Hello Crafters,
The buzz is in the air! Design team projects are flooding into our offices and we're excited to set sail for Los Angeles this week for CHA! Today we wanted to share a stunning book designed by Jane Tragenza and let you know about a special raffle we'll be having at this year's CHA!
Why: If you have ever seen our booth at CHA – you might be aware we have a lot of amazing samples! We launched the Graphic 45 Daily CHA Raffle last year at CHA and it was an absolutely hit ever since!
How great would it be to leave CHA with samples in tote ready to put out in your store? Samples created by none other owner and exclusive designer of Graphic 45 papers—Diane Schultz!
How: For every $100 you spend on your order at CHA you will be awarded a G45 Raffle ticket. Every day at CHA we will be gathering at 1:30pm giving the first 30 crafters at the booth a new 8x8 or 12x12 paper pad and raffling off a gorgeous package of our display samples.
Where: CHA – The beautiful Graphic 45 Booth #559—look for the clock tower!
When: 1:30pm Daily; Beginning Saturday, January 29th-February 1st..
Saturday's Raffle- We will be featuring our Once Upon a Springtime Collection. The first 30 lucky crafters will receive a free 8x8 or 12x12 paper pad! The raffle package will feature beautiful display samples that were created using our Once Upon a Springtime collection– over a $300 value.
Sunday’s Raffle - We will be featuring our Curtain Call Collection. The first 30 lucky crafters will receive a free 8x8 or 12x12 paper pad! The raffle package will feature beautiful display samples that were created using our new Curtain Call collection– over a $300 value.
Monday’s Raffle - We will be featuring our Le Cirque Collection. The first 30 lucky crafters will receive a free 8x8 or 12x12 paper pad! The raffle package will feature beautiful display samples that were created using our new Le Cirque collection– over a $300 value.
Tuesday’s Raffle – Grand Prize Raffle – We will be featuring all of our new collections; Once Upon a Springtime, Curtain Call, Le Cirque, and Graphic 45 Staples. The first 30 lucky crafters will receive a free 8x8 or 12x12 paper pad! We will be raffling off a combination of display samples featuring all collections –over a $600 value! Don’t miss this opportunity to take home an amazing display for your store!
*Must be present at raffle to win.
**Winner is responsible for shipping prizes from CHA.
***Raffle winners cannot pick up their prize package until Tuesday, February 1st at 2pm.
So lets have a look at this gorgeous and heart-felt book by Jane Tragenza! You're going to adore this beautiful photo book. Here is what Jane had to say about what inspired her to create this little treasure.
"I was so delighted to find that I had made it to the final round for Graphic 45’s design team. I knew straight away what I wanted to make. I love making books, big ones, little ones, it doesn’t matter, I just like making books. I wanted to make a book using all of Graphic 45’s Collections and use as many of the paper as possible . A different Collection on every page. I wanted to use the papers rather than a lot of embellishments. When you have such beautiful paper you don’t need a lot of other stuff. I thought I would do it on the people I love. I spent 5 days designing and making the book. It had to be in the states by a certain date and with having to send it from Australia, I didn’t have a lot of time. I am really happy with how it turned out and was thrilled when I found out it got me into the Graphic 45’s Design team for 2010. I cannot thank Graphic 45 enough for letting me be a part of their team. The other Girls on the team are so talented and we all get on so well. I will be attending CHA this year and am looking forward to meeting some of them for the 1st time." -Jane Tragenza
I don’t plan my projects at all, I start with a favourite paper and I just cut, I keep adding another layer and keep cutting. For the cover I used papers from Fashionista and Playtimes Past and Domestic Goddess. I added some German Scrap and Alpha’s from Prima. I put some ribbons on top of the letter s to give them a pattern. I made the flower by pleating a strip of paper. I include some of my mini patch work pieces (true love last a life time and moments) I have a passion for miniature and the squares is a obsession. I am working on a major piece which has over 250 squares. It is nearly finished. I used an old book cover to give it strength, I just covered it with paper. Some embellishments from Tim Holtz, 7 Gypsies and ribbon to finish it off.
This one is on Malcolm and myself. It has a photo of us in the good old days and one taken last year. For this page I used papers from Fashionista. The border for the top of the page is from A Proper Gentleman. I used some more alphas from Prima and Heidi Swapp. Each page is made from two sheets of bazzil. This way each page opens flat and the pages are back to back, rather than putting them inside each other (if you are a book maker, you will know what I mean). I made a family tree to include our five children.
This one is on Malcolm, with a pocket for tags. I used papers from Domestic Goddess, A Proper Gentleman and Renaissances Faire. I made three tags to go into the pocket. Each side of a tag is for each child and one tag is for my daughter who was married last year. When I looked through all my photos I noticed that I didn’t always have a photo of Malcolm and our children as babies. Which is a bit sad, I am sure that I did but just can’t find them. I made all the flowers using punches and Graphic 45’s beautiful papers.
"When I finished making each page I folded them in half, on the back of each page, I have glued a strip of pattered around the fold. This means when you look at the spine, rather than Bazzill you have print paper instead. Each page is then stuck to the back of the next page. When each of the pages are stuck together you can stick ribbons round from the front and back. Then the covers are glued on front and back. I hope you enjoy looking. I was delighted to have this book feature in Scrapbooking and Beyond. I have had a lot of emails from Ladies wanting more information on making the book, would love to teach it in America but it would need to be a week of classes. I am teaching it in Australia at the moment with about 20 ladies joining me once a month. It will take them 12 months to make, as we are adding a few more pages using some of the new collections from Graphic 45. Thanks for looking!" -Jane Tragenza
We want to thank Jane for sharing this beautiful book with us. Stay with us all this week as we feature more stunningly inspiring crafts from our design team. We are so excited!
Happy Papercrafting!
Team Graphic 45
