Let's Celebrate National Craft Month with 6 Brand New Projects!
Good morning G45ers,
It's our last day of National Craft Month, can you believe it? So, we are going to show off all the types of highlighted projects we have shared over the month. We are leaving you with a giant dose of inspiration: a card, a tag, an altered art project, a mini album, beautiful party favors, and a fantastic layout! You're going to get new projects from 6 designers! So, grab a cuppa tea or coffee and enjoy this feast for the eyes and craft-spiration to leave National Craft Month on a high note!
Before we jump into the inspiration, here is our National Craft Month Grand Giveaway!! Look at all those goodies - G45 Bird Song, G45 Sweet Sentiments, and great product from Clearsnap, Core'dinations Cardstock, Echo Park Paper, Petaloo International, Spellbinders, and Tombow! All you have to do win is comment here on the blog or on Facebook. That's it! The randomly chosen winner will be announced Friday here on the blog. What a great way to end this fabulous National Craft Month!
Card: Miranda shares a fun and clever card using By the Sea. Isn't this such a great idea? A fun way to encourage a friend or family member.
"So many ideas come to mind for altered projects with this amazing collection! But to start, I wanted to create a simple little 'Get Whale' card hehe! I just traced and cut out the shape of the whale ! Super easy! If you don’t trust your drawing , just google whale templates and print one out. I also wanted to create 'water' using a fun technique." -Miranda
Supply List
By the Sea-My Anchor
By the Sea-Gathering Seashells
By the Sea-Sand and Surf
By the Sea-Pier 45
By the Sea-Splash
Gesso
Thread
Tag: Romy shares a gorgeous Bohemian Bazaar tag. Love how she creates the peek-a-boo lattice with the bright paper. So sparklingly beautiful!
Supply list:
Bohemian Bazaar 8x8 Pads
Bohemian Bazaar Tags & Pockets
Regular Tag Album
Ornate Metal Keys
May Arts ribbons
Altered Art:Clare makes a warm and lovely project today using By the Sea. The fussy cut pieces framing the photo are the perfect touch. Love this!
"This was such a fun project to put together. I wanted to use the picture of Harry having fun in the waves as the focal point in the box but changed it from a colour to Sepia print before I started. I used a picture frame box with a removable back, painted it with inky pool chalk acrylic and set it aside to dry. While it was drying I took one each of the 12 x 12 papers in the By the Sea collection and chose and cut out the images I wanted to use to give the three dimensional look I was after.
I used My Anchor paper for the back of the box, the borders from By the Sea and strips of Pier 45 around the inner sides. To give height to some of the pieces in the box I used stacks of ¼” square chipboard tiles and a whole load of foam dots.
There’s a glass front to the box that I’ll put in before hanging it on the wall." - Clare
Supply List
By the Sea 12 x 12 papers as follows:
My Anchor
Pier 45
By The Sea
Beachcomber
Sand and Surf
Gathering Seashells (for the little sea horse)
Splash
Picture Frame Box
Paper Artsy Inky Pool chalk acrylic paint
Tacky Glue/ Glossy Accents
Chipboard Tiles
Foam Dots
Walnut Stain Ink
Mini Albums: Denise Hahn makes wonderful mini albums. This Botanical Tea album and altered Book Box is such a great tribute to her family and her time at Winter CHA 2014.
"My Mom is by far my biggest fan. Everything I make is amazing to her and she is always grabbing my projects and asking if she can have them. I figured I would make her something extra special. I mean if she is going to take it anyway, why not make it just for her right? So here I created this Mothers and Daughters Mini Book Box with pictures from our day at CHA with my daughter Marilyn." - Denise Hahn
Supply List
Graphic 45 Botanical Tea Flora 12x12
Graphic 45 Botanical Tea Love Notes 12x12
Graphic 45 Botanical Tea Chipboard and Stickers
Graphic 45 Shabby Chic Ornate Keyholes
Graphic 45 Shabby Chic Ornate Keys
Graphic 45 Shabby Chic Door Pull
Graphic 45 Artist Trading Tags Ivory
Graphic 45 Staples Book Box
Graphic 45 Metal Staples Butterflies
Graphic 45 Botanical Tea 6x6 Patterns and Solids
Petaloo Botanica Flowers Ivory
Petaloo Mixed Hydrangeas
Paint:
Liquitex Basics Unbleached Titanium
Martha Stewart Glitter Paint Vintage
Ink:
Colobox Pigment Ink Gold
Adhesives:
Xyron Create a Sticker Max
Mega Runner ½ inch permanent
Hot Glue
Vintage:
wood spool
chandelier crystals
book paper
Buttons and trims
applique
ballerina
key
Michaels:
Glitter Star
Crepe Paper
Party Favors: Karen shares three precious ideas for candy favors with Secret Garden. Great for a spring or Easter party - or just for treats at Easter Egg Hunts!
"These cute Secret garden party favours are so fast and simple to make using the metal dies available now. They would be perfect for a little girls birthday party, or even a kitchen tea. They are sure to please, little girls, and big girls alike." - Karen
Lolly pop holder
Products used: Secret garden 12 x 12 paper collection papers – Pretty Primrose,
Core’dinations ‘signature series’ cardstock – lights pack.
Other: My favourite things die, Butterfly punch, Stamping up stamp, button, string
Pillow Box
Products used: Secret garden 12 x 12 paper collection papers – Beautiful blooms, Pretty primrose,
Core’dinations ‘signature series’ cardstock – lights pack.
Other: sizzix ‘Pillow box, and flourish die, Cheerie Lyn flourish die, ribbon, string
Bon Bon
Products used: Secret garden cardstock sticker sheet, Core’dinations ‘signature series’ cardstock – lights pack.
Other: Sizzix bon bon die, string, flower, Martha Stewart leaf punch, ribbon
Layout: Arlene shares this great Good ol' Sport layout and there are so many great elements on this wonderful project. Love the rosettes!
“I am so excited about Good Ol’s Sport, I can’t stop using it! It’s such a fun, masculine collection and it’s perfect to scrap pages of my boys! This picture was taken at Candlestick park in San Francisco, during one of the last games the 49ers will ever play in this field. The Niners will have a new home in 2014 at Levi Stadium! I used a combination of the 12x12 paper pad, 8x8 paper pad and 6x6 Patterns and Solids to create this page. I also used a few pieces from the coordinating chipboard set, tags and pockets, banners and sticker sheet. Creating is a breeze with the assortment of product Graphic 45 offers, I love it!” ~ Arlene
Product List:
Good Ol’ Sport 12x12 paper pad
Good Ol’ Sport 8x8 paper pad
Good Ol’ Sport 6x6 Patterns & Solids paper pad
Good Ol’ Sport Banners
Good Ol’ Sport Chipboard
Good Ol’ Sport Tags & Pockets
Good Ol’ Sport Alphabet Stickers
Staples: Ornate metal keyhole, Ornate metal key
Coordinations Signature Series Cardstock for Graphic 45 (darks)
MFT Dienamics (flowers)
Momenta metal corners
Ranger Distress Ink - Black Soot
Wow! Talk about eye candy! Thanks to all the designers for sharing their fantastic ideas over so many great craft techniques and styles. We hope you've had a great National Craft Month - we sure have! There have been over 20 tutorials shared, we can't wait to see your versions! Thanks for joining us, and don't forget to comment to win our grand giveaway!
Celebrating a Great National Craft Month,
Graphic 45
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Great ideas
Posted by: Anna G. | April 01, 2014 at 06:11 PM
What a great giveaway and so glad I had to scroll past all that inspiration to leave a comment. Keep doing what you do great!
Posted by: Hilary Fournier | April 01, 2014 at 06:11 PM
Oh, my! The altered box with ballerina is just so sweet for a Mother's Day project. It just warms my heart - beautiful project!
Posted by: Jeanne Kelly | April 01, 2014 at 06:17 PM
Love all the projects! I really like that paper "by the sea". Thank you for the chance to win some great products from you and the others.
Posted by: Deborah Dvorak | April 01, 2014 at 06:35 PM
Awesome stuff as usual~
Posted by: Michele Presby | April 01, 2014 at 06:44 PM
These projects are amazing and fun! They got my creative juices flowing :)
Posted by: Kee Ostler | April 01, 2014 at 07:16 PM
Great projects as always and a fantastic prize. Always come to Graphic 45 for inspiration
Posted by: Natalie Laney | April 01, 2014 at 07:28 PM
Love all your progects won't be able to sleep until I at least try these beautiful thank you so much for your talent. with the most beautiful papers
Posted by: Jacqueline gibson | April 01, 2014 at 07:46 PM
Awesome!
Posted by: Nicole Jensen | April 01, 2014 at 07:53 PM
Great giveaway!!! Happy crafting.
Posted by: Cheryl Sande | April 01, 2014 at 08:13 PM
WOW, always great giveaways from G45 Love all of these companies! I would be soooo excited and greatful to win this one!!
Posted by: Cyndi Honor | April 01, 2014 at 08:27 PM
All of these projects are such great ideas.
Posted by: Shelly Holt | April 01, 2014 at 08:28 PM
Love the crafts, love the paper.
Posted by: Shirley Flowers | April 01, 2014 at 08:47 PM
You have such lovely products!
Posted by: Emily | April 01, 2014 at 08:49 PM
Wow! My Mother is no longer with us, so that book box really touched my heart. I love all your collections and in partnering with these other amazing companies, the giveaway is phenomenal!!!! I hope to be a winner!!! Thank you for the opportunity you give us
Posted by: Deana Johansen | April 01, 2014 at 09:16 PM
Oh, wow!! What beautiful creations!! So many talented people using wonderful G45 papers!! Love them all!!
Posted by: Marlene | April 01, 2014 at 09:23 PM
I really liked Romy's Bohemian Bazaar tag...the other projects were great too. -con
Posted by: durandconnie | April 01, 2014 at 09:49 PM
Love the prize pack fingers crossed.
Posted by: Mary Johnson | April 01, 2014 at 10:49 PM
Can't belive how much beautiful things to make just with this amazingly beautiful paper.
Absolutely fantastic creations!
Happy Creation ;)
Posted by: Anki J - Sweden | April 01, 2014 at 10:59 PM
Amazingly cool. Beautiful ideas.
Posted by: Christina Stephenson | April 02, 2014 at 12:23 AM
Oh my...now that is what you call a give-away!!! ...be still my beating heart :)
Posted by: jill neary | April 02, 2014 at 02:13 AM
Obviously you all had a whale of a time making these wonderful projects!!! Great giveaway too ;)
Posted by: Averil Kelly | April 02, 2014 at 02:23 AM
So many wonderful projects! I have to say the Lolly Pop Holder is my favorite. I just finished making cake pops with my granddaughter and this would have been the perfect finish for them. Next time, for sure! She loves to do paper crafts and this would be easy and beautiful even without the special die cut. Thanks for the chance to win the big one!!
Posted by: Charlotte Zweigoron | April 02, 2014 at 06:08 AM
once again every project is super great!
Posted by: MARY PETERSON | April 02, 2014 at 06:48 AM
All REALLY inspiring.... thank you for sharing!!!
Posted by: amyt2s | April 02, 2014 at 06:57 AM
These projects are wonderful! Thanks for a chance to win!
Posted by: Aukje | April 02, 2014 at 07:10 AM
What amazing projects! I love them all! I can't get over how beautiful all your products are. Love, love them.
Posted by: Anne Wiese | April 02, 2014 at 07:26 AM
Pure brilliant projects, and what a prize pack. Someones going to be very lucky !
Posted by: Elaine wainwright | April 02, 2014 at 09:29 AM
Love all your papers and knick-knacks :)
Posted by: Anna-Karin Lindfors | April 02, 2014 at 10:04 AM
I would love to win. Great product examples also.
Posted by: Christine Rantz | April 02, 2014 at 12:41 PM
Such GREAT new products! The projects are amazing done by very talented artists! Thanks!
Posted by: Alicia | April 02, 2014 at 03:27 PM
Incredible project on the blog today! Thanks for the chance to win some G45 goodies!
Posted by: Michele Washburn | April 02, 2014 at 05:01 PM
Wow! What a fantabulous prize package that anyone would be lucky to win! Thanks for the chance!!
Posted by: Cat Slater | April 02, 2014 at 06:36 PM
This is a fantastic showcase of the potential of great products in the hands of artists. Thank You!!!
Posted by: Glen Henley | April 02, 2014 at 06:43 PM
The projects are just beautiful. I just bought 'By the Sea' and will try some of your designer's wonderful ideas. Thank-you so much for the giveaway. Graphic 45 Rocks!
Posted by: Donna Davis | April 03, 2014 at 05:12 AM
The projects are wonderful :)
Posted by: Linda | April 03, 2014 at 05:41 AM
I so love all the Graphic 45 products, although some much more than others. I would love to win a bunch of stuff.
Thanks
Posted by: Joanne Klutz | April 03, 2014 at 10:42 AM
Wow!!! All amazing!! Thanks for sharing a chance to win some crafting goodies too!
Posted by: Laura Cox | April 03, 2014 at 11:50 AM
Just love by the sea paper! Just made a easl-card-box for my father-in-laws birthday.
Posted by: Shirley QY | April 03, 2014 at 01:31 PM
Love all the great ideas!!
Posted by: Lisa Kubin | April 03, 2014 at 03:20 PM