Take the Graphic 45 Color Challenge!
We have a very exciting week here on the Graphic 45 blog. We are sharing our Graphic 45 Color Challenge! One of the first assignments we gave our Design Team was to take the light and dark colors of our Core'dinations Cardstock and choose three colors to make a beautiful creation. And this talented Design Team more than delivered amazing creations! Have you ever started a project with a set of colors? It's a great challenge if your crafting mojo is running low. Maybe we'll inspire you to try it yourself this week! Today, we have three projects from the amazing Katie Zoey Ho, Ginger Ropp, and Yumi Muraeda. Enjoy the Color Challenge from Graphic 45!
Before we begin our Color Challenge, who wants to win some Place in Time this week? Just comment here on the blog or on Facebook to win. We will announce the winner on the blog on Friday. Have fun!
We also need to announce our last four winners of our Sneak Peek Win It Before You Can Buy It giveaways! Our randomly chosen winners are...
From the Blog:
-Colleen E. Perkins: Graphic 45 YOU are Beyond SPECTACULAR!!! I anxiously await every new collection as your papers and embellishments and whole collections are the most beautiful my eyes ever see! I am already planning my projects with all these collections so when will they be available!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for giving us the ability to make such beautiful treasures with all your gorgeous collections!!!!
-Wendy Hill: Love that you brought back Times Nouveau, I guess I can use some that I've been hoarding. Love these line and the new additions.
From Facebook:
-Donna Yother Drennen: Its great to see the rereleases! Thanks!
-Carla Victor-rawson: Now this is perfection! I love all your paper! Would love to win this: I'm Graphic 45 addicted!!!!
Congratulations, winners! Please email [email protected] to claim your prize. We had such a great week of Sneak Peeks, thanks for joining us!
Now, let's get to the Color Challenge! Here are the Core'Dinations Cardstock colors the Design Team chose from for their beautiful designs. If you want to take the challenge, choose three colors to inspire a design!
Light colors:
Dark Colors:
First, we have a beautiful project from Katie using the three colors below: Photogenic, Tuscan Sunset, and Gala Gold. We are in love with how this turned out - it's amazing how you can start with color and end up with such beauty!
"I’ve found this non-functional weighing scale that I had previously bought at one of $2 thrift stores which is not working really well. Sometimes, things that are bought too cheaply has a tendency to just dump it away when it's malfunction. Well, I opt to alter it, transforming this little weighing scale to something I can keep some of my favorite French Country recipes..." ~Katie
Supply List
Malfunction Weighing Scale
French Country 8” X 8” Papers (Grandeur, Rendezvous, Deja Vu)
French Country 6” x 6” Patterns & Solids
French Country Chipboard 1
French Country Chipboard 2
French Country Stickers & Alphabet Stickers
French Country Cling Stamp 3
Graphic 45 Staples (Antique Metal Door Pull & Stamped Metal Brads)
Gesso
Jute Twine
Transparencies
Black & Gold Paint
Packaging Cardboards
Prima Mulberry Autumn Leaves
⅛” Black Eyelets
Gold Foil Trims (own stash)
Kraft Papers/Cardstocks
Your Favorite French Country Recipes
Next, we have a card from the amazing Ginger. The three colors above are the colors she chose for this wonderful card: Dark Cashmere, Precious Pink, and Robin's Egg. She uses our Come Away with Me collection to create a brilliant card! Love these colors. Just imagine getting this wonderful card in the mail!
Supply List
Come Away With Me 12x12 Globetrotter
Come Away With Me 12x12 Look Out World
Come Away With Me 12x12 Cosmopolitan
Stampin Up Cardstock Early Espresso
May Arts Pink Twine
Mulberry Paper Flowers
Handmade stick pin
Martha Stewart Leaf Punch
My Creative Time Doily Die
Ranger Distress Ink Frayed Burlap
Dimensional Foam Tape
To close out this blog, we share the most magical An Eerie Tale Altered 8x8 Matchbook Box and Mini Album using our Tag Album Staples. Yumi uses the three colors above to create a truly amazing project: Photogenic, Bordeaux, and Sweet Apricot. She even provides a Snapguide to try it yourself!
Visit Yumi's Snapguide Tutorial
Download An Eerie Tale Story Book - Mini Album
Supply List
Metal Door Pulls Antique Brass
Ornate Metal Key Holes Antique Brass
Metal Brads
Tag Albums Large
Altered Art Matchbook Box 8’
An Eerie Tale 8’ pad
An Eerie Tale 12’ pad
An Eerie Tale Chipboard Tag
An Eerie Tale Cardstock Flowers
An Eerie Tale Cardstock Stickers
Ribbon
Black chipboard 12x12’
We are so excited about our Color Challenge. What a great kickoff to this fun week. We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoy seeing these fantastic projects. Maybe you'll even try our Color Challenge yourselves. Many thanks to Katie, Ginger, and Yumi. Don't forget to comment today to win a Place in Time prize pack!
Happy Monday,
Graphic 45
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Wonderful Projects!!
Posted by: Marsha Sims | July 21, 2014 at 05:05 AM
These creations are amazing! Thanks for all of the inspiration!
Posted by: Barbara | July 21, 2014 at 05:10 AM
All the projects in the color challenge are really beautiful. I really enjoyed the matchbook box and mini albums in the an eerie tale paper collection. Great job DT
Posted by: Danielle Bartnik | July 21, 2014 at 05:19 AM
Yumis work is amazing. I love the way she layers all of her work, fussy cuts and makes everything so dimensional. I want to create like her someday. I'm practicing!
Posted by: ellen dematos | July 21, 2014 at 05:21 AM
These projects are so clever and beautiful!
Posted by: Pat ford | July 21, 2014 at 05:24 AM
Great projects everyone!
Posted by: Ginger | July 21, 2014 at 05:34 AM
Such beautiful paper almost guarantees a wonderful finished piece. I love using Graphic 45 for that very reason - it gives me such joy to see the completed projects!
Posted by: Sharon Lee Wade Coughlin | July 21, 2014 at 05:38 AM
Amazing creations. Beautiful job with all the cut-outs & layering. Thanks for the inspiration....
Posted by: sharon d | July 21, 2014 at 05:38 AM
Loved the projects.
Posted by: Gita Prana | July 21, 2014 at 05:42 AM
I have been thinking about what I would make with an Eerie Tale. Yumi's project is perfect, thank you for making the tutorial.... I cannt wait to make this project!
Posted by: Nicolette Holzer | July 21, 2014 at 05:45 AM
All of these projects turned out beautifully! My favorite one is the one by Yumi. So imaginative!
Posted by: Anne Million | July 21, 2014 at 05:49 AM
Wonderful projects today! Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Myra Skidmore | July 21, 2014 at 05:49 AM
Great projects using great lines of paper.
Posted by: Conrad O'Oconnell | July 21, 2014 at 05:51 AM
Love everything! Can't wait to see the rest! <3
Posted by: Donna Espiritu | July 21, 2014 at 06:16 AM
Love all the projects today. Y'all really have a great DT this year. WOW!!! Would love to win the "Place In Time" collection. Thanks and good luck to everyone.
Posted by: Deborah Cook | July 21, 2014 at 06:17 AM
3 very creative projects. love the color and paper choices, especially the Eerie Tale Matchbox. Beautiful!!!
Posted by: Yvonne Boucher | July 21, 2014 at 06:17 AM
please tell Yumi, thanks so much foe the tutorial :)
Posted by: Deborah Cook | July 21, 2014 at 06:18 AM
Wow! They are all amazing!
Posted by: Pam English | July 21, 2014 at 06:18 AM
Oh, color challenges are so much fun! Hope I can find time to play along!
Posted by: kathy/NorthCarolina | July 21, 2014 at 06:19 AM
It's a toss up for me. I love Yumi's choices for An Eerie Tale, but I am also in love with Ginger's choices that she used in "Come Away With Me."
Posted by: Diana Lane | July 21, 2014 at 06:31 AM
Love the color challenge idea...and these projects are so wonderful. I would love to win the Place in Time giveaway. Thanks. :)
Posted by: Linda Mayer | July 21, 2014 at 06:31 AM
Stunning art!!!
Posted by: Dorothy McCarthy | July 21, 2014 at 06:37 AM
Absolutely stunning projects. Cheers.
Posted by: Melanie Ann MacKenzie | July 21, 2014 at 06:42 AM
such amazing projects, they are awesome.
Posted by: Heather Thompson | July 21, 2014 at 06:56 AM
Would LOVE to ( ( ( WIN ) ) ) ;)
Today is my Birthday....What an AWESOME Present that would be!!! :)
Thanks for the chance to W I N !!! ;)
Posted by: Linda Chidster | July 21, 2014 at 06:56 AM
so talented!- I love the inspiration from your designers- Thank you
Posted by: cheryl craddock | July 21, 2014 at 07:05 AM
Always beautiful projects!
Posted by: Chris G. | July 21, 2014 at 07:06 AM
beautiful projects! love all things Graphic 45
Posted by: Pam | July 21, 2014 at 07:21 AM
neat projects! and I don't own any Graphic 45 card stock! that would be nice!
Posted by: Alicia O'Bryant | July 21, 2014 at 07:25 AM
Love these gorgeous creations! The altered scale is now functional and gorgeous!! Love it!! TFS!
Posted by: barbara macaskill | July 21, 2014 at 07:30 AM
Beautiful mini album! Love the colours!
Posted by: Sharon P. | July 21, 2014 at 07:47 AM
Love everything G45 - these projects are all amazing! I would love to win a prize package 😜
Posted by: Orla Carey | July 21, 2014 at 07:49 AM
Love these!
Posted by: Marsha Bouters | July 21, 2014 at 07:51 AM
Such talented designers...all their projects are fabulous. Love the cardstock colors...french lilac and robin's egg are my two favorites.
Posted by: Eileen Barton | July 21, 2014 at 07:52 AM
Lovely projects!! Love the colors
Posted by: Yolanda | July 21, 2014 at 07:56 AM
What inspirations! I love, love, love the French County papers. Thanks for sharing and inspiring us today....Bobbie
Posted by: Bobbie Harrison | July 21, 2014 at 07:58 AM
Fabulous projects! Thank you fro the great inspiration, I can't wait to try something out!
Posted by: Anne Campbell | July 21, 2014 at 08:00 AM
I just finished a book box with three colors; yellow, blue, and green. I used Botanical Tea paper which has no yellow so I painted one of the birds yellow. After adding gold glitter it was amazing how I started to see the yellow in the flora and fauna images.
Posted by: Mary Reppe | July 21, 2014 at 08:01 AM
They rocked the color challenges! What a creative DT and wonderful product!
Posted by: Kathy Jo | July 21, 2014 at 08:02 AM
What fun! Thank you for the inspiration, and for the chance to win.
Posted by: Sue Kendrick | July 21, 2014 at 08:06 AM