Plan Your Special Days with Graphic 45!
The holiday season is full of events, appointments, celebrations, and more! Keep it all organized with these amazing ideas from Clare Charvill and Kathy Clement! You are in for a treat with these projects today! First, Clare shares a great organizer box to keep notes and goodies in for the holiday season with two amazing notebooks/albums inside! Great to keep a planner or special memories through the season!
Kathy now wows us with a Special Event calendar for the New Year! What a gorgeous, functional idea for years to come!
"This is the time of year when we are all thinking of getting our homes and our lives organized in preparation for the New Year. While I was reorganizing my G45 papers, I found myself wanting to use up all the beautiful “bits and pieces” that had accumulated over time. What if I could use them to make a whole year’s worth of cards?
Suddenly, I was struck with the idea to create this Birthdays, Holidays & Special Days planner so that I would always have a handmade card ready for any occasion in the coming year. I designed the album with 24 pocket pages: two for each month. One pocket will hold lists of birthdays, anniversaries and other special events along with important addresses. The other pocket holds the cards. I’m hoping that with this planner by my side, I’ll never be late with my good wishes again. As an added bonus, I used up loads of lovely scraps and now I have room for more papers!" ~Kathy
Tip: Use washi tape for borders and to help strengthen the spine.
Tip: Use up “leftover” plain cardstock to create card bases and to mat images.
Tip: Keep cards simple and use a similar design to speed up production.
Supply List
Graphic 45 A Place in Time Collection (I used the original release, but the Deluxe Collector’s Edition would be great too.
Place in Time Calendar pages from the original release
Place in Time Chipboard
A Time to Flourish Collection 12x12 & 8x8
Time to Flourish Banners
Time to Flourish Pockets and Tags
Time to Flourish Chipboard
Prints & Patterns
Children’s Hour 12x12 Calendar pages
Time to Celebrate 8x8 & 12x12 collection
Time to Celebrate Chipboard
Time to Celebrate Stickers
DIY Architecture & Alphabets Paper
Staples Door Plate (original release)
Door Knob (original release)
Ornate Metal Key
Extra Pocket pages from Kraft Mixed Media Album
Other Supplies
Medium Weight Chipboard
8.5” x 11” Kraft Cardstock
A variety of Ribbon, Buttons, Brads
Scoring Tool, Ruler, Scissors
Scor-Tape or other strong double sided adhesive
⅜” circle punch
This 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!
Don't you love these awesome ideas? We can't wait to see your 2017 event organizers!
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
Oh, Clare and Kathy...beautiful, amazing projects for us to drool over this morning! Thank you!
Posted by: Mary Morel | December 13, 2016 at 05:10 AM
Wow what amazing work! Details to just study with my morning coffee!
Posted by: Anne Schilling | December 13, 2016 at 05:15 AM
The talented paper crafters on this site is amazing. Would love to win this collection.
Posted by: Debbie M | December 13, 2016 at 05:19 AM
Would love a tutorial for the organizer box! Is the box a made box or is it a store bought piece?
The Special Events calendar is beautiful too! Such a great idea! It would make an awesome gift too. You could add some postage and a pen for filling out the envelopes and cards to make an all in one stop for all card sending events! TFS!
Posted by: barb macaskill | December 13, 2016 at 05:21 AM
Awesome art!!!
Posted by: Dorothy McCarthy | December 13, 2016 at 05:22 AM
Spectacular projects ladies! Such amazing talent and creativity!
Posted by: Karin | December 13, 2016 at 05:27 AM
Wow!! That organizer box is fantastic!
Posted by: Bethany Roberge | December 13, 2016 at 05:29 AM
Beauty project!
Posted by: Cheryl N | December 13, 2016 at 05:33 AM
Love both of the ideas from Clare and Kathy. Thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: Susan Vogt | December 13, 2016 at 05:42 AM
Adore the planner 💗
Posted by: C brackenbury | December 13, 2016 at 05:46 AM
Great presentation by the DT
Posted by: ava Gavloski | December 13, 2016 at 06:05 AM
Wow this album is awesome. I am currently making cards for my mom this will work perfect. Thanks for sharing
Posted by: Donna Russell | December 13, 2016 at 06:06 AM
Such amazing projects!! So creative and functional. Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Jackie P | December 13, 2016 at 06:29 AM
Gorgeous projects today, absolutely love them!! Thanks for a chance to win. D.
Posted by: Diane Moore | December 13, 2016 at 06:36 AM
What great projects these are. Thank you.
Posted by: Sue MacFall | December 13, 2016 at 06:48 AM
OMG! These projects are truly amazing! Thank you G45 for the opportunity to win this terrific prize package.
Posted by: Linda McDonald | December 13, 2016 at 07:03 AM
What gorgeous ideas your designers have come up with. This is one of your most beautiful Christmas collections.
Posted by: Kathy Bumb | December 13, 2016 at 07:06 AM
These projects are amazing! Love that organizer and the paper is stunning. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Yolanda Gonzalez | December 13, 2016 at 07:13 AM
Love this idea! Thanks for sharing your talents with us!
Posted by: Lori | December 13, 2016 at 07:19 AM
Omg that organizer is fabulous!!! wow!!
Posted by: sandra grant | December 13, 2016 at 07:30 AM
Wonderful projects!
Posted by: Sharon P. | December 13, 2016 at 07:41 AM
Wonderful cards for every month. What a great idea. I love both projects. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win this gorgeous price!
Posted by: bettina kreuer | December 13, 2016 at 08:05 AM
Such beautiful projects to help with organization! Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Vanessa LeClear | December 13, 2016 at 08:16 AM
Clare and Kathy your projects today are beautiful and awesome. Thank you for the tips and video. Love Graphic 45!
Posted by: Glenda Buster | December 13, 2016 at 08:20 AM
What a wonderful idea Kathy! You're right about always scrambling the day of someone's birthday to make a card. Very clever to do a whole year at once. Thank you for the idea!
Posted by: Mary Gilchrist | December 13, 2016 at 08:25 AM
Today's projects definitely having that WOW! factor! TFS!
Posted by: Donna Leutloff | December 13, 2016 at 08:31 AM
This post is loaded with beautiful ideas! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Carole Lohr | December 13, 2016 at 08:59 AM
Wow! I love making/decorating boxes, and these are two really great ideas!
Posted by: Margaret R | December 13, 2016 at 09:36 AM
Such a great idea! I love it.
Posted by: Sharon Shulsky | December 13, 2016 at 10:13 AM
I love all of the projects. Everyone is so talented. I am so in love with the Christmas papers and would love to work with them someday
Posted by: Danette Munn | December 13, 2016 at 10:31 AM
I love to be organized and both of these projects do the trick. I can see it now...I must make these! Beautiful!
Posted by: Pam | December 13, 2016 at 11:12 AM
Clare and Kathy, these projects are simply stunning! I just love, love, love the Christmas paper! TFS!
Posted by: Kelly Bienvenu | December 13, 2016 at 11:56 AM
OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!! Every single creation is just mind blowing, so incredibly beautiful. G45 is the best paper in the world.
Posted by: Debbie Breen | December 13, 2016 at 12:07 PM
such a delightful collections! I just love G45!
Posted by: Chris Montgomery | December 13, 2016 at 12:11 PM
Beautiful projects)
Posted by: Юлия Фастенкова | December 13, 2016 at 12:20 PM
Being organized is a wonderful thing.
wish I was more organized.
thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Mary Holshouser | December 13, 2016 at 12:41 PM
Beautiful projects!
Posted by: Bettina Kuppinger | December 13, 2016 at 01:02 PM
I would love to be so organized! It would make me so Merry and Ho Ho Happy to win this week's giveaway!
Posted by: Kate | December 13, 2016 at 01:03 PM
these are both just so lovely!
Posted by: Kelly Massman | December 13, 2016 at 01:20 PM
These box and
albums are
fabulous!
Carla from Utah
Posted by: Carla Hundley | December 13, 2016 at 01:22 PM