A St. Nicholas album & Card
The holiday inspiration continues today with a St. Nicholas album and card from Clare Charvill and Nico Scrap! What a fun week of projects on the blog! First, let's see this wonderful album from Clare. What a perfect project to keep your holiday photos in!
"I’m really excited to be sharing my 2016 Christmas Album with you today. As a G45er you’ll know how much detail Diane and her team pack into the stunning paper collections Graphic 45 release for us to be creative. With beautiful papers, coordinating cut outs and embellishments, we’re always spoilt for choice when it comes to making our projects. The papers always work their magic and allow us to create beautiful projects. The St Nicholas collection is packed full of fabulously traditional papers and imagery for your seasonal craft making.
Having browsed through the 12 x 12 St Nicholas pad I started creating the page designs by taking out one sheet of each paper and moving them about together to get a flow of colours I was happy with, and then matched in cut-aparts, borders and patterns and solids to create the final mix for each page. St Nick sets the scene on my album cover. He was the just the perfect size for my album. The album has a box cover, four double sided interactive pages, large pull out mats and a photo book at the back, creating oodles of space to add your festive photos and create a beautiful Christmas keepsake. There’s a PDF Tutorial to go with the album available from my website and full video of the album via the link below:
Link to the PDF Tutorial:
http://www.mycreativespirit.co.uk/st-nicholas-album-graphic-45-1057-p.asp
Supply List
St Nicholas 12 x 12 Paper Pad
St Nicholas Patterns and Solids
St Nicholas Decorative Chipboard
St Nicholas Sticker Sheet
Red Ribbon
Black Card
Chipboard sheets
Stickles – Diamond Dust and Cranberry
Punches from my Stash
Tacky Glue & Glossy Accents
Now, enjoy this wonderful card from Nico Scrap! We love the vintage photo!
"The perfect present start with the best card, and so i decided to make a special card for a special friend using my favourite christmas collection “Saint Nicholas”. Of course the papers match perfectly with these Petaloo flowers and a vintage christmas image. Have you started making your Christmas cards?" ~Nico Scrap
Supply List
Saint Nicholas collection Graphic45
Distresser and distress tool
Brown ink Graphic45
Black splash! ink and green splash! ink 13@rts
Magnolia Dies
flowers Petaloo Design
This week, in honor of Christmas week, we are giving away an $80 prize pack filled with St. Nicholas goodies. 'Tis the season for handmade goodies! All you need to do to enter 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 today, G45ers!
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
To win this collection would be like a dream come true !
Posted by: ruby h | December 21, 2016 at 05:09 AM
Almost out of this collection - it's so perfect for holiday projects. Need more!
Posted by: Karen Manciu | December 21, 2016 at 05:12 AM
Love this line. Thanks
Posted by: libby burrows | December 21, 2016 at 05:16 AM
Thank you for the chance to win this wonderful collection! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! :-)
Posted by: robin arehart | December 21, 2016 at 05:18 AM
Wow! What a Christmas gift this would be!
Posted by: Karly Mauldin | December 21, 2016 at 05:24 AM
The card would be a most wonderful keepsake. But then so would the album. I would love to receive either one as a present.
Posted by: Pam Hansen Spradlin | December 21, 2016 at 05:41 AM
Terrific Christmas gift!!!
Posted by: Diane Barnett | December 21, 2016 at 05:48 AM
Love the Graphic45 papers, AND all the inspiring projects! I have made things after seeing the projects. In awe of the creative minds that can just sit down and make up such beautiful items. For a long time I just looked at the paper and put it away as too pretty to use. Now I wait for the projects to inspire me to use them.
Posted by: Mary Beth Trzcienski | December 21, 2016 at 05:51 AM
What a stunning album!! Thank you for the tutorial video and pdf! Merry Christmas!
Posted by: barb macaskill | December 21, 2016 at 05:56 AM
The creations always so inspirational! Would be tickled to win this weeks prize. Thank you Graphic 45. And a very Merry Christmas to all!
Posted by: Michelle Nettleton | December 21, 2016 at 05:59 AM
Love the mini album!
Posted by: Sharon P. | December 21, 2016 at 06:07 AM
I saw the post on YouTube. It's an amazing album. You always do such great work.
Posted by: Karen Wedding | December 21, 2016 at 06:18 AM
Beautiful box album. I adore the vintage photo project. Have actual OLD family pics I could copy and use!
Posted by: Glenda Buster | December 21, 2016 at 06:43 AM
Such lovely projects! I love them both. I shall be making a St. Nicholas album after Christmas to hold this year's photos. I love both creations. Thank you!
Posted by: Pat Ford | December 21, 2016 at 06:49 AM
Wonderful Christmas album and love the vintage photo on the card.
Posted by: Sue LD | December 21, 2016 at 07:18 AM
Thank you Clare for the tutorial - this is a stunning project. Thank you too, Nico for a beautiful card.
Posted by: Sue MacFall | December 21, 2016 at 07:38 AM
Wow such an AMAZING album!!!
Posted by: Maddie Mc | December 21, 2016 at 07:43 AM
Clare, your album is stunning, you are a creative genius! Nico, beautiful card! Thanks for all your inspiration! Merry Christmas Everyone!
Posted by: Donna Leutloff | December 21, 2016 at 07:53 AM
Adore the album. 💗
Posted by: C brackenbury | December 21, 2016 at 08:24 AM
Thanks for the chance!
Posted by: susie doucet | December 21, 2016 at 08:58 AM
No doubt, this G45 collection is my favorite era look in Christmas paper. Thanks for posting all the neat ideas for the use of it. Merry Christmas week to all!
Posted by: Carole Lohr | December 21, 2016 at 10:13 AM
Both the album and the card are so very beautiful! The St. Nicholas collection is so perfect for making anything Christmas-y!
Posted by: Margaret R | December 21, 2016 at 10:23 AM
Beautiful Christmas projects! Thanks for the chance to win such an amazing prize package!
Posted by: Vanessa LeClear | December 21, 2016 at 01:14 PM
Awesome!!!
Posted by: BeCreactive | December 21, 2016 at 01:51 PM
OMG, OMG,OMG Clare's Album is beautiful, love the pages, those prints; Starry Night, St. Nicholas, Bells and Bows ; are so rich and so very pretty together. Clare ROCKED this Album!!!
Nico card is so very pretty as well... gorgeous layers, yummy Petaloo flowers :)
Posted by: Rosann | December 21, 2016 at 02:53 PM
That album is drop dead gorgeous! Can't wait to give one a try. And the card is so inspirational. I have so many photo's that something like this would showcase beautifully! Thank you for your kindness in sharing your work. Would love to have the St. Nicolas Collection to work with. Perhaps Santa will bring it for Christmas!
Posted by: Judith A Gorham | December 21, 2016 at 04:43 PM
Wonderful projects... team G45 does showcase St. Nicholas, Starry Night wonderfully.
Posted by: ava gavloski | December 21, 2016 at 04:45 PM
How awesome this
album is! Gorgeous
work on both projects.
Merry Christmas!
Carla from Utah
Posted by: Carla Hundley | December 21, 2016 at 09:55 PM
Oh! Clare what an elegant album! 😍
Nico, I follow you in Instagram. Your works are very cool.I love the vintage look of your card 💖.
Congrats both for your amazing proyects! 👏👏👏👏
Posted by: Isabel Moreno | December 21, 2016 at 10:59 PM
Such beautiful designs and designers art. Sure hope to win this package.
Posted by: Janet Ingraham | December 22, 2016 at 12:35 AM
Stunning projects!
Posted by: Kirsty Vittetoe | December 22, 2016 at 12:55 AM
I love the St. Nicholas collection and all of the beautiful projects that have been showcased this month. I would love to win this prize! Merry Christmas G-45er's.
Posted by: Erika | December 22, 2016 at 01:08 AM
Just thinking of all the Beautiful things I could make with this Gorgeous Christmas collection.
Posted by: Lynn Stevens | December 22, 2016 at 01:38 AM
I LOVE Graphic 45. Every collection is special and so beautifully created, how can we not be inspired. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa and a Happy New Year!
Posted by: Lori Slaybaugh | December 22, 2016 at 04:02 AM
Love love love the album. Thank you for the tutorial (& Graphic 45 of course).
Posted by: Deb ONeill | December 22, 2016 at 04:27 AM
Gorgeous projects! G45 papers always make it easy to create such beauty. I could just frame a group of 6x6 papers and be happy! lol
Posted by: Becca Yahrling | December 22, 2016 at 05:03 AM
I love that box album and I love the vintage look of the cards.
(Even more, I love this wonderful collection, perfect for so many projects!)
Posted by: Peggy Giovanetti | December 22, 2016 at 05:37 AM
I really like everything that G45 company does. I really like their paper either by getting 1 sheet by 12x12 or getting the same Christmas paper but in a pad. I also belive that your sticker are also adorable, too. For me G45 paper and sticker just seem like to they catch my eye just like you are looking at it for the first time. I like the album ya made from this G45 Christmas collection and I also really like the Christmas box to hold the album inside of it. Thank you very much for sharing this gorgeous Christmas that was so creative.
**Merry Christmas to all**
Delama Starling Ho Ho
Posted by: Delama Starling | December 22, 2016 at 05:53 AM
I love this mini Album! Inspiring as always and the St Nicolas papers are full of gorgeous designs and colors!
Posted by: Kelli S. | December 22, 2016 at 06:02 AM
Love the Christmas box.
The wreath is fantastic.
thanks for sharing.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Posted by: Mary Holshouser | December 22, 2016 at 07:43 AM