Shaking Up New Ideas with a Rose Box & Unique Wedding Card
Hello, G45ers!
We are shaking things up here on the Graphic 45 blog to get your week started off on the right foot. In this post, we will announce this week's blog contest, feature a 3D Rose Box by Einat Kessler, and share a funky and fun wedding shaker card by Maria Cole. Our first featured project on the blog today is a fabulous gift box that will bring smiles to all who see it. Einat has gone wild with fussy cutting roses from our Portrait of a Lady collection and arranged them so beautifully using an easel technique. Following this lovely bouquet box, we have a wedding card that will surprise and delight any newly wed couple. Maria has gone above and beyond to personalize this wedding card for the recipients, and it has not gone unnoticed. We just love how she has mixed and matched our Vintage Hollywood collection with Safari Adventure to create this beauty.
Let's kick this week off with a thrilling blog prize. This week's prize package includes two 12x12 Off to the Races Paper pads, design and Patterns & Solids, Die-Cut Banners, Chipboard, Shabby Chic Metal Clock Keys, Black Regular Tag Album, and Celebrate ATC Ivory Tags, a $76 value! To enter to win this prize package just leave a comment here and/or on our Facebook page. The winner will be announced, Friday, June 9th.
Roses Treasure Box
By Einat Kessler
"I love creating boxes and I especially enjoy adding dimensional embellishments on top of the box. Portrait of a lady has such a gentle feminine look that I thought it would be perfect for a little treasure box. A box for little jewelry, notes or accessories, something the woman in us wants to keep hidden…" ~Einat Kessler
Tip #1:
To make a cut-out image “stand” create a small easel that can be glued both to the image and the surface you want it to stand on. Create the easel from a strip of paper and simply create a triangle. The base will be glued to the surface and the image to one of its sides.
Tip #2:
When creating a box use the same paper. Use the one side of the paper to create the bottom of the box and the other side to create the top side or lid.
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Wedding Shaker Card
By Maria Cole
"Today I am sharing a wedding shaker card I made using one of Graphic 45's newest paper lines, Vintage Hollywood!
This beautiful collection is all about glamour and stardom with some tributes made to early film stars like Mary Pickford. But did you know, Vintage Hollywood also makes for a wonderful wedding card?
I have this special friend I made through Instagram. We share a love for Parson Russell Terriers, so naturally that's how we met! Anyhoo, she got married recently so I wanted to make sure she had a special card from my PRT Archie (@archie_prt on IG) and me.
My friend loves Disney. And I remember that she loves cheetah print. So I was in a bind because 99.99% of my paper is Graphic 45 (actually - who's calling that a bind? That's more like the world's best blessing, right? ;) and with Disney being licensed, we don't have such paper.
But I got to thinking and remembered there is a beautiful cheetah print design from Safari Adventure. And then there were those fabulous star and couple designs from Vintage Hollywood ... oh, and some beautiful red Petaloo flowers I got for Christmas.
Here's where I landed." ~Maria Cole
The coordinating "you two" stamp is also Avery Elle. I have my lovely friend Lauren to thank for my new obsession with Avery Elle and Lawn Fawn. :)
Any black and white striped ribbon is a winner in my book. May Arts is where this lovely ribbon is from.
Inside the card, I used some of the matching ephemera cards. They are so beautiful. On one side you have a design and the back features an area for you to write on. You'll see that I also added some matching chipboard from Vintage Hollywood.
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Thank you for joining us for this uniquely refreshing post. We hope the projects, tips, and contest have inspired your creative mojo. Be sure to leave your feedback here and/or on Facebook to be entered to win! Have a great Monday, and be sure to share your projects with us on Facebook and Instagram using the #Graphic45 hashtag.
Happy Papercrafting!
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Absolutely stunning projects today! They have inspired me to put my creative hat on.... Thank you Designers & Graphic 45.
Posted by: Brenda | June 05, 2017 at 07:22 AM
Amazing projects!!!!
Posted by: Carolee McCaslin | June 05, 2017 at 08:14 AM
Love the projects. They are amazing and very talented crafters. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Hana Harpazh | June 05, 2017 at 08:49 AM
Shaker cards, forever! What a great idea to make a simply gorgeous box as the main attraction of a small gift inside. Wonderful projects.
Posted by: Carole Effting Lohr | June 05, 2017 at 09:03 AM
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Posted by: ❣❣Marlene "Maggie" Krug❣❣ | June 05, 2017 at 09:03 AM
Oh wow. Two fabulous projects!
Posted by: Kirsty Vittetoe | June 05, 2017 at 09:07 AM
Wow - I am really going to need to brush up on fussy cutting. These projects are beautiful :)
Posted by: dana roepke | June 05, 2017 at 09:14 AM
I adore that box! 😍😍
Posted by: Dottie Sims | June 05, 2017 at 09:21 AM
Amazing, fabulous and beautiful box! Loving the fun wedding card too! 💖💖
It would be soooooo great to win this week's prize!!
Posted by: Glenda Buster | June 05, 2017 at 09:25 AM
Beautiful projects!I just love the wedding card.So special!
Posted by: Tema | June 05, 2017 at 09:30 AM
Lovely looking shaker box project with the fussy cut of these roses... Also this pretty wedding card...Wonderful paper collections ..
Posted by: koalabc/barb | June 05, 2017 at 09:47 AM
I LOVE that box! Such creativity! The wedding card is an imaginative solution, too.
Posted by: Katie Phillips | June 05, 2017 at 09:49 AM
Love Love the Portrait of a Lady box !!!
Posted by: Janice Adams | June 05, 2017 at 09:51 AM
Awesome projects. Great giveaway!
Posted by: Marie | June 05, 2017 at 10:15 AM
Great projects today, I love the box and the wedding card is so unique. I would love to win the giveaway this week as I don't have any of the Off to the Races papers.
Posted by: Kate | June 05, 2017 at 10:43 AM
Wow - great creations today, and great blog prize!! Judy D.
Posted by: Judy D. | June 05, 2017 at 10:43 AM
Love the wedding card using Vintage Hollywood! Such a great idea, Maria.
Funny, I was just in my local crafty store on the weekend and I had Off to the Races 12x12 paper pads in my hands. I planned on buying more of it since I have used most of the original pads I bought. Alas, I had a set amount of crafty cash to spend...so I only bought the cling stamp sets. LOL. Next time I will need to purchase "back up" Off to the Races papers. :)
Posted by: Kathy Jo | June 05, 2017 at 10:55 AM
The box and the card would both be treasured forever by the recipients!
Posted by: Margaret | June 05, 2017 at 10:55 AM
WAUW both the box and the shakercard are absolut stunning work, and there´ll be some really amazied recievers of these gifts here, I´m sure.
Posted by: Maryann Laursen | June 05, 2017 at 11:21 AM
Wow,the box is beautiful,all that fussy cutting,incredible.
The wedding card is outstanding and so original.
Thanks G45 for a chance to win this generous giveaway,of course I would love to win it,will keep my fingers crossed!
Posted by: Mathilde S. | June 05, 2017 at 12:18 PM
Nice projects here today. I just love the mixing of collections.
Posted by: Patty Blank | June 05, 2017 at 01:01 PM
Love everything you come up with
Posted by: luclle Martin | June 05, 2017 at 01:13 PM
Lovely box topper
and the other
creations are
beautiful.
Carla from Utah
Posted by: Carla Hundley | June 05, 2017 at 01:18 PM
Graphic 45 rocks!!
Posted by: Diane Smith | June 05, 2017 at 02:20 PM
Perfect box topper
Posted by: fusiafscrapping | June 05, 2017 at 03:00 PM
Pick me! I love everything in this prize pack and always enjoy the inspiration. Thanks!
Posted by: Michelle Chmelar | June 05, 2017 at 04:29 PM
This is awesome! Thanks for sharing the beauty. Stunningt work, Einat. Beautiful paper, G45!!
Posted by: Betsy Davis | June 05, 2017 at 04:34 PM
I love all the Graphic 45 papers
Posted by: Doreen | June 05, 2017 at 05:06 PM
I love this...I can think of so any things to do...
Posted by: Melodi Dulyea | June 05, 2017 at 05:06 PM
I love your papers so much. and your projects are beautifuls.
Posted by: Marisel Rodriguez | June 05, 2017 at 05:09 PM
Stunning collection as usual!
Posted by: susie doucet | June 05, 2017 at 05:10 PM
Would love to add this to my growing collection of Graphic 45 supplies, Off to the Races brings back so much history with all the derby's and the ladies with the big hats. So much history. Love the box with the roses project, really beautiful!
Posted by: Veronica Roske | June 05, 2017 at 05:11 PM
Beautiful papers!!
Posted by: M. Austen | June 05, 2017 at 05:13 PM
Two projects! What a great day! Thanks for all the ideas for Graphic 45!
Posted by: Laurie Bradshaw | June 05, 2017 at 05:13 PM
How wonderful!
Posted by: Sabrina Correa | June 05, 2017 at 05:14 PM
❤️, ❤️, love to win this one!
Posted by: Nancy Hodges | June 05, 2017 at 05:17 PM
Every time there is a prize giveaway, I end up thinking the displayed artwork is my new favorite and that I must have all of the paper used!! I do believe I need to get myself an early BD present :) Thanks for being awesome, Graphic 45.
Posted by: Kim Street | June 05, 2017 at 05:26 PM
In UK we have to wait a bit longer for the collections, & because of utility bills, I missed this wonderful collection, so I'd LOVE to be chosen to win it :) xxx
Posted by: Jac | June 05, 2017 at 05:28 PM
Beautiful projects! I really love that gorgeous Treasure Box... so pretty! Lovely shaker card too!
Posted by: Denise Bryant | June 05, 2017 at 05:34 PM
Thanks for the chance to win!
Posted by: Cindy S. | June 05, 2017 at 05:35 PM