Have a great week!
Tammy

Pink Paislee has come up with some beautimous papers in their 365 Degree collection and the 365 Degree Deluxe kit available in the Shoppe just makes your mouth water.  I just received some of the new kits in the mail yesterday, started and finished this up today. 

The porch scene (stamp by Inkadinkadoo) is colored with Copic markers that I also found in box yesterday.  What a happy mail day!! 




The envelope was made using one sheet of the double sided paper from the kit, along with the lace and Prima blossom.  I added shimmer to the flourishes and blossom using Frost Sheer Shimmer Spritz also found in the kit. Information on the envelope tutorial can be found here, on my blog.




Now Mom-in-Law's card is done and complete. 

Hands down, this has been the most beautiful collection of Prima papers for me.  My layout count so far with the Pastiche Deluxe kit is 3 layouts and one card.  You were able to see one of my layouts a couple weeks ago, here.   So here are 2 more and a card.

The flowers and dark felt branches are included in this kit.  The circle has been distressed several ways.  First, by covering it in Crackle Paint, coating with Gold Acrylic Paint and then distressing with a hole punch around the edges.  The scalloped border is made using layered cut out circles, with inked edges (Peeled Paint Distress Ink used here).  I finished up with Gold painted title letters and then Gold dots around the border edges (using the back of a pencil eraser).




This layout is quick and simple.  Everything but the rub on butterfly in the journaling spot is from the kit.  I used the Arch Lattice Martha Stewart border punch for the brown photo mat.  The included ribbon made a great bow for the top corner and pleated finishing along the bottom of the mat.  I picked up the Prima packaging material from the embellishments and cut it into a journaling spot with inked edges (Vintage Photo used here).  Added layered flowers with Pebbles, a rub on butterfly and it's done. 




Finally, I used the leftover scraps to create this Birthday Card.  The patterned paper is from the kit and I accented with my solid cardstock stash.

I finished up with my Life's Portrait papers from Websters Pages last night.  Here are 2 more projects for your inspiration.

Websters has so many wonderful background starter pages in their collections.  That's what I love most about their lines.  It's very easy to cut out a corner floral pattern with an exacto knife and slip in a photo mat behind, and then pop up the floral cut with some pop dots.  For the photo mat, I used the Double Loop border punch from Martha Stewart.  The loops give a nice place to weave ribbon.  The ribbon below is a wired ribbon that I twisted into a rose for the end. 




To finish off the piece, rub some rub-on butterflies onto transparency paper, cut out and then heat to curl the wings.  Adhere a few crystals for the body, bend the wings up slightly and then glue the underside of the body to the layout.  Use a flourish stamp for butterfly trails (Stampers Anonymous stamp used here).  Add your journaling or sentiment and your done.




My next project used up some of the leftovers from the Life's Portrait line to make this generic card.




A full card tutorial can be found here on my blog.




Happy Scrapping!

It appears to be Prima week here again at Lil' Lambs Boutique.  Clearly we ladies on the Design Team having been having an absolute ball with all the gorgeous Prima Deluxe Kits that are in the Shoppe.  Below is a layout using the Pastiche Deluxe Kit, which I cannot tell you how gorgeous these papers are.  I definitely will have a couple more layouts using this kit for you all to see.

Meanwhile, it's off to Paris with mes bebes mignons (my cute babies).  I held on to these studio pictures I had done of them several years ago, just waiting for the right paper collection to come along.  Well, here it is.  All the gorgeous items on this layout (except for the Paris collage stamp) came from the kit.

Honestly, these papers are so stunning, there is not much left you really need to add...unless you're a froo-frooy scrapper like me.  You'd really only need to add a few matted photos and a title and the gorgeous flower/butterfly borders will do the rest of the work for you.  




However, if you're like me, then throw some more on, I say.  While the Pearls/Crystal bling and Prima Pebbles and additional handmade flowers can be quite busy, they don't seem to clash (at least to me) with everything else going on in the layout.

To keep the flow of the bottom border of the paper, I cut a small slit with an exacto knife and inserted my matted photo inside.




You simply must check out all the exquisite Prima items the Shoppe is carrying right now.

Prima, Prima, Prima...we just can't get enought of Prima here at Lil' Lambs Boutique!!  Tammy sent me THIS beautiful Prima Kit, Flights of Fancy.  Seriously...*drool*  And I sooooo wanted to just stare at it all day...so I created something I DO get to look at all day!  (sorry for the lack of pretty background...)

I know people have been altering clip boards for ages, but this was my first!  I loved it!  But, PLEASE, can someone tell me...do you take the clip off before you cover it...then re-attach somehow??  I had to work around the clip, and that was not fun.

But look at the Prima goodness...just soak it all in!