Thanks for Joining Us for the Graphic 45 Color Challenge!
We have had such a fun week celebrating the possibility of the full spectrum of our signature series of G45 colors! We are going to leave you with some real inspiration for this last day of the G45 Color Challenge! Annette Green has a beautiful An Eerie Tale mini album and tutorial. Keri Sallee shares the most beautiful Steampunk Spells house with a Snapguide tutorial. Then, Lori Williams rounds out this week with a fantastic card using An Eerie Tale. What a fun Friday!
Who won our contest this week?? We know you all want to know! Our randomly chosen winner is....
-Shirley Babbit: Wow, wow, wow!!
Congratulations, Shirley! Please email joanna@g45papers.com to claim your prize. Thanks to everyone who took part in this week's contest! Join us next week for another chance to win.
Thanks to everyone who joined us at the Sierra Pacific Trade Show! We had such a great time seeing our store owners and the other great companies in this fun industry. We had a fun class, Make n' Takes, and more. Here are some fun photos from the booth this past week in Salt Lake City, Utah!
The lovely Charee and Aimee Filimoehala showing off Time to Celebrate.
Our amazing Meggan Howell from our customer service team led the fun Make n' Takes at our booth! Also, isn't our newest G45er Gus a real cutie?
Thanks so much for joining us in Utah! What a fun week.
Now, it's time for the G45 Color Challenge! Here are the colors from our Signature Series of Core'dinations Cardstock. We asked our designers to choose three colors to inspire a project. As we've seen this week, the results have been outstanding! Try the G45 Color Challenge when inspiration just won't strike.
Dark Core'dination Cardstock Signature Series Colors:
http://www.coredinations.com/index.php/products/signature-series/graphic-45-darks/
Light Core'dination Cardstock Signature Series Colors:
http://www.coredinations.com/index.php/products/signature-series/graphic-45-lights/
Annette chose Tuscan Sunset, Photogenic, and Antique Moss for her project. We love this mini and the tutorial that goes with it!
"I love Halloween and can’t wait to start my Halloween projects with An Eerie Tale, however when I saw the beautiful floral page (Enchantment) and the patterns on the backside of some of the papers, I just had to make a pretty floral mini album right away. This little mini is quick, easy and unique with it’s many pockets and tags. I love that the paper is so versatile that it can be used for “anytime” projects in addition to Fall and Halloween. (Note: For those who watch the video, I apologize for the volume fluctuations. Be sure to adjust the volume slider to hear it best.)"~Annette
SUPPLIES
Graphic 45 Staples Regular Tag Album
Signature Series Cardstock for Graphic 45:
Tuscan Sunset cardstock
Photogenic cardstock
Antique Moss cardstock
Pearl Blush cardstock
Hampton Art stamp sets: French Country 2 (ICO216) and Butterfly Specifics (ICO279)
Petalloo flowers, green & orange
⅝” wide cream ribbon, May Arts
Various ribbons, lace and black waxed twine
Corner rounder punch
Brown ink for edge-distressing
Black ink for stamping
Mercury Glass Stickles for shimmery highlights
Keri shows that it doesn't have to just be three colors - get inspired by four or five! She chose Bon Voyage, Tuscan Sunset, Dark Cashmere, and Photogenic for this amazing project!
"When we were asked to pick 3 colors from Graphic 45’s Core’dinations colors, I was immediately drawn to Bon Voyage, a yummy dark aqua/teal color. There were so many color combinations that would be amazing, so I decided to look through my G45 collections until that color YELLED out at me. And let me tell you….nothing shouted louder than Steampunk Spells. It is one of my all time favorite collections and I love the color combo of the aquas and oranges.
My inspiration colors are:
Bon Voyage
Tuscan Sunset
Dark Cashmere
Photogenic (Because you can’t do steampunk without brown and black, right?!)
My project was inspired by my love of upcycling things (and my slight tendency to be a little cheap! LOL) File folders are are readily available and so inexpensive, so they were a perfect thing for me to try to alter." ~Keri
Keri's YouTube : How to Make a House from a File Folder
Keri's Spooky House Snapguide Tutorial
Supplies:
GRAPHIC 45:
Steampunk Spells 12x12 Paper Pad
Steampunk Spells Alphabet Stickers
Steampunk Spells Tags and Pockets
Other Supplies:
Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Walnut Stain & Peacock Feathers
7Gypsies Antique Gold Hook
Aleene’s Tacky Glue
Paper Studio Pop Dots
Canvas Corp Jute
Manilla File Folder
Tools:
Craft Knife
Paper Trimmer
Crop-a-Dile
Lori chose a rich color palette for her wonderful card: Photogenic, Bordeaux, and Antique Moss.
"I always love a challenge and this color combo sure was fun. I chose Photogenic, Bordeaux and Antique Moss which just happened to scream 'Please use Eerie Tale'. I adore the elegance of the Eerie Tale while it gives a hint of creepy, but that’s the magic of it, right? The pumpkin on the front has been fussy cut and gives an extra little pop. However, my favorite of the card is the picture of the beauty with the....well beast. My heart goes out to the beast more than anything revealing I’m really a child at heart and I love a good fairy tale just like any other girl." ~Lori
Supply List
Graphic 45 Eerie Tale 12 x 12 Paper Pad
• You Betwitch Me
• Captivating Characters
• Enchantment
• An Eerie Tale
• Magic Spell
• Wicked Whimsey
Other Products Used:
Core-dinations Signature Series black card stock “ Photogenic”
Core-dinations Signature Series purple card stock “ Boredeaux”
Core-dinations Signature Series green card stock “ Green Moss”
Spellbinders Flower, Doily, Lace Border and Leaf Die
Foam Tape
Sewing Machine
X-acto Tool
Thanks for joining us for this fun week of colorful creations! We hope you try the G45 Color Challenge and share it with us on our Facebook page. Have a prismatic weekend!
Basking in Happy Hues,
Graphic 45
Want to try these projects out? Visit your LSS or order online today! Graphic 45 Store Locator Link Here
Love it all!!!
Posted by: Dorothy McCarthy | July 25, 2014 at 05:18 AM
very awesome projects.
Congrats Shirley!
Posted by: Heather Thompson | July 25, 2014 at 05:29 AM
love the projects and thank you so much for the tutorials!
Posted by: Yvonne Boucher | July 25, 2014 at 05:36 AM
OOoo so many great Projects. Wish I was there. Thanking for sharing.
Posted by: Christine Schärfer | July 25, 2014 at 05:48 AM
I really liked all these projects and the tutorials.
Posted by: Pat ford | July 25, 2014 at 06:16 AM
Its hard to choose which one to buy I want them all X
Posted by: cheryl craddock | July 25, 2014 at 06:24 AM
Always such wonderful projects - love them all.
Posted by: Carole Rushton | July 25, 2014 at 06:49 AM
Awesome creative projects. Always on the G45 blog!!
Posted by: Mary Longberry | July 25, 2014 at 06:52 AM
Always love your projects!
Posted by: Shari Czerwinski | July 25, 2014 at 06:53 AM
The new Eerie Tale has so many colorful opportunities to create with. Thanks for this week's inspiration.
Posted by: Mary Reppe | July 25, 2014 at 07:35 AM
I am going to hav eto try that mini tag album! I love all of these projects, but the tag one will be the first one I attempt!
Posted by: Mj | July 25, 2014 at 08:08 AM
Congrats Shirley! I have loved every single project that has been shown this week. Such great talents at Graphic45. Thanks so much for showing us how to make the projects for ourselves! All the colors have been just gorgeous!!
Posted by: Linda Storey | July 25, 2014 at 08:11 AM
Gorgeous projects and beautiful pics from the show too.
Posted by: Maryann | July 25, 2014 at 08:12 AM
Thanks for the colorful week.
Posted by: linda ann murphy | July 25, 2014 at 08:36 AM
C O N G R A T S to Shirley Babbit!!!
What a Fabulous Gift to ((( W I N )))
Posted by: Linda Chidster | July 25, 2014 at 08:40 AM
Would so LOVE to see a tutorial on the album the the lady is holding in the first pic, also a tutorial on the one in pic 5 looks like a hide-a-book...kinda.
Please, please, please do tutorial videos on these....with sugar on top!!!
"Happy Crafting"
Posted by: Dianne McGee | July 25, 2014 at 09:03 AM
Love everyone of these projects, great job! Congrats to Shirley for winning.
Posted by: Linda Bell | July 25, 2014 at 09:43 AM
Today is one of my most favorite blog entries...so much to learn from your talented design team members! Love the 3 colors featured on that last card!!! That file folder haunted house is so cleverly designed and I really enjoyed seeing all the embellishments. Annette's tutorials always draw my attention. Love this little mini! Can't wait to make my own. Thanks so much for your daily postings!
Posted by: Martie Rollin | July 25, 2014 at 09:51 AM
Just fabulous projects.
Posted by: Carol Mc | July 25, 2014 at 10:07 AM
love Annette's project using An Eerie Tale. Such a versatile paper line. The house is so much fun and I love the colors Lori used.
Posted by: Kim | July 25, 2014 at 12:00 PM
love everything!!
Posted by: Teri Reed | July 25, 2014 at 12:28 PM
Congratulations Shirley!! Enjoy your goodies!
LOVE the photos from the Trade Show and the designers have created some gorgeous projects! So glad there are tutorials! TFS!
Posted by: barbara macaskill | July 25, 2014 at 12:41 PM
These colors are so vibrant. Beautiful combinations. Gorgeous.
Posted by: Elaine S. | July 25, 2014 at 01:55 PM
Thanks for sharing a bit of the fun from the show and such a lovely collection of projects both from the show and today's artists. As the winner of this week's prize said "wow, wow, wow". She's right.
Posted by: Elizabeth Etheridge | July 25, 2014 at 03:23 PM
All fabulous projects! These people are so talented. TFS...Bobbie
Posted by: Bobbie Harrison | July 25, 2014 at 05:47 PM
Utah looks like it was wonderful, fun. Today the color challenge did it again - great stuff. I especially love the Eerie Tale card...what caught my eye? Those gorgeous purple flowers just made the card.
Posted by: Cathy Osborne | July 25, 2014 at 06:05 PM
Awesome creations
Posted by: Nancey Thomson | July 25, 2014 at 06:31 PM
Love these projects. Some of my favorite colors!
Posted by: Anne Schilling | July 25, 2014 at 07:43 PM
Great projects!
Posted by: Sandy Small | July 25, 2014 at 10:38 PM
Todos los trabajos son impresionantes!!! con unos tutoriales maravillosos
Posted by: Nuria | July 25, 2014 at 11:09 PM
Wonderful tutorials of the mini albums. There one of my favorite things to create.
Posted by: Karen Itzenhuiser | July 26, 2014 at 01:15 AM
LOve the projects and the black, green and purple was awesome. love those colors together.
Posted by: Donna W | July 26, 2014 at 03:47 AM
Congratulations to Shirley, and these projects here today are 'awesome'
Posted by: Patricia Howarth | July 26, 2014 at 01:15 PM
I love this blog! I always leave with such inspiration!
Posted by: Mary Jane W | July 28, 2014 at 08:23 AM