July Theme--Inspired By

It is the first Monday of the month. That means it's time for a new theme here on the Prism Blog. This month's theme is "Inspired by". The design team members were asked to choose something that inspired them and create a project from it. It could be color inspiration, design inspiration or any other inspiration of their choice.

My first project for the month was inspired by this great bedding set found on the Sweet Peaches Bedding website.

I chose to use the color scheme. I also added in some circles and stripes inspired by the prints:

Prism Papers:

Suede Brown Dark BR309-E

Paper Bag BR260-D

White Linen W040-D

Nautical Blue Light B053-D

Nautical Blue Medium B052-E

Other:

Chipboard circle: Fiskars

Punches: EK Success

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Embrace Happiness by Stacey Kingman

Vintage summer. That’s what I was inking when I stamped this distressed orange harlequin pattern over yellow cardstock. I added some Old Paper Distress Ink on the edges to finish and to give it the old-time feel I wanted this card to have. I topped it with a shiny, glossy flower center made with a punched, inked cardstock circle covered in Glossy Accents.


Prism card stock:
Y098-E Intense Yellow
OR041-E Intense Orange
W031-D White Prismatic

Other:
Punches - Fiskars (Oopsie Daisy XL Squeeze, Circle Pop-up, Apron Lace Border, Round the Corner Squeeze)
Clear Stamps – Fiskars (Harlequin 8”x8”), Papertrey Ink (Mega Mixed Messages)
Ink –Ranger Distress Ink (Old Paper), Clearsnap Ancient Page (Mandarin)
Foam Adhesive – Fiskars
Glossy Adhesive – Glossy Accents

Class Kit Winners Are....

Ladies - thanks for the music suggestions! I've youtube'd most of them, and iTunes purchased some of them. I'm addicted to new music so this was fun for me! haha.

Okay - so originally I thought I only had 3....but - wait...I found 2 more! So 5 lucky winners are...
1. Pearl said...

Gorgeous brights with the cards & layouts by Jing Jing !!!

How abt Chris Allen's Heartless ?! He rawks !!!

June 23, 2009 12:30 AM

2. Dawn said...

Mine is Moon Dance by Van Morrison...I relly like your layouts sweetie!

June 27, 2009 7:32 PM

3. kim.mom said...

I love Rascal Flatt's My Wish....my son's 6th grade class just sang it at their graduation and it made me want to cry! It is so sweet!

June 25, 2009 1:16 AM

4. MrsETaylor said...

How about a song from Wicked? lmao or Jesus Christ Super Star?

Hope you are having a great week
Erika

June 24, 2009 9:47 PM

5. Erin Glee said...

I wish I had a great new song that you would love, but I am not "hip" about that stuff...
Great looking kits & love what Jing-Jing did!

June 24, 2009 11:55 AM

Email me your addresses (jamie at prismpapers dot com) and I will send these kits out ASAP.

Thanks to everyone who played along! Keep checking back for more ideas and giveaways.

Note: Due to CHA and me being gone for an entire week in July - we're postponing the next Guest DT call one month. Watch for it in August! Thanks!

Summertime Card by Tiffani Smith

This month I had the opportunity to take a Copic Certification Class here in Salt Lake City. I learned so much! Up until then I had been nervous to use my markers. They are serious art pens and are just a tad (*ahem* a lot) more expensive than the trusty Crayola's that I have been using. At the course I learned there is nothing to be afraid of. They are nearly indestructible and oh so fun to use! I have seen stamped images here and there that are incredibly colored and was so intimidated. Now I know the secret to their success. The key ingredients are great stamp ink, colored with great markers on great paper. I am here to tell you that Prism Simply Smooth is the greatest of them all. It makes it effortless to get good results.

To make this card I stamped the bird image with Momento Ink onto the Natural Smooth paper and colored it in with my Copics. I then cut it out, rounded the corners, and added a little bit of sparkle with some Tattered Angels Gold spray. (Which is hard to see in this picture, but in person makes a big impact.) I made the flower by punching three different sizes of scalloped circles, and cut slits between each scallop to create petals. Next I pinked the edges of a 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of Blush Red Dark Prismatic. I inked the edges of everything and adhered it all to the card. To finish I added some ribbon and buttons, I drew lines on the red square and it felt complete.

Prism Products:
BR226 Tawny Dark - Card Base
R049 Blush Red Dark - Card Center
R095 Classic Red - Flower
W360 Natural Smooth - Stamp Block

Other supplies:
Stamp - Martha Stewart
Glitter Spray - Tattered Angels
Punches - Marvy Uchida
Corner Rounder - EK Success
Ribbon - Creative Impressions
Buttons - Vintage
Ink - Momento and VersaMagic Tsukineko
Sketch Pens and Multiliner - Copic

Reach for the Stars by Angela Ploegman

The inspiration for this project was definitely this month's theme, "What were you inking?". To start with, I struggled a bit creatively to come up with an ink option other than my ink jet printer. Luckily, I found one in my stash with my metallic alcohol inks...never opened, never used, all alone, looking for a creative home.

To create this layout, I created my own patterned paper by dropping the metallic alcohol inks onto the Black Prismatics cardstock from about shoulder height, creating round drops and splashes of various dimensions. This paper reminded me of the stars in the night sky, which suggested to me a page titled, "Reach for the Stars".

Once the title was set, the remainder of the page just fell into place...the preschool graduaton photo of my son, the stars punched from the Deep Blue Mirri Cardstock to match his cap and gown and the rest of the journalling/title. The Prism pinstripe black paper added just that extra bit of texture I needed to keep the page visually interesting.

I also used some chalk ink to change the grey foam letters to a lighter color and to outline the edges of my ink drop patterned paper. I edged the Deep Blue Mirri stars with Ranger Distress Ink in Black Soot, so the white cardstock edge wasn't visible against the black background. Best of all, any extra ink on the Mirri Cardstock just wiped right off!!

Prism Supplies:
BK281-F Black Prismatic
PS010 Black Pinstripe
PS070 White Pinstripe
MI060 Mirri Deep Blue

Other Supplies:
Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Inks Pearl and Copper
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Black Soot
ColorBox Fluid Chalk Alabaster
American Crafts Remarks Alphabet Sticker Letters--Hannah and Henry
American Crafts Thickers--Roller Rink and Lullaby
EK Success Paper Shaper Star Punch
EK Success Chalk Writer
Xyron Adhesive

You Make Me Smile by Keri Lee Sereika

On this card I used a fun technique called "The bandana technique" developed and made widely popular by artist and designer Robin Beam. The jist of the technique is to simply stamp your image onto cardstock and highlight using a white gel pen. By adding dots, dashes, swirls and lines over the entire surface of the stamped cardstock you are left with a fun bandana like effect. Enjoy!

Prism Product Used:
Prismatics Line:
Classic Magenta P120-E
Baby Pink Light P041-D
Vibrant Teal B559-E
Frosted Kiwi G336-D
Baby Blue Medium B253-D

Other Product Used:
Inks: Blackbird Fluid Chalk Ink - Clearsnap
Inkssentials White Gel Pen - Ranger
Stamps: Anytime Sentiments & Paisley - Impression Obsession
Dies: Scalloped Paisley, Scalloped Circle Small - Spellbinders

“Ham” layout by Amanda Probst

Have I mentioned lately how much I love Prism colors? I do. They’re so vibrant and rich and just perfect. That’s probably why so many of my layouts are cardstock only layouts…Prism cardstock by itself is more than enough. As evidence, I offer this layout:

It’s difficult with a photograph to really show you the subtle texture that I added to the title (which I love). First, I stamped a woodgrain pattern on the yellow cardstock. Then, I ran it through my Silhouette to cut out the word. I adhered that to a blue piece of cardstock and cut around it with a Fiskars fingertip trimmer thing (love that!). Next, I added Glossy Accents here and there along the woodgrain pattern. And, finally, I raised the whole thing with foam squares.

For the stars, I stamped a dot pattern with yellow ink onto my orange cardstock. The yellow doesn’t show up overly well but did add a wee bit of texture. (If I were doing it again, I might either add embossing powder or use a different color. But. I didn’t want the dots to overpower things.) After stamping the dot pattern, I ran my whole strip of paper through my new Fiskars crimper (I finally bought one the other day!) and then punched out the stars. Again, I added some random Glossy Accents over some of the dots (I love Glossy Accents). And, voila:

So. What do you think?

Prism products used:
BK031-F Perla (grey)
G377-E Classic Yellowgreen
Y092-D Classic Yellow
OR141-D Papaya Puree Dark
B368-E Mystic Dark

Other products used:
Hero Arts woodgrain stamp
Cornish Heritage Farms large polka dot backgrounder stamp
Colorbox ink
Fiskars “Twinkle Twinkle” squeeze punch
Ranger Glossy Accents
Computer fonts: VNI-HLThuphap (title), Good Dog Plain (journaling)

Somebunny by Tami Mayberry

Simply Smooth is my all time favorite card sotck for both printing and Copics; so, today I am inking things up on my Simply Smooth white card stock. I printed the digital image and then colored it with Copic markers. I also added a bit of ink for the stamped greeting just for good measure ;)

For a bit of added texture the White Laid is embossed with an embossing folder and score lines added using my Scor-pal.

Prism Products:

Simply Smooth White W045-C

White Laid W030-D

Baby Pink Dark P047-E

Smoked BK210-F

Other:

Copic Markers

Digital Image from All That Scraps

Embossing Folder from Provo Craft

Scor-pal

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

What's Cookin'? by Jeanne Streiff

It's really feeling like Summer in Texas so I decided to do a cute BBQ card for my project today.

Simply Smooth and Copic markers work beautifully together. You get vibrant colors, no bleeding lines and nice smooth blends.

I stamped the boy and phrase on Simply Smooth White (the BEST white paper ever for Copic markers!) with Tuxedo Black Memento ink. I used Copic markers to color the image. The "sky" was sponged with Broken China Ranger Distress ink.

I'm often asked what color Copic markers I use for skin. For lighter skin (like today's project) I first colored the face, arms and legs with E000 (Pale Fruit Pink) and then do a little shading with E00 (Skin White). I use my E000 marker to go back and blend any lines. For the cheeks I put a spot of R01 (Pinkish Vanilla) on the cheeks and then use my E000 marker to blend.

Here are the Prism papers that I used:


Prism 4045-C Simply Smooth White
Prism Prismatics W031-D White, BK28 Black, R095-E Classic Red

Supplies-
Stamps: Chillin' & Grillin' - Lizzie Anne Designs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress Broken China
Adhesive: 3L
Other: Sponge, Ribbon from May Arts

Be Amazing by Karen Shand

What were you inking, round two :) For this challenge I choose to use my embossing folder to create pattern & dimension on my layout. I started with White Prismatic cardstock and the Spots & Dots embossing folder, which I ran through my die cut machine. Next I went over the entire embossed surface with Frost White Pigment Ink and once dry, I added Sour Apple chalk ink to the top. You could go right to the chalk ink or only use pigment ink, but I wanted to soften the color to better match the teal in the Prismatic cardstock. If you would rather have the background inked, simple cover the top of your embossing folder with ink before you run it through your die cut machine. For this method, I have found that pigment inks work best if you want a darker background.

Next, I cut out a free hand sun from Intense Yellow cardstock. I used the same method as above, first I embossed and then I applied chalk ink in Amber Clay to make it stand out. I applied chalk ink to the other two circles that make up the sun as well as the other lighter circles on the page to help them stand out against the background.

Did you wonder what the little piece of inked cardstock in the corner is behind the sun? Well that was my test scrap of cardstock to see if I liked the color ink I was going to use on the project. I needed a little something in the corner and I liked the curve of the cardstock. It just goes to show, that you should save those scraps!! ;)

Prism Papers:
Y098-E Intense Yellow
B558-D Frosted Teal
B561-E Intense Teal
Y091-D Sunflower Medium
W031-D White Prismatic
W045-C Simply Smooth-White

Other Items Used:
Die Cuts: Sizzix (Arrows), Cuttlebug (Red Tag Sale)
Punches: The Paper Studio (Border Punch & larger circle), EK Success (circles)
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug (Dots & Spots)
Ink: Clearsnap Inc. (Amber Clay & Sour Apple Chalk Ink & Frost White Pigment Ink)
Font: Arial Narrow (Microsoft Word)

Class Kit Giveaway!

This past weekend I taught a class up in Layton, Utah for the Memory Works Retreat. This is the 2nd year in a row that I've had the opportunity to teach up there - and the ladies are TOTALLY FABULOUS! I taught 2 (in a row) crazy, fast-paced classes each consisting of a 2 page layout and 2 different cards. It was a combined class with some lovely product from the Sassafras Lass group! Well - as always, when I have left-over kits...YOU REAP THE BENEFITS! Designed by our very own Guest Designer Jing-Jing Nickel. Here is what she made for the class:

LAYOUTS:


CARDS:


I have 3 kits left over and will choose at random if you leave me a comment that has nothing to do with scrapbooking (but I'm always looking for new music). Leave me your current favorite song (Title & Artist). I will choose 3 winners at random on June 30th at 5pm MST. Winners will be posted on the blog July 1 at 8am MST.

“Happy Birday” by Jing-Jing Nickel

I always make a card or two as soon as I am done with making a layout, since I have all the coordinating scraps right in front of me already. So I made this “birday” card before I “cleaned” up my mess from making the “Take One for the Scream” layout. (In reality, I never clean anything up; it’s more of a degree of messiness.)

It just so happened that we received a cute outfit for DD’s birthday and I had to recreate the little bird on the outfit, and here is the resulting card. I used black ink to ink every piece of the bird to give it a defining edge. I also used a black marker to trace lightly around the Baby Blue Dark cardstock. Oh the little bird is so cute I can just stir fry him for dinner!

Disclaimer: No bird, this or any other, was harmed in making this card.

PRISM products:
White Prismatic W031-D
Classic Yellowgreen F377-E
Classic Yellow Y092-D
Verde Pisello G371-F
Bubblegum P110-C
Intense Orange OR041-E
Baby Blue Dark B532-D

Other products:
Ink: Tsukineko
Pen: Marvy Uchida
Eye: Michaels
Adhesives: Pop dots
Punch: Martha Stewart Crafts

Feel the Joy by AJ Otto

What am I inking??

Today- my fingers!!!

I opted to go with a emboss resist technique to show how much the texture shows through the ink still- The image was stamped with fresh snow ink and covered with clear embossing powder. When heated- no warping!!! That's so awesome- every other card stock I have heat embossed on warps big time! I then sponged the New Sprout ink around the stems first with a Q-tip to get the narrow stems. After I went over it with the Tangelo and a sponge-Be prepared to have your fingers inked as well when using this technique ;)

Prism Products:
OR022-E Desert Coral Med
W031-D White Prismatic

Other:

Stamps: Unity Stamp Co
Inks- Fresh Snow- pti; Tangelo-Memento; New Sprout- Memento
Clear Embossing powder- JoAnn's Craft Essentials
Pop Dots

Happy Birthday, U.S.A. By Stacey Kingman

First ink up those stamps to create the perfect patterned paper then add some bling with Silver Mirri cardstock! It’s shiny, but flat and makes an easy, mailable card that is still sparkly without the lumps and bumps!

Prism card stock:
B532-D Baby Blue Dark
R140-D Spirit Red
W031-D White Prismatic
MI030 Silver Mirri

Other:
Squeeze Punch - Fiskars (Twinkle, Twinkle XL)
Clear Stamps – Papertrey Ink (Background Basics: Retro, Polka Dot Basics, Around & About Sentiments )
Ink –Papertrey Ink (Poppy), Clearsnap Fluid Chalk Ink (French Blue)
Rub-ons – American Crafts

Blessings by Teresa Kline

Hello gals, I am having so much fun with Prism papers, if you haven't tried Prism yet well take my word for it you should, you will luv them! Today I am inking in several different ways, first I chose to ink up this fabulous tree from the set called Doodle Birds from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps. I luv this tree it is so gorgeous, I luv taking the brush end of a marker and make small little hearts to hang off the limbs, I used my SU night of navy marker to make the hearts. I also sponged the outside of the Suede Brown Light piece of Prism with Momento Rich Cocoa ink. I added a piece of rick rack ribbon and a few basicgrey chocolate pearls, what do you think of "what I am inking today?"

Prism Products:

Suede Brown Dark BR309-E, Suede Brown Light BR272-D, and Indigo Columns B350-F

Other Products:
Ink: Momento Rich Cocoa, and SU Night Of Navy Marker
Stamps: Sweet 'N Sassy Doodle Birds
Accessories: Blue rick Rack Ribbon, Basicgrey Chocolate Pearls, Blossom Nesties and Glue Dots

Friend by Tami Mayberry

What am I inking? Well, typically everything I come in contact with. I do not like messes, they really bug me... except when stamping. I am not a neat stamper by an stretch of the imagination. My desk is typically covered in ink, stamps and all sorts of scraps and embellishments. And, ultimately whatever I touch is inky too....but I do love a creative mess :) Sooo..now that you know my messy little secret on to my project.

Today I decide to ink some of Prism's awesome metallic card stock. I love the weight and how it has a smooth texture perfect for stamping, markers and more. For my design I used an embossing folder to emboss the Desire Metallic card stock. Then I sanded it to rough up the smooth texture and rubbed it with a brick red ink pad. The result is an almost velvet like texture.

I used an ink slightly darker than the card stock so it is a rather subtle design that didn't photograph all that well but you could easily use a contrasting color or lighter card stock with an ink several shades darker.

Prism products used:

White Linen W040-D

Desire (Red Metallic) MT270

Starburst (Aqua Metallic) MT085

Rockstar by Keri Lee Sereika

For this layout I really wanted to show how you can emphasize and or create texture using ink! As you can see the top right edge of the layout is stamped with Frost White Pigment Ink and then embossed with a bit of Opalescent embossing powder...on the bottom panels of Black Prismatics I first dry embossed them using an embossing folder and then took the same Frost White Pigment pad and lightly swiped the entire surface with the flat edge of the pad to really bring out the embossing texture. I used a Copic Multiliner to add the fine line of dots between the top left strips of Rosso cardstock; And finally I used ink once again to stamp Polka Parts Polka Dots between the second set of Rosso cardstock strips as well as on the White label at the right of the photo. I hope this somehow inspires you to try taking out your inks to see how you can add interest and texture to your cardstock! :)


Prism Products Used:

Kraft BR270-D
Rosso R091-F

Prismatics Line:
Baby Blue Light B255-D
Black BK281-F
Classic Yellow Y092-D
White W031-D

Other Products Used:
Inks: Frost White Colorbox Pigment Ink, Blackbird Fluid Chalk Ink - Clearsnap
Copic Multiliner Black - Copic Marker
Opalescent Embossing Powder - Clearsnap
Polka Parts Stamp Set - Renaissance By Design
Diamonds In The Rough Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Provocraft
Labels One Nestabilities & Stars Five Dies - Spellbinders
Heat Tool - Marvy Uchida
Clear Crystals - Kandi Corp

Summer Card by Tiffani Smith

The weather has been strange here in Utah this year. One minute it is hot and dry the next cool and raining. Not our normal dry heat, for sure. It has made for some crazy little league baseball games but is doing wonders for my flowers. I love summer flowers and wanted to recreate some of what I am seeing out my bedroom window for this card. First I ran a piece of Butter Cream Prismatic through my Cuttlebug to create the houndstooth texture. I then lightly inked it with a Marvy Heritage pad. I like the texture I get from this technique and it doesn't hurt that it is super easy. I then drew nearly straight lines three times around the edge to create a more finished look. Next I punched the flowers, bent up the petals and inked the edges. After that I attached the strip of ribbon, placed my flowers and added the pearls in the centers to finish it off. I love this card and I cant wait to make a few more to have on hand for the rest of the season.


Prismatics:
Candle Glow Dark - card base
Butter Cream - card center
Intense Yellow - small flowers
Classic Red - medium flowers
Blush Red Medium - large flower

Other supplies:
Small flower punch - Marvy
Medium flower punch - Martha Stewart
Large flower punche - Fiskars
Ribbon - Making Memories
Pearls - K and Co.
Embossing card - ProvoCraft
Ink - Marvy, Old Gold Heritage Pad
Pen - American Crafts, Brown Precision Pen
Pearl button - Vintage

My Heroes by Jeanne Streiff

I thought I would show off my two oldest boys today. Between them there were 3 tours in Iraq, a tour in Saudi Arabia, and Embassy duty in Tunis and Germany. Both of the boys decided that career military was not for them and they are now settled in with families and civilian jobs. We are happy to have them close by and safe.

I played around with both Simply Smooth White and Prismatic White for the printing on this project. Both printed beautifully. The digital patterned paper I ended up using for this project was printed on Prismatic White. I really liked the texture (I love to sponge on Prismatics) on the finished paper.

The title and names were printed on the computer on Sugar Cream Prismatic. I used a Copic marker (E31 Brick Beige) to do the shadowing on the words. All the papers were sponged with Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink and then stitched on the sewing machine. I assembled after stitching.

Prism Prismatics used:

W595-D Sugar Cream
R049-E Blush Red Dark
B309-E Twilight Dark
B053-D Nautical Blue Light
BR176-D Tawny Light
W031-D White Prismatic

Other supplies:
digital paper: Stars & Stripes – Lizzie Anne Designs
Brushed Corduroy Ranger Distress Ink
sponge
gold nailheads from Dreamtime Creations
sewing machine
Foam tape 3L
Copic marker
Ranger Glossy Accents (for attaching nailheads)

“Rainbow” by Amanda Probst.

Don’t you just love it when a layout comes together smoothly? I must have had some sort of serendipity going on when I made this layout, because it was one of the fastest layouts I’ve finished in a long time. And, if I do say so myself, it came out great!


Want to know how I did that? 

Of course you do. :) 

Well, this is actually a technique I happened upon a couple years ago and really love. 

Here’s what I did:

Printed the title and journaling on the white cardstock. (I love how nicely things print on the Prism texture, btw.)
Painted a thin layer of Mod Podge on the bottom half of the page and let it dry. (This took up the most time altogether but wasn’t really too long).
Dropped various colors of alcohol inks on the Mod Podged area and used a brayer to simply roll it out randomly. (Yup, totally easy but looks crazy vivid and wet…perfect! You have to work quickly with alcohol inks, as they dry FAST.)

Trimmed the white cardstock to mount on the Intense Teal cardstock, stuck those together and added the photos, mirri strip (that was first punched using a Fiskars border punch), and Intense Orange strip.
Colored in the printed title using Copic markers.

Added quick outlines around three of the photos using a black pen. (There’s something about using a pen to outline things…my layouts don’t seem complete without this step, lol.)

Ta da! That’s it. Altogether, I used four types of ink…alcohol inks, Copic marker ink, printer ink and black marker. Whew.

Prism products used:
W031-D White Prismatic
B561-E Intense Teal
OR041-E Intense Orange
MI030 Silver (Mirri)

Other products used:
Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Inks: stream, lettuce, cranberry, butterscotch, wild plum
Mod Podge, glossy-lustre finish
Copic Sketch markers: 0 (colorless blender), Y08 (acid yellow), YR16 (apricot), YR09 (Chinese orange), BG15 (aqua), BG18 (teal blue)
American Crafts Precision Pen (0.03)
Fiskars “Upper Crest” border punch
Computer fonts: Rosewood Standard (title), Century Gothic, Century Schoolbook (journaling)

Blue Bird by AJ Otto

Today we introduce our final guest designer, AJ Otto


I am a stay at home mom of 2 overly active kids and I stamp in my spare time. (Which means I have to be creative to find spare time ;) I love scrapping, stamping, cooking, photography, and am attempting to garden a bit. I lean towards a less is more style in crafting, I love clean lines and open space in my projects, and shy away from lots of embellishments. I currently design for Unity Stamp Company, Lizzie Anne Designs, Jacksonbelle Embellishments, and Flower-Soft. I feel so lucky I get to be able to work with Prism for the next few months, and just love playing with their papers- it rocks!

What were you inking?  

For my card I used one ink pad and several copic markers. I inked up the bird with rich cocoa onto simply smooth white and cut it out. I colored it in with B91 and B34 Copic markers, the branch was colored in with the E55. The nest is the rich cocoa stamped off, and the leaves are rich cocoa full strength.

Prism Products:
Y009-D Candle Glow lt
B053-D Nautical Blue lt
B0652-E Nautical Blue med
BR291-D Suede Brown med
W031-D White Prismatic
W045-C Simply Smooth White

Other Products:
Stamps- Lizzie Anne Designs
Corner Rounder Punch- SU!
Button- PTI
Ribbon- SU!
Paper Piercing tool-making memories
Ink: Memento rich cocoa
Pop Dots
Copic Markers: E55, B34, B91
DMC Floss

Madalyn by Karen Shand

Hi, my name is Karen Shand and I am extremely excited & honored to be a guest designer for Prism. I have been married to a wonderful man Mark for the past 19 years. We have 3 active children, Victoria (13), Alex (11) and Madalyn (9). I started scrapbooking 12 years ago as a way to record memories, but it has become so much more. I am currently the DT Coordinator for Scrappin' Sports & More and loving every minute I get to spend on this craft. I treasure the friendships that I have developed through this industry and look forward to making many more.

Prism cardstock and chalk ink are definitely two items I reach for over and over again when creating a layout. Sometimes I forget that a good picture and just a couple of staples are all you need to create a really wonderful project. I decided to get creative with the inking assignment and made my own striped paper. I simply cut a 1" x 12" strip of White Prismatic cardstock and applied different colors of Chalk Ink in varying widths. This is a great way to add a custom look to your page. The texture of the Prism cardstock adds depth to the strips. I also inked the edges of my die cuts and punch shapes to help give them dimension and to pop them off the page.

Prism Papers Used:
R192-E Razzleberry Dark
B378-E Stormy Dark
Y098-E Intense Yellow
W031-D White Prismatic
W045-C Simple Smooth White
MT100- Blue Steel

Other:
Ink: Color Box Chalk Ink by Clearsnap Inc. (Yellow Citrus, Warm Violet, Blue Iris, Amber Clay, Lime Pastel, Ocean, French Blue, Dark Peony, Azurite)
Punches: EK Success (retro flower), The Paper Studio (Scallop Circle)
Die Cuts: Sizzix (Decorative Accent with flower, Sparkle)
Font: Arial Narrow Microsoft Word
Misc: String

It's a Girl by Angela Ploegman

Today we meet guest designer Angela Ploegman...

I started scrapbooking in 1999 when I moved to Iowa and was looking for ways to meet people and socialize...I started by scrapping my travels abroad and haven't looked back...now I love to scrap the everyday things in addition to my children, my nieces and my travels! I currently design for two manufacturers, Reminisce and Xyron and my most recent print publications include Simply Handmade and Stamping, Scrapbooking & Stationary. My favorite products are anything that adds texture and dimension to my layouts or projects. My main inspiration for projects is color and style...I flip through alot of magazines and even Target ads for color and design ideas...mall walking and all the window displays can also inspire me!

I'm married to my husband of nine years and we have two little ones--my son is 5 and my daughter is 1.

With this month's theme being "What were you Inking", I thought I would spend some quality time with my ink jet printer for this new baby card for my neighbor (who's due in 2 weeks). I created the sentiment block in my photo editing software and also printed the same pink color onto the White Linen and the embossed Jade Spring cardstock pieces...I was so nervous about running the Jade Spring through my printer as I though for sure the ink would smear as the paper has such a sheen to it. But the paper took the ink beautifully, drying just as fast as regular cardstock and even better, the sheen of the embossing shone through the ink! 

To get the white pin striping on the bottom half of the card, I scored the White Linen cardstock (that I had printed pink) at regular intervals and then sanded the raised edge, to reveal the white underneath. A few minimal embellishments and Voila! I was done. If only giving birth was this easy!!!

Prism products:
W040-D White Linen
EB060 Jade Spring

Other Supplies:
Doodlebug gems
EK Success Scalloped Square Punch
Misc. Trim

Life is Good by Teresa Kline

Today we meet guest designer Teresa Kline and ask "What were you inking?"

Hello, my name is Teresa Kline aka va.sunshine. I have been stamping seriously since December 2007. I really enjoy creating but, mostly enjoy sending my card creations to others. I really want to extend encouragement to those in need and send a smile to someones face . I am married and my DH is real encouraging, he truly is my biggest fan! I design for Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps, I am a mojo maker for the Mojo Monday Blog, and I have guest designed for Verve. I am thrilled to be guest designing for Prism. I have fallen in love with Prism papers and look forward to designing the next two months for Prism. It's going to be a fabulous summer, enjoy!"

What am I inking? Usually, my fingers.....lol.....but for today's cards I chose Verve stamp sets Wishful Elegance and Artful Elegance. I used Momento rich cocoa and stamped the flowers and background stamp. I then used my copics E47 and R37 to color the flower blooms. I chose rich Prism colored cardstock to give my card a rich, bold look. I luv this sentiment with these vibrant flowers, life is good!"

Prism Products:

Blush Red Dark, R049-E; Burned, BR350_F; and Birchtone Light, BR271-D

Stamps: Verve Wishful Elegance and Artful Elegance
Ink: Moemento Rich Cocoa and Copics E47 and R37
Accessories: Rich Red Ribbon, Red Gemstones, and Glue Dots

“Take One for the Scream” by Jing-Jing Nickel

For the month of June the Prism designers were challenged with the phrase "What were you Inking?" Each project this month will feature use of some type of ink.  

Today's "What Were you Inking?" project comes from guest designer Jing Jing Nickel. 

I am Jing-Jing Nickel. Pronounce it like there are nickels in your pocket making that jingling noise! *laugh*

I was born and raised in Shanghai, China. My teenage years were spent in Dakar, Senegal, a West African nation. I went to college in Minnesota and hold a graduate degree in mathematics from the University of Arizona. Now I work full time in the Twin Cities, MN, as an I.T. engineer. In my spare time, I scrapbook, scrapbook, and scrapbook: my family, my trips, and my family on trips.

After nine years of scrapbooking, I finally began submitting to publications in June 2008. You will find me in Memory Makers, Scrapbook Trends, Scrapbooking and Beyond, Cards, and Creating Keepsakes.

I am extremely excited to be a guest blogger for Prism Papers; I look forward to sharing with you a little piece of me and my life. Find me on my blog: http://thislittleartofmine.blogspot.com/

What am I inking? Why, my stress ball, of course! Nothing relieves my stress like stamping circle images with my stress ball dressed up in ink. Now everyone please go find your own stress ball and do some stamping with it, and if it isn’t quite like getting a massage and a facial, it is at least close.

Now that you’ve been thoroughly entertained, let’s get down to business and count the inks I’ve used here: ink pads, ink pen, and printer ink. The lightly textured Prism cardstock is just perfect for my little ink jet printer. The words came out crispy and clear, I am hooked!

If you haven’t tried the Prism exclusive papers, you are missing out!! The texture reminds me of extremely fine corduroy. The colors are, what does Emeril say, “BAM BAM!” Needlessly to say, I have a lot of new favorites!

Disclaimer: No child was permanently harmed in making of this layout.


PRISM products used:
White Prismatic W031-D
Classic Yellowgreen F377-E
Classic Yellow Y092-D
Verde Pisello G371-F
Bubblegum P110-C

Other products:
Inks: Stampin’ Up and Close to My Heart
Chipboard letters: K&Company
Chipboard number 1: Lil Davis
Brad: American Crafts
Diecut machine: Cricut expression
White pen: Sakura Souffle
Edge trimmer: Purple Cows

Giveaway Winners!

Okay ladies - way to check back! Because there were 10 comments on the blog for winners to the giveaway...ALL OF YOU WIN!
If your name is:
Jennifer
Deanne
BishopsMommie
Kimmie
Kim Marie
Andrea
Expressions of a Creative Mind
KanataNewf
Lynne in NI
and Parker and Emma's Mom
You win the Make & Take kit.

Email me your address and I'll pop those in the post first thing Monday. :) (email=jamie@prismpapers.com)
CONGRATULATIONS!

Miss Mary Kay by Emily Anderson

The last sketch based project of this month comes from designer Emily Anderson.   Emily is expecting a new bundle of joy soon and has decided it is time to focus on other non crafty things. So, this is her last project with the Prism design team. Emily's layout is based on a sketch from Becky Higgins.

Prism Supplies:
Sugar Cream P W595-D
Intense Orange P OR041-E
Chocolate BR340-F

Beautiful job Emily! 

As we say goodbye to one designer we will be saying hello to *five* new designers. Next week we will introduce you to the June/July guest designers. They have some great projects to share that you will not want to miss! More on Monday :)

“To Work” card by Amanda Probst

Unlike many of the other awesome design team ladies here, I don’t make many cards. So, having a sketch to start from is a huge help. It may be cheating a bit, but today’s card is based on my own sketch featured in Creating Keepsakes’ May Month By Month column. (For a complete archive of these sketches, check out my blog…where you can find them all in one place.) 

Here’s what I created:

It’s not your typical wedding card, but I like the happiness that these bright yellows convey. :)

Prism products:
Y092-D Classic Yellow
Y003-D Iced Yellow
BK281-F Black

Other products:
My Sentiments Exactly dress stamp
Inkadinkado phrase stamp
Stampin’ Up! Basic Black ink
Color Box Canary ink
Fiskars “funky love” heart punch
Copic Sketch markers: 0 (colorless blender), Y08 (acid yellow), Y11 (pale yellow)
American Crafts Precision Pen (0.01)
Scrapbook Adhesives (by 3L) 3D foam squares

Miss Personality by Stacey Kingman

I love the sketches over at the "Got Sketch?" website! They are so easy to use and I love how they help me use multiple photos when I'm stuck for ideas. For this layout, I used Sketch # 74, five yummy colors of Prism cardstock, some great punches, stamps, and a few buttons.

Sometimes when I use a sketch, I stray quite a bit from the original design by the time I have finished, but with this one, I pretty much followed it exactly! 

I love the scalloped lines and the journaling strips, I had fun with the "white space" and stamped some random circles and flowers on the kraft, green, and white cardstocks. 

I love the way these pinks and greens really shine against the kraft background, and the Prism texture is so easy to add rub-ons to for titles and journaling.

Prism papers used:
BR270-D Kraft
W031-D White
G381 -D Intense Kiwi
G336-D Frosted Kiwi
P044 -E Baby Pink Medium

Other:
Punches - Fiskars
Rub-ons - Scenic Route & 7 Gypsies
Clear Stamps, Ink - Papertrey Ink

Thinking of You by Keri Sereika

Today's design created by Keri is based on the PaperCraftPlanet Weekly Sketch Challenge for April 4th 2009.

Thinking of You by Keri Sereika

Prism Products Used:
P038-D Blush Red Light
P039-D Blush Red Medium
R049-E Blush Red Dark
W475-D Butter Cream
P041-D Baby Pink Light

Other Supplies Used:
Stamps: Darling Damask - Renaissance By Design
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink - Tsukineko
Copic Markers and Airbrush System
Dies: Labels Four, Scalloped Circle Nestabilities; Butterflies 2, Flying Beauties; Butterfly Impressabilities - Spellbinders
Scor-Pal Scoring Tool - Scor-Pal
3-D Foam Squares - Scrapbook Adhesives by 3-L

Cuddle by Tami Mayberry

I always seem to have this thing about sketches...I have a terrible time actually sticking to the sketch :) I love to use sketches as inspiration but rarely end up with an exact copy...sometimes I end up with something that doesn't even look close to what I started out with. Below is the layout I created using a sketch. Actually, this one turned out pretty close with just a few changes here and there.  The sketch I used was found here on the PageMaps site. It was actually for a 6x12 layout. (Perfect for use with Prism Accent Packs!). I used the general look and adapted it to fit my photos and an 8.5x11 landscape layout. I created my own patterend paper by using Clearsnap fluid chalk and a background stamp. 

Prism Supplies used:

Kraft BR270-D

Blue Hopsack B070-C

Intense Cobalt B278-E

Nautical Blue Light B053-D

Blush Red Dark R049-E

Other:

Clearsnap Fluid chalk ink

Stamps (background and border)

Felt sticker (cuddle)

Fiskars heart punch

May flowers bring summer heat! - GIVEAWAY

We're finally warming up here in Utah. WOO HOO!

Since we only have a few days left in May, I wanted to do a very fun Springtime giveaway. This is what it looks like all together - but you get the pieces to make it however you want!

This is a very cute tri-fold card made out of Envelopes! I love the idea to be able to have hidden journaling in things.

List a few of your favorite things about Spring or Summer in the comments and we'll pick 10 winners on Friday June 29th at 5pm (posting winners at 6pm MST).

Congratulations by Emily Anderson

I don't generally use sketch sites, but if I'm feeling just totally stuck, then I do like to check out what Becky Higgins has been sketching. I like her sketches a lot, because they can be interpreted in so many ways. They are simple, but you can add to it. They speak to a lot of different scrappers. I needed a quick card for my sisters graduation this weekend, and well, let's just say that cards are not my thing. So, I took Becky's latest scrap page sketch and turned it into a card. Quick and simple.

Instructions:
Cut a 5 x 10 piece of White Laid cardstock. Fold in half. Cut a piece of 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 White Laid cardstock and sew onto top of card. Punch out shapes in different colors and adhere to your card. Stamp your sentiment. Finish off with butterfly punch and jewel.

Prism Products: 

Vibrant Teal B559-E 

Suede Brown Dark BR309-E

White Laid W030-D 

Other:
Punches: Fiskars, Martha Stewart
Stamp and Ink: Stampin' Up!
Other: Jewel and Thread