Graphic 45 & ScrapbookSteals.com Blog Hop
Hello Beautiful Crafters!
Today Graphic 45 and ScrapbookSteals.com have partnered together to bring you a FUN filled day filled with great steals and a blog hop chock full of eye-candy, tutorials, videos and a contest! Today on the ScrapbookSteals.com website they are featuring Graphic 45. You will be able to pick up our Communique and Playtimes Past paper collections, along with a few of our Staples embellishments for a steal of a deal. Just bounce over to their website for more details: http://scrapbooksteals.stealnetwork.com/ and make sure to pop on over to their blog: http://scrapbooksteals.stealnetwork.com/wp/
Now that you have had your retail fix you will need some crafty inspiration, and boy do we have inspiration in store for you! Five of our fabulous DT members have created stunning projects using the ScrapbookSteal.com featured products. Below you will find sneak peek images just click on the blog links to reveal the full project, along with supply lists, fun tips, tutorials and videos.
Plus, did we mention a contest?!?! Just leave a comment on all five of the participating DT blogs and you could win this awesome Communique paper pack, Metal Door Plate, Envelope Staples, and a Policy Envelope Mini, a $45 value! Winner will be announced on tomorrow's blog.
Jim has created a Graphic 45 Communique Hemingway Mini using our Communique paper and Playtimes Past collections along with a number of our Staples products, the metal Flowers and Chipboard buttons to name a few. Here is what Jim has to say about this fabulous mini: "The Hemingway Album is 8 x 10.5" The cool binding technique is held in place tightening the nuts and bolts onto the chipboard page units. To allow for embellishments as well as the page thickness, I have stacked and adhered five, 1-1/4 x 6-1/2 pieces of medium weight chipboard. I then adhered a binding strip to the stack. I did this for all four page units."
For more photos and a supply list please check out Jim's blog: http://thegentlemancrafter.typepad.com/
Gloria created this classic layout using our Communique paper collection. Notice all of the techniques she has used on this one layout. Loving the peek-a-boo holes revealing more fun imagery.
Make sure to click over to Gloria's blog for more photos, supply lists and fun! http://www.gloriascraps.blogspot.com/
Laura has taken our Communique paper collection and paired it with out Metal Tags, Metal Buttons, Metal Hinges, and Paper Staples Flowers to created this elegantly beautiful Mail Box. This project would be great as a gift, or if you can't part with it a great home decor piece for your own home.
To see more photos, and project details please hop on over to Laura's blog: www.followingthepapertrail.blogspot.com.
Communique 12x12 Scrapbook Layout "Class of 2012." Arlene has created her masterpiece using our Communique collection, Envelope Tag Staples as well as Metal Tags and Chipboard Buttons and Trim. Arlene has a way with style and balance. Loving the use of the Staples packaging, making sure nothing goes to waste.
For more images and a YouTube video tutorial check out Arlene's blog: http://butterflykisseswithlove.blogspot.com/
Clare has created this Vintage Writing Case and filled with nooks and crannies with Graphic 45 Staples. I spy with my little eye, Metal Door Plate, Stamped Metal Brads, Metal Clothes Pins, and Staples Trim. Clare. way to pack in the goodness!
For more photos and a YouTube video make sure to hop over to Clare's blog: http://mycreativespirit.blogspot.com/
After all that hopping you must be aching for some one on one time with your crafting table. We know we are! We want to send big HUGS to our wonderful design team members who went above and beyond for this blog hop! Thank you Jim, Gloria, Laura, Arlene and Clare. We also would like to Thank ScrapbookSteals.com for this wonderful opportunity to partner with them to bring our followers great deals and ideas! And last but not least each of you for taking the time to check out each of the deals, projects, and for leaving comments, you're the best of the best!
Happy Papercrafting!
Team Graphic 45
Awesome..inspiring. Love them all.
Posted by: Mary | June 05, 2012 at 05:11 AM
wow! You certainly have a very talented group. I am always surprised at new ways to use your papers. And I always have to try and find the items to recreate these inspirations! Love, love, love your site, creativity and chances to win such awesome goodies. Thanks!
Posted by: KONNIE WREN | June 05, 2012 at 05:16 AM
Great projects! My favorites are the album and the mailbox.
Smiles~
Marilyn
Posted by: Marilyn B. Hughes | June 05, 2012 at 05:21 AM
Amazing!
Posted by: Brenda B | June 05, 2012 at 05:22 AM
Amazing. You all are so talented!
Posted by: Lois Key | June 05, 2012 at 05:25 AM
I can see that I'll spend my morning blog hopping! What great projects. I'll also make a trip to the ScrapBook Steals site to do some shopping! Thanks again for sharing!
Posted by: Anne McIntosh | June 05, 2012 at 05:26 AM
Loving the sneaks!!!! And I love scrapbooksteals.com!! Off to see everyone's creations!!!
Posted by: Julie Tucker-Wolek | June 05, 2012 at 05:31 AM
I love the idea of giving diverse artists the same materials and giving them free reign to create something wonderful. It always amazes me what inspires others and how they manipulate materials to individualize a project.
Posted by: Linda from Lockbourne | June 05, 2012 at 05:33 AM
Great Projects and amazing talent!
Posted by: Kim Mattson | June 05, 2012 at 05:36 AM
I love your DT! They are the most creative souls on the planet. I'm too early to find Claire and Laura, but was able to drool over Arlene, Jim and Gloria...fabulous work. I'll check back later for the other two.
And, Communique was the very first G45 paper I encountered...it stopped me in my tracks. I'd never seen anything like it...and I've been hooked ever since. I buy up every bit of G45 past designs I can get my hands on , as I love it all so much. Thanks for a great blog hop, and for hooking me up with Scrapbook Steals...one might call you an "enabler". Chuckle, chuckle!
Posted by: kathy/NorthCarolina | June 05, 2012 at 05:38 AM
What tempting project ideas! This DT is awesome and so full of creative inspiration!
Posted by: Cindy Lou | June 05, 2012 at 05:51 AM
I would love to participate in the blog hop, but one blog has no comment link and another has no option for name only. Booo Hooo.
Posted by: Linda from Lockbourne | June 05, 2012 at 05:52 AM
The inspiration from the new design team is soooo awesome!!! I just love seeing their work!!! And the new papers keep me motivated to create every day!!! Next is Ladies dairy/ Journal and Happy Haunting!! Just love them!!
Posted by: Barbara Johnson | June 05, 2012 at 05:54 AM
love all these projects...can't quite decide my favorite, but all designers did a great job with these beautiful papers...thanks!
Posted by: Kay (texfolkart) | June 05, 2012 at 05:55 AM
These projects are so beatiful!
What a great blog hop and so much fun to be able to win this great price!
Posted by: Athanasia | June 05, 2012 at 05:58 AM
What creative artists. All the projects are absolutely wonderful. Look forward to seeing more from these artists.
Posted by: KJ | June 05, 2012 at 06:36 AM
Your DT is pretty darn amazing. Great job all!
Posted by: Miriam Prantner | June 05, 2012 at 06:41 AM
The projects shown on this blog are always amazing me! I don't know if its the designers, the products or both but it all looks so perfectly made and absolutely beautifull in all the details! I love it all!!
Posted by: Dee | June 05, 2012 at 06:46 AM
Fabulous Projects from the Design Team, I can always count on mega inspiration here at the G45 Blog! Off to do some fun hopping!
Posted by: Michelle Reaves | June 05, 2012 at 06:52 AM
Hugs and more hugs, fantastic display of talent!
Posted by: Gerrie Johnnic | June 05, 2012 at 07:00 AM
coucou, tout est super beau et cette collection est trop belle, bises
Posted by: karine | June 05, 2012 at 07:06 AM
Wow, these are such talented designers. Graphic 45 is so lucky to be so well represented!
Posted by: Brenda B | June 05, 2012 at 07:28 AM
This was a GREAT hop for me! I visited a "new to me" blog and received inspiration I will immediately use for card I was stuck on. Thank you for not only making a great product but also for doing fun things like this blog hop.
Posted by: Kelly Sas | June 05, 2012 at 07:50 AM
Everything is lovely as usual. I would LOVE to have a real mailbox that looked liked that. Awesome!
Posted by: Sar Tann | June 05, 2012 at 08:16 AM
I have an old steamer trunk that was painted black and I am thinking how cool to cover it with graphic45 papers. Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Candy | June 05, 2012 at 08:26 AM
WOW! I don't know which one I want to make first!! they are all unique and beautiful. I LOVE LOVE Graphic 45.
Posted by: Ella | June 05, 2012 at 08:27 AM
What a fun 'hop', G45! Thanks!
Posted by: Jenna | June 05, 2012 at 08:45 AM
I could not put in enough expletives to comment on today's projects :) Everything is so gorgeous and inspirational - I could just stay here all day looking at them - of course I could say that about every project on your blog ! Your DT just awes and amazes me and of course it helps that your collections are so gorgeous to begin with! Thanks for the chance to win these lovely collections. I must admit I have not paid much attention to them in the past, but now I need to own them!!!
Posted by: Becky D | June 05, 2012 at 08:51 AM
WOW...what fun!
Posted by: Naomi Armenta | June 05, 2012 at 08:56 AM
Yay! time to 'hop'!!! All the projects are wonderful and have their own unique style! I really don't have just one fav, I like them all. TFS and a great giveaway :)
Posted by: Sleigh | June 05, 2012 at 08:58 AM
Wow!!! Awesome projects, and talent.
I love how each one is unique in it's own way!!
Posted by: Elissa Lyman | June 05, 2012 at 09:02 AM
Wow! I will be checking all of these out as soon as I finish this post. Thanks!
Posted by: Sue B. | June 05, 2012 at 09:20 AM
The samples from your DT members are just wonderful. I love to see what each member does with your papers. Gorgeous papers and I would LOVE to be the winner! Thanks.
Posted by: Cheryl T. | June 05, 2012 at 09:24 AM
ALL the projects are simply fabulous! The G45 DT never ceases to amaze me with their creativity!!!
Posted by: Barbara Albrecht | June 05, 2012 at 09:32 AM
WOW!!! just wow!
Posted by: Super Anisoptera aka Jovana Djukic | June 05, 2012 at 09:58 AM
You have the best design team around! Love to see there work. I think I may need some of this Comminique paper very soon.
Posted by: scrapncathy | June 05, 2012 at 09:58 AM
Amazing crew at it again... just amazing ...OOOOhh Communique Pack ... what a cool pack... come to me...
Posted by: Rosann | June 05, 2012 at 10:18 AM
All of designers are amazing. I am so very inspired. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Barbara Rankin | June 05, 2012 at 10:43 AM
These are fabulous. I am visiting each of then.
Posted by: kim | June 05, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Great job to your design team. Amazing projects today!
Posted by: Kathy K | June 05, 2012 at 10:56 AM