Graphic 45 Design Team 2013 Audition

My favourite paper line is having their design team call... and I am answering. Here are a few of my projects throughout the year, a couple of pages and some altered items...... have a stroll thru :-) and wish me luck !

First up, is the Places in time line, This was my January page, and adding to the beautiful "vintageness" of this paper, I found an old picture of my grandmother as a kid, walking downtown in Winnipeg. They always seem to take these pictures back in the day and then charge you for them. But they are classics!!

Next is another page from the same line, the March paper this time. I love the purples and greens together! 

The finished page.

 French Country and our petting zoo Butterfield acres go hand in hand. These are fun to fussy cut. And as always Graphic 45 papers scream for fussy cutting!

 The whole frame and the Rooster and Sunflowers are fussy cut and pooped up so they make a shadow box effect. All the goodies cut out from the papers and a few photos are tucked into the inside of the frame.

 Some faux chicken wire and I have a perfect page for our farm visit.

I have to try and make a mini album out of the smallest matchbox. This was actually made with all my scraps from the previous page layout. I colored the box with Viva Decor Inka Gold and it covers the boxes beautifully!! 

 I fussy cut the birdies sparkled them up a bit with stickles,

 I lined the inside of the box with paper and inka gold.

 built my book out of leftovers

 and now I have a cute little treasure box for some photos and journalling cards.

Ahh Nutcracker Sweet! I waited for this line patiently to come in. And then as a bonus these boxes came the same time. So I had to do a shadow box, kinda like the old school paper tolling, the paper ws cut out and layered at different hights to give more or less depth. 

 any glass got a coat of glossy accents, the windows and clock faces. All the lights got yellow stickles to glow, and then matching colored stickles thruout the box.

 a few fussy cut gingerbread men, and other pieces cut out from various papers.

 The Curiosity Shoppe was another line I was waiting for. And I found this trunk at a garage sale. It was PERFECT for this paper!! I cut out so many pieces and placed them all over different parts of the box, front, back and sides. The shape of this box was very "curious" and perfect!

 I did count but I forget now how many little things are glued into this corner.... let's just say allot!

 Inside was my favourite part. I cut out little lables and made bottle covers, the bottles are glued in place. I colored the light bulb yellow so it looks like it is turned on, and ...it's hard to see but I cut out teeny little bees, and mounted them on plastic, then inserted them into the bottle so they look like they are flying! I love that part...lol

OK.... so everyone knows I LOVE Halloween!! and when this line came in, I HAD to make a haunted house board book out of it!!! This was SO fun to make.....

 When the house is closed the rooms are layered upon each other. And the fence closes

 Up close you can see the pumpkins peeking out of the fence, they are on the front and back sandwiched between the fence layers.

 When you open it up, it will stand. The floor folds back and out of the way when it is a book.

 the door has a knob and keys, just daring you to come in.

 some windows were left open to see thru, others were closed off for photo places

 Lots of interactive parts. The green clock slides open to uncover many little photos, and the hanging sign also hides many photos.

 the pen nib looks like it wrote the quib, A joyful Halloween

 the cat slides across the ribbon

 the ghost tags are mounted on clear plastic so you can place them in the chair, no other purpose, they are just fun!

 the back page holds books and postcards behind the fence.

 the crow tells the time

 tags for journalling

 little mini books

 journal cards

 teeny book

and the closed project, Hope you enjoyed my journey thru a few Graphic 45 lines.... and as always, have a Happy Scrappy Day!

Brick and Morter

 This page has a few new products on it that just arrived, some I waited patiently for... AKA the view master ( Picture wheel ) die from Sizzix.

I had some chipboard pieces that I wanted to use the distress stains on, but first I stamped an image with archival ink so as not to smudge it.

 Then I used distress stain to color the chipboard. I also covered the wooden pocket watch and the swirls on the side.

 I added a bit of glitter on the trees

 Inside the viewmaster I used the little pictures that you get when you print pictures. They give you a contact sheet and the pictures are a perfect size.

Supply List;

Kaiser - Base Coat Collection
Ranger - Distress stains, Vintage Photo-Forest moss and Fired Brick
FabScraps - Chipboard pieces
Maya Road - Flourishes
Sizzix - Picture Wheel, Torn Notebook
Prima - Wood embellishments
Prima - flowers

Place in time challenge.

Hello  all, I was at a class the other night, and we did a page from the Graphic 45 line Place in Time. The teacher gave us a challenge to design the second page and have a contest between us classmates. So, I did a page, and I had to share. I know I have done January already, but if you look back on the other post, they are completely different, the colors are even different. It just goes to show how versatile these papers are. I also learned a trick at the class. Some of the months have coordinating colors on them, for instance January and July have complementing  colors! 

 Here is my completed page. We used the tattered poinsettia die for the flowers, they turned out awesome!

Here is a close up of the flowers. Well, have a happy scrappy day! Hop over to Scrapbooker's Paradise to see the shopping list. And I challenge everyone to make a page from the Graphic 45 line :-)

The Ides of march

 Hello all :-) Today is a layout for the March Calendar from Graphic 45.

I used 3 sheets of cardstock, one Graphic foundation page and one cut apart page. 

My new favorite thing to play with... Inka Gold

 I cut a pretty edge out of glitter paper, with the American Crafts Knock out punch.

 Using your finger you can cover any piece of chipboard. Cover it, then buff with a paper towel.

 I crumpled the stamps first then put glossy accents on them. Once it dried I put pop dots behind and layered them on the page in the corner.

 A little bit of bling, I used popdots to raise up my Bonne Fete strip, I cut it too short, oopsy so I just added a piece after. Cut a "flag style end" into one side, and let it hang off the edge a bit. diamond stickles on the flourishes and stems of the flowers, purple highlights on the purple flowers.

 The photo has two layers for a mat. Lighter green on the bottom.

 The little tag is highlighted with Inka Gold on the edge, and pop dots give it some depth.

A long purple strip top to bottom, glitter tucked underneath. All the photos are matted, a few strips of the paper ribbons with words. Glitter and some bling.... Have a happy scrappy day :-)

Hop over to Scrapbooker's Paradise to see the shopping list.

Follow your Dreams

Hello Bloggers, the long awaited new line Prairie Chic finally arrived!!! I have these beautiful pictures of my Daughter's grad, and these papers work perfectly with them! Thank you Bo Bunny!! There is a February challenge on the Bo Bunny blog, so I thot I would play along :-)

Supplies:

Bo Bunny - Prairie Chic paper, bling and trinkets.
Glossy accents
Stickles
Wanna scrap flourish
Canvas
Sizzix die - tattered floral