Graphic 45 & Fiskars Team Up Final Day!
Hello Crafters!
What a wonderful and epic week it's been! So many amazing projects, inspiration and Fiskars love! The fun isn't over yet! We've got some marvelous projects to share with you from Nancy Wehtington and Lynette Carroll of our design team. We also have two winners to announce for this week's big contests! Just a quick reminder that there's still time to enter a project for our Halloween Rejuvenation Challenge! The deadline to submit your Halloween or Fall-inspired altered object is September 25th! Email your submissions to charee@g45papers.com. On September 26th all of the submissions will be uploaded to our Facebook photos and you will get to vote for your favorite submission by "Like"-ing it! Voting is from September 26th to 7am on September 30th. The TWO projects with the most likes win! Winners will be announced on Friday, September 30th at 8am on our Facebook and on our blog. Fun!
Okay, prize time! Our randomly chosen winners for this week's Graphic 45/Fiskars team up are...
1. Loren Rullan Crane
2. Jayne of Posh Creations
Congratulations ladies! Please email us with your shipping information at info@g45papers.com and claim your prizes. And big thanks to everyone who left a comment this week. We had so much fun and we hope you did too! Now lets get to it! This first amazing Graphic 45/Fiskars craft is by Nancy Wethington. There's even a sweet tutorial to go along with it! Get ready to be majorly inspired! Take it away, Nancy!
Having recently found some old family photos of my Grandma, her brothers and sister and Mom & Dad, I wanted to do something to preserve these memories and the stories behind these photos. My Grandma was born in Asturias, Spain in 1904. She came to the U.S. with her family around 1908 and eventually settled in St. Louis. The photos I have were taken sometime between 1910 and 1920 and were mounted as postcards. Therefore, I didn't want to put them on any photo mats and possibly ruin the discretion of the postcard. So pockets seemed like the answer for these photos. This is the album completed with the few photos I found.
I started with plain chipboard, cut so that it was staggered.
I knew I wanted to use the Fiskars edge punches so I painted the edges of the chipboard with black acrylic.
This photos shows the Postage Stamp Fiskars border punch used on the Graphic 45 Renaissance Faire Bona Fide paper. The punched edge really shows up against the black background.
Here is the Graphic 45 Renaissance Faire Enlightened paper finished with the Fiskars Leave It To Weaver border punch.
The finished chipboard, all covered and ready for decorating.
I used a template I had to create envelopes with Graphic 45 papers and Fiskars Twist & Flip Corner punch. Love this punch! You get two different sized corners with just one punch. Just flip the top and you're ready with the next size!
Because I didn't want to use tabs on the photo postcards, I used Fiskars Seal of Approval Squeeze Punch. I have been using these punches for years. The design of these is impeccable. Previous to Fiskars coming out with these punches, I would turn my punches upside down to see what and where I was punching, then try to maneuver the actual punch without moving the paper. No more! Fiskars has brilliantly designed these punches that are the easiest ever to use.
Dressing up envelopes is easy with Fiskars punches. Here, I punched an edge of an envelope with Fiskars Leave It To Weaver Border punch. I punched a strip of Renaissance Faire paper with Fiskars Postage Stamp Border punch and then wove the Postage Stamp border paper through the holes of the Leave It To Weaver envelope.
Here is the fussy cut finished and ready to go.
Wanting to add a tiny flower to one of the pages, I created a very simple design from Fiskars Seal of Approval punch.
From one circle, using Fiskars scissors, cut away one section of the circle.
Roll up tightly and glue. I like to hold these with a clip or hemostat until the adhesive is dry. Cut a line into 3 of the remaining circles - just about half way to the center. Roll each circle up (as you did the first, but not quite as tight) and adhere the edges of each circle together. Clip until dry.
Going back to the first circle, using Fiskars scissors, cut off the cip of the circle. Thread stamens through from the inside of the circle.
Here's the finished product, with all the circles glued together, leaves attached and ready for the envelope.
Page 1 of the Family book. I love to paint the Graphic 45 Metal Staples in any color that suits my project. Here, they are painted with Red Barn acrylic paint and then I added a hanging tag from Graphic 45 Sticker Staples.
Pages 2 and 3
Pages 4 and 5
Gotta love the original photo postcards. Rather than write in ink, I wrote names in pencil on the back.
Page 7 close-up with the punched and threaded envelope and the mini flower attached.
Fussy cuts with Fiskars Scissors #5 were used on page 8
Hope you enjoyed my mini-book using the amazing Graphic 45 Renaissance Faire paper. The designs of the paper are so rich it even makes plain chipboard look wonderful! With the addition of Fiskars fabulous tools - it creates a bit of a WOW factor without much fuss.
Supplies:
Graphic 45 Papers: Renaissance Faire Collection: Enlightened; Bona Fide; Masterpiece;
Graphic 45 Staples: Geometric Door Knob; Metal Tags; Kraft Envelopes; Sticker Staples
Ranger Industries: Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Adhesive: Beacon 3-in-1
Imaginarium: FAMILY letters
Fiskars: Non-Stick Scissors #5; Seal of Approval Squeeze Punch; Postage Stamp XLG Easy Squeeze Punch; Postage Stamp Border Punch; Leave It To Weaver Border Punch; Apron Lace Border Punch; Twist & Flip Corner Punch
Fiskars: Non-Stick Scissors #5; Seal of Approval Squeeze Punch; Postage Stamp XLG Easy Squeeze Punch; Postage Stamp Border Punch; Leave It To Weaver Border Punch; Apron Lace Border Punch; Twist & Flip Corner Punch
Next up is this wonderful Christmas Emporium card, also created by Nancy Wethington. 'Tis the season to get inspired with Graphic 45 and Fiskars! Take a look!
As soon as the Fall weather starts rolling in, I start thinking about the holidays . . . and that leads to Christmas cards. Christmas Emporium is just my style with its beautifully designed vintage patterns and images. This is the cardfront designed with Christmas Emporium, a Spellbinders die and Fiskars punches. For this card I used both the 12x12 and 8x8 Graphic 45 patterns. The background was cut from the Graphic 45 8x8 pad. The rest of the images from the 12x12 Christmas Emporium pad.
Here's the card in progress. The Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Accent die reminded me of a snowflake and would make a good backdrop for the adorable children. They needed some color behind them so I used the Fiskars Seal of Approval Squeeze Punch with the Believe! paper to add some color contrast. Keeping the theme of the postcard and stamp from Believe!, I used the Fiskars Postage Stamp Border Punch with side B of the Believe! paper to create a border and anchor the children. Using the Fiskars Scissors #5, it is so easy to fussy-cut the images from All I Want For Christmas. All dressed up, popped up and ready to go!
The inside of the card uses all the same Graphic 45 Christmas Emporium papers. This time I used the 8x8 pad to get mini-images. With the Graphic 45 Cling Christmas Emporium 3 stamp set. By using the Colorbox G45 Decades ink, I was able to perfectly match the colors of blue used in the Christmas Emporium papers. Love that!
Supplies:
Graphic 45: Christmas Emporium (both 12x12 and 8x8): Under the Mistletoe; All I Want For Christmas; Believe!; Special Delivery
Graphic 45 Cling Christmas Emporium 3
Fiskars: Postage Stamp Border Punch; Postage Stamp Squeeze Punch; Seal of Approval Squeeze Punch
Colorbox: Graphic 45 Decades Bon Voyage
Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Accents (S5-042)
3D Foam Squares
Cardstock: Bazzill
Next we have this astonishing Hallowe'en in Wonderland and Magic of Oz centerpiece by Lynette Carroll. This gorgeous creation is sure to get you inspired to create something for our Halloween Rejuvenation Challenge. Here is what Lynette had to say about this super clever creation!
I am hosting a Halloween lunch this year and wanted to create a centerpiece for my table. Rather than decorating with the traditional "spooky" theme I decided to create projects that were a little more "girly". I knew straight away that I would decorate a witches hat for my table so the Hallowe'en in Wonderland papers would be perfect for my project.
I bought two paper mache witches hats from the craft store, one to use for my project and the second one to cut apart for my template. I first painted the entire hat with black glitter paint and then I traced the hat pieces and cut them from the "Magic of Oz" paper and adhered them to the hat. I then made the flowers and cut the other elements from the papers. As I was assembling my hat I felt as if it needed some trim around the edges. This is where I decided to use the Fiskars Notebook border Punch in a non traditional way. Using my paper trimmer I cut 3 strips of "The Magic of Oz" paper and punched along the edge giving me a "lace effect". I then adhered these strips together to fit around the brim of the hat and glued them to the underside of the hat.
To finish the project I tied some sparkly black netting into a bow and glued it to the hat. I then simply created my "scene" and glued it all down.
Supplies:
Graphic 45 - The Magic of Oz Collection -
Graphic 45 - Hallowe'en in Wonderland Collection
Graphic 45 - Steampunk Debutante Collection - Fantasy Floral
Fiskars - Paper Trimmer
Fiskars - X-Large Easy Squeeze Punch - Postage Stamp
Fiskars - Border Punch - Notebook
Fiskars - Non Stick Scissors No. 5
Ranger Industries - Tim Holtz Old Paper Distress Ink
Ranger Industries - Glossy Accents
Sizzix - Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Die
Martha Stewart Crafts - Black Glitter Paint
Misc: Fall Leaves, Black Spider, Paper Mache Hat, Black Netting, Silver Glitter, Hot Glue Gun
That's all the fun for today, Crafters. Thank you all again for this super fun week. We had a blast. And big thanks to our pals at Fiskars too! We hope you will all join us on Monday for more wonderful ideas and another blog contest! The fun never stops at Graphic 45! Have a wonderful weekend!
Happy Papercrafting!
Team Graphic 45
VERY beautiful creations.
Posted by: Kirsten Alicia | September 23, 2011 at 08:05 AM
Stunning projects, especially love the witches hat!!
Posted by: Nicole Mullen | September 23, 2011 at 08:07 AM
Holy cow Lynette that hat is gorgeous! Love what you did on the edge of the hat with the Fiskars punch! So clever!
Posted by: Nancy Wethington | September 23, 2011 at 08:09 AM
its been a great week
Posted by: {vicki} | September 23, 2011 at 08:22 AM
It is sooo incredible how insanely talented you all are!!! Just completely envious of you all!!! Thank you for sharing your talents with us!!!
Posted by: Pam Zirbel | September 23, 2011 at 08:24 AM
Everything is so awesome!! The family album is truly a treasure and the witches hat is adorable!!!
Posted by: Tina Galeana | September 23, 2011 at 09:08 AM
wow what a beautiful set of projects today. The family album is gorgeous. The card is adorable vintage. And the halloween is abeautiful piece. Thanks for sharing them.
Posted by: Kim H | September 23, 2011 at 09:22 AM
Beautiful projects! Love those papers.
Posted by: Pam | September 23, 2011 at 09:28 AM
Wow, absolutely incredible creations.
Kind of blown away and will have to admire several times to take it all in! Well done!!
Posted by: Jennifer Reynard | September 23, 2011 at 09:29 AM
What a magnificent hat!!!! I love all of the projects featured today.
Posted by: Robin Shakoo | September 23, 2011 at 10:31 AM
lovely creations - congratulations winners
Posted by: Carole Hepburn | September 23, 2011 at 10:56 AM
Stupendous~!!! All of the projects over this week have been amazing, and so creative!! Thanks for letting us come along for the ride~!
Posted by: Donna | September 23, 2011 at 12:38 PM
Lovely projects!!! Thanks for sharing all these fun projects!!
Posted by: Marla H. | September 23, 2011 at 12:43 PM
Wow. I love seeing the Fiskars puches and Graphic 45 paper together. Its amazing!
Posted by: Marcia D | September 23, 2011 at 04:00 PM
WOW!! And WOW again! The family album is a real treasure. Very lucky people who get to share THAT!! Beautiful!!! That witches hat centerpiece is to die for!! Gorgeous!! The handmade flowers, the cut out of the little witch- just adorable!! I love the warm rich colors on the Christmas card!! Love seeing all this "awesomeness"!!!
Posted by: Barbara Johnson | September 23, 2011 at 06:42 PM
so inspiring!
Posted by: 2amscrapper | September 23, 2011 at 10:18 PM
OH MY GOSH....I cant believe that I've won!!! Thank you Graphics 45 Team and Fiskars for your generosity...i am always inspired by the beautiful project and inspiration that you share with us passionate crafters.....I love Graphics 45 papers(Curtain Call is one of my all-time fave papers)thanks again...you've made my week..no make that my month!
Happy crafting to all......
Posted by: Jayne | September 23, 2011 at 11:07 PM
OMG I am love with that album!!! So very inspiring!!!! Serious attention to detail, and how can you go wrong with such beautiful papers! The adorable card and creative display are also drool-worthy projects! Great job ladies!!!
Posted by: Renee VanEpps | September 24, 2011 at 04:37 AM
Awesome album! One question, how heavy is that door knob?
Would love to make one myself. Thanks for the inspiration.
Carmen L
Posted by: Carmen Lucero | September 24, 2011 at 09:43 PM
What beautiful projects! The papers are all so pretty. The punches work so well with the designs. The album is just stunning with the doorknob on the front and the card has so many pretty images on it. The little layered stamp is such a cute touch. The witches hat is just a work of art! I love the little trim around the brim on it. Clever idea.
Thanks for sharing! :)
Posted by: auntie em | September 25, 2011 at 07:48 AM
love that mini book, very creative in design and functionality.
ava
Posted by: ava g | September 26, 2011 at 04:30 AM