Behind the Scenes at CHA & New Design Team Creations!
Hello G45ers!
Happy Friday to you all and welcome to another exciting day of inspiration here at Graphic 45! Right now we're getting everything set for Winter CHA 2012 which begins this weekend! There is always so much to do to get ready for this awesome event. We just love the process of getting everything set up, decorating our booth and getting ready for the grand gala! Plus it is always so much fun to see many of our old pals again as well as meeting new people in our crafting community! Today we thought we'd bring you some behind-the-scenes photos from our CHA preparation. We also have three random winners to announce for our January Hero Challenge! We also have some super inspiring crafts from Nancy Wethington and Robin Shakoor that showcase our latest collections Little Darlings and Olde Curiosity Shoppe! So if you can't make it to this year's Winter CHA, you can still join us for highlights and craft inspiration right here on the Graphic 45 blog! So lets get to it!
First we want to thank everyone who submitted layouts for our January Hero Challenge. It was so inspiring and heart-warming to see all of the entries for this fun challenge. Thank you all so much for your gorgeous work! Today's winners will receive a package of Graphic 45 goodies with $75 in value! Our three random winners are...
Ava Gavloski
Mimi David Hernandez
Conratulations to our winners! Please email us at info@g45papers.com with your shipping information to claim your prize! And thank you all again for all of your fantastic work!
Now we'd thought we'd share with you some of our adventures setting up for CHA! The Graphic 45 family has arrived in beautiful and sunny Anaheim. (Aimee, Charee, Jeff Filimoehala, and Diane Schultz, aka mom) Day one of set up: all 10 crates have arrived and the booth set-up is in action.
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Diane stops to say hello.
Aimee, Diane and Jeff.
And now its time for some craft inspiration from our design team! Here is an absolutely lovely and adorable layout by Nancy Wethington using our latest collection Little Darlings. This LO is so wonderful and it perfectly captures the preciousness of babies, which is exactly what Little Darlings is all about! Nancy used beautiful layering and contrasting paper patterns to create a sweet little world in this LO. It truly is a celebration of life!
Supplies:
Graphic 45 Papers: Little Darlings: Little Treasures; Precious Posy; Kewpie Cute; Cherished; Little Darlings; Heaven Sent
Partner Products: Decades colorbox inks; Imaginarium chipboard; Want2Scrap self-adhesive pearls
Other supplies used: Americana Celery Green acrylic paint; Ranger Pearlex Spray
Other supplies used: Americana Celery Green acrylic paint; Ranger Pearlex Spray
Next up is this stunning layout by Robin Shakoor using Olde Curiosity Shoppe. This LO exquisitely captures the timeless beauty of this playful new collection. There are lavish elements of nature with the butterflies and paper flowers. Plus that classic central photograph looks absolutely perfect! Olde Curiosity Shoppe has so many fun image themes to play with. It truly is a deeply inspiring collection. But don't take our word for it! Here is what Robin had to say about her inspiration for this fabulous layout!
"Do you believe in love at first sight? If you do, then you will know how I felt the first time I saw the Olde Curiosity Shoppe collection. The gorgeous vintage imagery and magnificent color palette will truly make your heart soar. I found this wonderful vintage photo of Nellie Donegan taken in 1913. As soon as I saw it I knew she would make the perfect focal point for my design. I married the old with the new by using Graphic 45's current metal and chipboard staples. They add just the right touch to this magical page. Enjoy!" -Robin Shakoor
Supplies:
Layout Title: Magic Happens!
Graphic 45 Papers
Olde Curiosity Shoppe: Olde Curiosity Shoppe, Bazaar of Wonders, Optical Oddities, Counting Down
Graphic 45 Staples: Chipboard Buttons, Metal Buttons
Scrapbook Adhesives: 3D Foam Squares
Fiskars: Paper Trimmer
McGill Flower Punch – Flowers – Floriano 2 1/8”, Tools
Ranger: Perfect Pearls Mist - Heirloom Gold, Distress Ink – Black Soot, Fired Brick, Walnut Stain; Stickles – Cinnamon
Creative Memories: Circle Cutter
Creative Imaginations: Chipboard Stickers Helmar’s 450 Quick Dry Adhesive; Scotch ATG 700
We hope you all had fun today! Thank you so much for joining us! We will be bringing you more behind-the-scenes fun from CHA all next week as well as more craft inspiration. It's going to be a marvelous week! We can't wait! Have a wonderful rest of your day and a great weekend!
Happy Papercrafting!
Your Friends at Graphic 45
Love the new products. Waiting to see what is in all those crates.
Posted by: Sue Benedick | January 27, 2012 at 05:29 AM
Great projects and new products -- so inspirational!
Posted by: Jan B. | January 27, 2012 at 05:49 AM
wonderful! I am so excited about CHA can't wait to see everything Have fun!
Posted by: linda williamson | January 27, 2012 at 06:00 AM
Congrats to the winners love the lo's of the winners so much !!!
And to the design team omg just love your work so pretty indeed!!!
Amy:)
Posted by: Amy32 | January 27, 2012 at 06:16 AM
Robins page from the new papers is WonderFul! I will be scraplifting this one. Thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: Mary Werner | January 27, 2012 at 06:26 AM
Coucou, vous avez du travail en perspective, il va falloir déballer toutes ces caisses. Les créations sont magnifiques, bises
Posted by: karine | January 27, 2012 at 06:33 AM
Congratulations winners.
Love these Layouts.
Posted by: Mary | January 27, 2012 at 06:35 AM
Congratulation lucky winners..
Posted by: Jeyatha | January 27, 2012 at 07:54 AM
Love the layouts. Have a great time at CHA.
Posted by: Heidi Mireles | January 27, 2012 at 07:54 AM
Gorgeous layouts! Love the Olde Curiosity Shoppe! Cant wait for it to start shipping!
Posted by: Elena Pana | January 27, 2012 at 08:03 AM
congrats to the winners!!! The lay outs are stunning! I love bts...can't wait for more!
Posted by: Bev W. | January 27, 2012 at 08:26 AM
I would love to be there to help unload the crates!! Waiting for more updates!!
Posted by: Jackie | January 27, 2012 at 08:39 AM
Congratulations to the 3 Winners!! Thank you for the behind the scene photos of CHA set up, love seeing this stuff!!
Posted by: Michelle Reaves | January 27, 2012 at 08:40 AM
Thank you G45 for the random draw wins. Its a win win ambience when you bring opportunities to those that are timid. Robin, i love your layout using the old curiosity shoppe collection, that is my favorite release. Beautiful work robin.
ava
Posted by: ava | January 27, 2012 at 08:40 AM
Very stimulating of the creativity section of my brain...like a drug
Posted by: Laurie White | January 27, 2012 at 08:51 AM
Wow! I'm shocked to see how much stuff it takes to set up your booth. I've lived in an apartment that was smaller. It was also layered but let's not go there. Have fun in CA
Posted by: Gayla Templeton | January 27, 2012 at 09:30 AM
CHA looks like it will be fun - have a great show - designers of the above pages ~ your work is fabulous
Posted by: Carole Hepburn | January 27, 2012 at 09:51 AM
I would love to see your booth at the show . . . but pictures will have to suffice. Enjoy!
Posted by: Mary Hinton | January 27, 2012 at 10:23 AM
Very inspiring layouts!, tx.
Posted by: Dianne B | January 27, 2012 at 10:24 AM
So beautiful, love the embellishments as well as the paper!
Posted by: Angela Johnson | January 27, 2012 at 10:39 AM
Wow, I am just gobsmacked (?), if that is a word! Both layouts are fabulous but I am especially drawn to the vibrant layout featuring "Nellie"-I don't know anything about her, but the pose, the roller skates, the feathers in her hat, what could be better than the Old curiosity Shoppe Collection!! Super, super job!!
Posted by: Jennifer Reynard | January 27, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Congrats to the Hero winners!
Well deserve. All 3 layouts are fabulous.
Posted by: Peggy Snodgrass | January 27, 2012 at 10:54 AM
Great Hero pages... Congrats to the winners!
Little Darling and Curiosity projects are awesome love the details in both...especially those flowers in Magic Happens !
Posted by: Rosann | January 27, 2012 at 11:04 AM
Congratulations to all of the winners!! How exciting!!
Posted by: ✿ Cheri | January 27, 2012 at 11:23 AM
I can't wait to see your booth at CHA! Your booth was my absolute favorite in July and I have been wondering for weeks if you could top that one, but I'm sure I won't be disappointed because you guys have creative talent that is out of this world! See you soon!
Posted by: Carrie | January 27, 2012 at 11:27 AM
I wish I could visit you at CHA, but someone decided to place an ocean in the way! Love the new collections, can't wait to get my hands on them!
Posted by: Anna Widmark | January 27, 2012 at 12:54 PM
Congrats to the Hero Challenge winners. All beautiful layouts. Also love the design team pages. Beautiful!
Posted by: jocelyn | January 27, 2012 at 02:57 PM
The layouts are beautiful!
Posted by: Brandy | January 27, 2012 at 04:04 PM
Congrats to the winners. Have a great time at cha.
Posted by: Kay G. | January 27, 2012 at 05:47 PM
Congrats to the winners!! Great to see your name on here, Ava!! I'm so sad I didn't get to take part in this month's challenge--I've been packing, moving, and unpacking for what seems 2 weeks. Hope to get my crafty room finally set up next week!! And those layout creations made from the new paperlines are absolutely GORGEOUS -- beautiful work by the G45 design team! Beautiful, beautiful -- can't wait to start designing with my prize packs!!
Posted by: Maria Cole | January 27, 2012 at 05:49 PM
Beautiful, beautiful. the Hero layouts were awe imspiring. It must have been a difficult challenge to pick the winners. And the DT productions: What can I say that I already haven't said. Wondrous! Thanks you
Posted by: Anne McIntosh | January 27, 2012 at 06:07 PM
congrats to the winners and gorgeous dt work!
Posted by: 2amscrapper | January 27, 2012 at 10:15 PM
Congrats to the lucky winners!!! Everything is gorgeous!! Have a wonderful time at CHA!!!
Posted by: Nicole H. | January 27, 2012 at 10:29 PM
Have a wonderful time at cha!
Posted by: jo west | January 27, 2012 at 11:34 PM
Have a great time at CHA ! And congratulations to the winners ! It is so wonderful to receive presents from G45 !!!
Posted by: cat lacigale | January 27, 2012 at 11:48 PM
I can't imagine how much work goes into building your booth at CHA! Just looking at all those crates makes my back hurt! LOL!! Looking forward to some sneak peeks...and these projects are fantastic!
Posted by: kathyc/northcarolina | January 28, 2012 at 04:21 AM
It looks like such fun! I can't wait to see the new papers!!!!!!!
Posted by: genagirl | January 28, 2012 at 07:26 AM
I'm stalking the interweb, can't wait to see your booth!!
~Jill
Posted by: Jill in Frisco | January 28, 2012 at 09:29 AM
Best wishes to a wonderful fun filled time at CHA! Have a safe trip-- keep on crafting girlies!!!
Posted by: Dara Lynn | January 28, 2012 at 10:01 AM
Fantastic works of art! Congrats to all the winners! I so wish I could be at CHA, maybe next time. Now I am at your mercy until someone posts pics of their fun adventures! Thanks for sharing and inspiring!
Posted by: Cindy Lou | January 28, 2012 at 08:40 PM