Graphic 45 Featured Artist: Anne Elisabeth Rostad, Part 1

 

Today we are featuring an artist who does not need much introduction - many of you are fans of her fabulous work and followers of her blog and YouTube channel. She is a prolific creator of some of the most incredible and intricate projects you can find with Graphic 45. The best part of this artist is that she is so generous with her talent with so many tutorials and how-to templates and more. Today, we are sharing just a taste of her great work. We celebrate the amazing work of Anne Elisabeth Rostad today! This is such an exciting day for us, and we are so grateful you joined us. Anne provided so many great projects, that we have made this blog post into a two-part feature. So, join us again on Monday, February 8 for the rest of Anne's amazing feature! Today, we let Anne completely lead us through her projects, so sit back, grab your coffee or tea, and enjoy the fabulous work of Anne Elisabeth Rostad!

*We apologize for the size of the photos, there was a mild issue with corrupt photos, so they had to be saved from a smaller existing format. She has videos for each of these projects, so you can see the projects better in those videos. Thanks so much for understanding!*

 

"My name is Anne Rostad and I live in Norway and I am a mother of 2 grown up sons who gives me so much pleasure. Creating has been my all time passion . It started when I was a little girl and had fun making animals and houses from things I found in the wood. Later at school we learned how to sew in girls class and I did not like that at all since I had to follow recipe, so i asked to be in the boy`s class where i could make things out of wood, clay and metal. Think it was then i really started love creating. As the only girl in class l i got make whatever I wanted so I had a lot of fun. Later I found out that sewing was a lot f fun when I could make whatever I wanted without any recipe. Started scrapbooking for about 7 years ago and since then I have in love with this hobby. The 1. paper I bought from Graphic 45 was the Fashionista Haute Couture and then I was hooked and tried to find out where I could get more :-) There is so much fun to do with this gorgeous and versatile papers and I love creating 3D projects and mini albums with a lot of detail to bring the projects to life. Many of the techniques i used in quilting I could use with fussy cutting and layering so it is very much the same, but more possibilities with papers. I am so happy and thankful to be a featured artist on the G45 blog again and I also want to thank you all for your support over the years.

                                   Have fun creating :-)
                                             Hugs, Anne"

 

 Follow Anne on her Sites:

Anne Elisabeth Rostad's Blog

Anne's YouTube Channel

Hi everyone :-)

Have made a hot air balloon photo album with a box stand created with the beautiful and fun World's Fair collection from Graphic 45.

Here you can see the album next to the hot air balloon box stand.

 

Anne's World's Fair photo album tour

Here the album is inside the box stand.

"The balloon can be taken of the front of the album and placed on the box using magnets. There are magnets under the front page and on the box stand to hold the balloon."

The box seen together with the album. Made most of the photo mats to fit 6 x 4 photos and the pages are bounded together using seam binding colored with Broken China Distress spray.

Here are the pages from this great album and all the fun folds and photo mats and journaling pages. So many hidden details!

Front of the album and the backside of the box stand.

Box stand with the balloon added with magnets. It has always been I dream for me to come up in a hot ear balloon but creating one is the next best :-)

Supply list:

World's Fair 12x12-8x8-6x6- papers,coordinate stamp set, stickers, pockets and tags all from Graphic 45, seam binding, broken china distress spray, pop dots, chipboard and magnets.

Here is my fussy cut video tutorial if you are not familiar with fussy cutting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z61GwMnv8M

Here is the link to an Ebay seller for strong magnets,

Just type in 8x1mm magnets in the search felt.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_odkw=&_ssn=heli.porter&var=480222050948&item=181100311317&_osacat=0&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_from=R40&_trksid=p2046732.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xmagnets.TRS0&_nkw=magnets&_sacat=0

 

Regarding questions there is a video where frequently asked questions are answered and here is the link,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgsJnzDCHkAFor other questions they will be answered here on my blog where I will post new questions that has not been answered before.

Here is the link,

http://www.annespapercreations.com/p/frequently-asked-questions.html

 

"Made a card to go with the hot ear photo album and used the same World's Fair collection from Graphic 45. So much fun to fussy cut out in this paper collection and I also used chipboard cut outs, stickers, coordinate stamp set and pockets and tags. The card closes up with seam binding colored with Tim Holtz broken china distress spray.

The card together with the hot air balloon photo album.

"Have made a Fairytale Princess Castle with 2 lightning towers to hold the Graphic 45 Gilded Lily Mini Album. There is a tutorial here on my blog on how to make the base for this castle.It is all made out of chipboard and paper and decorated with pearl trim, die cut outs and flower pots. This castle would be fun to display in a little girls room and to store  pictures of the little princess in the album.

 

Anne's Gilded Lily Castle Video Tour

On the top I made a crown for the princess :-)

The 2 princess towers. There can also be stored some jewelry inside the towers.

Made some curtains out of lace for the window.

The closed castle with the 2 towers.

 

Try this tutorial on Anne's blog:

http://www.annespapercreations.com/2015/08/castle-box-tutorial-for-gilded-lily.html

 Supply list:

12x12 - 8x8- 6x6 , chipboard cut outs, stickers and hinges from Graphic 45. Dies from Spellbinders, Sizzix and Tim Holtz, 1,5mm chipboard,Maya Road pearl string,Martha stewart punches,seam binding and closure from Butterbeescraps.

"As promised here is the tutorial on how to make the Graphic 45 Gilded Lily 8X5 pocket mini album with large photo mat tags and flip out tags. There will be a 13 part tutorial from start to finish on how to make the pages with hinge to hinge binding, tags, flip out pages,making the cover and decorate the album. In this blog post I show the finish album. Have tried to make this tutorial easy so new beginners can follow along. I will link all the parts below here.

 

Anne's Gilded Lily Mini Album Tutorial Video

The pages of this album are full of fun photo pull-outs, tags, journaling pages, and more! Take a look below to see just some of the pages:

Here is the link to part 1,

http://www.annespapercreations.com/2015/08/how-to-make-8x5-pocket-mini-album-part-1.html

Here is the link to part 2

http://www.annespapercreations.com/2015/08/how-to-make-8x5-pocket-mini-album-part-2.html

Here is the link to part 3,

http://www.annespapercreations.com/2015/08/how-to-make-8x5-pocket-mini-album-part-3.html#comment-form

Here is the link to part 4,

http://www.annespapercreations.com/2015/08/how-to-make-8x5-pocket-mini-album-part-4.html

Here is the link to part 5,

http://www.annespapercreations.com/2015/08/how-to-make-8x5-pocket-mini-album-part-5.html

Here is the link to part 6,             

http://www.annespapercreations.com/2015/08/how-to-make-8x5-pocket-mini-album-part-6.html

Here is the link to part 7,

http://www.annespapercreations.com/2015/08/how-to-make-8x5-pocket-mini-album-part-7.html

Here is the link to part 8,

http://www.annespapercreations.com/2015/08/how-to-make-8x5-pocket-mini-album-part-8.html

Here is the link to part 9,

http://www.annespapercreations.com/2015/08/how-to-make-8x5-pocket-mini-album-part-9.html

Here is the link to part 10,

http://www.annespapercreations.com/2015/08/how-to-make-8x5-pocket-mini-album-part.html

Here is the link to part 11,

http://www.annespapercreations.com/2015/08/how-to-make-8x5-pocket-mini-album-part_13.html

Here is the link to part 12,

http://www.annespapercreations.com/2015/08/how-to-make-8x5-pocket-mini-album-part_14.html#comment-form

And here is the link to the 13 and final part

http://www.annespapercreations.com/2015/08/how-to-make-8x5-pocket-mini-album-part_15.html

Supply list :

Gilded Lily 12 x 12 - 8 x 8 and 6 x 6 One of each paper pad, pockets and tags, ephemera cards, stamp set, shabby chick key and key hole all from Graphic 45, Walnut cream cardstock from Bazzill, pop dots, seam binding, glue, score board, cutting tool, Ranger multi media matte,Tyvek envelopes,8x1mm magnets,punches,chipboard, gold ink, a corner die and Pan pastel.

If you are cutting out the flower border strips around the front page, inside and for the backside you need a couple more sheet of the Royal Gardens paper or you can use the Versailles 12 x 12 papers on some of the pages inside the album instead of the Royal Gardens paper.

Remember this supplies are only suggestions.

Use what you have and what you like :-)

Here is the link to the Graphic 45 Gilded Lily Mini Album Journal - Tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj3BJAd9Dak

                       Here is the link to how to make your own tag shapes and frames,

                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg2R9UpOmqk

Here is the link to my fussy cut video tutorial,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z61GwMnv8M

Here is the link to fine tip glue applicator,

http://www.finetip.co.uk/

                 Here is the link to an Ebay seller for strong magnets,

Just type in 8x1mm magnets in the search felt.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_odkw=&_ssn=heli.porter&var=480222050948&item=181100311317&_osacat=0&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_from=R40&_trksid=p2046732.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xmagnets.TRS0&_nkw=magnets&_sacat=0

Or

http://www.ebay.com/itm/8mm-x-1mm-Disc-Earth-Neodymium-Super-strong-Magnets-8x1mm-Disc-N35-Craft-Model-/181100311317?var=&hash=item2a2a6b7315   

Thank you Graphic 45 for this opportunity to be a featured artist on your wonderful blog :-)

Hugs, Anne

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Wow, Anne's projects are so inspring! We are so grateful she chose to share her genius with us this week and next. She is such an incredible and kind artist, and we are so honored to feature her!

It's also time to announce who won our awesome Petaloo giveaway last week! Our randomly chosen winner is....

-Donna Nuce (Crafty Colonel): Such gorgeous cards and projects! Nothing else out there in the craft world compares to G45! Thanks for the chance to win.

Congratulations, Donna! Please email joanna@g45papers.com to claim your prize. Thanks to all who joined our blog hop and entered the giveaway. We had the best time!

The fun doesn't end here! We are also giving away a $40 prize pack of A Proper Gentleman this week here on the blog. All you have to do is comment here on the blog or on our Facebook page to enter the contest. We will announce a winner here on the blog on Friday, February 5. Have fun and enter today!


We are so inspired after today's blog! Wow, thanks so much to Anne. Have a wonderful week kick-started with some amazing projects!

Happy Papercrafting,

The G45 Family

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Comments

[Jo Ann Bauer]

Love the projects.

[Jody Moore]

Awesome projects using awesome papers! I need the Gentleman's collection!

[Connie Minnich]

Thank you for creating papers that bring out the artistic genius of people like Anne. And a really big thank you for featuring Anne's beautiful work. Truly inspiring! I can't wait to see next week's post.

[Veronica]

Those projects are amazing. Ana is an amazing crafter and artist. Thanks for sharing.

[mare williams]

Thanks so much for introducing Anne to me!! Her creations are very intricate, like you said, and noteworthy to try to copy!!! And, I would LOVE to win some of "A Proper Gentleman" for sure - it would really make my day!!

[Karen Addison]

Great tutorials! I love World's Fair.... working on my mini album while I watch the tutorials! Thanks again G45!

[Annette Stefan]

The inspiration in every project! Oh my...I'm almost apoplectic! Everything I need for the Gentleman's paper package! Thanks for the opportunity to win!

[Jeanne Volmer]

Absolutely stunning projects!

[serenity asmaa]

totally stunning

[Karen Sutton]

The crafts above show how much talent Anne (Xannero) displays. She is truly a magnificent artist. Graphic 45 papers help make her idea be brought to life.

[Sonya Lemacks]

These pieces are just stunning. I absolutely love Graphic 45 paper and products. It is head and shoulders above any paper crafting product.
Thanks for the opportunity to win ♡

[MHA Lapointe]

Amazing art paper from Anne Elizabeth! The Gilded Lily castle is fabulous!

[Debbie N.]

Anne's creations are amazing! Thank you, Anne for all the wonderful projects you have shared with us.

[Ernie Gierstorf]

Awesome! Love the Graphic 45 papers and the projects that are created with them. Would love to receive The Proper Gentlemen paper.

[Mary Holshouser]

I love the hot air balloon. that is one I'm going to have to try.
The cathedral is beautiful.
Wonderful projects today.
thanks for sharing.

[patricia]

When will this be available in stores....I can't wait to start working with this collection.

[Lis]

Anne's projects are always stunning. Thanks for featuring her work.

[Sue MacFall]

These projects are just amazing - absolutely stunning.
Many thanks,
Sue Mac

[Beverly Jordan]

Wow, wow, wow!! Great projects and to meet Anne! Am in awe!!

[Nancy Moore]

I have just about finished my 8 x 5 Gilded Lily album using Anne's instructions. I think it is so funny that she considers this a good project for a beginner! I've got about 40 hours into it so far. But I love everything she does. I will not, however, be making the castle, as beautiful as it is.

[LaLaRosa]

Anne, it is SO great to see you back on the website! I would love to see you more frequently !!! *hint hint* to mods :-D