The Little Things

Inspiring things for me quite often comes from the little
things in life and in crafts! If you are not quite sure what
to do with those little bits and pieces around your craft
area don't be afraid to just dig in. You never know what
will inspire you while digging through it all. I tend to layer
things on top of each other to see it could become. This
process is so easy and quite fun!


Buttons?! Who can get enough of buttons. I know that I have tons
in all different shapes, sizes, and colors!

Color?! I know that we have a lot of this too floating around

as well. Mix, match, and just go plain wild! It will truly help

you learn yourself and grow in the art of color.

You know that we have to throw some lovely Prima flowers in there!

There are so many endless possibilities when it comes to these

lovelies!

USE IT!!! Playing is oh so nice I know but we have to us it.

I know that I do once I get started! I made this clear tag

using some little things from my stash shown in the above

pictures. This is just an awesome way to use some things up

and with all the Go Green going on you can feel good about

doing a small part!

Enjoy the little things in life, for they are the most treasured!

Customizing your leftover flowers

One of the things that I love so much about Prima Flowers are the absolutely endless possbilities that they present! You can cut them, layer them, stamp the, paint them and so much more!

One of my favorite things to do is to create my own custom fancy flowers for my page. Sometimes you just want something extra, something fancier and something unique for your project. Here is how I create my own custom flowers using prima flowers.

Supplies needed:

3 or more Prima flowers in varying sizes
adhesive
stickles
decorative brad

To create your custom flower:

1.) layer your flowers together, adhering them as you layer.


2.) add your decorative brad to the flowers in the center:


3.) using a removable adhesive, place flower on a peice of plastic or wax paper. Using your stickles, carefully out line all of the petals that you can see. Let dry.


Wah-lah! A beautiful, fancy and most of all CUSTOM floral embellishment that is sure to grab attention!

made your own glitter flower

prima flowers are so beautiful. But you can also altered its so why don't you decorate its with glitter?

to make your own, you can use stickles and stickles from Ranger.
What the difference between stickles and ice stickles? well, in stickles, glitter and glue are tinted but in ice stickles, only glitter is tinted, the glue is perfectly clear when it dry.

how to use stickles and ice stickles?
you can use ice stickles all over the flower like on this example to have a sweet glitter flower. Just apply the glue on the flower and let it dry. That's all!!




or use stickles in the center of flowers like here


that's not the only possibilities you have to create with stickles. So just try and enjoy!

good news: stickles and ice stickles are now available in café prima store!

still again, sorry for my poor english, my french is better!

carole

June Sneakies!

Let me tell you this, the Cafe Prima June kit is absolutely drool-worthy! Tons of beautiful flowers that you will need for that uummpph on your layouts! When I said tons, I was only exaggerating it a little bit. Just a teeny bit, because, seriously, there is just so many flowers it could easily 'lasts' me 20 layouts!

Okay, enough teasing! Or shall I say, more teases for you? LOL. Here are some sneaks I thought you would love to see :)




So, its time to stalk the store! You don't wanna miss yours!!

Lots of new projects

The DT members of Cafe Prima made some beautiful projects again this month. Cafe Prima got lots of new flowers and look what the DT members made with it:

An altered pencil holder by Crissy Le, that's such a great idea:


Sasha made this beautiful layout, look how she used the square from the blue paper also to cut a square in the yellow paper that it matches right. It gives a great composition:


Carole made this lovely layout with lots of flowers, and look how she made a circle with the flowers and a subtile bling swirl in the corner to give it a little bit of magic touch:

More Painterly Petals and Artful Collage Flowers on their Way

We received another shipping notification today. Our reorder of Painterly Petals and Artful Collage Flowers (including the popular leaves!) is on its way and should be here Wednesday. All but one or two were replenished with this order (and those couple will come soon!) so chances are, your favorite will be here then!

It's All Up!

After a marathon session of listing all the new product--a session that completely covered a day and a half--it's all done! All the new product is up and available, to the tune of 250 new items! A lot of the highly anticipated favorites including Clear Paintables, are up now. For the full scoop, check out our newest newsletter. Don't get our newsletters? Sign up now, or view our newly added Newsletter Archive!

*Edited to add: the links have been fixed now!

Phew!

We have been unpacking and listing new product on the website for 2 days, straight! The end result? 250 new products for your viewing pleasure. We hope it's been worth the wait! We'll do a specific break down tomorrow, but in the mean time, have a look! We've got Clear Paintables, Build A Books, Lace by the Cut, Artful Collage Flowers, Overlays, Clear Stamps, and more!

Happy Shopping!

Mother's Day Conest!

In honor of Mother's Day this weekend. Cafe Prima is hosting a Mother's Day Contest!. Create a layout/card/project and post to Cafe Prima Mother's Day Contest gallery to be eligible for a random drawing for a gift certificate to the Cafe Prima store. Please only one entry per participant.

Rules:

1. Topic should be about mothers, whether a Mother's Day layout to honor your mom, or of you and your daughter, or any mothers you would like to honor!
2. Layout/card should contain but not limited to some type of Prima product.
3. Entries are due by 10:00 PM EST on May 21st.
4. Post your layout HERE on Cafe Prima's gallery by the due date above.
5. Winner will be posted on Cafe Prima's Blog on May 22nd, with the winning layout and username.
   

If you have any questions, just post to this thread and I'll be happy to answer! Have fun girls!!

Houston, We Have Lift Off!

We just got our tracking numbers for our new boxes. They are scheduled to arrive tomorrow-all 117 pounds of stuff! We're going to do our best do to the Prima-Hustle and get it all up on the site ASAP! We were bummed to see that a few things are still backordered, but we should have more than enough to keep you busy for a while--we know it's enough to keep US busy!

May Cafe Prima Altered Art Contest

For this months contest its all about altered art! I want to see your creative use of prima products (papers, flowers, ext) to decorate any item you wish (jewelry box, vase, album cover, ext)

here are the guidlines:
1. Only one entry per person
2. Altered art must have at least 50% prima product
3. To enter, post a comment on this post. In your comment, link to your entry so we can see what you made. You may also post it to the cafe prima user gallery if you wish.
4. Deadline is May 31st and the winning project will be posted on the blog by June 5th.
5. A fabulous prize will be awarded to the winner!

Contest is open to all US and International Residents, aged 18 and older, except where prohibited by law. Cafe Prima reserves the right to publish the winner's first name and last initial in Cafe Prima publications including but not limited to the Cafe Prima Blog, Newsletter and Message Board.

May's Prima Princess

In the spotlight, our reigning princess for the month of May is...Karin!! I love her use of layering of the different color primas, the combination is very pretty :)

congrats Karin! You are now allowed to post this fabulous badge to your blog or webpage! (please save it to your own computer or photo-hosting site before using)

And to all you other prima lovers out there this could be you next month! To enter follow these guidlines:

1.You must use the Cafe Prima flower kits! However, it does not have to be the current months kit, just make sure to let us know in the description what months kit you did use.

2.You must have at least 2 small flowers or one extra large flower on any layout or project for it to be considered

3. Layouts/projects must be entered into the "User-submission general" gallery. You may be required to make a free account with us if you haven't already, for posting access.

4.To be considered, layouts and projects must be posted to the gallery by the 31st of each month. (ex: to be considered for the month of June, layouts need to be in by May 31st) Feel free to post as many layouts as you like!

5.Make sure to check back the first week of the month to see if you are the choosen one!

The next "Cafe Prima Princess" will be announced the first week of June, so dont wait-go out and create!

The Clear Paintables are COMING!!!

I spoke with Prima today and our orders containing TONS of items from CHA was packed up and waiting for a shipping label. It was leaving either today or tomorrow, meaning it will be here Friday or Monday!

Some things in the order:
Clear Paintables
Build a Books
Ribbon and Lace
Say it in Crystals
Build a Swirl Crystals and Studs
Clear Stamps
Flowers
Brads
Chipboard
Rub Ons
Embellishments

Make sure to check in this weekend! We're busy making room for its arrival in the mean time!

A Sneaky Peek!

Here is a little Peek of my DT creations using this month's May Kit:

Check out the rest of these and the other Design Team May Projects here:

http://www.cafeprima.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=140

The May Kit HAS SOLD OUT!!!

Be sure to check back to see when our June Kit will be available!

Storing Prima Flowers

I believe we have tons of Prima flowers lying around our scrapping area. Some still in their packaging, some loose ones around and some organized in other storage. Some time back, I thought my Prima flowers needed to breathe a little more. I took them out from their packaging and transferred them into medium size zip lock bags... and hung them onto cute kiddo's hangers. i'm sure some friendly departmental stores will gladly donate some of these cute practical hangers !

Let us know how you store yours ! :)

And the winner is...

Hilde!!!

Congratulations Hilde, you got the most votes from all DT members in the April contest from Cafe Prima. We loved your layout.
Jennifer will contact you about your prize.
Thanks everyone for participating, you all made some beautiful creations!

Mother's Day card

Hi everyone,
I made a Mother's Day card and thought you all would like to see how I did that.


Step 1:
First choose the products you want on your card, I choose cardstock, chipboard, stamps, say it in crystal swirls, rub-ons, and to make the flower: lace, a button, needles, DMC thread.


Step 2:
Rub a rub-on in the two opposite corners.


Step 3:
Cut a small round from a piece of cardstock, and punch two holes in it with your needle.


Step 4:
Attach the button with the DMC thread to the piece of cardstock.



Step 5 and 6:
Frumble the lace and stitch it on the cardstock around the button.


Step 7:
Place the chipboard letters on the card, and stamp the other letters.


Step 8:
Place the Say it in crystals Swirl and the flower in the corner.


Step 9:
On the inside I used chipboard letters for the date and used rub-ons in the corners. With alphabet stamps I wrote ’happy mothers day’ .

Hope you all get inspired, and if you have any questions, just ask!!
greetings Sanderijn