Thank you so much for joining us for Sneak Peeks this week and last week! It was such a blast. As you may know, we are at Creativation gearing up to introduce these new products to your local scrapbook stores and we are having the best time! But, today we have an amazing project to share with you. Do you have pictures you need to treasure from the past few Christmases? Well, Olga Heldwein shows you a gorgeous way to keep those photos and show them off in a beautiful way! Take a look:
"Today i created album for many Christmas from g45 square album and Cafe Parisian collection. It goes with video from creative process so you can check it out how I made it . Each tag is small album for few photos from each Christmas Eve. Since two years we have tradition of making funny pics whole family together. Few of them will fit to each album and together they will create album of all fun Christmas moments." ~Olga
This weekend is Christmas and we have had so much fun sharing holiday inspiration with you all! We round out this festive season with a most glorious creation from Lena Astafeva. It is filled with wonderful detail, immense charm, and photo memories to boot! Enjoy this gorgeous project from the amazing Lena!
"In my childhood I wished to be in the magic to shop. I believed that existed the world where toys could talk and move. That’s why I looked on the shop windows very carefully. Now I like tiny toy shops. So, I decided to make one on my own. It’ is made of. From the outside it looks like a shop. Inside there are toys and different things on the door from one side. On the other side there is our family photograph and musical mechanism. I love musical toys very much. Let the magic be with us forever. You should believe in miracle. " ~Lena
-Becca Yahrling: I now have a new favorite saying: Do Anything but Let it Produce Joy. How beautiful! And these projects today are simply stunning works of art. Merry Christmas to all!
Congratulations, Becca! Please email [email protected] to claim your prize. Thanks to everyone who entered and we hope you have a great holiday weekend!
We hope you have a very Merry Christmas, G45ers! We hope it is filled with peace, love, and cheer. We are so thankful for you!
We have shiny, shimmery, and splendid projects today from Olga Heldwein and Nico Scrap! We love the unique colors they used to make stunning holiday projects. You will definitely leave inspired today! First, let's see 3 cards from Olga using non-holiday collections and stunning color schemes:
"I'm not a huge cardmaker but on the other hand I would like to send some cards to my closest friends. So I made series of fast to make cards. Based on few pieces of paper some branches and few chipboards. I made two traditional ones from St. Nicholas collection and two from Cafe Parisian - this proves that any papers can be use for Christmas projects if they have proper glittery companion :)" ~Olga
Tip for this month – you cannot have to much glitter on Christmas projects so don't hold yourself. Try to sprinkle glitter on wet paint, gesso or ink and enjoy all that sparkle :)
Now, Nico Scrap creates an angelic project using Steampunk Debutante. We love how both Olga and Nico Scrap thought outside the holiday collection for these amazing winter projects!
"Every children is an angel, and we know that because of their smiles. And they have wings and pure heart! I have imagined this little boy during christmas time, having fun in a enchanted frosty forest! Evrything sparkles with a touch of aqua and gold frosty embellishments! I have made a special canvas that can be used as a Christmas Home decor! " ~Nico Scrap
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 tomorrow, so enter today. Have fun entering!
What are your favorite non-traditional color schemes for the holidays?
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:
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!
