Join the Graphic 45 Birthday & Crafting Extravaganza!
Hello G45ers,
Happy Friday and welcome to our happy blog! We've got a lot of fun planned for you today! We're celebrating two Graphic 45 birthdays today! Clare Charvill and Jane Tregenza of our design team are both celebrating birthdays! What fun! We thought we'd wish them a very happy birthday by sharing some of their gorgeous crafts with all of you! Clare has created an exquisite tag using A Ladies' Diary, while Jane has made a magnificent card with Nutcracker Sweet! Both of these creations are simply delightful! We also are going to share some highlights from the Graphic 45 Ning gallery! That's right, you'll get to see some fabulous crafts that have been posted by G45ers just like you! Plus we've got a winner to announce for this week's blog prize! Could this day get any better?! Lets begin with this week's randomly chosen blog prize winner! This week's winner was chosen from comments left on our blog. And the winner is...
-Kathy Waxler: "Wow! Can't wait to see Place in Time in person. I'm going to need about 6 of those 8 x 8 pads. Ha!"
Congratulations, Kathy! Please email us with your shipping information at info@g45papers.com to claim your prize! This is the great Tropical Travelogue prize that Kathy won! Many thanks to everyone who left us comments this week. There will be a brand new blog contest on Monday so stay tuned for your chance to win some wonderful Graphic 45 goodies!
Today's first craft was created by the birthday girl, Clare Charvill. It's an amazing tag featuring A Ladies' Diary and Graphic 45 Metal Clothespins! Clare's work is always filled with elegance and style. We always look forward to seeing her next incredible work of art. It is such a joy to have her on our design team! We want to wish Clare the very happiest of birthdays! May this year be blessed with lots of beautiful papers and an endless supply of inspiration! Happy Birthday, Clare! Here is what she had to say about this splendid creation.
Supplies:
"I decided to try my hand at card making. I was asked to teach some Graphic 45 Christmas Cards at my store. I have been wanting to use the new Nutcracker Sweet collection for a while now, so this was the perfect excuse. I had 20 ladies join me for my first class and I am still teaching them. I decided to make three cards for my class, a simple one (tag), a second one with a tag, the tag as a pocket for money for a gift voucher and the last card is my fancy one. The tag is quite easy to make and would be perfect for some simple cards. The Gift Voucher card is also quite easy and is perfect for those who still want to hand make a gift to place money or a voucher in. The easel card is a little bit harder with some fussy cutting required. It is not hard to make just a bit fiddly. The ladies in my class quite enjoyed making them and I have been teaching them ever since." -Jane Tregenza
Supplies:
Graphic 45 papers
Nutcracker Sweet Collection
Christmas Emporium – A Christmas Carol
Imaginarium Designs Chipboard – Merry Christmas
Ribbons
3L Classic Photo Corners – Black
3L Foam Squares
Black Cardstock
Colourbox Dark Brown fluid ink chalk
Now we're going to keep the party going with some highlights from the Graphic 45 Ning gallery! We like to take the opportunity to honor the incredible crafters who share their Graphic 45 creations with us! We adore seeing what's being made with our products! We deeply admire the talent and imagination that goes in to each and every one of the crafts we see on our Ning gallery. We encourage all of you G45ers to share your Graphic 45 creations on our Ning site. It is a wonderful way to connect with your crafting community, get ideas for amazing projects and let your unique talent be seen!
Graphic 45 Ning:
Here we have a gorgeous Bird Song altered tissue box by Steph D. This unique creation was made using the Cherry Blossom paper from Bird Song and some very pretty embellishments. This is such a great way to add some true beauty to your home or office! We love it!
Here is an astonishing Nutcracker Sweet 3-D house by Lyn Bernatovich. Wow, this creation is out of this world! This is a great example of how some patient fussy cutting and a lot of imagination can yield stunning results! This is a fantastic idea for holiday home decor! This super impressive piece has amazing dimension and lots of joy. It's a true work of holiday art!
And last but certainly not least is this incredible Ladies' Diary 12x12 canvas by Nikki Brown. All the elegance of A Ladies' Diary is captured in this magnificent creation. Nikki combined unique inking and paper distressing techniques along with magnificent embellishments to create this gorgeous card. We couldn't help but fall in love with this charming work of art. Nikki definitely captured the essence of this lavish collection. It's just amazing!
Don't forget, G45ers, our 15,000 Facebook Fans Celebration continues until Saturday, October 27th at Midnight EST. We are giving away 3 fantastic Graphic 45 prize packs a day on Facebook! It's our way of thanking all of you G45ers for bringing us to a new milestone of 15,000 fans! Wow! So stay tuned to our Facebook page to find out how you could win some amazing Graphic 45 prizes!
Graphic 45 Facebook:
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Thank you all so much for joining us today! Huge happy birthday wishes to the incredible Clare Charvill and Jane Tregenza! We want to thank them for their gorgeous work today along with today's featured artists from our Ning gallery! We will have more incredible crafts to share with you all next week on the Graphic 45 blog! Stay tuned for more fabulous inspiration and Graphic 45 prize opportunities! We wish you all a very happy Friday and a wonderful weekend.
Happy Papercrafting!
Your Friends at Graphic 45
a wonderful birthday from my home to yours. i celebrated mine on the 14th. i've seen these plastic tissue holders at the dollar store. i'm going to get me a few and alter them with your papers. it won't matter what collection i use, because all of them would work!
Posted by: kathleen schriber | October 26, 2012 at 09:32 AM
Just getting to know G45 and loving your papers. Started with ABC Primer and A Ladies Diary. Have loved using them both. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful projects with those of us who are just getting to know and love your products.
Posted by: Jeannine D (Grammy GG) | October 26, 2012 at 09:41 AM
Gorgeous projects !!! Happy Birthday Clare and Jane.
Posted by: Pam Sohan | October 26, 2012 at 09:42 AM
Happy Birthday and thanks for the wonderful projects and inspiration.
Posted by: Dorina D | October 26, 2012 at 09:53 AM
Happy Birthday ladies!
As usual I loved all of the projects.
Posted by: Tona | October 26, 2012 at 10:08 AM
Gorgeous as always! The Ladies' Diary tag is so beautiful. Nice details and layering. A Ladies' Diary is my favorite collection of Graphic 45. The Nutcracker cards and tag are so pretty. Love the details on the card. Thank you so much for sharing these lovely creations today!
Posted by: Kristina M. Anderson | October 26, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Happy day! Muy feliz dia, muchas bendiciones!
Posted by: Ana Marcela Herrera | October 26, 2012 at 10:45 AM
Omg I am headed to my tissue boxes right now! My tissues will never again reside in a ho-hum box. And who couldn't use this as a gift?
Posted by: Anne Schilling | October 26, 2012 at 10:51 AM
Happy Birthday Clare and Jane! Beautiful projects!
Posted by: Cherie Gray | October 26, 2012 at 11:07 AM
Happy Birthday ladies... Wishing you both a happy and joyous day!!... GORGEOUS projects... Love them all! :))
Posted by: Rhonda Ratliff | October 26, 2012 at 11:16 AM
Happy Birthday and thanks for the cool projects!!
Posted by: Dorothy | October 26, 2012 at 11:20 AM
Happy Birthday Girls! Great Projects, Awesome Details and a Great Paper Collection...
Posted by: Peggy O | October 26, 2012 at 11:39 AM
Happy Birthday Clare and Jane...and thank you for the wonderful crafting ideas !
Posted by: Barbara Parker | October 26, 2012 at 12:06 PM
Happy Birthday Care & Jane!
Posted by: Brenda B | October 26, 2012 at 12:29 PM
Happy Birthday Ladies!! =) THANKS for sharing the BEAUTIFUL creations!! I have ENJOYED this week with all of the FUN!! =) Have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)
Posted by: Larissa Heskett =) | October 26, 2012 at 01:26 PM
Wow! All of the projects are fabulous!!!!! I really love that tissue box, though!!! Great job!!
Posted by: Mary G. | October 26, 2012 at 01:45 PM
Gorgeous work ladies just stunning! Jane I have been studying your site and your albums, They take my breath away and since I've lost both my parents mom not to long ago I am really wanting to do a family album like you did that was shown in the Scrapbooking and Beyond Winter mag! Unfortuantely I can't find my copy:( I love G45 it's going to be showing up alot on my blog! Thanks for all the inspiration ladies!
Posted by: Pam Lange | October 26, 2012 at 02:02 PM
Happy Birthday and thank you for sharing the beautiful projects.
Posted by: Mary MacLeod | October 26, 2012 at 02:20 PM
Gorgeous work, Ladies! Happy Birthday to Jane & Clare!
Posted by: Eniko's Playhouse | October 26, 2012 at 02:30 PM
Happy Birthday & have a splendid weekend! Beautiful projects as always.
Posted by: Tammy Valley | October 26, 2012 at 02:46 PM
I love to look at the projects that are posted. I find them very relaxing and always have a smile on my face all the way through, no matter what kind of day it's been. Thanks for sharing this gift.
Posted by: Sharon | October 26, 2012 at 03:17 PM
Oh, and Happy Birthday to these two lovely ladies. Enjoy!
Posted by: Sharon | October 26, 2012 at 03:18 PM
Everything looked beautiful. Thanks for the ideas.
Posted by: tara eklof | October 26, 2012 at 04:41 PM
Wow, not one, but two design team members born on the same day as me? Perhaps there is some astrological creativity given to people born on this date? Very interesting...
Posted by: Evelyn Vertefeuille | October 26, 2012 at 04:52 PM
That tissue box is phenomenal. Love it!
Posted by: beatrice lawson | October 26, 2012 at 04:57 PM
Love all your projects truley amazing work. :)
Posted by: Debby W | October 26, 2012 at 07:24 PM
Your papers are so much fun to work with ! So much detail it's bouncing out . Happy birthday ladies.
Posted by: Karen | October 26, 2012 at 07:33 PM
love them but tissue box is great
Posted by: bev orris | October 26, 2012 at 08:06 PM
I love G45!
Posted by: Denise Smith | October 26, 2012 at 09:11 PM
Yippee!!!!!!!! Can you see me doing a happy dance? Thanks so much. I'll be sending you my info shortly. Yippee!!!!!!
Posted by: Kathy Waxler | October 26, 2012 at 09:35 PM
Gorgeous projects and product lines!
Posted by: Athanasia | October 27, 2012 at 01:35 AM
Gorgeous tags and cards - as always, thank you for the inspiration and fabulous paper.
Posted by: Jeanne Kelly | October 27, 2012 at 06:10 AM
Happy happy birthday to you two AMAZING CRAFTERS!! I love the gorgeous tags and cards!! You so inspire!!!!
Posted by: Barbara Johnson | October 27, 2012 at 09:39 AM
Happy birthday Clare and Jane. All your projects are absolutely stunning.
Lots of love from Patricia xx
PS Congratulations to the Winner of the goodies xx
Posted by: Patricia Howarth | October 27, 2012 at 09:53 AM
Lots of gorgeous eye candy today!
Posted by: Katina | October 27, 2012 at 12:32 PM
Birthday wishes. Another great assortment of fabulous projects.
Posted by: Gwen Moss | October 27, 2012 at 05:49 PM
You gals at Graphic 45 "ROCK" I just can't get enough of your fabulous (best on the market) line of papers and product. You are very unique and talented and set my creative juices aflame! Thank you for being here for all of us. Have a fabulous creative day. Pam
Posted by: pamela teel | November 01, 2012 at 06:05 AM