New Years Inspirations with Graphic 45 & Petaloo Day 4!
Hello G45ers,
Welcome to day four of our team up with Petaloo. We are having a blast with all the creative genius we have seen so far this week. Today's calendars have just turned things up a notch. So brace yourself for inspiration. Make sure to hop on over to Petaloo's blog and Facebook and tell them Graphic 45 sent you. Each comment you leave on our blogs and Facebook pages will increase your chances to win!
Today Nicole Eccles and Robin Shakoor's calendars will guide us into the new year.
Take it away Nicole. "For my hop Project I decided to alter a Magnet board into a Perpetual Calendar. Designed so that all 12 months are magnetically interchangeable, as well as the ability to magnetically arrange all 31 dates according to each month. This way the calendar can be reused year after year, and will never become outdated! The Magnet board I altered was purchased at Hobby Lobby and measures approx. 26” x 18”, complete with coat hooks, a little shelf and a cork board making it perfect for any office! Covered with a mix of 4 different Graphic 45 lines, including the gorgeous New Tropical Travelogue!
To create all of the magnets used for the dates I stacked layers of gears, used small metal frames, Glass Cabochons, Graphic 45 Metal Flowers, Metal Tags and Chipboard Buttons. All Numbered using the fantastic new Tropical Travelogue sticker sheets, then sealed with Mod Podge or Diamond Glaze for long lasting protection. For the corkboard, I painted it black then used copper paint to stamp flourishes using Hampton Arts Clear Stamps. I then created tiny decorative thumb tacks using petite Petaloo flowers and Floral Pins purchased at any Craft Store." -Nicole
Supplies Used:
Graphic 45 Papers:
Steampunk Debutante: Mechanical Mind, Eclectic Emporium, Ephemera Extraordinaire, Victorian Transformer
Tropical Travelogue: Jungle Fever, Botanica, Tiki Voyager, Exotic Destination, Cardstock Alphabet Stickers
Le Romantique: Well Groomed
Communique: Pen In Hand
Colorbox Decades Inks: Triumphant Red
Hampton Arts: Flourishes Clear Stamps
Petaloo: Darjeeling Petites
Tim Holtz: Sizzix Gear Die, Plaquettes, Metal Gears
Ranger: Glossy Accents, Tumbled Glass Distress Ink
7 gypsies: Metal Gears
Making Memories: Metal Frames
Cricut Cartridges: Cindy Lou, Nursery Rhymes, Plantin School Book
Judikins: Diamond Glaze
Scrapbook Adhesives: Black 3D Foam Squares
Other: Glass Cabochons, Magnet board + Corkboard, E6000, Heavy Duty Magnets, Black Paint, Copper Paint, Patina Paint, Clear Buttons, Chipboard, Decorative Floral Pins, Wire Cutters
Robin's calendar is not only beautiful but it is so creative. She has taken an old picture frame make this elegant calendar with just a few steps. Way to go Robin!
"I love decorative calendars and I was extremely excited when I heard we were partnering with Petaloo to create a calendar. I decided to use a large frame originally designed to hold 6 4x6 photos. I used calendar stickers which were die cut, then placed on a dark brown square mat. I used Exotic Destination from the Tropical Travelogue collection as my background in each section. To finish my design I used a variety of Petaloo Darjeeling flowers to embellish my frame. A May Arts ribbon, topped with a Darjeeling flower, was used to hang my photo frame on the wall" -Robin
Supplies
Graphic 45: Tropical Travelogue - Exotic Destination
May Arts: Ribbon BE08
Petaloo: Darjeeling Collection - Leaves Med x24 Asst Colors; Petites x24 Blue/Eggplant/Brown; Sienna Asst; Zinnia Mix; Wild Rose Mix; All Cream x24; Sage Green Asst
Fancy Pants: On Display - Window Black
Ranger: Pop It! Shapes
Spellbinders: Nestabilities Classic Squares Large; Labels 1
Bo Bunny: 12" Coffee Dot
SRM Stickers: Mini Calendar
Helmars 450 Quick Dry Adhesive
Lifestyle Crafts: Revolution Die Cutting Machine
Let's give a big round of applause Nicole and Robin for today's gorgeous calendars, and to Petaloo for the beautiful flowers that coordinate perfectly with our paper collections. Thank you for joining us today, and make sure to stop in tomorrow we will be announcing this weeks prize winners and showing off more beautiful G45/Petaloo calendars!
Happy Papercrafting!
Team Graphic 45
Absolutely Gorgeous calenders.
Posted by: Lyla | December 28, 2011 at 05:12 PM
What great calendars. I think these are my favorites this week.
Posted by: Micah Gullikson-Poteraj | December 28, 2011 at 05:14 PM
very nice!!
Posted by: Tamera | December 29, 2011 at 05:05 AM
Wow! Nicole's calendar just blows me away! LOVE the colors, style and the fact that it's perpetual!!
Posted by: jengd | December 29, 2011 at 05:06 AM
You guys are awesome. At this rate, I am planning on having a calendar of a different style in every single room of my home! Thanks for all the inspiration!
Posted by: Lucie Hale | December 29, 2011 at 05:10 AM
Stunning work! I love that perpetual calendar....how each date is its own piece of art. A good reminder that every day holds something wonderful for the heart that is open. Amazing!
Posted by: kathyc/northcarolina | December 29, 2011 at 05:23 AM
Love the thumb tack idea and the calendars are amazing! I really need to get busy and make me a calendar. Thank you for the inspiration.
Posted by: Janice Aeschliman | December 29, 2011 at 05:24 AM
Great Calender ideas and the Flowers are super also. Really like both of these projects.
Posted by: Debbie T | December 29, 2011 at 05:29 AM
WOW! These look amazing. Love them. I admire their work.
Posted by: Johanne L. | December 29, 2011 at 05:34 AM
Gorgeous calendars! I love the art made for each day! Reminds you that each day should be treasured! These Petaloo flowers are really a perfect touch for your paper!
Posted by: Dee in N.H. | December 29, 2011 at 05:45 AM
Great job, ladies. I love that you are such a great source of inspiration for all of us. Happy New Year!
Posted by: SuZeQ | December 29, 2011 at 05:49 AM
these calendars are way over the top, absolutely amazing. thanks for sharing such wonderful creations
Posted by: vicki in MD | December 29, 2011 at 05:51 AM
These calendars are wonderful. Way to go, ladies. Keep the creative juices flowing.
Posted by: Kathi Claxton | December 29, 2011 at 05:53 AM
The calendars are just beautiful!
Posted by: Margie Visnick | December 29, 2011 at 06:16 AM
Icredible calenders, I just want to keep looking at them!
Posted by: kim n | December 29, 2011 at 06:20 AM
These calendars are wonderful! These projects have me itching to alter one myself!
Posted by: Emily Todd | December 29, 2011 at 06:25 AM
Wow!!! The calendars are amazing!!! Really Amazing!!! I particularly love the first one...but then again, I am a huge fan of vintage, grunge and a Tim Holtz-ish look! Thank you so much for sharing these calendars. They are fabulous! <3 Candy
Posted by: Candy | December 29, 2011 at 06:26 AM
WOW - gorgeous calendars again!
Posted by: Marilyn Nimmo | December 29, 2011 at 06:43 AM
Beautiful, gorgeous calendars! The thumb tack idea is awesome! Thanks for all the creative inspiration!
JamieH
Posted by: Jamie Hensley | December 29, 2011 at 07:10 AM
These calendars are just beautiful!!!
Posted by: Chris Dring | December 29, 2011 at 07:13 AM
wow les calendrier, l'idée de la pin est génial
Posted by: rosa | December 29, 2011 at 07:14 AM
Wow! very creative and gorgeous projects. I really like the magnetic calendar. so cool!
Posted by: Luanne | December 29, 2011 at 07:14 AM
Both calendars are fantastic, but the magnetic one that be reused for years is such a great idea. Love how both are so pretty with the G45 papers and petaloo flowers... it's like they were made for each other. :o)
Posted by: Caroline D. | December 29, 2011 at 07:16 AM
WOW!! These calendars are stunning!! I can't get over all of the details in Nicole's and the fact that it's perpetual makes it even more special!
Posted by: Michelle Reaves | December 29, 2011 at 07:21 AM
Nicole and Robin, you two have outdone yourselves! These are just wonderful, and I love the little video that Nicole made on creating the thumb tacks - so clever!
Posted by: Gloria L. | December 29, 2011 at 07:30 AM
Awesome work... Love the framed calendar...
Posted by: Stacy Caddy | December 29, 2011 at 07:38 AM
I love all the wonderful vintage findings. The calendar is stunning.
Posted by: Carol Douglass | December 29, 2011 at 07:39 AM
these are both beautiful, and the perpetual calendar is way cool!
Posted by: Tanya Phillips | December 29, 2011 at 07:43 AM
Oh my goodness that magnetic project is a real treat and I LOVE it! I'll be on the look out for a similar style magnetic base in the UK! Love the ideas, thanks!
Posted by: Tracey-B | December 29, 2011 at 07:45 AM
There are not enough adjectives for these incredible projects!! LOVE them! Thanks for the inspiration and sharing your creativity.
Posted by: Tony Beery | December 29, 2011 at 07:59 AM
Love the calendars............great work!
Posted by: Beth Arp | December 29, 2011 at 08:00 AM
Great steampunk look of the perpetual calendar! The other calendar is a beautiful decorative piece.
Posted by: Noreen | December 29, 2011 at 08:08 AM
Simply beautiful!
Posted by: Jessie G | December 29, 2011 at 08:08 AM
Beyond anything I've ever imagined making! Absolutely stunning!
Posted by: Cindy Pittman | December 29, 2011 at 08:17 AM
Beautiful calendars, and such great creativity from both designers. Happy New Year.
Posted by: Kathy Bumb | December 29, 2011 at 08:20 AM
Beyond fabulous.......
Posted by: Harriet Hensley | December 29, 2011 at 08:24 AM
really nice!
Posted by: Pam McKnight | December 29, 2011 at 08:33 AM
I think this is my favorite project this week! These are gorgeous!
Posted by: Tammy Lever | December 29, 2011 at 08:34 AM
Wow is all I can say - talk about inspiration. I have come up with my own version (I mind not fact) that I will certainly do at my next scrapbook retreat. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU I'm so glad you blog!!!!
Posted by: Mary Werner | December 29, 2011 at 08:42 AM
Nicole, your magnets look sooo cool!! Love that idea for a calendar. Gorgeous!
Posted by: Denise Coulter | December 29, 2011 at 08:43 AM