Prima Still Has a Secret

 

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Fun with Mists

Well, it's Friday night and lots of you may be going out for the evening.  Heading out with friends, or if you are still in school, maybe to a dance.  If you are like my girls, maybe you would like to dress up your jeans a little. 

Maya Mist and a Crafter's Companion stencil to the rescue.

On these I used the Iridescent pearl and a heart and flourish stencil.  The effect is a little more subtle.

Here I used a star type pattern and blue mist.

Well, just a few quick sprays and we are ready to go.  And, since the mists are water based, they just wash out in the washing machine (yes, I did test this on some scrap fabric first).  I really like using the Maya Mists for this project as they have more pigment in the mist and the give a more opaque coverage.  (you can find them in the Flamingo Scraps store, see link above)  The girls are already busy looking at the other stencils we have and thinking of what color combinations they would like to try.  Guess I will need to start hiding my mists.  LOL

Just another fun thing you can do with your mists. 

Hugs. 

Nancy

Surprises

Did you know I love surprises?  Well, really I don't...but imagine my excitement when I saw this

If you go to their blog, you can click the curtain for a sneak.

I know I am excited.

Hugs.

Nancy

Promises, Promises.

I know, I promised to come back and tell you more about my scrapbook collection.  Let me start by saying that I have been scrapbooking for 14 years, that each of my three children has their own albums for each year of their lives.  I also have vacation albums, holiday albums, and a few books of me. 

Ready?  Do you really want to know how many?  50!  Yep, I have 50 12x12 albums on the shelf. (well, not really on the shelf, because I ran out of space and now have to go to Ikea to get another set of shelves). 

You can see in the pictures that their are still a few of those boxes full of pages from Michaels.  That is because, even with 50 albums on the shelf, I do not have enough for all the pages.  (sigh).  Granted, some of the albums are no where near full, but being a chronological scrapper...they will be some day.  lol

Yep, at some point I got totally overwhelmed and could no longer remember if I had or hadn't scrapped some events.  So, now that everything is nice and neat and organized.....be prepared to see some flashback photos.

Oh, and does anyone have any great ideas how to label the spines of all these albums?

Hugs. 

Nancy

More Projects, and Did you know?????

Did you know that Pink Paislee has an online magazine?  The debut issue is a free download and you can find it here.  Inside you can find tons of inspiration, new products and a sketch challenge.  I worked the sketch and came up with this.

 

 Mackenzie at our tree hunt.  

What else have I been up to?  Well, a few more layouts

Ainsley at the piano recital we hosted in December.

 

Brighton at our annual tree hunt.

And I spent the weekend finally putting pages into albums.   Some of you may have seen the piles of scrapbook layouts I had stacked up.  I really do not enjoy putting them into albums.  I just can't seem to find the perfect one.

So, tomorrow....I will show you what I did.  I bet you can't guess how many 12 x 12 albums I now have in the living room.

Prima Picks

According to some very credible sources, Flamingo Scraps will be getting their shipment of the new Primas in the next few days.  What does that mean to me?  A big ole box of happy mail!!!  What does that mean to you?  Well, if you love Prima like I do.....

And now, for a bit of enabling.....

Prima's NEW Product Pick!

Page Kits

I have been busy with Spring cleaning the last few days.  Ok, well, it isn't really spring, but it sure does feel like it.  Upper 60s and 70s and not a cloud int he sky?  Seems like spring to me.  And with Phil being out of town, it seemed to be the perfect time to do some serious scrapping.

I realized how many page kits I had collected.   A few needed little more than photos.  And some needed a complete assembly.  But what could be easier than a kit?

 

Both of these are from the Wassail page kit available now from scrapbook.com  I don't actually own the kit, but I did have the paper collection...and a few of the embellishments.  Must make do and all.  lol

 

And these lovelies have been sitting, completed, minus photos since August of last year.  They were from a scrapbook expo class I took with Layle Koncar.

What could be easier than that?

And these are from the Bittersweet kit at scrapbook.com.  Some photos of Ainsley at the Valentine's party the other day.
 

Again, I didn't have the kit, but I did have many of the items in the kit to play with.  

Goodness page kits make it quick and easy.  Wonder if I have anymore lying around?  hee hee