Monday, March 5, 2012

Upcoming Prima Tour!

So I am only a week away from leaving to embark on the Prima's Europe (and Israel) Tour!

Here are a few of the classes I am teaching there:

This Mixed Media Album class is FUN!

We will be playing with PanPastels, paint, ink, stamps, masks, watercolor stuff and more. This class is available in Israel, Barcelona, Madrid, Southern France, Switzerland, Norway and The Netherlands
























Songbird Mini-Album
We are taking a plain canvas book and turning it in to this sing-song beauty! Lots of paper techniques with the Songbird Collection, canvas coloring, flowers, lace, and more delicious products! Class available only in Israel, Southern France, Norway, and Barcelona, Spain.



















Almanac Layouts
This double layout class has LOADS of paper techniques that will add texture, dimension and a touch of fun to your pages. And the kit is loaded! Lots of left-overs to make even more pages! Available in Southern France only!




















Heartstrings Album
This album is only available at My Punch in Israel (as we have sold out of so many of the products.) It is beautiful, feminine and a delight to make! Again-LOTS of fun Prima products in this kit as well.




















If you are interested in taking any of these, or Cari's GORGEOUS classes, check out the links below!


March 15 & 16 - Tel Aviv, Israel

Store Name: My Punch
Store Address: Givatayim, Israel

Class Times / Dates:
1. March 15, 5pm - Mixed Media Journal with Sharon Laakkonen
2. March 16, 9:30am - Songbird Mini Book with Sharon Laakkonen
3. March 16, 1pm - Heartstrings Mini Book with Sharon Laakkonen
Website: My Punch
Email to sign up:info@mypunch.co.il
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March 17 - Barcelona, Spain

Store Name: Scraphouse
Address: Reus, 21, Barcelona
Class Dates:
   Las clases se impartirán el 17 de marzo (march 17)en la tienda
   El taller de Sharon será a las 13h Sharons Class 1 pm
   El taller de Cari sera a las 17h Cari’s class 5 pm

Contact: Para reservar lo mejor es llamar a la tienda al tel. +34 93 254 68 58 (store phone for reservations and details)
Email: scraphouse@hotmail.es
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March 19 & 20 - Draguignan, France


Store Name: Nature Perlée
Store address: 25 bd de la liberté - 83300 Draguignan
Class times/dates: 19 et 20 mars / 9h/12h -14h/17h
Class Names: Songbird Mini, Whimsical Art Album, Nature Garden Mini, Mixed Media Journal, Almanac Layouts
How can customers sign up for the classes with you? Please click on Store link for class sign-ups or email: natureperlee@orange.fr

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March 23 - Switzerland

Store Name: Baschtuegge
Store Address: Hauptstrasse 50 / 2557 Studen / Switzerland
Class times / dates: 23 march 2012 (times see below)
Class Names:
   12.30h - 15.30h Mixed Media Album from Sharon Laakkonen
   16.30h - 19.30h Whimsical Art Journal from Cari Fennell
How can customers sign up? Email: info@baschtuegge.ch
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March 24 - Madrid, Spain


Store Name: Bambola Casa Creative
Site: http://bambolacasacreativa.blogspot.com/
Email: bambolacasacreative@yahoo.es
Classes: Mixed Media Album, Whimsical Art Journal 
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March 25 - Barcelona, Spain

Store Name: Natural Scrap


Email: naturalscrap@hotmail.com


Address: C/ Barcelona 18 A  
         Castellar del Vallés 08211 (Barcelona)
Site: Natural Scrap
Classes: Nature's Garden Mini, Songbird Mini, Mixed Media Album
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March 26 & 27 - Norway


Store Name: Bikuben Hobby
Address: Strømsveien 76, 2010  Strømmen
Email: ellen@bikuben.com
Site: http://www.bikuben.com/
Classes: Sun Kiss Layouts, Songbird Mini-Album, Mixed Media Journal, Nature's Garden Mini-Album
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March 28 - The Netherlands


 Store: Creabest Scrapbooking en Stempelen


Address: Kerkstraat 8, 7731 CX Ommen (parking tips and directions are on our site: www.creabest.nl)


Telephone: 0031 (0)529 452451
Site: Creabest Workshops


Class dates:
   Mini-album Nature Garden with Cari: March 28th 14.00-17.00 hours,
   Mixed Media Album with Sharon: March 28th 19.00-22.00 hours.


We have place for 15 participants for each workshop, people can sign up through http://www.creabest.nl/workshops-en-crops.html


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After the tour I will be at Version Scrap in Paris from March 28-April 1st! Look for a girl with loads of Prima flowers around her! 



Thursday, March 1, 2012

Canvas Resist "The Great Escape" Album

Thanks to everyone who came to the Live With Prima show tonight!

It is recorded if you missed it. Click here to watch it!

As promised here are the additional shots of the inside pages that I have done SO FAR. (Oy-I have many more to do.) This is honestly one of my favorite projects. I have just really enjoyed making it...maybe because the photos bring back so many good memories? :)

Here is the cover. I used PanPastels-Turquoise Tint, Turquoise, and Turquoise Shade, Orange Tint, Orange, and Orange Shade to color it. Just go light to dark and blend it in! Then seal with a touch of hairspray or Krylon Fixative spray. (Prima Resist Canvas Journal #557973)
























Page 1 measures 5 inches x 8.5 inches and uses new Songbird papers, alphas, flowers, and stamp.


























Page 2 is the flip-side of page one. See that adorable Frond punch by Martha Stewart? LOVE it!
























Page 3 measures 6.75 x 9 inches (no page is the same size! haha) and shows off that Recollections scallop punch! It works perfectly with our patterned paper circles.



























Page 4-flip of page 3
























Page 5 is a cute little pocket page measuring 6.75 x 9 to hold all your travel brochures. The pocket is glued down on the sides and bottom only. Then staple with Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher for extra hold on the sides.

























Page 6  shows off an extra large pic of the Eiffel Tower and has some scallop punches, stamping and that stinking cute frond punch again!


























Okay-that's ALL I have done for now, but I cannot wait to scrap more of my travels soon and fill this book up!

Some of you asked which colors were in my PanPastel tray from the show. Here ya go!

Turquoise Tint, Turquoise, Turquoise Shade and Turquoise Extra Dark
Magenta Tint, Magenta, Magenta Shade and Magenta Extra Dark
Orange Tint, Orange, Orange Shade and Orange Extra Dark
Permanent Red Tint, Bright Yellow Green Shade, Raw Umber Shade, Burnt Sienna Extra Dark
Titanium White, Paynes Grey Tint, Natural Grey Shade and Black

Thanks for watching and stopping by!

:) Sharon

Live With Prima!

Tonight I will be showing you how to color and decorate Prima's newest mixed-media album!


























The album comes in a stark white, but has a cool resist technique on it. Just apply an art medium (I will use PanPastels by Colorfin) and the design magically appears!

Once we color the album we will move on to decorating it with the latest and greatest products from our recent release including stamps, vines, crystals, canvas resist shapes and FLOWERS!!

If we have time we will take a peek at a few of the inside travel pages made with the gorgeous Songbird Collection. This paper collection has the most beautiful colors and patterns in it!

Here's a peek:


























So stop on by class and see how to make this album!

Hop over to ustream.com and look for Prima Flowers! It starts at 6:30 PT (9:30 Eastern time for my fellow east coasters!) and should last a bit over an hour.

Live With Prima Show


See you there!
:) Sharon