Christmas Card - Believe - Prima PPP

Hello Everyone

It is a HOT day in Johannesburg today and I am absolutely loving it! So great to be home and also enjoying the warm weather! ;-)

I finished a card for the Prima PPP.

These colours were so amazing and so a Christmas Card it had to be.

I love the neutral tones, with a little bit of bling!

I used from my stash again.  Some Meadow Lark papers, some blooms and bling..and there we have it! ;-)

Thanks for popping in!

I appreciate the visit!

Have a super day!

Denise x

13 - Prima PPP

Hello Everyone

I hope that you are having a restful weekend and that perhaps you have also found some scrappy time.
I am just pleased that after so much rain and overcast weather, we have finally had a few patches of sun here and there. It's raining for now, but it means I can scrap and hopefully get ahead with some DT stuff too.

I have a Prima page to share with you for the Prima PPP this month. I loved the colours and so was very eager to play along.



Here is my take on it.

I used a Prima stencil which I have had for ages for the background. I spritzed it with some Enmarc Dazzles.
I actually used a combination of Prima collections, it was kinda using up scraps for this page.  The background is from a very old collection Reflections - Shamlimar, along with a new colletion page from School Memories, with some Lifetime, Songbird and All About Me thrown in too. A Prima mix! ;-)

My niece turned 13 2 weeks ago and this photo was taken on her birthday.  I have some journalling inside the folder, behind the photo. It was pretty windy when I took these photo's, so it was a little difficult to keep some of the stringy bits from flying around.

Here's a close-up of the stencilling and stamping on the background.  I also added some gesso dabbing for added texture.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Have a great Sunday!
Denise x

Christmas Tag - Prima PPP Dec

Hello Everyone

I really have been enjoying my creating lately and it has been fun playing and experimenting. I unfortunately had to go back to work today, but still hope to find lots of scrappy time.

I created a tag for the Prima PPP for Dec and these were the colours.



Here is my tag.

I used all my bits and bobs of Prima leftovers and was quite happy with the end result.

Here are some close-ups for good measure.

I will definitely be using this on one of my gifts.

Thanks so much for popping in!
Have a good evening!
Denise x

Sweet Boy, Love You - SATW Sep Challenge / Prima PPP

Hi Everyone

It's Thursday already and this week seems to just have flown by!

I have a page to share with you for the SATW Sep challenge here! Its a real goodie.



I used both the dramatic colouring and the sketch as inspiration for my page.

I had some Prima Engraver paper and thought it would be perfect for this challenge, and so that is what I used! I used a Prima stencil and gesso for the entire background and then went and added some Copper embossing powder randomly. I really like how it turned out and will definitely use this technique again! (Thanks Kelly Foster for this little seed of inspiration! ;-))

Joe is now 6 and I really wanted to document how sweet he is at the moment! I mean, there are certainly "monster" moments, but at 6 I still can hug and squeeze and kiss him! He is really such a sweet boy!

I had finished this page yesterday, but could only photograph it today! I had to laugh when I saw the Prima PPP come out for September, and that this page fits perfectly for that as well!

Thanks all for stopping by!
Hope you have a super evening!
Denise x

Reach - Prima PPP July

Hello Everyone

I am really loving today and have managed to get quite a few things done! One of them being this page for the Prima PPP.




Initially this was a little daunting for me, as I really don't have to much of these colours, especially in Prima papers.  However, I thought a few touches of these colours would probably be just fine.

I used a combination of the Engraver Collection and Life Time. I wanted to keep the page really masculine and so did not use any flowers.

I did some gesso stencilling and then added all my little bits and pieces, along with the photo.

This photo is of my brother and this layout is about him reaching out and taking hold of the things that he really wants, and holding onto them, if he truly wants to.

Thanks so much for popping by.
Hope you have a super Sunday!
Denise x

For You Card - Prima PPP June

Hi Everyone

I hope you are having a super Sunday! It is Sunday evening here and I have just packed away my scrappy goodies and cleared my table, so that I can go and chill a little before work tomorrow again.

I have a card to share with you for the Prima PPP challenge.

Here is my card.

I used an old collection and a new collection together and I think I managed to combine them well enough.
I used the Lifetime Collection and Romantique and went with shabby chique.

Thanks for stopping by!
Your visits are really appreciated.
Denise x

Isn't she Lovely - Prima PPP

Hello Everyone

I hope that you have been having a good weekend!

I have had quite a busy one actually, and really had to prioritise, to find some scrappy time! ;-)
I had my neice's 1st birthday party yesterday and it was quite quite a distance away and then also had my in-laws stay over last night, and they only left this morning.  So yes, I only managed to get a few hours in this afternoon.

I finished my Prima PPP layout. This was the colour scheme.

Here is the page I created.

I used the Prima Song Bird collection papers and accents, with chippies from Enmarc and Celebr8.  The title is Celebr8 and the other 2 chippies Enmarc. I also used some some Enmarc Dazzles to colour my gauze.

You might think that the young girl looks vaguely familiar and you would be right if you guessed it was me! I was 23 here and this was my wedding day back in 1994, November 26. I was living in London and this photo was taken in Ealing, at the house where we lived, before getting into a London taxi and making our way to the church.

This is the first time I have ever scrapped this event and it was quite nostalgic for me, while creating this page! Seems like a lifetime ago. Such a happy and beautiful day it was!

I had recently also purchased the Prima Mixed Media 7 border stamps and I used one here, which I thought was so very pretty.  I loved this lace border stamp.

Well thanks for stopping by to have a look.

I hope you have a super evening!

Denise