Get to know me - Susan Dupre

Hi I am Susan.  I am currently the design team coordinator.  I am also temporarily filling in as blog hostess while Hilde takes a break.  As for me personally, I have been scrapping since March of 2007.  I am also a wife and mother.  I have a darling little five year old son, Hayden.  He is the reason I started scrapping. 

After getting my feet wet for about a year, I then decided I would start trying out for design teams.  I remember the summer of 2008, and within two weeks I had three manufacturer's pick me up.  One of them had an "exclusive" clause in their terms.  I told them I was going to decline because was holding out in hope for another team.  Yep, it was "this one"!  They did away with the clause because they wanted me, and thank goodness, because I got that amazing phone call two days later from Graphic 45.  I can not begin to tell you how nervous and excited I was to get the call from Graphic 45.  Even though they were "new" on the scene, there was just something about their papers that made me feel they were really going to take off.  Boy did they ever!! 

Out of all my teams that I am on, it is always "Graphic 45" that is most asked about.  It is always "how did get on the team?".  The answer is...in my opinion, you have to love the papers.  I knew I loved the vintage  style of the papers.  I even had my son's room decorated vintage memorabilia.  It is in my blood.  I can not begin to tell you how fortunate I feel to be apart of this team from the very beginning.  So, that being said, I thought I would share with you my projects I turned in for that very first call.  I used the Times Nouveau papers.

I hope you have enjoyed getting to know a little bit about me.  I hope those of you that celebrate Halloween have a safe and enjoyable time trick-or-treating.  In November we will have a new guest designer that I am excited to introduce to you.  We will also being having that blog relay with Tattered Angels that I have been leaving hints about.   '

Until then,

Susan

A Sketch for You

As you know, we used to spotlight a sketch every Wednesday.  We have decided to only do them occasionally.   Don't worry though.  I promise you will still  see them and the wonderful interpretations by our fabulous design team.

Today we have a two page sketch for you.  We also have two different takes on the sketch, showing you that you can take a two page sketch and make into a single page lo.

 

Below is design team member, Nancy Burke's take on the above sketch.  You can see that she stayed true to the simple lines of the sketch.

Below is Antoinette van Hattum's take on the sketch.  You can see how she converted the sketch into a single page lo.  I think it is interesting how she used "letters" instead of pictures in her interpretation of the sketch.  How clever.  Antoinette used Renaissance Faire papers and Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist "Fall Breeze" on her lo. 

Keep coming back next month for our blog relay with Tattered Angels.  I am sure you will not be disappointed!

Hope you have been inspired by today's sketch and the lovely work provided by Nancy and Antoinette.

Happy scrapping!

Susan Dupre

More Work From Our Talented October Guest Designer Jenny Svensson

As promised, here is more beautiful projects from Jenny.  It has been so inspiring to see her beautiful work this month.  Her work has always caught our eye in the gallery at our Graphic 45 Ning site.  This girl is amazingly talented!

 

Isn't this project absolutely fantastic!!!  How inspiring your work in Jenny to us all.

Jenny used Graphic 45's "Christmas Past" for her lo's above.  We can also see she used some Tattered Angels products in her projects as well.  Remember we will be having a blog relay with them coming up next month.  Again, Jenny did beautiful work with our Christmas Past papers.  And, how can those adorable pictures not leave a smile on your face?  Those little stocking caps are just the cutest!

Jenny, thank you so much for all of your amazing work you have done for us this month.  You have been a fantastic guest designer for Graphic 45.  We have been honored to have you design for us.  Your work has truly been an inspiration to us all.

Happy Friday Everyone!

I hope you all have had a wonderful week and have a relaxing weekend planned ahead.  Today I thought I would share with you this lovely lo by design team member Stacy Cohen.  She used Renaissance Faire  papers.  Isn't it adorable how she added the lace to frame her lo.  I also adore that cute picture of her mother and grandfather.  Thanks for sharing with us Stacy!

More Beautiful Work by October's Guest Designer Jenny Svensson

We have been so pleased to have Jenny as this month's guest designer.  Jenny is extremely talented and works wonders with Graphic 45 papers!  We thought you would like to see more of her amazing work.

 

I love how Jenny embellishes her lo's.  She used Graphic 45 tags just perfectly in the lo above!

Isn't is stunning the way Jenny has layered several pieces of Graphic 45 paper in her lo above?

Just look at the detail in that lo above. I love how Jenny used crackle glaze on her letters and embellishments.  Beautiful work Jenny!  Yes, that is a Tattered Angel's butterfly. You will see more of their amazing products soon. Our design team will be doing a blog relay next month with Tattered Angels.

I will post some final work by Jenny next week.  I hope you are enjoying viewing her work.  We are so pleased to have her as our guest designer this month!

Thanks Jenny,

Susan Dupre

Today's Featured Scrapbook Store is "scrappin girlfriends" in Idaho!

Ok, this really is the cutest scrapping boutique.  I can tell that Lisa Fairbanks and Michele Hamilton, the store owners, are "serious" Graphic 45 fans, and we LOVE it!!  Even their class schedule bulletin board in made of Graphic 45 goodness!  They were kind enough to let Jeni from our design team take some photographs to post here for your viewing.

Above Lisa and Michele pose for us.  Umm, notice what papers those are on those adorable altered items?

Well, I must say that the outside of this boutique is just as cute as the inside!

This is the bulletin board that I was mentioning above.  Isn't this just darling?!

Or is it this one?  Either way, I am wishish I lived in Idaho to take some of their classes!!  I am really loving how they use Graphic 45 papers!

Oh, I really want one of these bulletin boards!!  Can you tell there are several different lines of Graphic 45 paper used on them? 

Above you can see a fun crop going on.  I wouldn't be surprised at all if they were using Graphic 45.  It is obvious that "scrappin girlfriends" love our papers.  Lisa and Michele, it is stores like yours that keep us going!  We are so honored to feature your beautiful and adorable boutique today. We have really enjoyed seeing how you have used our products!

Thanks so much,

Susan Dupre

A Little Altered Renaissance Love

I love to take items from the dollar store, clearance racks and thrift stores and turn them into decorative items for my studio and home.  This little delivery van and car was just screaming to be covered in paper and glimmer mist, so I had to oblige!  They were very easy and so fun to make.

 
So I challenge you to do the same and you could win some Renaissance Faire Paper! 

Just go to our community site at http://graphic45.ning.com and upload your project in the gallery, then add a comment to this post with the link to your project and you will be entered into the random drawing!

So get those fun items out that you have been wanting to alter, and get started today!

Happy Crafting,

Candy Rosenberg

 

Graphic 45 is in My Scrapbook Nook's October Kit!

You must see this kit and the amazing work that their design team did with it! You can see below that there are just "tons" of papers and die cuts from the Domestic Goddess line.

Now, you have got to see the beautiful work that their dt did with this amazing kit!

by Alexsandra Gadji

by Becky Williams

by Brittny Lejeune

by Camilla Ekman

by Daniela Dobson

by Lisa Day

  by Lynn Ghahary

by Stacey Michaud

by Susan Lui

by Zarah S. Peterson

 

by Leah Killian

 

by LG Belarmino

Wow!!  Those are some fabulous lo's.  You did an amazing job with that kit girls.  We thank you and are honored that My Scrapbook Nook chose to put Graphic 45 "Domestic Goddess" in your kit this month.  

Remember, if you put Graphic 45 papers in your kit, we are more than happy to showcase your kit and work by your design team on our blog.  Please feel free to contact.

Think outside the box!

Just because your paper is a certain color, doesn't mean your lo has to just those colors.  I adore how Jeni, one of our design team members, added hot pink to her lo.  She made her Graphic 45 papers work magically with her lo.  Here is what Jeni had to say:

Using Bright Colors with Renaissance Faire

 

I Love adding a Pop of Bright Color to the Gorgeous Renaissance Faire Collection!  Simply choose a couple of your favorite Papers from that line and grab a brightly colored photo.  All you have to do to tie them together is add a piece of cardstock or tissue paper of that same color from your photo!

For my layout I used Romantique # 4500112, Tudor Rose (my fav) # 4500114, and 2 sheets of Masterpiece #4500113

I used Romantique as my 12x12 Base, then added some bright pink tissue paper (to coordinate with my bright photo).  I cut the Tudor Rose paper into 4 squares that are 4.5 x 4.5 , sanded the edges for a pop of white, and then adhered them to my layout using Zip Dry from Beacon Adhesives.  Using a liquid adhesive allowed the adhesive to soak through the tissue paper giving it a very firm hold. Next I adhered the photo to the center of the page and added the two accents that I cut out from the 2 sheets of Materpiece paper.  I added a touch of Shimmerz Pint to them for some added fun, and finished it off with journaling and ribbon and assorted Prima Leaves.

 

I love the unexpected look and feel this pop of color gives to the very beautiful and romantic Renaissance Faire Collection. 

Jeni Boisvert

There you go!! The next time you look at your Graphic 45 papers, look at them in a new light.  There are so many different colored sheets in a pack, lending to several ways to use them.  Remember adding "other" colored embellishments can totally make a lo pull together.  Thanks Jeni for the awesome inspiration!

We have a winner!

Thank you to everyone who commented on the Recipe Box post.  We have randomly chosen a winner of our Domestic Goddess Paper Pack giveaway!  Drum roll, please......

The WINNER is Julie!  Congrats, girlie!  Send me an email with your mailing address to candy@g45papers.com.  Here is the winning comment:

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My first project for this winter is covering a cool old train case that was my grandmother's with Transatlantique papers. My grandma's dad worked on trains on the East Coast and she loved traveling, I think she'd be very happy to hear I'm using her old train case in this way. I want to fill it with all sorts of embellishments for my scrap room. Then I've got a couple of chipboard books to make!

Posted by: Julie@JulieChats | October 11, 2009 at 07:31 PM

Candy Rosenberg