Thank you so much for joining us for these great posts leading up to Valentine's Day. Just because this is the last day doesn't mean we haven't packed it full of beauty for you! Robin Shakoor, Brit Sviggum, and Donna Espiritu share how they're sharing love this Valentine's Day!
First, Robin shares a beautiful layout using Mon Amour. We love this composition!
"Using multiple photos on a layout is a great way to capture memories when you have lots of fun photos to use. This page features three photos with a similar theme. I connected the photos using circles which draws your eye to the collage of photos. I finished my design with beautiful flowers and chipboard." ~Robin
Now, we have this amazing layout from Brit where she shares her love for her family. This is perfection!
"I`ve made a clean & simple Valentines day layout. I have only used two different pattern papers and one cardstock. The heart were cut out by my Silhouette, and the text was printed on Transparency film. I added a couple of chipboard arrows for decoration.This layout is about my love for my family." ~Brit
To close, check out this sweet treats box by the one and only Donna. Valentine beauty!
"This box isn't just a beautiful box, it is also filled with sweet treats wrapped in pretty papers for added surprise. Perfect as Valentine's gift or just a sweet token for someone special in your life." ~Donna
Are you ready for Valentine's Day? Do you have your gifts ready and your beautiful cards made? We are excited, but not quite prepared for the Day of Love, so wanted to share more great ideas and tutorials with you, our amazing G45ers! Enjoy great ideas from Ginny Nemchak, Danielle Copley, and Belly Lau today!
First, Ginny has a gorgeous cad you can also make yourself! Try her fun Children's Hourtutorial below!
"Oh how I love a card about love! The fabulous teeny tiny patterns in the Children’s Hour 6x6 Patterns and Solids Pad are just right for layering so I matted them in a dark chocolate brown and topped them with sweet vintage images from the February Collective page then embellished them with pretty fussy cut and dimensional flowers. There’s also ribbon trim and charming love buttons : ) I am swooning over this very Valentiny card. " ~Ginny
Now, enjoy this perfect heart-shaped box perfect for chocolate by Danielle. Who doesn't love chocolate?!
"When I think of Valentine’s Day, I think of flowers and chocolate. Mostly chocolate. Lots of chocolate. I used a heart shaped box to alter with Mon Amour papers and embellishments to hold delicious chocolate. For the top of the box, I layered fussy cut flowers to check off the flower’s box of ‘flowers and chocolate’, and I have the perfect gift for a special someone who may just be myself!" ~Danielle
Belly has a beautiful and fun project perfect for storing your distress inks and more! Try her great tutorial below.
"Make a mini dresser with Graphic 45 Mon Amour collection and put it on your desk, how lovely to use it for storing and displaying ink pads or accessories." ~Belly
This week we also have a Valentine-themed giveaway! The rest of this week we will be celebrating Love Day with great creations by our Design Team. So, why don't we have a Mon Amour giveaway? Just comment here on the blog or on Facebook to win this $35 Mon Amour prize pack. We will announce a winner here on the blog tomorrow on Friday, February 11. Have fun!
Thanks for joining us these days leading to Valentine's Day! We are loving all these amazing ideas from our designers!
The Valentine's Day celebration continues here on the blog! We have 3 new projects to absolutely delight and inspire. And best part, there's tutorials for all of them! Joanne Bain, Donna Espiritu, and Katie Zoey Ho have incredible projects for you today. So, grab some coffee, and get ready to be inspired!
First, Joanne shares a beautiful Mon Amourpillow box that is perfect for small gifts for Valentine's Day! Try her tutorial below.
"I decided to create a super cute pillow box using the gorgeous Mon Amour collection. I love the fact the inside the box any small gift can be placed for a beautiful Valentines surprise. I choose to create some love note tags to go inside mine :)" ~Joanne
Donna shares a beautiful candy box that's perfect for Valentine's Day and beyond!
"The recipient of this box will cherish this not just for it's sentimental value but because it is too pretty to throw away. It can be used later on, once the sweet chocolates inside are gone, to store other keepsakes."~Donna
Graphic 45 Mon Amor 8x8 papers Petaloo - chantilly velvet hydrangeas sienna Petaloo - SPring berry clusters Peach/green Spellbinders Nestabilities Splendid circles dies Prima Marketing Inc metal die cuts kraft box black acrylic paint black lace white thread
Now, try these whimsical and fun Mon Amour flying suitcases by Katie! Her video tutorial is below. So brilliant!
"A sequel on my mini matchbox suitcases tutorial; this time round I’ll be showing you how to add wings onto these cute little matchbox suitcases for this Valentine’s. With a pair of wings, it makes sending some love a much easier process. Add some of your favourite love sentiments within and let these flying suitcases send your love to your loved one. One idea for those who are proposing - you might want to pop a ring within." ~Katie
This week we also have a Valentine-themed giveaway! The rest of this week we will be celebrating Love Day with great creations by our Design Team. So, why don't we have a Mon Amour giveaway? Just comment here on the blog or on Facebook to win this $35 Mon Amour prize pack. We will announce a winner here on the blog on Friday, February 11. Have fun!
Any of these projects will surprise the love in your life. We adore them! Thanks for joining us today, G45ers!
It's the Week of Love, so all the weekday posts this day will be in honor of Valentine's Day! We have so many great ideas and tutorials to share with you this week. Enjoy these great ideas from Danielle Copley, Arlene Cuevas, and Belly Lau today! All three have tutorials - so we are in for a treat!
First, Danielle uses our new Enchanted Forest collection hitting stores soon for this amazing and richly colored Valentine's Day card. This is the perfect Valentine's Day card!
"Enchanted Forest is a collection that really speaks to me and my family. My daughter and I love everything about romance, princesses, castles, etc. and my husband and boys love dragons, knights, and adventure. This made the perfect collection to make my husband a non-traditional, Valentine's Card. With jewel tones, touches of gold paint, multiple layers, and curled corners, this card is romantic, yet masculine enough for the perfect Valentine’s card. Do you have a manly man or a romantic loved one you would like to make this card for? You are in luck with a step by step Snapguide tutorial!
Tip:Use paint (I used gold for this card) on your paper edges to add a fun, distressed look." ~Danielle
Now, enjoy this fabulous Window Shadowbox using Mon Amour! Arlene makes a perfect shabby chic Valentine's project! Enjoy her tutorial below.
"I created this altered shadowbox featuring Graphic 45’s Staples Window Shadowbox and the glamorously gorgeous Mon Amour paper collection. The distress the window shadowbox, I used Antique Gold Rub N’ Buff. The metal Staples and metal embellishments were all altered using white paint and Rub n’ Buff. Each slot of the window has it’s own unique piece to feature.. from an altered frame, to an altered spool and flower pot. This was truly fun to create!" ~Arlene
Belly has a brilliant Gilded Lilydiamond-shaped mini album for all our diamond lovers out there. Enjoy this project and tutorial from Belly!
"Women love diamonds, a big one of course, I love it too, so I make one by myself with mini album, gift box and music box inside, and for sure a fancy or shabby style is the most ideal to match.
Tips: You can use the top part of this diamond as gift box, just not use acetate to keep the gift secret." ~Belly
Graphic 45 Gilded Lily 12x12 Pad Gilded Lily Decorative Chipboard Others Chipboard Acetate Music Box Paper Flowers Cardstocks Assorted Trims and Lace Assorted Beads Distress Ink Decorative Pearls Gold Alpha Stickers
This week we also have a Valentine-themed giveaway! The rest of this week we will be celebrating Love Day with great creations by our Design Team. So, why don't we have a Mon Amour giveaway? Just comment here on the blog or on Facebook to win this $35 Mon Amour prize pack. We will announce a winner here on the blog on Friday, February 11. Have fun!
Are you excited about our Graphic 45 Week of Love? We hope you try some of these great tutorials.
Last week, we featured the incredible work of Anne Elisabeth Rostad in a two-part installment. Well, we're here at Part Two! And we are so excited to feature Anne's amazing work in our blog again today. These are projects that she has also shared on her own blog, so feel free to head on over to her original blog posts when you are done drooling over her creativity here. Her blog posts have extra information and templates for each project, so you are in for a treat! We will let Anne take it away again today. So honored to have the amazing Anne featured on our blog in this two-part highlight of her inspiring work!
"My name is Anne Rostad and I live in Norway and I am a mother of 2 grown up sons who gives me so much pleasure. Creating has been my all time passion . It started when I was a little girl and had fun making animals and houses from things I found in the wood. Later at school we learned how to sew in girls class and I did not like that at all since I had to follow recipe, so i asked to be in the boy`s class where i could make things out of wood, clay and metal. Think it was then i really started love creating. As the only girl in class l i got make whatever I wanted so I had a lot of fun. Later I found out that sewing was a lot f fun when I could make whatever I wanted without any recipe. Started scrapbooking for about 7 years ago and since then I have in love with this hobby. The 1. paper I bought from Graphic 45 was the Fashionista Haute Couture and then I was hooked and tried to find out where I could get more :-) There is so much fun to do with this gorgeous and versatile papers and I love creating 3D projects and mini albums with a lot of detail to bring the projects to life. Many of the techniques i used in quilting I could use with fussy cutting and layering so it is very much the same, but more possibilities with papers. I am so happy and thankful to be a featured artist on the G45 blog again and I also want to thank you all for your support over the years.
Have fun creating :-) Hugs, Anne"
"Hi everyone :-)
Had so fun making this clock lamp with a mixed media photo album/ journal inside and used the new released Deluxe collector`s edition Communique papers from Graphic 45 again.There is also a sort of configuration box inside the book box Below you can find a tutorial with free templates on how to make this 3D chipboard clock lamp.Made it in a grunge style and wanted it to look old and worn.
Communique 12x12 paper pad, claw feet, door knokkers, mixed media album,book box. tags,metal buttons all from Graphic 45. 2mm chipboard and black paper from Bazzill, glue, black paint, electric cord and lamp holder, lamp shade, clock, Ground espresso and vintage photo distress ink, Inka gold browngold and some decor pieces :-)
"Here are some pictures of the mixed media photo album / Journal inside the clock lamp.
I used the new released Deluxe collector`s edition Communique papers from Graphic 45 and these where so fun to work with again :-) I used Ground espresso and vintage photo distress ink, Inka gold browngold to make this project a bit grunge and old looking :-)
The mixed media album from Graphic 45 is placed on the shelf under the clock and I did not decorate for a snug fit. Used a door knocker also from G45 for the handle.
Communique 12x12 paper pad, claw feet, door knockers, mixed media album,book box. tags, metal buttons all from Graphic 45. 2mm chipboard and black paper from Bazzill, glue, black paint, electric cord and lamp holder, lamp shade, clock, Ground espresso and vintage photo distress ink, Inka gold browngold 8x1mm magnets and some decor pieces :-)
"Here is a tutorial on how to make a Christmas snow globe shaker card with the beautiful A Christmas Carol collection from Graphic 45. This shaker card is made without any dies and I recycled a plastic lid for the shaker box.
Hope this tutorial is inspiring and have fun creating :-)
Hugs, Anne
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Thank you, Anne, for sharing your incredible work! We have had so much fun featuring her intricate creations.
This week we also have a Valentine-themed giveaway! The rest of this week we will be celebrating Love Day with great creations by our Design Team. So, why don't we have a Mon Amour giveaway? Just comment here on the blog or on Facebook to win this $35 Mon Amour prize pack. We will announce a winner here on the blog on Friday, February 11. Have fun!
Thanks for joining us on this week leading to Valentine's Day! It's going to be a week full of beauty and inspiration and lots of L-O-V-E!
