Happy Halloween from Graphic 45!
A very Happy Halloween to our amazing G45ers! We hope you have an amazing day full of only treats and no tricks and lots of fun with family and friends! Let's see what our designers Maggi Harding and Pam Bray have for us today for Halloween inspiration. They are amazing, let me tell you!
First, Maggi shows off her pop-up skills with this great Hallowe'en in Wonderland hat she created from scratch. Isn't this awesome?
"I really love making hats and so I thought it would be fun to make a hat with a surprise pop up element. Alice pops up on this hat just in time for the tea party!
I used a small metal hinge on the back of the hat to attach the top of the hat to the crown. To keep the circle top from falling inside the hat, I cut the top just slightly larger than the crown. Alice is only attached to the top of the hat and freely slides in and out of the hat.
I fussy cut several of the characters from Alice in Wonderland and have them staged around the hat intermingled with lots of pretty blooms and pumpkins." ~Maggi
Tip: When building things like this from scratch, use glue that is removable with Undo! I use ZipDry glue and Scortape, both of which are easily removed with Undo. Really this will save you much frustration, Undo is my best friend when I'm creating something like this! Another thing that I like to use is Removable Glue Dots. They are perfect for trial and error placement but once you figure out where you want something, be sure to adhere with something permanent as those removable dots will not hold.
Tip: You can stand chipboard pieces up like I did on the top of the hat by building a slot from foam tape to hold the chipboard. Just take a double stack of foam tape and adhere to your surface. Adjacent to that, add another double stack of foam tape leaving just enough space between the two stacks to create a slot to hold the chipboard.
Supply List
Graphic 45 Hallowe'en in Wonderland Deluxe Collector's Edition
Black cardstock
Olive cardstock
Purple seam binding
Sizzix Alterations Holiday Greens die set
Petaloo Botanica Blooms Lavender/Purple
Petaloo Mixed Blooms Lavender/Purple
Petaloo Anemone x 6 Pistachio
Petaloo Vintage Velvet Minis x 9 Purple
Petaloo Spring Berry Picks Lavender/Purple
Tim Holtz pumpkins
small metal hinge
Next, Pam shares the best card set using our retired collection Happy Haunting. Aren't these adorable cards?
“It is always a fun to do some out of the box ideas…..SO…. I thought it would be great to do an extra large pop up card using 8” x 16” card stock. Once I got my Happy Haunting Pop Up Card made I thought to myself…. Um, how am I going to gift it, lol. So I made a box to place it in. I hope you check out my Snapguide for the tutorial on how I made it all come together.” Pam
Pam's Pop-up Card & Box Tutorial
Tip: Cut floral picks and berries apart to add to top of altered projects to add depth.
Tip: Making different width of paper strip squares help make an easy pop up solution to any project.
Supply List
Graphic 45 Happy Haunting 12” x 12” Paper Pad (retired)
Graphic 45 Happy Haunting Chipboard (retired)
Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts 9” x 9” Stand
Sizzix Hardware Findings Die
Sizzix Twisted Edges Die
¾” Circle Punch
Jolees Glitter Spiders
Whisker Graphics Purple/White Twine
Orange Ribbon
Green Ribbon
Fall Flower and Berries Pick
Flowers
Metal Brads
12” x 24” Black Card Stock
Purple Card Stock
12” x 12” Chipboard
Grungeboard
Xyron Creative Station
Xyron 9” Permanent Adhesive
Xyron Tape Runner
Pop Dots
Black Sharpie
This week in honor of Halloween, we are giving away the Deluxe Collector's Edition of Hallowe'en in Wonderland! All you have to do to win is comment here on the blog or on our Facebook page. We will announce a winner here on the blog on Friday. Have fun entering!
Thanks for joining us on Halloween! Have the best day, G45ers!
Happy Halloween,
The G45 Family
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Love the Halloween in Wonderland collection! The projects your Design Team comes up with are just amazing!!!
Posted by: Karin | October 31, 2016 at 05:14 AM
Amazing talent!!!
Posted by: Dorothy McCarthy | October 31, 2016 at 05:20 AM
Love these projects
Posted by: Denice Metz | October 31, 2016 at 05:29 AM
Detail, detail....oh what talent!!
Posted by: Jan Elmore | October 31, 2016 at 05:43 AM
The Halloween hat is really cute. But so is the Halloween card and box. Great ideas for a great paper collection.
Posted by: Ruth-Anne Cain | October 31, 2016 at 05:44 AM
Such talent! Would love to be able to make a Halloween hat like this. Graphic 45 has such awesome artists!
Posted by: Julie McVay | October 31, 2016 at 05:50 AM
Stunning products and imaginative creations!
Posted by: Karly Mauldin | October 31, 2016 at 05:51 AM
Beautiful projects! Love the papers!!!
Posted by: Amy Stites | October 31, 2016 at 05:55 AM
The projects are great. I love the funny hat!
Posted by: bettina kreuer | October 31, 2016 at 05:55 AM
Delightful!
Posted by: Jean Marmo | October 31, 2016 at 05:59 AM
I love the Halloween in Wonderland collection and have made two albums so far with it. I love these projects! They are so clever!
Posted by: Pat Ford | October 31, 2016 at 06:06 AM
Love this collection!!! Want to make that hat! But....I need the paper to do it!!!
Posted by: Michelle Lieberson | October 31, 2016 at 06:11 AM
Love the top hat!
Posted by: Sharon P. | October 31, 2016 at 06:26 AM
Halloween, my favorite time of the year.
Posted by: Marie Frederick | October 31, 2016 at 06:34 AM
Happy Halloween G45! Perfect projects for a Spooktacular Halloween!! TFS!
Posted by: Donna Leutloff | October 31, 2016 at 06:35 AM
Love the projects. Amazing
Posted by: MaxineHodges | October 31, 2016 at 06:41 AM
These projects are spooktacular. The color combinations are outstanding!!
Posted by: Brenda | October 31, 2016 at 06:48 AM
Amazing top hat. I just love the Halloween in Wonderland papers. Thanks for the pop-up card and box tutorial, too. So much talent. Wonderful.
Posted by: Karen Wedding | October 31, 2016 at 06:53 AM
Love both of these Halloween projects! Looks like so much fun to create! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Jill | October 31, 2016 at 07:04 AM
I love both projects. I've been trying to put a pop up in one of my albums and this came at the perfect time. Thank you so much.
Posted by: Donna Russell | October 31, 2016 at 07:41 AM
What great projects - those cards are just beautiful.
Many thanks,
Sue Mac
Posted by: Sue MacFall | October 31, 2016 at 07:47 AM
Maggi and Pam you have outdone yourselves! Awesome and awesome. Love Graphic 45!
Posted by: Glenda Buster | October 31, 2016 at 07:48 AM
Thanks for the chance, love Graphic 45!
Posted by: susie doucet | October 31, 2016 at 07:57 AM
OMG I love the hat!!! Its awesome!! Something different and wonderful. The pop up card and box is awesome also. You two ladies have just outdone yourselves today!!! What a great way to spend Halloween, making fun stuff with G45!!! Thank you for the inspiration!!!
Posted by: Tammy Whitley | October 31, 2016 at 08:06 AM
WOW such amazing projects!!!!
Posted by: Caitlin Rebecca | October 31, 2016 at 08:07 AM
Love Halloween and love Halloween in Wonderland! Beautiful projects Maggie and Pam. Happy Halloween to all!
Posted by: Mary Gilchrist | October 31, 2016 at 08:08 AM
Todays inspiration is awesome!!
Posted by: Maddie Mc | October 31, 2016 at 08:08 AM
I am in awe of these fabulous projects!!
Posted by: Carolee McCaslin | October 31, 2016 at 08:10 AM
These are ridiculously gorgeous and whimsical! I am in absolute awe! Fabulous attention to detail.
Posted by: Kelly Plamondon | October 31, 2016 at 08:17 AM
I have LOVED Halloween in Wonderland since the first time I saw it. I am SO glad to see it again!!!!!
Posted by: kathy maas | October 31, 2016 at 08:36 AM
Maggi and Pam both created such beautiful projects today! Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Vanessa LeClear | October 31, 2016 at 09:23 AM
What unique ideas. I love that Maggi shared tips on what glues to use when designing.
Posted by: Nancy | October 31, 2016 at 09:24 AM
Oh how fun, I love this collection!
Posted by: Kirsty Vittetoe | October 31, 2016 at 09:26 AM
This hat is soo coool!! Love the idea
Posted by: Anastasia Redko | October 31, 2016 at 09:41 AM
Love the Halloween projects today!
Posted by: Ramona | October 31, 2016 at 09:55 AM
AMAZING TALENT!
Posted by: Margaret Comella | October 31, 2016 at 09:57 AM
Amazing projects!
Wow such creativity!
Posted by: Sarah Routledge | October 31, 2016 at 10:12 AM
Great projects! Very creative. Would love to win this delightful collection to try my hand at crafting something eerie or not so eerie.
Posted by: Margaret McGlaun | October 31, 2016 at 10:20 AM
Love the these beautiful vibrant projects!
Posted by: Kathi Lee | October 31, 2016 at 10:26 AM
How fabulous that
hat is! So fun and
all the cards are
neat to look at.
Happy Halloween.
Carla from Utah
Posted by: Carla Hundley | October 31, 2016 at 10:46 AM