Graphic 45 & Petaloo Blog Swap Day 1!
Hello Fabulous G45ers!
We hope you had a glorious and restful Christmas weekend! Welcome to this fantastic week of craft excellence as we team up with our pals at Petaloo! Yes, all week long we'll be featuring some breathtaking craft creations that combine the elegance of Graphic 45 papers and embellishments with the vibrancy and versatility of Petallo flowers! This truly is a match made in craft heaven! There are also some great opportunities to win prizes this week! Just leave your comments on the Graphic 45 and Petallo blogs and Facebook pages! That's all you need to do to win an awesome Graphic 45 and Petaloo gift package! We will be offering a prize on our blog and Facebook page and so will Petaloo! That means there's 4 prize packs to be given away this week! Leave your comments between now and Friday and you'll be entered to win! Check out this fabulous prize pack that we're giving away this week on our blog and Facebook page! A Tropical Travelogue 12x12 paper pad, Tropical Travelogue Stickers, Tropical Travelogue Alphabet Stickers, Chipboard Die Cuts, and 6 packs of gorgeous Petaloo flowers! Wow!
Petaloo's awesome design team will also be creating some stunning crafts this week that combine Graphic 45 and Petaloo products. You are going to love what they've made! Get inspired and leave a blog and Facebook comment! Let the fun begin!
Graphic 45 Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/Graphic45
Petaloo Blog:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Petaloo-International/151065654933780
Petaloo Blog:
http://www.petaloo.typepad.com/
This week's blog swap is very special. In honor of the new year, our design team has created a series of Graphic 45 and Petaloo calendars! This is definitely the time of year when a beautiful new calendar is the perfect thing to start the new year! Let these gorgeous creations inspire your new year's resolutions! Today's stunning crafts were made by Gloria Stengel and Laura Denison. They showcase our gorgeous new collection Tropical Travelogue as well as other classic Graphic 45 paper collections with fabulous Petaloo flowers. First up is Gloria with her astounding birthday book! Behold the brilliance!
"I created a perpetual birthday calendar by altering an old post bound mini album (8x8) that I found in my stash. I covered the fabric album with Graphic 45 Tropical Travelogue papers, including the spine and inside covers. I converted a boring album, that was collecting dust on a shelf, into something fresh and new. I glued Petaloo flowers and chipboard letters to the front of the album to create a project that anyone would love to have sitting on their table - plus this makes a fantastic gift! The album contains pages for each month to use for recording that month's birthdays. I've added a mini 2012 calendar to each page. These little calendars can be replaced each year with new calendars, making the album even more useful. The monthly record pages were left over from a project I made a number of years ago. I used other dividers for the project at the time, but could not bear to toss these dividers! I knew they'd come in handy one day! They are perfect for this birthday calendar project. For today, I created pages for January, February, and March. To see the rest of the year, visit my blog in February!" -Gloria Stengel
Supplies:
Graphic45 Papers:
Tropical Travelogue: Garden Isle, Oceania, Paradise Postage
Christmas Emporium: Believe!
Christmas Past: The Night Before Christmas
Domestic Goddess: Miss Manners
The Magic of Oz: Yellow Brick Road, Tenderhearted Tin Man, Emerald City
Graphic 45 Staples: The Magic of Oz Chipboard Tags 2
Petaloo: Floral Embellishments: Darjeeling Collection
Clearsnap: Colorbox Fluid Chalk (Prussian Blue, Dark Brown)
Maya Road: Chipboard (alphabet, heart, wings), bingo numbers
Tattered Angels: Glimmer Mist (Copper, Candy Apple)
Beacon Adhesives: Zip Dry glue, Fabri-tac
Scotch 3M: tape runner
Cosmo Cricket: post bound album
Crafty Secrets: mini calendar printables
Craft supply: crystal stems, snowflake buttons, shamrock embellishment, hot glue
Re-cycled item: monthly divider cards
Next we have this gorgeous Steampunk Debutante desk clock and calendar by Laura Denison. This stunning creation is the perfect thing to brighten up your workspace or home office. It would also make an amazing gift! Want to know how it was made? Tune in to Laura's free Ustream class this Wednesday, December 28th at noon PST! She will be giving an awesome tutorial on how you can make this awesome work of art!
Laura Denison's Usteam Channel:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/followingthepapertrail
"I love to make things out of boxes....but in a different way! I turned the Graphic 45 5x8 Altered Art Box over and used the bottom of the box to create a desk clock/calendar. The hinged "lid" of the box becomes the stand. The clock mechanism and the pieces for the the perpetual calendar are housed inside the box. The perpetual calendar pieces are attached via magnets. The Petaloo Darjeeling flowers add the perfect feminine accent to the more masculine gears and clock face." -Laura Denison
Supplies:
You ask for "A" comment but a person could go on and on about the beautiful colors, flowers, papers...see on and on.
Posted by: Debi | December 26, 2011 at 05:05 AM
Thank you for the awesome projects, off to get some scrappin time in. The opportunity to get some of these great products is amazing!!
Posted by: Deb Palmer | December 26, 2011 at 05:08 AM
Those are both just gorgeous!! You are so right about G45 and Petaloo being a perfect match! This is going to be an exciting week!
Posted by: Dee in N.H. | December 26, 2011 at 05:09 AM
Amazing project! The next thing that I will buy is a gear die. Definitely. Wonderful!
Posted by: Nadine Lang | December 26, 2011 at 05:10 AM
I knew I wouldn't be disappointed with this company combo! What a delightful book for reminding us of the special days each month. The older I get, the more I need reminding!
Posted by: Carol Douglass | December 26, 2011 at 05:12 AM
Stunning projects!!!
Posted by: Lisa Valentine | December 26, 2011 at 05:26 AM
Wow, love these colors and the calendar album is fantastic! thanks for the opportunity to win.
Posted by: Pam Fairchild aka Pansy Cottage | December 26, 2011 at 05:27 AM
Wonderful projects. I'm always on the lookout for calendar ideas and this one altering a book into calendar is terrific.
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
Posted by: sue wisniewski | December 26, 2011 at 05:29 AM
I really need to make the birthday book, getting to many birthdays to remember them all.
Posted by: Janice Aeschliman | December 26, 2011 at 05:32 AM
Beautiful projects! Love the flowers and die cut pieces!
Posted by: Elena Pana | December 26, 2011 at 06:06 AM
WOW, beautiful! Love the flowers!
Posted by: Beth Arp | December 26, 2011 at 06:15 AM
Beautiful projects. The flowers make everything pop.
Posted by: Eileen | December 26, 2011 at 06:29 AM
Love Laura's box and Gloria your calendar and the pages are just beautiful. Can't wait to see more.
Posted by: susan | December 26, 2011 at 07:13 AM
Love the rich colors in the papers and flowers. They look so great together. Thanks for sharing two such wonderful projects.
Posted by: Theresa | December 26, 2011 at 07:17 AM
What a great combination, Petaloo and Graphic 45. Those cute little mittens with the flowers are just adorable!
Posted by: Bartemous Black | December 26, 2011 at 07:19 AM
wow quel belle combinaison, c'est magnifique, merci pour la chance de gagner
Posted by: rosa | December 26, 2011 at 07:54 AM
Gloria's album is just fabulous! Love the inspiration!
Posted by: Cari Cruse | December 26, 2011 at 07:55 AM
Graphic 45's papers are just so unique! Combined with Petaloo makes them just that much more fabulous! Love what the design team has done with them! But then, I always do~
Posted by: Beverly Sams | December 26, 2011 at 08:15 AM
Wow you and laura have out done yourselves I Love the calander and Book they are so Colorful!
Posted by: Debbie T | December 26, 2011 at 08:15 AM
Tropical Travelogue and Petaloo florals are gorgeous together. Also some breathtking projects today!
Posted by: Susie McGuire | December 26, 2011 at 08:36 AM
Wow, what a great way to accent both great company products. It is quite a fantastic match. Would love all those papers and flowers! Great Combo!
love to all,
Syd
Posted by: syd egan | December 26, 2011 at 08:45 AM
What a beautiful prize. I was going to buy the Travelogue papers, but hoping I might win. The Petaloo flowers are beautiful also. The two design ideas are so creative. Happy New Year.
Posted by: Kathy Bumb | December 26, 2011 at 09:24 AM
wow wht great projects as always.
Posted by: Leonie | December 26, 2011 at 09:39 AM
Ok seriously these aresuper awesome projects!! Thanks so much. I will now continue my stalking on facebook....
Posted by: Colleen | December 26, 2011 at 09:52 AM
Beautiful creations, looking forward to the rest of the week's entries! Judy D.
Posted by: Judy D. | December 26, 2011 at 09:54 AM
so gorgeous! Flowers make everything so pretty!
Posted by: Dil | December 26, 2011 at 10:40 AM
Wonderful creations!
Posted by: sherry | December 26, 2011 at 10:58 AM
I like the mitten decorations.
Posted by: Natasha G.P. | December 26, 2011 at 11:07 AM
I'm new to Petaloo, so I'm looking forward to seeing more of them.
Posted by: Sharon Gullikson | December 26, 2011 at 11:08 AM
Oh, pretty. I like the flowers and the papers!!!
Posted by: B. Poteraj | December 26, 2011 at 11:08 AM
Love the work... Great giveaway. Wish to win. ;)
Posted by: Jeyatha | December 26, 2011 at 11:10 AM
Your papers are just gorgeous as usual.
Posted by: Micah Gullikson-Poteraj | December 26, 2011 at 11:12 AM
i love graphic and petaloo and i love Laura's clock,so clever thanks
Posted by: linda williamson | December 26, 2011 at 11:12 AM
Gloria's birthday book is sooooo gorgeous!!!! I love the paper and flowers she used on it. Absolutely fabulous!!
Posted by: Denise Coulter | December 26, 2011 at 11:16 AM
Gorgeous projects! Thanks so much for the inspiration!!!!!!
Posted by: Jolaine | December 26, 2011 at 11:48 AM
Love the rich warm colors of Graphic 45! And you can never have too much Petaloo!
Posted by: Diane O'Neal | December 26, 2011 at 11:52 AM
Your Graphic 45 Papers are so beautiful!!! There is no other paper this wonderful. Love all of your creations and your blog. Keep doing what you are doing!
Posted by: Nancy Guse | December 26, 2011 at 12:41 PM
Beautiful calendar! Your papers are so gorgeous. I have a hard time putting pictures on them!!!!
Posted by: Denise | December 26, 2011 at 01:38 PM
Wow, beautiful flower colors to match beautiful paper! I am loving the combination!
Posted by: Tamera | December 26, 2011 at 01:41 PM
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Posted by: {vicki} | December 26, 2011 at 02:23 PM