Prima Marketing & Faber-Castell Blog Hop - Welcome!! :)

Is there anything better than two companies combining their amazing products? Today I am thrilled to be part of a joint venture by Prima Marketing and Faber-Castell! Not only do these products work perfectly together, but they provide wonderful platforms for inspiration and creativity as well!

Both Design Teams were challenged to create projects combining products just for YOU! :) Hopefully they will get your creativity going too. :)

And here is the layout I created of my beautiful Abigail using products from both :) :

Here I used the Metallic Gelatos (Metallic) and blended with water along the edges of the patterned papers and doily, as well as filled in the grooves of the resin corner pieces. I also combined the Color Gelato (Blue/Green) with Gesso on the corrugated cardboard serving as background to the photo, and spread some additional Gesso over the alpha letters in the title to give it a dreamy feel. :) Finally, since I was also adding in pops of bright pink throughout the page, I used the Pitt Artist Pen in Magenta to accent the feathering of the butterfly wings which gave it even more dimension.

Here I used the Color Gelato (Blue/Green) and blended with water on the background patterned paper to add a watercolor-like feel to specific areas.

Here I used the Mix & Match Pitt Pastel Pencils (Neutral) to shade in the butterfly wings and canvas flower, as well as highlight portions of the dark branching. I also used the Art Grip Aquarelle Watercolor Pencil (Green) to deepen the green of the flower stem. Finally I 'sealed' it all with the Glaze. Handwriting done with the Pitt Artist Pen in Green Metallic. :)

Here again I used the Pitt Artist Pen in Magenta to outline the flowers in the patterned background paper, and also added a bit of color to the petals of the fabric flower to give it more 'pop'.

 Prima Products used:

Item# 950132 - Fairy Belle Collection Marcelle
Item# 950101 - Fairy Belle Collection Firefly
Item# 950156 - Fairy Belle Collection La Ronde
Item# 555337 - 8"x1 0" Alphabet Sheet Meadow Lark
Item# 554576 - Art Tiles Fairy Belle
Item# 890759 - Resin - Gable
Item# 556723 - Petal Pins Iced

Item # 551513 - Say It In Crystals

Item# 551629 - Resistant Canvas - Alla Prima
Item# 556730 - Mariposa Meadow
Item# 555924 - Lucerne Nature Garden
Item# 555481 - Lucerne Fairy Belle
Item# 555436 - Melisse Fairy Belle
Item# 555412  - Perle Bebe Fairy Belle
Item# 556907 - Tasha Ruby
Item# 556488 - Allegra Dove

Both Prima and Faber-Castell have also included a chance to win some of their products! :) Hop around to the other talented Design Team blogs below and leave a comment on each of their blogs. Once you are done, go back to the Prima and Faber-Castell blogs and let them know your favorite technique. A random winner will be announced on the Prima blog May 30th! Faber-Castell will also have a prize available, so make sure you go to their blog for details on how to win there!

BUT that's not all!!!! Because I'm positively thrilled to have new visitors to my blog :) :), please do make sure to leave a comment (along with a follow-up e-mail address :)) as I will also be doing a random draw on May 30th from all those who comment and giving out a little scrappy Prima prize package of my own as well! Make sure to let me know your favorite Prima and/or Faber-Castell product too!! :)

Ok so ready for the fun to start?
Ready, set, GOOOOOO! :)

Blog Links for Prima:

• Prima Marketing Blog: www.prima.typepad.com/prima
• Sharon Laakkonen:  http://sharonlaakkonen.blogspot.com/ 
• Heidi Kelley:  http://seesterk.blogspot.com/
• Marie-Nicolas ALLIOT: http://ma-ni.creation.over-blog.com 
• Maiko Kosugi: http://maimaipiano.blogspot.jp/
• Stacey Young: www.staceyeyoung.blogspot.com
• Emeline Seet: scrapvilla.blogspot.com
• Leslie Ashe:  www.leslieashe.blogspot.com
• Jamie Dougherty:  http://www.jaylynnscraps.com
• AnnaMarie Mondro: http://annamarie-mondro.blogspot.com
• Anna-Maria Wolniak:  http://annamariawolniak.wordpress.com/
• Anna Dabrowska: http://tworzysko.blogspot.com
• Cari Fennell: http://meandmymaryjanes.blogspot.com/

Blog Links for Faber-Castell:

• Faber-Castell: http://designmemorycraft.typepad.com/design-memory-craft/
• Jill Foster:  http://stampinginspiredby.blogspot.com/
• Jennifer Matott:  http://arttalk-sigmagirl.blogspot.com/
• Rita Barakat:  http://letsembellish.blogspot.com/
• Mou Saha:  http://collagecollagecollage.blogspot.com/
• Tiffany Johnson:  http://iheartartblog.com/

Thank you for stopping by my blog! :)