Santa Claus is Coming To Town!

 

We have two fabulous Santa Claus cards on the blog today! Katelyn Grosart and Maggi Harding do a fabulous job with the cards below. You will love each and every one! Best part, they have tutorials for each of these cards so you can make them yourself! First, let's take a look at Katelyn's card:

"St. Nicholas was the perfect jumping off point for creating my Christmas Card. By layering in keys from the staple line, fussy cut images from the St. Nicholas collection and ribbon, I was able to create a beautiful layered Christmas card." ~Katelyn

 

Check out How to Create a Christmas Card Using G45 by Katelyn Grosart on Snapguide.

Tip: Add Glossy Accents to the berries of the holly bunches in the two corners.

Tip:  Add some cream crochet lace trim to the Christmas borders to give them some extra interest.

Supply List

12x12 St.Nicholas: Bells & Bows, Kris Kringle, Santa’s Workshop, St. Nicholas, Season’s Greetings &
Candy Cane Wishes
12x12 St. Nicholas 12x12 Patterns & Solids Pad
St.Nicholas Ephemera Cards
Staples: Shabby Chic Metal Keys
Petaloo: Crochet Lace Trim: Cream
Black Soot Distress Ink
Blending Tool
Sookwang Tape
Foam Squares
Edge Distressor
Scissors
Black Cardstock

Now, Maggi shows a beautifully layered and decorated card using St. Nicholas. Gorgeous!

"Tis the season to be jolly, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!"  Christmas really isn't very far off, are you ready?  Do you have all you cards made and ready to go?   Haaaa!  Nope not me, I send my cards out on December 24th, and that's if I'm lucky.

We can always hope that we'll get better, right?  So today I have a pretty card for you made from this year's Christmas collection, St. Nicholas and I have a Snapguide tutorial to make this card.  I used bits and pieces from the St Nicholas collection but you can easily substitute for any items that you don't have." ~Maggi

 

Check out How to Make a Fabulous Christmas Card! by Maggi HARDING on Snapguide.

Supply List

Graphic 45 St Nicholas Collection 12 x 12:
Bells and Bows 4501398
Be Jolly! 4501401
North Pole 4501400
Candy Cane Wishes 4501405
Season's Greetings 4501407
Banners 4501414
Patterns and Solids 6 x 6 4501409
Ephemera Cards 4501418
Other Supplies:
French Vanilla Bazzill cardstock
Petaloo Anenome x 6
Petaloo Pine Pick w/Cones & Berries
Petaloo Briar Rose Canvas Holiday Mix
RRR Sheer Iridescent Red Ribbon

 

This week we are giving away a great prize pack with Scrapbook Adhesives products and some St. Nicholas goodies! All you have to do is comment here on the blog or on Facebook to enter. Have fun entering, G45ers! We'll announce a winner here on Friday.

Thanks for joining us for these fun cards! We hope you have a great day, G45ers!

Your Pals in Paper,

The G45 Family

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Today, we have a wonderful gift card holder from Joanne Bain and a truly wonderful lollipop tag set from Kathy Clement! These are so wonderful for this season and we are loving all these great ideas from our Design Team! Let's take a look at Joanne's wonderful project!

"As we give gift cards for gifts in the festive season I decided to create a gift card holder. For this project I mixed and matched the ST Nicholas and A Christmas Carol collections. These two collection mix perfectly together to give a beautiful festive project perfect for gifts. I also had a play with the Xyron Tape Runner and the Creative Station. I used the Creative Station permanent adhesive to create like large sticker and used this on my patterned paper cover, it worked a treat while the tape runner made it so easy to stick my paper background strips down." ~Joanne

Supply List

4501200 Christmas Carol Journaling & Ephemera Cards
#4501418 St Nicholas Journaling & Ephemera Cards
#4501193 Christmas Carol 6x6 Paper Pad
#4501194 Christmas Carol 8x8 Paper Pad
#4501410 St Nicholas 8x8 Paper Pad
#4501414 St Nicholas Banners
#4501413 St Nicholas Tags & Pockets

Now, Kathy shares a gift idea with a special place in her heart and memory. Enjoy this fabulous idea!

"Children make everything about Christmas more fun and more memorable.  I think each family develops their own unique traditions that make the holiday uniquely their own. I always try to keep lollipops on hand at Christmas time.  Here’s why.

When our first grandchild Sophie was two, she took her first trip to visit Santa.  When I saw her the next day and asked her what she liked the best, she said without hesitation, “The wobbyhop.”  I gave her mama a questioning look and she said, “Santa gave Sophie a lollipop.”  Aaaah!  And we all thought it was so cute, that we didn’t try to change the pronunciation. 

Hoping to get the inside line on what items she had on her wish list, my  next question to Sophie was, “So what did you tell Santa you wanted for Christmas?” 

Without blinking an eye, she turned a sweet smile on me and said, “Wobbyhops!” I think every aunt, uncle, and grandparent bought her lollipops that year! 

And that is the story behind  this sweet lollipop tag basket made with the wonderful Saint Nicholas collection." ~Kathy

Tip: Make it easy on yourself!  The Saint Nicholas collection is loaded with all sorts of pretty little tags that are 99% finished.  I simply cut these tags out, added a little ribbon, jingle bells, tags from the chipboard tag sheet and a Petaloo Poinsettia.  In a flash, I had 5 adorable little tags made.

Tip: Recycle!  My basket originally came from our local Farmer’s Market.  It was filled with blueberries.  I tucked it away in the Closet of Shame knowing that I could easily transform it with a little white paint.  

Tip: Add holiday sparkle with Glimmer Mist or other shimmering sprays.  After painting my basket, I spritzed it liberally with Tattered Angels Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Mist.  Then I dried the mist with my heat gun.  My little Farmer’s Market upcycle ended up looking like high end ceramics.  Sa-weet!

Tip: When the tags are all given out, the basket would be pretty filled with Christmas balls, pine cones or other small ornaments.  It would also make a great little cookie basket!

 

Tip: I matted each tag on black cardstock so that it would be sturdy enough to stand up in the basket.  Use the back side for small photos, or write a holiday greeting in white gel pen.

Supply List

Saint Nicholas 12x12 papers
Be Jolly!
Season’s Greetings
Saint Nicholas 8x8 papers
Be Jolly
Saint Nicholas Banners
Saint Nicholas Chipboard
Other Supplies
Green Tartan Plaid Ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon)
Bold Red Check Ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon)
1.5” wide Red Plaid Ribbon
Gold Metallic String
Petaloo Mini Paper Poinsettias
Petaloo Pine Pick with Cones and Berries
Petaloo Regal Velvet Poinsettia
Small Gold Jingle Bells
Black Cardstock
Lollipops or Candy Canes
Hot Glue Gun
3L Scrapbook Adhesive Foam Dots

This week we are giving away a great prize pack with Scrapbook Adhesives products and some St. Nicholas goodies! All you have to do is comment here on the blog or on Facebook to enter. Have fun entering, G45ers! We'll announce a winner here on Friday.

Thanks for joining us today! Have you been working on your handmade gifts?

Your Pals in Paper,

The G45 Family

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Two Gorgeous Cards + 1 Tutorial with Graphic 45

 

We are in full holiday swing here at Graphic 45! There are amazing holiday cards and techniques on the blog today from Elena Olinevich and Sandy Trefger. Let's take a look at these beautiful creations! First, check out this wonderful card by Elena:

"Sometimes it’s a good to get out of your comfort zone and to create something that you haven’t used to do before.

I guess creating your own background for such a traditional occasion as Christmas would be something that you can do if you want to make your own unique cards.

I decided to make a mixed media background for my classy card. So I started with a piece of watercolor paper, clear gesso and some mists.  So if you feel that you like more papercraft kind of cards you can skip the process of playing with the colors, and to create a traditional Christmas Card.

I also made a picture of how it can look without the paints.

But what you don’t need to skip is adding the glitter, as it makes your card to look more festive." ~Elena

Supply List

St. Nicholas 8*8 paper pad
St. Nicholas Banners
St. Nicholas Decorative Chipboard
Petaloo flowers
Scrapbook Adhesive by 3L
Spellbinders Die
Golden Cardstock
Prima Marketing Clear Gesso and Color Bloom Sprays

Sandy has a gorgeous project to share with us today! This is a gift in and of itself!

 

"Christmas is a wonderful time of the year. I love the reds and greens of the season along with the white of snow when we are lucky enough to have it plus the sparkle of gold.  To make this special Christmas card, I used those colors to inspire me and the beautiful Graphic 45 collections!  I used the lovely patterns of the Off to the Races collection to mat the different layers of the card and then added chipboard  and die cut pieces from the St Nicholas collection along with a gorgeous ribbon bow and floral pieces. I will be hand delivering this card to someone special this holiday season. Happy Crafting!" ~Sandy

 

Sandy's Card Video Tutorial

Tip: When you are running low of Christmas papers or any of the smaller prints from the Graphic 45 Christmas collections, look to the other Graphic 45 collections.  You will find that there are many prints in complimentary colors that will work beautifully for a Christmas card as I did for this one by pulling patterns out of the Off to the Races collection.  All I had to add to give it that Christmas vibe were some chipboard and cardstock die cut pieces from the St. Nicholas collection.

Supply List:

Graphic 45 Off to the Races 12x12 Patterns/Solid Paper
Graphic 45 Off to the Races 8x8 Paper Pad
Graphic 45 St. Nicholas Chipboard 1
Graphic 45 St. Nicholas Cardstock Die Cuts
White Cardstock
Cranberry Cardstock
Shape die for a frame
Merry Christmas word die
Clear embossing stamp pad
Gold embossing powder
Petaloo flowers & clusters
Gold glitter paste
Gold twine
Red 1.5” decorative satin ribbon
Red flat back gems or rhinestones

Now, let's announce last week's blog contest winner! Our randomly chosen winner is....

-Amy Davis Stites: Love the masculine paper! I would make a album for my son with it. The button is cute

Congratulations, Amy! Please email joanna@g45papers.com to claim your prize. Thanks so much for entering! Now, take a look at this week's giveaway:

This week we are giving away a great prize pack with Scrapbook Adhesives products and some St. Nicholas goodies! All you have to do is comment here on the blog or on Facebook to enter. Have fun entering, G45ers! We'll announce a winner here on Friday.

Thanks for joining us for these gorgeous cards and a great new giveaway! We hope you have an awesome week!

Your Pals in Paper,

The G45 Family

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Send Holiday Cheer with a Handmade Card!

We have an awesome card and tutorial from Einat Kessler today using St. Nicholas! This card also beautifully uses Petaloo International flowers. Enjoy learning how to make this gorgeous card - let's take a closer look!

"This is a fast, affordable and easy card with a striking effect. I love making folded cards especially for special events like Christmas. Even though I don’t celebrate Christmas (I’m Jewish) I still have a lot of fun making beautiful cards for all my friends who do celebrate it. " ~Einat

 

Check out How to Create a Tri Fold Card by Einat Kessler on Snapguide.

Einat's Snapguide Tutorial

Tip #1: I recommend using liquid glue when you need to attach little pieces on panels and you need the margins around it to be even. The glue takes time to dry and that will give you a chance to move the piece to its place.

 

Tip #2: Take apart flower collections and rearrange them as you want according to what fits your project.

Supply List

Papers: 12x12 St. Nicholas: Patterns & Solids, 8x8 St. Nicholas: Bells and Bows, St. Nicholas, Season’s Greetings
Flowers: Petaloo    

We have a brand new awesome giveaway this week with $100+ of Graphic 45 goodies! We have a retired collection A Proper Gentleman up for grabs and the beloved An ABC Primer Deluxe Collector's Editions. These would be great to make some holiday gifts! To show our THANKS for being our G45ers in this week of American Thanksgiving, we wanted to give you a great prize pack to show our gratitude. All you need to do is comment here on the blog or on Facebook to win! We will announce a winner here on the blog on Monday, November 28. Have fun entering and have a great week joining us here on the blog!

How about that card tutorial? Awesome! Many thanks to Einat for sharing with us today. Have a creative Saturday, G45ers!

Happy Papercrafting,

The G45 Family

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Kick off the Holidays with a December Daily!

 

We know many of our G45ers have already started their holiday crafting, but now that it's after Thanksgiving, let the holiday crafting fun go full force! Today, Magda Cortez kicks off the holiday season with the most gorgeous December Daily! You'll love her video tour below. So many great ideas and pages!

"Hola it’s almost Christmas!! Today I’m going to show you my December Daily!! It will be a lot of pictures but it is just a few you need to watch the YouTube Video to see all the photos.. As I said it is a December Daily and I make one page for each day so it is 25 sheets = 50 Pages!!! I just start thinking in make a few pages but once I started I can’t stop! St. Nicholas Paper Collection is so beautiful and now with the Patterns and Solids we have more possibilities.. I love, love Christmas so now is the time to start our December Daily!

I hope you enjoy the photos and the video!" ~Magda

 

Magda's Video Tour

 

Tip: Use binders to save time making all the structure from scratch that way you can focus just on the pages.

 

Supply List:

St. Nicholas 12x12 Pad - 4501412
St. Nicholas Patterns & Solids 12x12 Pad - 4501411
St. Nicholas Decorative Chipboard - 4501415
St. Nicholas Stickers - 4501417
St. Nicholas Tags and Pockets - 4501413
St. Nicholas Banners - 4501414
St. Nicholas Ephimera Tags - 4501418
Graphic 45 – Mixed Media Album Black – 4501022
Graphic 45 – Washi Tape – 4500843
Petaloo Flowers
Embellishments from my stash

We have a brand new awesome giveaway this week with $100+ of Graphic 45 goodies! We have a retired collection A Proper Gentleman up for grabs and the beloved An ABC Primer Deluxe Collector's Editions. These would be great to make some holiday gifts! To show our THANKS for being our G45ers in this week of American Thanksgiving, we wanted to give you a great prize pack to show our gratitude. All you need to do is comment here on the blog or on Facebook to win! We will announce a winner here on the blog on Monday, November 28. Have fun entering and have a great week joining us here on the blog!

To those who are Black Friday shopping today and to those who are in their PJs still coming out of the Turkey haze, we wish you an awesome day!

Happy Papercrafting,

The G45 Family

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