Graphic 45 & Scrapbook Adhesives Blog Hop! Day 3

Hello G45ers,

It's another fabulous day of inspiration here at the Graphic 45 blog! We want to welcome you all to this fun blog event as we team up with our pals at Scrapbook Adhesives for a splendid week-long blog hop! Today we're going to share more brilliant crafts from our design team that combine gorgeous Graphic 45 papers and embellishments with amazing Scrapbook Adhesives products! It's a match made in craft heaven. Our design team has been hard at work to create stunning crafts just for this week's blog hop! Get ready to be dazzled with beautiful inspiration from Jane Tregenza, Susan Lui and Maiko Miwa! Plus there's still a chance to enter to win a fantastic Graphic 45 and Scrapbook Adhesives prize pack! Just leave us a blog comment for your chance to win! Be sure to swing by the Scrapbook Adhesives blog today where you'll find more craft inspiration from the Scrapbook Adhesives design team! They're also sharing some incredible projects that combine Graphic 45 and Scrapbooks Adhesives products! Be sure to leave a blog comment while you're there for your chance to win their marvelous prize pack!

 

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Here is the incredible Graphic 45 and Scrapbook Adhesives prize pack that we are giving away this week on our blog! It includes a Place in Time 12x12 paper pad, Place in Time coordinating chipboard die-cuts, Place in Time stickers, Graphic 45 Ornate Metal Keys, Graphic 45 Chipboard Buttons, three packs of Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares and a Scrapbook Adhesives MyStik! Wow! We will be choosing one random winner from this week's blog comments and announcing them on our blog on Monday, December 24th! So be sure to leave us a blog comment for your chance to win!

There is also a chance to win some fabulous Graphic 45 and Scrapbook Adhesives prizes on our Facebook and Pinterest pages this week! Definitely check them out for your chance to win!

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Today's first craft creation was made by Jane Tregenza and it is just perfect for the holiday season! This wonderful piece of holiday home decor is also a great way to use some of your Graphic 45 scraps! Enjoy this lovely tutorial where Jane shows you how to combine your Graphic 45 holiday papers and Scrapbook Adhesives products to make a real Christmas treasure! Take it away, Jane!

For this project you need a selection of Graphic 45 Christmas papers, I have used some of my older papers as for this project you don’t need full sheets, just all those bits and pieces you have saved over the years. If you don’t have these papers then you can change them and use papers from the Nutcracker sweet Collection.

Supplies:

Graphic 45 Papers

Christmas Emporium

Toyland

All I want for Christmas

Merry and Bright

A Christmas Carol

Tis the Season

Under the Mistletoe

Joyous Noel

Christmas Emporium

Santa Express

The Holly and Ivy

Holiday Spirit

Let it Snow

Endearing Sentiments

Imaginarium Designs chipboard ornament and  Christmas Tree

Assorted Brads

Ribbons

Flowers & Berries

Black Cardstock

Chipboard Squares.  1x 3inch x 3 inches,  3x 1 ½ x 3 inches,  4x 1 ½ inches x 1 ½ inches. Spare chipboard.

Quotes

Silver ink pad

Brown ink pad

3L Scrapbook Adhesive sheets

3L Scrapbook Foam Squares

3L Scrapbook E-Z Runner

 

All your chipboard squares need to have adhesive on them, so you can stick the papers onto them. I used 3L Scrapbook Adhesive sheets. I find they work really well and I love 3L foam squares. I always use the black ones. The pack contains two different sizes. They are so easy to use and I go through 100’s of them. Their tape runners also makes any job so quick.   Remember you need to ink around all the edges of your print papers before you stick them down.

Square One “the Spirit of Christmas”

Cut a piece of “Let it Snow” to 3 x 3 inches. Adhere it to your 3x3 inch chipboard square.  Cut a piece of black cardstock 2 3/8 inch x 2 3/8 inches. Cut a piece of “Holiday Spirit” to 2 ¼ inches x 2 ¼ inches and adhere it to your black cardstock square. Adhere the square to a piece of chipboard and trim the chipboard to fit.  Adhere the chipboard/black cardstock/Holiday Spirit to the middle of your 3 inch square. Cut a piece of ribbon 4 inches long. Using your 3L tape runner place a line of tape across your whole square, add your piece of ribbon  and wrap the ends of the ribbon around to the back of your square and adhere it down. Punch two little flowers from “Christmas Emporium”, ink your flowers and add a little glitter to the edges. Glue each flower together so the petals are off centred.  Glue the finished punched flower onto a paper flower and add a tree brad to the middle to hold the flowers together. Add it to your square over the ribbon with a 3L foam square.  Choose a quote and cut it to be about 1 ¾ inches wide x 1 1/8 inch high. Mount it onto a piece of black cardstock and add the matted quote to your square.

 

Square Two “Christmas in the Heart”

Cut a piece of “Under the Mistletoe” to 1 ½ x 3 inches. Adhere it to your 1 ½ x 3 inch chipboard square. Cut a black cardstock square to 1 1/8 inches x 2 1/8 inches. Cut a piece of “Endearing Sentiments” to 1 inch x 2 inches. Adhere it to your black cardstock.  Use some gold berries and push the stem through a small red flower and then a larger green flower. Push the flowers to the top just under the berries. Place the flower at the top of your “Endearing Sentiments” square. Tape the stem to the back your square, trim any of the stem hanging below your square. Add it to the middle of your “Under the Mistletoe” square with foam tape. Add the quote to your square to finish it off.

 

Square Three “Snowflakes”

Cut a piece of “Toyland” to 1 ½ x 3 inches. Adhere it to your 1 ½ x 3 inch chipboard square. Cut a piece of spare chipboard to 1 inch x 2 ½ inches, cut a piece of “The Holly and Ivy” the same size, adhere the print paper to the chipboard piece. Cut a piece of “Christmas Emporium” to ¾ inches x 2 ¼ inches and adhere it to the middle of your “Holly and Ivy” piece. Add the finished piece to your “Toyland” square. Wrap a piece of ribbon from the back to the front and tie it in a knot on the front near the bottom of your square.  In the space above the ribbon, place two snowflake brads and one silver brad.

 

Square Four “Christmas Ornament”

Cut a piece of “Merry and Bright” to 1 ½ x 1 ½ inch. Adhere it to your 1 ½ x 1 ½ inch chipboard square.  Ink the filigree part of the ornament with a silver ink pad. Cover the solid part of your ornament with a piece of “Christmas Emporium”. Once your filigree piece is dry, glue it over the top of your covered ornament. Add a little bit of glitter to the filigree part of the ornament. Add a bow to the top of the ornament. Add the finished ornament to your square with a foam square.

Square Five “Christmas Star”

Cut a piece of “Joyous Noel” to 1 ½ x 1 ½ inch. Adhere it to your 1 ½ x 1 ½ inch chipboard square. Add a piece of red ribbon across the middle of your square and wrap the ends to the back of your square. Add a glitter ribbon across the middle of your red ribbon and wrap the ends around to the back of your square. Punch a black cardstock circle

 1 1/8 inch, punch a second circle from a piece of “Christmas Emporium” it needs to be 1 inch and adhere it to your black cardstock circle. Place a wire star onto your punched circle and use a bling brad to hold it in place. Once you have the star on the circle, add the circle to your square with a foam square over the ribbon.

 

Square Six “Glitter Snowflake”

Cut a piece of “Tis the Season” to 1 ½ x 1 ½ inch. Adhere it to your 1 ½ x 1 ½ inch chipboard square. Smear a small amount of glue all over the square. Add a mesh ribbon over the top of the paper and trim the ribbon back so it fits onto the square.  Punch a black cardstock circle 1 1/8 inch, punch a second circle from a piece of “All I want for Christmas” it needs to be 1 inch and adhere it to your black cardstock circle. Punch a glitter snowflake and place a bling dome in the middle. Glue it to the middle of your punched circles. Add the finished circle to your square with a foam square.

Square Seven “ Christmas Heart”

Cut a piece of “Christmas Emporium” to 1 ½ x 1 ½ inch. Adhere it to your 1 ½ x 1 ½ inch chipboard square. Add a piece of gold ribbon across your square near the bottom and wrap the ends to the back of your square. Cut a piece of red ric rack long enough to wrap around your square from the back to the front and tie it with a knot to the left of your square.  Ink a chipboard Christmas tree with peeled paint and spray with a little bit of bronze perfect pearls. Add a little bit of glitter to each star on the tree. Add the tree to your square with foam squares.

Square Eight “Peace on Earth”

Cut a piece of “A Christmas Carol” to 1 ½ x 3 inch. Adhere it to your 1 ½ x 3 inch chipboard square. Cut a piece of

“Santa Express” to 1 inch x 2 inches. Wrap the piece around your square so the ends are at the back. It needs to go near the left edge of your square. Cut a piece of black cardstock to ¾ inch wide x 1 3/8 inches long. Cut a piece of “Christmas Emporium” to 5/8 x 1 2/8 inches. Adhere the print paper onto your piece of black cardstock. Punch a black cardstock circle  1 1/8 inch, punch a second circle from a piece of “Al I want for Christmas”  it needs to be 1 inch and adhere it to your black cardstock circle. Use two flowers and glue them on top of each other. Glue them to your circle. Glue it to your small square and use a bling brad to hold the whole thing together.  Add the finished piece over the top of your “Santa Express” print with foam square.  Mat a quote onto a piece of black cardstock and add it to your square.

Now all I need to do is take some photos at Christmas, I have room for 6x  1 ½ x 1 ½ inch photos. Mine is for a present, so I have mounted the finished squares onto an Imaginarium Designs backing board which I sprayed black first.  I just added a ribbon bow to finish it off.

Next up is this adorable layout by Susan Lui. We just love her beautiful borders and elaborate fussy cutting in this LO! Plus that incredible portrait of the dog is just too cute! Here Susan explains how she created this wonderful work of art using Graphic 45 and Scrapbook Adhesives.

Hello. Here's a layout I created using Graphic 45's Tropical Travelogue collection and Scrapbook Adhesive's glue tape and 3D foam adhesive.

I fussy-cut a lot of floral details from the Tropical Travelogue papers and adhered them around the photograph, building the layers using 3D foam adhesives.

Supplies:

Graphic 45 Tropical Travelogue collection - Garden Isle, Island Jewel, Seaside Holiday, Oceania, Exotic Destination
Graphic 45 Tropical Travelogue Die Cut Chipboard
Scrapbook Adhesives MyStick and 3D Foam Adhesive

And last but certainly not least is this fantastic altered box by Maiko Miwa. She used Bird Song papers, Graphic 45 Small Matchbook Box, fun embellishments and Scrapbook Adhesives products to create this joyful project! These small Matchbook Boxes are so much fun and they make incredible gifts! You can even house a gift card in these sweet boxes! Just imagine the possibilities!

Supplies:

Graphic 45 Small Matchbook Box

Bird Song papers

Graphic 45 Antique Metal Door Pull

Graphic 45 Metal Butterflies

Graphic 45 Stamped Metal Brads

Scrapbook Adhesives

Also be sure to check out today's Papercrafter's Library blog where the fabulous Sharon Ngoo of the Graphic 45 design team is being featured! Here is a sneak peek of her amazing holiday creation! Hop on over to see the full prject and enjoy more amazing inspiration!

Papercrafter's Library

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That's all for today, G45ers! We want to remind you all that there is still plenty of time to upload a photo of your finished 2013 calendars from the Place in Time Calendar Tutorial Series! Upload your photos of your finished calendar to our Facebook page by December 31st at 11:59 PST for your chance to win a $150 Graphic 45 prize pack! We will be announcing a winner on our blog on January 1st!

We want to thank our friends at Scrapbook Adhesives for this fabulous day of fun! Big thanks to Jane Tregenza, Susan Lui and Maiko Miwa for their gorgeous work! We also want to thank you all for joining us! Please come back and see us tomorrow for more grand inspiration as we continue the Graphic 45 and Scrapbook Adhesives blog hop! It's going to be incredible! We wish you all a wonderful Wednesday!

Happy Papercrafting!

Your Friends at Graphic 45

Comments

[Dorothy]

So much wonderful inspiration! thanks!!

[Sue B.]

I always love the projects your design team makes. I tend to hord your papers because they are so beautiful. I need to start using them more. Thanks!

[Yvonne]

great job ladies...love all 3...such a creative use of the beautiful G45 papers

[Cathy Ross]

Love the Christmas squares!

[Kim]

Love all the projects! My fav is the little match box with the mini inside it!! Love it!!

[Jenny Veale]

So many treasures, so much to take in, fabulous! Thank you for sharing and have a great day all xx

[Amy Kluchesky]

The prize package is amazing. I love all the projects. So fun. Really makes me wish I could scrap instead of go to work.

[LeeAnne Fusco]

All of the projects listed today are fabulous. I have to say that I love the matchbox. So much detail on such a little thing. Love the clock on the butterfly. Thank you all so much for sharing. Beautiful!

[kathy/NorthCarolina]

I never cease to be amazed at the artistry and creativity of the G45 Design team. Jane's wall hanging is so gorgeous and elegant. Each panel is like a little gift box! And Sue's beautiful photo box is delicate and detailed with all those beautifully fussy cut flowers. And Maiko's altered matchbox is absolutely magical with that sweet little tag booklet inside. My daily dose of inspiration!

[MONICA EDWARDS]

love all the creations amazing as usual

[Carol Vivenzio]

Would love to win your exciting prize. Love to look at all your creations, thank you for the inspiration!

[Mary]

Beautiful projects!!

[barbara f]

These are just beautiful....I don't know which I love the most! Great job!!

[Lori Danieski-Bellotti]

Oh I love all these beautiful projects....The inspiration is just flowing like mad crazy.

[Goh Shi Hui]

Omg I'm in love with Maiko Miwa's altered box!!! Is there a tutorial?
Thanks for sharing :)

[Ruth Gacayan]

thank you for sharing your beautiful projects.

[Sarah Biswabic]

These projects are beautiful!

[Kathryn Beaucage]

Thank you for sharing great ideas.

[Mary Hodgman]

Great project ideas and fab prize package!

[Caroline]

Fantastic projects. Love the little altered box, all lovely :)

[Tammy]

wow, amazing creations! I love them all :)

[Deborah WIsmer]

All the projects are beautiful as always. Hope Santa has room in his sleigh for my g45package.....its what this girl wants.

[Tammy Valley]

I absolutely love your projects! Look forward to seeing them everyday!

[Sharon Young]

Great inspiration. Thank You.

[jeri vann]

What an amazing prize pack! Id love to win!

[Patricia Howarth]

Truly inspirational, these projects are gorgeous xx

[Karen Wedding]

Everything is so beautiful. Great job!

[Teresa]

So much craftiness going on today! Awesome projects!

[vihreantalonunelmat]

Love the projects!

[MaryLouH]

Great projects. Love the decorated board.

[Kathleen Rimer]

These projects are wonderful! It is obvious these designers love what they do. Merry Christmas to all.

[Gail L.]

Awesome projects!
The 3 phrases square is SO true!

[Tami H. Spencer]

LOVE G45!! You guys are AWESOME!! Love the color combos... and those match boxes are to die for... AMAZING job you guys. <3 I would LOVE to be a guest designer one day. ;) Thanks for all of the outstanding giveaways.

[{vicki}]

GREAT PROJECTS
TFS

[maria mendoza]

I love everyones work. Turned out beautiful

[sue smith]

Love the projects. They are really inspiring me. Can't wait to start some.

[Marilyn Tucker]

Wow! I love all of the projects today! Thanks for the giveaway.

[Jeniff]

Love the box, is beautiful. Thanks

[BeckiV]

Awesome projects!

[Marge R. (mer)]

LOVE Jane's wall decor piece, Susan's adorable LO and Maiko's stunning box -- WOW, Ladies!!! AWESOME projects!!!