-time colors in a fabulous variety of high-quality Prima products!

We had so many beautiful entries using this palette and we just have to share a few with you!

How about April's Prima Palette Winner:

Wendy Kwok

How happy does this altered bucket of flowers make you? We love how Wendy cut flowers out of our canvas sheets then accented them with all sorts of Prima goodies! They are perfect tucked in to a brightly-colored bucket topped with a bit of Primalace.

 

Congratulations, Wendy! Please contact Prima within 7 days to claim your April PP prize! sharon@primamarketinginc.com

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We have a handful of other PPP projects to share with you too!

 

 Anna Koziarek cleverly uses flowers on her baby boy page...making a stunner of a page!

Ardelle Gotcher uses colorful flowers to really make this page pop!

E-Zen Tan is only 12 years old! Didn't she do a fabulous job on her PP page?

Irit Shalom went all out with coloring on her Paintable page.

    

Linda Gillespie cleverly uses white space and bursts of color to make her photos stand out.

Maiko Kosugi chose softer tones to show off her photo on this bubbly page.

Olga Smygalina beautifully altered a CD cover with this month's colors!

Rasa Vaitkute shows how easily you can apply our monthly palette to ANY altered project!

 

Romy Veul makes this birdhouse top-notch with punches of springy colors.

Tomomi Nomura uses a palette of coordinating papers and flowers on her luscious page.

Ulrika Blomfelt adds a cluster of brightly colored flowers to accent her lovely design.

 

 Yuka Hino finishes off our gallery display with a gorgeous card bursting with color!

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We also choose one Prima Pick Winner from those who re-post our Palette!

 

April's PPP lucky winner is:

Deanna Misner!!

Congrats, Deanna! Please contact Prima within 7 days to claim your April PPP prize: sharon@primamarketinginc.com

 

 

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On Friday we offered three amazing kits up for grab for participating in our design team International Scrapbooking Day blog hop!

 

Three amazing companies offered up fabulous prizes filled with Prima products:

Your Memories Here

Scrapbooking From the Inside Out

Miss Art's Papercrafting School

 

We had a wonderful response and have chosen three random winners who had the correct secret sentence-

Paper, scissors, and glue help you create nice projects, but Prima makes everything more beautiful.

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Our lucky three winners are:

Sugar Whiting

Ásdís Jónsdóttir

Debbie Myers

NSD winners-Please contact us within 7 days to claim your prize! sharon@primamarketinginc.com

(Kit choice will be random.)

 

THANKS to everyone who played along! We hope you enjoyed it!

Two fabulous classes on Live with Prima, that you won't want to miss! Back by popular demand, we another jewelry class with Drew and he is creating Funky bracelets using lots of Prima goodies. You will love them!

We are taking Live with Prima on the road... Lolly and Cari will be broadcasting from the Inspired event in Charlotte, North Carolina! We are so excited to bring our show to this amazing event and Lolly has the perfect project lined up for it. Did I mention we will have extra giveaways that night too? You bet we are!

Be sure to go to our Live with Prima website to see our entire schedule for May... The site also includes archived classes, a store locator and more. It has all the information you need, regarding our classes and how the program works.

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Teen Class: Funky Prima Cuffs with Drew Scott

Tuesday, May 10th at 6:30pm PST/ 9:30pm EST

In this fun filled class, Drew will be making jewelry from Prima canvas and a variety of fun embellishments to create these gorgeous cuffs! Each bracelet is so unique and jam packed with super fun techniques such as masking, inking, ruffling and much more!! You'll see just how easy it is to create your own custom jewelry!

529185 - Black Say it in Crystals Flourish

536862 - Flights of Fancy Pebbles

543204 - Glistening Vines in Silver

920340 - 12x12 Canvas Screenprint

920982 - Sculpture Flowers

921385 - Lace (1 yard)

Adhesive

Hot Glue

Scissors

Glimmer mist

Metal Cuff Blanks (Available at Michael's)

Masks

Alcohol ink (Pitch Black)

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Capture Your Creative Adventures with Lolly Chessie

Live from the Inspired Event in Charlotte, North Carolina

May 12th at 6:30pm PST/ 9:30pm EST

Create a special journal to house the memories from your favorite creative getaway! This journal can be customized with the name of the retreat or workshop you attend! It also has more than enough room for you to store photos and mementos from your crafty adventure! Load up the inside pages with your favorite Prima papers, flowers and tabs too! Lolly will show you how everything goes together using Prima canvas refill pages as the front and back cover and a neat twig as the spine of the mini book.

 

•  537869 - Symphony blend flowers- Teal
• 538705-Cameo Roses-white
• 546893 - Treasure Rae flowers-Teal
• 549084 – Carnation Vine-Teal
• 842574 - 1 sheet Melody Collection
• 920654 - Iron On- birdcage and bird
• 920845 - 2 canvas refill pages
• 921026 - 1 single teal rose from this ribbon
• 921095 - 1 single brown flower from this ribbon
• Twig journal spine (roughly 9.5 - 10 inches long)
• 2 yards of 3 ply jute twine
• Plaid paints in #503 Yellow Citron and #2486 Seamist
• Misc papers for the journal pages... Lolly uses watercolor paper cut to 7 x 12 inches.

 

Want some GREAT ideas on how to decorate, set-up, and organize your scraproom? LOOK no further!

 

Creating Keepsakes pulled together a wonderful special issue featuring scrapper's rooms from all over...including Prima's own, Sharon Laakkonen! Each room in this issue offers loads of storage/display ideas and are sectioned by size: small, medium and large. Did we mention that the do-it-yourself storage ideas simply rock?

 

 

You can grab a copy of this amazing issue (being released May 10th) right here at Scrap and Paper Shop! You can see more sneak peeks HERE! Use this code-  SPACESBB  -for free shipping in the US-offer expires 5/27/11.

 

We also have a copy to give-away! Leave us a comment telling us what your favorite storage idea is and we will pick a random winner next Monday, May 16th! (Open to all countries.)

 

 

We also have a few UNSEEN pictures from Sharon's library/scraproom to share with you!

 

As a dual-purpose room the library/scraproom is open to the family while still allowing Sharon to get her work done too.

Collect essentials in a basket nearby to keep your work space neat.

Keep your favorite Prima stamps in a cute wire basket and display your latest projects so everyone can see them!

A Cip-It-Up willl keep your favorite Prima flowers super organzied and easy to find!

We hope you have enjoyed a few peeks inside Sharon's room! Be sure to grab a copy of this special issue by Creating Keepsakes. You will LOVE the inspiring ideas inside!

Yes, we know...this day is normally called NSD-for National Scrapbooking Day, but we want to bring you fun from our team ALL over the world so we have renamed it! We also invite YOU, our amazing readers from all over the world, to celebrate this special crafty day with us!

 

So here is the Prima plan! We have three special kit give-aways. For a chance to win one you have the opportunity to go blog hopping all over the world!

 

• As you hop around the blogs listed below you will collect secret words that will make up a sentence!
• Collect all of the words (15) in order.
• Email the secret words to Prima (sharon@primamarketinginc.com  subject: Blog Hop) by Monday, May 9th. We will randomly pick three winners from the correct entries! Open to all countries.
  

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Want to see our lovely prizes?

 

First up we have a kit from Miss Art's Papercrafting School.

Miss Art's Papercrafting School is the most crafter-focused Youniversity on the web. Enroll today to take online classes developed with you in mind, with designers you want to learn from, all with a tuition that will make you smile.  "Madeline's Song" is Miss Art's debut kit jam packed with new release Prima product. It is being featured in our "Secret Garden" class currently being taught by Prima Designer Stacy Cohen.   Repost this on your Facebook wall to tell your friends about Miss Art's and to be entered to win a "Madeline's Song" kit for yourself.

Your Memories Here is a paper craft supply store owned and operated by Kristina Byers, a full-time mom and lifelong crafter.

We specialize in products to enhance your creativity. In our store you will find luxurious papers, embellishments that have glamorous sparkle, natural inspiration or whimsical fun. Whether you style is shabby or chic, modern or vintage we have something for you.  If you’re looking for Live with Prima kits, we have those too.

 

Today you have the chance to win this canvas banner class kit! This class was featured on Live With Prima so you can scrap right along with the video!

 Click here to see Your Memories Here site!

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And our third prize is courtesy of Scrapbooking From the Inside Out.

 

Scrapbooking from the Inside Out’s emotion-focused kits provide all-in-one value and unparalleled variety to help you explore your inner world and motivate you to express yourself on the page with depth and meaning. No add-ons needed, just one big, up-to-the-minute kit with exactly what you’ll need to Explore Your Inner World. Each month’s delivery is a unique, stylish creation that will take you to new places in your heart and your crafting. Our kits are so much more than pretty – they’re all about a deeper experience of scrapbooking – inspiration, emotional release and real understanding. Come join us at our website or on Facebook.

You face challenges head on. You stick to your guns. You are powerful. You’ve got RESILIENCE. Rich, beautiful, and full of strong pattern and color, you’ll tell your story in new and inspiring ways with this kit featuring wonderful visual symbols for your creative journey.

 

You have a chance to win a RESILIENCE kit!  Click here to see Scrapbook From the Inside Out's site!

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Now here is the order for the blog hop! Each blog will have a secret word, along with a link to the next blog to hop to. If you get lost feel free to come back here for the master list. (Give the gals a bit of time to all get their posts up too!)

Have fun, collect all the words, and email them to us in order us by Monday to have a chance of winning one of the above prizes!

1. Prima's secret word is: Paper

2. Stacy Cohen

3. Nic Howard

4. Alyssa McGrew

5. Jamie Dougherty

6. Julie Fei-Fan Balzer

7. Trina McClune

8. Ingvild Bolme

 9. Anabelle O'Malley

10. Karola Witczak

11. Daniela Dobson

12. Leena Loh

13. Liana Suwandi

14. Iris Babao-Uy

15. Cari Fennell

Today we bring you even more inspiring, and sweet, projects from our talented team around the globe! We hope you enjoy them!

 

Trina McClune, as a mom, had a very thoughtful idea (all the way from New Zealand.) She decided to create a special gift for her daughter while using lyrics to tell her how she felt about her. Now how precious is that?

Special flowers and crystals add lovely touches...

Trina rocks the layering on this stunner!

Supply list:

• 843069 – Sweet Fairy Blowing Kisses
• 842673 – Sparkling Spring Rosebud
• 842383 – Madeline Beautima
• 841409 – Strawberry Kisses Daydream
• 549114 – Rosette Summer Carnation II
• 538651 – Fairytale Roses coral
• 539351 – Belle Arte Sachette
• 541767 – Alphabet Stickers
• 542795 – Guava Peony Waltz
• 541132 – Say it in crystals and pearls

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 Anabelle O'Malley, from the US, brings us some extra sweet (and precious) Mother's Day gift set!

Purse Gift Card or Jewelry Holder and Coordinating Card.

Using Prima packaging Anabelle fashioned a feminine and classy card. The bird and flower add tender touches, while the chpboard shape leaves room for a sentiment or journaling.

Now how creative is this purse? A touch of patterned paper, along with a coordinating flower and bird tie this whole gift set together.

Supplies:

• Jack and Jill Paper-  Ode to Joy 841614
• Jack and Jill Paper- Sugar Skies 841607
• Sugar Plum Roses- 543686
• Essential Flwoers 9- Jack and Jill 543687
• So Sweet Chipboard- 541705

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And how about this STUNNING candle by the talented Ingvild Bolme in Norway?

Ingvild used a Prima flower container, cut out the center of the lid, and turned it into a stunning centerpiece.

Yes, those are rub-ons right there on the candle! Just rub gently and Prima's rub-ons will go on beautifully!  Top off with a stamped image for a stunning candle.

Finish off your base with Vintage Trinkets and a floral vine for that wow factor!

Supplies:

• Say It In Crystals #544638 (brown swirls and plastic flowers)
• Clear Stamps #544980 (on candle) + bird
  
• Rub-ons "Melody" #545253 (text on the candle)
• Vintage trinkets #930004 (Key and lock)
• Vintage trinkets #549732 (Metall Flower with leaf)
• Flowered Tendrils "Rosette" #549114 (Pink/Burgundy vine/branch)
• mulberry roses
  

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Ingvild also created a beautiful memorable layout honoring her own mother.

Ingvild added lots of her special touches to make this page even more special.

Supplies:

• 930042, 930028 Vintage Trinkets
• 547738 Valenciennes Ribbon
• 545284 Botanical Rub-Ons
• 545253 Melody Rub-Ons
  
• 921668 Canvas Word
• 921545 Green Ribbon
• SIIP swirl
• Flowers
• Chipboard Shapes
  

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Alyssa McGrew, from the US, captured a very precious moment between her daughter and mother!

 

Using just paper Alyssa created a gorgeous page. Look at how much color, style, and definition paper can add to a page!

A short and sweet title will add the perfect finishing touch to your design.

Supplies:

• Alphabet 544218
• Melody Papers 842529, 842499, 842581, 842604, 842505, 842598, 842543

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 And to wrap up our two part Mother's Day feature we bring you a layout celebrating four generations from Sharon Laakkonen in the US.

Sharon created this layout as part of a Live With Prima class so be sure to check out the video to recreate this fun design!

Go to minute 37 on the video to start this layout. (And check out the other Live With Prima classes!)

Prima's sparkling butterfly is filled with shimmer! Just look at those details.

If you cannot find a perfect flower color to match your photos/papers just add a spritz of Glimmer Mist for a custom touch.

Supplies:

• 842987, 843014, 843052- Sweet Fairy Patterned Papers
• 549503 - Butterfly Kiss-Madeline
• 548308 - Trinket Flowers (yellow, turquoise)
  
• 921361 DD Elle Flower (maroon)
  
• 536787- Watercolor Rainbow Alpha Stickers
• 921149 DD Hollyhock Foam Stamp (gold flowers-stamped and cut out)
• Tim Holtz Music Note Embossing Folder
• Marvy Uchida Circle Punch
• Tattered Angels' Glimmer Mist: Cranberry Zing
  
• Autumn Leaves Gold Ink
• Gold Acrylic Paint

 

 

Please invite your friends and family to Prima’s Amazing Parking Lot Sale this Saturday and Sunday, May 7^th and 8^th in Chino, CA.

Hugh discounts on 1000’s of items ranging from Prima’s ‘o-so ever popular mulberry paper flowers, to stationery items, stickers, cardstock, stamps, chipboard, albums, crystals, and a host of other embellishments and craft related products and tools.

 

Door prizes and daily gift basket raffle. Gates open at 9:00 AM

 

For questions and details please contact MJ at 909.627.5532 ext. 216 or MJ@primamarketinginc.com.  

 

 

Mother's day is fast approaching. What a wonderful time to tell that special lady in your life how much you appreciate and love her! Here are some fabulous ideas to inspire you from our gals around the world!

 

First up we have a triple play by the talented Karola Witczak, all the way from Poland!

Karola used our Jack n Jill Celebrate line and turned it into this gorgeous card!

 Add a few feminine flowers and a fun punched border for the most amazing card ever!

 

By keeping the designs similar Karola wasted less paper and supplies.

Each of those butterflies are cut out of Prima paper!

Aren't they oh-so-sweet?

May is here and the entire month is full of fabulous classes, including altered projects, journals, canvas and jewelry! Each class is full of Prima blooms, amazing ideas and unique techniques. And we have something extra special for our viewers this month! Live with Prima is traveling to the Inspired event in Charlotte, North Carolina. Lolly has an amazing project to share and Cari will be moderating behind the scenes, on location from the heart of the event. We will have extra prizes to giveaway too! Be sure to join us for all of the amazing classes we have prepared for you this month!

Check out our Live with Prima website for all information regarding our live broadcasts! Go to livewithprima.com to see our schedule for the entire month. The site also includes a store locator where you can find class kits and an FAQ page full of information on how the program works. All of our classes are FREE and informative, including tons of ideas on how to incorporate Prima products into any project. We also record all of our webcasts so that our viewers can watch the shows at any time.

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Mini Canvas Journal with Lolly Chessie

Tuesday, May 3rd at 6:30pm PST

(7:30pm MDT/ 8:30pm CST/ 9:30pm EST)

 
 

Join Lolly as she creates a mini canvas inspiration journal.  This journal can be used to capture ideas, favorite clippings and fun doodles.  It's a generous 2.5 inches thick and closes up for on the go creating!  During class you'll learn fun techniques for creating gradient effects on Prima canvas using acrylic paints.  Change the colors of this project by simply changing paint colors!  It can be completely customized just for you!

Prima Products:

• 537418-Alphabet Stickers
• 542320-Purse Shape Canvas Album
• 549770–Canvas Mistable
• 850166-Transparency

 Extras needed for this class:

• Acrylic paint (Lolly used Plaid 2254 Grass Green, 503 Yellow Citron, 628 Pure Orange, 405 Teal, you'll also need some plain black and white paint as well)
• Buttons to match (Lolly used teal, orange and green buttons)
• Distress Ink - Black Soot

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Travel Journal Box with Marion Smith

Thursday, May 5th at 6:30pm PST

(7:30pm MDT/ 8:30pm CST/ 9:30pm EST)

 

I always forget to document my travels, so I've come up with this cute little box to help me keep track of all my adventures! This box will hold 9 mini journals and they are the perfect size to carry in your purse. When you get back home, you can add your photos. The possibilities are endless with this design because you could also use for a recipe box, baby's first year journals, and so much more. We'll be using some of my favorite new Prima products to create this project. Hope to see you there!

Prima Products:

• 546267- Arcadian Flowers-Weathered White
• 547257-Annette Flowers-Amorette
• 547523-Lovely Leaves-Green
• 842390-Madeline-Parsley Place
• 842413-Madeline-Parterre
• 842420-Madeline-Parkway
• 842437-Madeline-Skyward
• 842451-Madeline-Pistachio
• 842468-Madeline-Parfait
• 842475-Madeline-Spring Tide
• 842482-Madeline-Ste. Marie
• 921019 12 inches-Rose Trim-Cream

Additional Materials:

• Distress ink in brushed corduroy
• jute rope
• Small tag
• 45 7 1/2" x 4 3/4" white or cream papers

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Did you happen to see Lolly's show last Thursday? She created a wonderful Spring project on Live with Prima! See it here.....

 

Today we have a lot of fun things for you!!!

 

 

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bring you:

 

Creative Crop
In Celebration of National Scrapbook Day

Big Picture Classes and Creating Keepsakes Magazine are teaming up to bring you a fun-filled Creative Crop for National Scrapbook Day! The online event will kick-off on Saturday, May 7th at 9am PST. You can look forward to 12 jam-packed hours offering creative challenges every hour, live chats with industry professionals, amazing giveaways, and constant inspiration and interaction!

The best part? It's all FREE! Click here for details!

Look for the fun Prima prizes too!
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BPS class giveaway
We would love to offer you the chance to win a seat in one of these two classes!!

 
1. Picture Spring self-paced class
taught by Tracey Clarke http://www.traceyclark.com/

Picture Spring is a 30-day self-paced e-class that will encourage and inspire you to use photography to celebrate the season of new beginnings while honoring and nourishing your creative spirit. With a new email and fresh perspective in your inbox each morning, you'll use the daily photo prompt to help open your mind and guide your lens to see and capture your life and the world around you. Whether you are an expert photographer, or just starting out, this project will help you see things in a completely new light.  Sign- up details http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/picturespringsp.php

 
2. May with May month long live workshop
taught by May Flaum http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/mayf.php

 

Scrapbooking should be fun. Less rules, more color, lots of smiling and reminiscing. Scrapbookers should be able to enjoy whatever creative time they make or find, right? Right! At least this is what long time Big Picture instructor May Flaum believes – and May wants to use the whole month of May to infuse you with her free-spirited and lighthearted approach to keeping memories. Register for May with May and experience 31 days chock full of May’s all time favorites, fanciful ideas and brand new layouts. In short, May with May is an entire month packed with scrapbooking goodness. Sign- up details http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/maywithmay.php

 

For a chance to win a seat in one of the BPS classes shown above please leave a comment on this blog post telling us what your National Scrapbooking Day plans are! We will pick TWO winners (one for each class) next Monday, May 9th! Open to all countries (unless prohibited by law.)