Sneak Peek Day 3: Place in Time—A Calendar Line!

Hello G45ers,

We want to welcome you all to another wonderful day of sneak peeks, prizes and crafts here at Graphic 45! We are so excited to bring you today's stunning sneak peek images from our new calendar collection Place in Time! We also have 4 new winners to announce for the Win It Before You Can Buy It contest! And as if that weren't enough, we've got 2 gorgeous craft creations from our design team that are sure to inspire you! Clare Charvill and Nicole Eccles have created some delightful altered boxes that are out of this world! There's even fun tips to help you create one of your very own! Today is all about fun and creativity so lets get the party started! Lets begin by announcing our 4 winners from yesterday's Win It Before You Can Buy It contest! All of this week's winners will receive a  Place in Time 12x12 paper pad, both sets of coordinating chipboard die-cuts and stickers!

And the winners are...

From the blog:

- OlesyaK: "Wow I love this collection! it's soo elegant!"

- MsScrapmess: "Wow, after yesterday's sneak peek I was afraid I might have to high expectations on today's - but no! And as my entire family is born from sept-dec, these month are especially close to my heart. You'll never be disappointed with G45:) Hats off to all you!"

From Facebook:

- Sarah Russell-Clark: "I can't wait to put a calendar together with these beautiful papers, so much inspiration! Thank you for creating these wonderful designs for us to use!"

- Chelsey Vorosmarty: "What an amazing idea! I love this collection, now to come up with some cool ways to use it for classes!"

Congratulations! Will our winners please email us with your shipping information at info@g45papers.com to claim your prize. Prize packs will be sent out in early to mid October.

Remember G45ers, today is the last day to leave us a blog or Facebook comment for your chance to win Place in Time before it arrives in stores. We will be choosing 4 more winners from today's comments and announcing them on tomorrow's blog! Leave your comments today for your chance to win this fantastic new collection! And now it's time for more sneak peeks! Behold the gorgeous sticker sets and chipboard die-cuts for Place in Time. Just imagine the gorgeous treasures you'll create with this splendid new collection!

Place in Time Stickers:

Place in Time Alphabet Stickers

Place in Time Chipboard Die-Cuts 1

Place in Time Chipboard Die-Cuts 2

Wasn't that great, G45ers?! We are so excited to see the wonderful creations you'll make with Place in Time! Next up we've got two stunning craft creations that feature our Small Matchbook Box and 5x8 Altered Art Boxes. Clare Charvill and Nicole Eccles have created two very different but very beautiful works of art. First up is Clare's stunning Bird Song altered box and tiny mini album. This was created using our new Small Matchbook Box. It is such a sweet and inspiring project. Clare even provides some fabulous tips for creating one of your own! Take it away, Clare! 

It was a lot of fun to work with the new teeny weeny match box Graphic 45 introduced to their staples collection.  As I'm totally in love with the Bird Song paper collection I combined the two and came up with the project below. First I painted the box black and then used mega flakes and a blossom stamp to stamp the oriental looking pattern around the box.  I wanted to make a feature of the opening on the front of the matchbox which I did using a piece of chipboard  painted black and one of the stickers from the collection.  I edged both in dark red art glitter.  Then I lacquered both parts of the box and added an antique metal door pull to each end to open the box with. 

 

Then I made a teeny weeny album to fit inside the matchbox, and using the 8 x 8 paper pad, chipboard pieces and stickers and a few extras decorated the pages and added the tags. 

The closure for the album  is a piece of staples ribbon that runs through two holes on the front cover and one on the back, and fastens with a magnet hidden behind the ribbon on the front cover and between the stickers on the ribbon from the back of the album. To finish I added an A from the alphabet sticker sheet, highlighted it with glossy accents, mounted it on black card and attached it to the cover of the album with foam tape.  I hope you have lots of fun making your own a matchbox mini.

Supplies:

Graphic 45 

Small Match Box 

8 x 8 Birdsong papers 

Chipboard Pieces 1 & 2 

Bird Song Sticker sheet 

Staples Ribbon

Antique Metal Door Pulls  

Additional Supplies 

Black Acrylic Paint 

Royal Coat Decoupage Satin Finish

Uhu Glu, Tacky Glue, foam tape, glossy accents and double sided tape 

300gsm black card - for album 

Marianne Design Creatables tags die LR0154 

Sizzix file folder die - small  

Magnets

embroidery thread - red 

May Arts ribbon 

Indigoblu flitter glu and Mega Flakes - Charriot of Fire 

Clarity Stamp - Cherry Blossom/Plum Branch

Next we have this spooktacular creation by Nicole Eccles that is absolutely perfect for Halloween! This is Halloween home decor at its finest! Using The Graphic 45 5x8 Altered Art Box, Happy Haunting paper and a few fun objects, Nicole created a truly delightful treasure! Here she gives some fun and easy tips on how she created this fabulous project! 

"This projects is very simple to make using Graphic 45’s 5x8 Altered art box and a few found objects!!  To get the box to look like a book, just remove the top flap with the windows. Cover the whole thing with G45/Core’dinations core paper and distress using sandpaper and inks.  Paint the sides cream, and use a ruler and fine tip sharpie to create the look of pages on the sides of the box. The whole thing was glued shut, and a drawer was placed in the back to hide your secret candy stash! All the objects used for decorating the top can be found at your local craft store.  The skull is chipboard and was covered with dictionary papers before using.  The crow is made of feathers and can be found in most flower arrangement sections of your craft store.  The frame was a little ornament, and the gem was found in the candle scaping department." -Nicole Eccles

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Supplies:

Graphic 45 Papers:

Happy Haunting: Midnight Magic, Happy Haunting

Olde Curiosity Shoppe: Apothecary, Olde Curiosity Shoppe

G45 Staples: 8x5 Altered Art Box, Ornate Metal Label holder, Ornate Metal Keys

Core’dinations/ G45: Signature Series Core Cardstock

Colorbox : Triumphant Red

Ranger: Platinum Stickles, Frayed Burlap Distress Ink

7 gypsies: Industrial Gears

 

Other: paint, dictionary paper, paper mache skull, doily, glass bottles, feathered crow, crepe paper, tinsel, sharpie marker, craft knife, jewelry chain

stamped metal cross, sand paper, mod podge, hot glue, E6000

We hope you all had a great time on today's blog! We sure enjoyed getting to share today's sneak peeks and design team projects with you! Big thanks to Clare Charvill and Nicole Eccles for their amazing work! We can't wait to read all of your blog and Facebook comments today, G45ers! Please join us tomorrow as we announce 4 more winners of the Place in Time Win It Before You Can Buy It contest! Plus we'll have more ultra gorgeous crafts to inspire your day! We hope you all have a beautiful Wednesday!

Your Pals in Paper,

Team Graphic 45

 

Comments

[Stormyrain1010]

Just awesome, I absolutely LOVE it all, especially the alphabets and tags!! I must have it!
Cheryl

[Christina V.]

Amazingly nice die-cuts and tags!!! We're waiting eagerly for the collection to come in our hands!

[Liane Davis]

I will go broke buying your paper and embellishments. I love it all. I am so looking forward to this line in particular. How do you keep on creating papers that speak directly to the heart?

[Kathy Molina]

I love the Place in Time collection...it would fit in perfectly with the heritage books I'm working on for my dad!!

[Cindy Lou]

Great art! Love the detail of both projects. Claire is one of my most fav's when it comes to making books of any sort. Niccole is wonderful at unusual creativity. Awesome job!

[ljrhew]

Love you paper products

[cathy]

can,t wait.

[Linda DesGroseilliers]

This may be my favorite collection yet!!!

[Kit Paperkitz]

Once again, LOVE the colors on this paper line. You can always tell it's Graphic 45! Can't wait to touch it! Kit at Paperkitz

[SuZeQ]

NOBODY does it as good as g45! Nobody.

[RJ Higgins]

The detail in your paper products are unreal! So glad to have discovered Graphic 45!

[Patti Grace]

I know that I will only be buying Graphic 45 for all of my projects. The chipboards dies I just love and the calendar paper is so beautiful. Christmas here we come! Thanks for the fantastic designs.

[Jessica Chastain]

Can't wait for the Place in time to come out, gotta make a mini album with it!
Jess

[Cheryl G]

What a gorgeous collection!

[Terre]

Can't wait to put a calendar together. These teals and warm browns are just my style!

[Sue Gregory]

I have so many ideas I can't concentrate on anything else....love love love this line of paper!!!

[Kim Fletcher]

Okay this is a must have collection, but then again all of your collections are must haves :).....I can see so many many ways to use this new line!!!

[RoLayne Brock]

I really love this collection. Your designers are so creative. I can hardly wait until it reaches my stores.

[Carol E Brooker]

Gosh, I just love this collection, so fun. Thanks for sharing it.

[Linda Johnson]

Love the papers. The Japanese-look album is gorgeous. Awesome!

[Marcia Crawford]

! love the "Place in time!" it is amazing!! Graphic 45 you have out done yourself.....it is absloutely beautiful! cant wait to have it.

[Donna Campbell]

Such a great product line, can't wait for it to come out in the stores but it'd be even better to win it before it comes out.

[Tami Rinehart]

OMG The tags are AWESOME....... now I really can't wait to get my hands on EVERYTHIING!!!!! Thanks for the chance to win :)

[pitje]

Very funny halloween decoration Nicole!

[Glen]

Another beautiful collection from Graphic45. I'm going to have to move house soon after all the papers that I have collected! LOL.

[Gwen]

Counting the days to get this new collection. Clare, another fab job.

[Lynn]

I can not wait to get my hands on this paper! So awesome!

[Holly]

I'm totally DROOLING!!!!! I can't WAIT to get my hands on this for a calendar for my MIL!

[Chung Mora]

All of this week's winners will receive a Place in Time 12x12 paper pad, both sets of coordinating chipboard die-cuts and stickers!