A Fond Farewell to Nadya Lifa!
How we will miss the brilliant and beautiful Nadya Lifa! She is such a incredible and one-of-a-kind artist. She would meld paper and fabric projects so brilliantly and create just spectacular projects. She made beautiful creations of all sorts - layouts, mini albums, cards, pillow, altered art, and more. Anything Nadya touched she turned to gold! We will miss her incredible unique and beautiful ideas on our team so much. Today, we will share four never-before-seen projects and some of the highlights of her time on her team with many tutorials that you can try today! It will be a day to tomorrow. Also, stay to the end of the blog to see who won this week's contest.
First, we have this amazing An ABC Primer altered Mixed Media Box from Nadya to help her daughter learn English. What a great gift idea for new parents in your life, or for toddler birthdays. A beautiful and functional idea!
"My little daughter began to learn the English language and I wanted to make convenient Alphabet cards, which will be interested for her! My wish come true! On one of the sheets from ABC Primer wonderful collection has a sheet with cards for the cut, I paste them on cardboard and folded in a box. I like to use the boxes, they are very original and looks amazing in any project, and the child is very convenient to store cards in a beautiful box!" ~Nadya
Supply List
Graphic 45 Staples Mixed Media 5x5 Box Black
Graphic 45 Deluxe Collector's Edition ABC Primer Deluxe Collector's Edition
Glue
Distress Ink
Cardstock
Next, Nadya reminds us that it's a beautiful day with this gorgeous Sweet Sentiments card! Wow, love these layers and gorgeous details.
"The minimum time - maximum results! It is very easy - to create beautiful card in 20 minutes! All you need - is 2 sheets of paper - for the support and for cutting, ribbon, lace, and the title! Just cut a lot of floral elements and combine them around the title! Have fun with fine Graphic 45 Sweet Sentiment Collection!" ~Nadya
Supply List
Graphic 45 Sweet Sentiments Collection 8\8 Paper Pad
Shabby Ribbon
Lace
Teresa Collins 6\6 Paper Sheet
Acrylic Dots MME
Glue
We love how Nadya infused her love for gorgeous fabric, texture, and paper into her projects. This Time to Flourish card is a perfect example of that. What perfect details!
Supply List
Graphic 45 Time to Flourish 8x8 Pad
Core`Dinations Cardstock
MME Brads
Shabby Ribbon
Melissa Frances Ribbon
Lace
Prima Dots
Now, how about this practically perfect An ABC Primer mini album! She uses our Tag Staples throughout and creates just a fabulous idea. What a fun album to store your child's school photos in!
Supply List
Graphic 45 Artist Trading Tags-Black
Graphic 45 ABC Primer Deluxe Collector's Edition
Brads, ankers
Fabric
Kraft Paper Docrafts
Ribbon, cord
Now, let's share some highlights of Nadya's time on our team! This beautiful Baby 2 Bride box is gorgeous and we linked her fabulous tutorial for this project below. What a beauty.
Nadya's Baby 2 Bride Snapguide Tutorial
This is one of the most gorgeous altered printer's trays we've ever seen! Look at those fabulous colors and stunning details. We love how she incorporated paint and such a whimsical color palette throughout while using Time to Flourish. What a beauty! Make it yourself with her Snapguide below.
Nadya's Time to Flourish Snapguide Tutorial
We love this Artisan Style card and tutorial from Nadya. What stunning details! Nadya is a detail master and her composition is incredible.
Nadya's Artisan Style Snapguide Tutorial
This is just such a stunning project! She used Place in Time on this absolutely breathtaking handmade pillow. What perfect shabby chic details. Wow wow wow! She even shows you how to make one yourself below.
Nadya's Pillow Snapguide Tutorial
Nadya was also a layout master! Love this Time to Flourish layout. What a beautiful photo too! Isn't her daughter and she just stunning?
Christmas just got 10 times more beautiful with this gorgeous The Twelve Days of Christmas card. The fabric she uses is almost like snow! Wow wow!
This was a favorite layout from Nadya using Steampunk Spells! Love the composition and dimension of this fabulous LO!
Nadya, your artistic point of view will be so missed on our team. Your projects show your incredible talent in so many areas - sewing, papercrafting, altering, mini-making, and more! We are so grateful she shared so many tutorials for these projects. We will greatly miss you on our team and we cannot wait to see what you create in the days ahead! We know it will be nothing but beautiful and inspiring. Thanks for all you've done for the G45 Team!
Keep up with Nadya Lifa!
Now, let's see who won our Time to Celebrate prize pack this week! Our randomly chosen winner is....
-Robin Feero Ammann
Congratulations, Robin! Please email [email protected] to claim your prize. Thanks to everyone who took part in our contest!
Thanks for joining us today to celebrate the magnificent Nadya. She will be missed!
Your Pals in Paper,
The G45 Family
Want to try these projects out? Visit your LSS or order online today! Graphic 45 Store Locator Link Here
Great projects. Best of luck, Nadia!
Posted by: Pat Ford | June 05, 2015 at 05:40 AM
I absolutely love Nadya's style. It has been a true pleasure seeing her work.
Posted by: Robin Shakoor | June 05, 2015 at 06:01 AM
So sad to see Nadya leaving the team!! Her creations are spectacularly amazing!! TFS!
Congratulations to Robin on the win!
Posted by: barbara macaskill | June 05, 2015 at 06:38 AM
While I know that new Design Team members will bring us different projects and techniques, I will miss all these current members. Thanks for showcasing each with their beautiful work.
Posted by: Martie Rollin | June 05, 2015 at 10:21 AM
Wonderful! Good luck to you Nadya!
Posted by: Anne schilling | June 05, 2015 at 10:57 AM
very, very nice :) ~ all of the projects, thank you ~ :)
Posted by: corbin downing | June 05, 2015 at 03:20 PM
Thank you Nadia for sharing all your creative talents with us and inspiring us with all the beautiful projects. Good luck in all your future endeavors!
Posted by: Karen Itzenhuiser | June 05, 2015 at 10:06 PM
Beautiful projects! Good luck in the future and thank you for sharing your amazing creations!
Posted by: Patricia Molnar | June 06, 2015 at 09:48 AM
Love her fabulous projects.
Posted by: Carol Mc | June 07, 2015 at 07:57 PM