Guest Designer for Prima Marketing Bloom Girls

Back in July 2014, I was selected to be a Guest Designer for

Prima Marketing 'Bloom Girl'. Needless to say I was

THRILLED!!!!!

I couldn't believe it. So now it's January & my turn to share with you all my

projects I created :) :) *insert happy dance here.

'Be You Always'

 I LOVE to create my own backgrounds. I find it very expressive & calming

to start with a blank sheet. I primed my cardstock with gesso & stamp my

'summer' image using some archival ink. I then began adding my various

mediums to build up my layers. I used acrylic paint to add detail

& colour to my image. With a knife I cut along one side of the image

to allow me to slip my photo in under it. Then I finished off by layering flowers,

brads, thread, enamel dots & alphabets.

Close ups...

 PRODUCTS USED:

Bloom Collection - 'Summer' Cling Stamp

Bloom Collection - Brads

Bloom Collection - Paperclips

Bloom Collection - Flair buttons

Prima Marketing - Flowers

Prima Marketing - Color Bloom 'Gold' spray

'Friends'

 I had a lot of fun making this one! I started off with some gel medium

& used my 'Free Spirit' stencil. Once that was dry, I put a white wash

of gesso over it to pick up the details. With mix of acrylic paints

& sprays I added in my colour. With a sewing machine & some

hand stitching I added a circular element to draw focus to the photo.

I've used lots of different things to build up my layers - old

book paper, paper doily, flowers, thread & even some of my

packaging from Prima products. I cut up strips of the teal

part of the packaging to create journaling strips.

To make the background image 'pop' a little bit, I used a fine black pen

& traced around the image.

Close ups...

 PRODUCTS USED:

Bloom Collection - 'Free Spirit' stencil

Bloom Collection - Brads

Bloom Collection - Metal clips

 Prima Marketing - Flowers

'Don't Stop Creating...Ever'

Art Journal Page

 This was a quick & fun page to do some creative detoxing with.

I used some embossing ink, black embossing powder & Bloom Girl

stamp to start with & then began creating my background. I've used some

paint pens to add colour detail to the image & finished off with some

brush script.

Close ups...

 PRODUCTS USED:

Bloom Collection - Cling Mounted Stamp Two

Hope I've inspired you to get messy & to create something special.

Bloom Girl August Challenge

Bloom Girl August Challenge

 

Bloom girls have their first brand new challenge! They will have a monthly challenge

with a new Inspirational Challenge each month. You will be inspired by the amazing

design team throughout the month with a variety of different projects.

 

This Challenge will be open to any type of crafters, whether you scrap book,

make cards, paint, draw, mixed media the choice is yours! You don't even have to

use a Bloom Girl Stamp in your project to play! How awesome is that!

 

For our August they have a gorgeous color palate that Jamie has put together.

You can use all colors, some colors or simply tell them how this color scheme has inspired you...

This is my entry as a Guest DT. I'm still waiting to get some Bloom Girl supplies to play with. I have used another stamp from the Prima Doll collection.

'You're Weird'

You will have until August 31st to enter this challenge and for a

chance to win a little something special from Jamie Dougherty! :)

Link your entry up at the Bloom Girls blog