A Warm G45 Welcome to the Altered Art Genius of Belly Lau!
We are so excited to welcome Belly Lau to our team this year! Belly is from Hong Kong and her work is just unbelievable. We saw her altered art pieces and simply fell in love with her stunning work. She has so many fun details in her creations and uses such a great combination of color to create. You will certainly fall in love with her fabulous work. Today, she will share a brand new project and tutorial with An ABC Primer. Then, she shares 3 fabulous projects to give you an idea of her fabulous work. What a great introduction to this great artist!
Belly Lau
"Hi, I am Belly Lau. I live with my husband, two kids, and my non-stop, expanding scrapbooking supplies, all in a tiny little flat in Hong Kong. I have been crafting since I was little; beading, cross stitch and quite a few kinds of other crafts, but found that scrapbooking and paper crafting has been the most interesting and rewarding as it allows me to preserve memories as well as create home decorations.
In 2010, I made my first ever album about a trip to Taipei with my son. I loved the creative process so much and have been bitten by the scrapbooking bug ever since. I am now a member of an embellishments manufacturer design team and I also run an online business selling scrapbook supplies and kits.
I am so excited and honoured to be one of the Graphic 45 Design Team. I love Graphic 45 products which are always gorgeous. I look forward to showing you my creations soon." ~Belly
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We love this handmade game Belly made with An ABC Primer. Isn't this just the best idea? See her tutorial below to make your own!
"I believe we are all familiar with the board game 'Monopoly', why don’t you take photos on this precious family togetherness time, scrap and make a box as home decoration! 'An ABC Primer' from Graphic 45 is a fun line to play with, it is all about childhood. The mathematic squares are just good to form the board, use the alphabet stamps to form the tokens, and how about the alpha lines which comes in few pages of the paper pad? I used them to make the dice and those 'houses and hotels' tiny little books. Let’s 'GO'!!!" ~Belly
Supply List
Graphic 45 “An ABC Primer” 12x12 Paper
Others
Chipboard
Black Cardstock
Black Ribbon
Wood Buttons
Decorative Small Glass Bottle
Decorative Tiny Flowers
Metal Charms and Pins
Black Soot Distress Ink
Black Marker
Scor-Tape
Liquid Glue and Hot Glue
This is an adorable altered RV using Mother Goose by Belly. The colors of this are so bright and vivid, we know this project brings the sunshine and joy
Supply List
Mother Goose 12x12 Pad
Mother Goose 8x8 Pad
Mother Goose 6x6 Patterns & Solids Pad
Mother Goose Banners
Mother Goose Flowers
Mother Goose Tags & Pockets
Mother Goose Stickers
Mother Goose Alphabet Stickers
Mother Goose Chipboard Die-cuts 1 & 2
Others
Chipboard
Scor-tape
Foam Tape
Black Cardstock (background)
Color Cardstocks (flowers and leaves)
Baking Twine
String (jump rope)
Wooden block letter
Wooden sprinkles self-adhesive embellishments
Toothpick
Popsicle stick
3D self-adhesive stars
Distress Ink
Next, we have this fabulous By the Sea lighthouse by Belly. It revolves with lights and photos - see the video below to see it in action!
Supply List
By the Sea 12x12 Pad
Others
Chipboard
Distress Ink
Kitchen Tissue Roll
Scor-tape
Foam Tape
Clear Plastic Sheet
Yellow Binding Plastic Sheet
Color Cardstock (flowers)
White Cotton String
Shells
Self-adhesive Pearls
Electronic Candle Light
This is a fabulous revolving Raining Cats & Dogs calendar. What a perfect home decor piece that is also practical! Absolutely awesome.
Blog with Step by Step Instructions
Supply List
Raining Cats & Dogs 12x12 Pad
Raining Cats & Dogs Banners
Raining Cats & Dogs Journaling Chipboard
Others
Petaloo paper flowers
Wood Sprinkles self-adhesive embellishments
Calendar print-out
Doilies
Wire
Cream color washi tape
Pearl Pin
Distress Ink
Cardstock number die-cuts
Ribbons
Chipboard
Metal umbrella embellishments
Transparencies die-cut clocks
We are so excited to have Belly on our team. We know this will be a year full of fabulous creations from her. Feel free to welcome Belly in the comments and give her a big G45 hello!
Now, let's see who won this past week's contest! Our randomly chosen winner is....
-Sandy Nelson
Congratulations, Sandy! Please email joanna@g45papers.com to claim your prize. You won the prize pack below. Thanks to everyone who took part in this week's contest.
Thanks for joining us this fabulous Friday, G45ers! We hope you have a fantastic weekend.
Happy Friday,
The G45 Family
Want to try these projects out? Visit your LSS or order online today! Graphic 45 Store Locator Link Here
Welcome Belly! Looking forward to seeing more of your creative projects:)
Posted by: MaggieM | June 12, 2015 at 05:37 AM
I don't know how your designers do it!!
Posted by: Jean Marmo | June 12, 2015 at 05:40 AM
Very creative 3 D projects.
Posted by: Sue D | June 12, 2015 at 06:07 AM
Belly's projects are amazing! No wonder she made the design team.
Posted by: Mary Jane W | June 12, 2015 at 06:31 AM
Congratulations, Sandy. I look forward to seeing all the projects Belly creates throughout the year.
Posted by: Karen Wedding | June 12, 2015 at 06:52 AM
Looking forward to more amazing designs. These are fantastic!
Posted by: Marisol | June 12, 2015 at 06:55 AM
Belly's work is gorgeous and inspirational!
Posted by: Cheryl Norton | June 12, 2015 at 08:08 AM
Belly is absolutely amazing!! LVOE all of these but the lighthouse is out of this world awesome! TFS!
Posted by: barbara macaskill | June 12, 2015 at 09:52 AM
What ultra fun projects!!
Posted by: D.AnnC | June 12, 2015 at 11:24 AM
Nimble fingers! I won't be making anything like these projects...hands are just way too big. I can well appreciate all the artistic work that it takes to create these items. Welcome to G45!
Posted by: Martie Rollin | June 12, 2015 at 12:49 PM
Welcome Belly - your work is so beautiful. The yellow RV reminds me of an old I Love Lucy episode. Everything you have here is very creative and so colorful. I love them.
Posted by: Cathy Osborne | June 12, 2015 at 04:03 PM
This is exciting news...Welcome Belly Lau! I see great things to come from you this year. Your projects are awesome!
Posted by: Karen Itzenhuiser | June 13, 2015 at 12:17 AM
Welcome, Belly Lau! These projects you made and shared with us are unbelievable! Just gorgeous and unique! I especially love the light up lighthouse. So innovative. Can't wait to see more!
Posted by: Mary Lynn Peterson | June 13, 2015 at 08:02 AM
Wonderful, creative projects! And I absolutely love Belly's ABC Primer Box - it is so clever!
Posted by: Noreen | June 13, 2015 at 09:04 AM
Welcome Belly. Love everything I have seen so far & can't wait to see more.
Happy crafting!
Posted by: Linda Storey | June 14, 2015 at 01:44 PM
What fun projects using the different G45 collections! Especially loving the caravan, your work is truly inspiring!
Posted by: Coreen | June 19, 2015 at 08:15 AM