Upcycle Week: Starring a Camera Photo Storage & Treat Tags using Vintage Hollywood

Hello G45ers!

Welcome to a week of upcycled fun! We asked our Design Team to create a project from an old unused item in their house and give it new life. Some of them selected old G45 packaging, packaging from matchbook boxes, or old home decor pieces that were in much need of a facelift. This post will feature Elena's Recycled Camera she created using a Graphic 45 Book Box and the tube from packing tape, as well as Maggi's Recycled Tags using Staples packaging. Both of these gorgeous projects have been decorated in our Vintage Hollywood collection. Be sure to join in the fun and share your projects with us on Facebook using the #UpcycleG45 hashtag to be entered to win this month's contest.

Camera Box by Elena Olinevich

"I love everything about the cinema, especially when it comes to some vintage movies. The new Vintage Hollywood collection is something that I have waited a long time for.

Several decades ago it was quite popular to collect the cards with the celebrities. Now it is a real treasure if you possess these cards. So I thought it would be great to create something to keep some vintage movie cards and I decided to make a camera box.

I used the Book Box from the Staples, but was I really need was something to create the “lens” so that my vintage camera box looked authentic and my eyes caught the spool left from the tape adhesive. It was quite large enough." ~Elena Olinevich

I filmed the process from start to finish of how to attach the spool to the book cover. Camera Box Video Tutorial by Elena Olinevich

Book-Boxes-Kraft

Book Boxes come in two sizes and three colors.

Camera Box Vintage Hollywood by Elena Olinevich product by Graphic45 photo 3

This camera box can be used for any pictures or photos you may have, as an option - it is enough space inside to put mini album.

Tips:

First, while working with circles, be accurate with all the calculations you make. It’s important to place the spool straight at the center, so you will need a ruler and to rememember some calculations needed to find the radius and diameter to cut the paper layers precisely.
If you are going to make the cover for you “lens,” score the paper first. It is a circle shape and even moving a bit will offset the paper.
I also added the matchbox as a part of the flashbox. You can even open it and put something tiny into it

I spent a lot of time searching for the belt, not a new one. I found it at the flea market, it is worn and really vintage.

Graphic 45 Supplies:

Book Box Kraft
Vintage Hollywood collection 12x12 pad
Vintage Hollywood 12x12 Patterns & Solids Pad
Vintage Hollywood 8x8 Pad

Recycled Tags By Maggi Harding

I'm upcycling today in honor of Earth Day! I've made two great shaker tags from Graphic 45's Washi tape packaging. I'll show you how to do that in my Snapguide. The plastic packaging is great because you can actually fit some Hershey's chocolate in the shaker. Now that's my kind of shaker!!

Now, if you don't have the packaging from Graphic 45's Washi Tape, don't despair, you can still make a great shaker tag using any of the tags from our Staples metal packaging. Here's a link to a previous Snapguide where I illustrated how to make a shaker from nested dies. All you need to do is make a shaker and then glue it to your tag as I have done on the Born to be A Star tag. ~Maggi Harding

Check out How to Make a Shaker From Recycled Packaging by Maggi HARDING on Snapguide.

How to Make a Shaker From Recycled Packaging

Recycled tags Vintage Hollywood Maggi Harding - 5

Tip:

Always keep the Graphic 45 packaging tags from your metal Staples purchases. They are just like the tags that are sold and recycle beautifully! Many scrapbook products are packaged so beautifully; before tossing consider how you could recycle the packaging.

Graphic 45 Supplies:

Vintage Hollywood collection:
8" x 8" Pad
Decorative Chipboard
Journaling Chipboard
Tag and plastic covering from Staples Washi Tape
Any tag from Staples metal product packaging

Other Supplies:

Petaloo Botanica Anenome - Pistachio
Petaloo Botanica Sugared Minis - Pine Green
Petaloo Darjeeling Mini Mix - Teastained Green
Petaloo burlap trim
Houndstooth Ribbon
Blue rayon seam binding
green cardstock
Assorted beads to fill shakers
Cheery Lynn Designs Star Shaker Kit

To help keep the creative wheels turning we have a fun and easy contest for you. This week we are giving out a $40+ prize package full of Off to the Races 8x8 paper pad, 6x6 Patterns and Solids, Decorative Chipboard, Ephemera Cards, ATC Black Book Box, and Shabby Chic Drawer Pulls. Wow! To enter to win, just leave a comment here on our blog and/or Facebook page. The winner will be announced here on the blog on Friday, April 21st, 2017.

Thank you to Elena and Maggi for sharing your incredible talents and tutorials with us, and to you for joining us. Let us know what you want to create with this Off to the Races prize package to be entered to win. See you back here tomorrow for two more amazing Upcycled projects!

Happy Papercrafting!

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Comments

Love all that is Graphic 45... thanks for the chance to win.

Posted by: Debbie M | April 18, 2017 at 05:34 AM

I keep forgetting to save those
plastic cartons containing craft supplies.
I just put one in the recycling bin - guess
I'll go drag it back out. thanks
for the great idea.

Posted by: Mary Holshouser | April 18, 2017 at 08:50 AM

WOW!!
I don't know. What else to say, except these projects are just fabulous......
Than.k you so much for sharing!

Posted by: Mary Nielson | April 18, 2017 at 09:34 AM

Gorgeous papers and projects!! I can't get enough! TFS, Bonnie :-)

Posted by: Bonnie Shackles | April 18, 2017 at 10:00 AM

Love to see upcycled projects--these are fabulous.

Posted by: Sue LD | April 18, 2017 at 12:16 PM

Love,love, love the camera box and the shaker tags!!

Posted by: Sandy Trefger | April 18, 2017 at 12:49 PM

Upcycling is such an interesting concept! Love the tags...very creative!

Posted by: Martie Rollin | April 18, 2017 at 12:56 PM

Such inventive projects! Thanks so much for sharing them!