ABC Primer Collection Helping Us Make The Grade

Graphic 45 released a new paper collection ABC Primer. The collection is classic in its colors and images of school life from a few decades ago. They are beautiful images of chalkboards and children enjoying the school day. Eleanor Roosevelt (one of my favorite ladies) once said "the giving of love is an education in itself." This week's challenge was to make some beautiful projects featuring this new collection. Let's see what our wonderful design team gave their love this week.

Pam made a beautiful thank you card. Her project includes Bazzill Kraft and Sugar Cookie cardstock, Graphic 45 Patterned paper and chipboard diecut accent Graphic 45 An ABC Primer. The ribbon and jute twine from Paper Vineyard. Cutting out the stamp images to spell the word THANKS is genious!

Mindy is dazzling us with her ability to create a stunning vintage style book. The base of her book is the Bazzill Board Book, Graphic 45 paper in: An ABC Primer, School Days, Games and Playtime. Mindy sanded and inked edges and the ribbon is from my stash.
Marijo made two projects. An 8x8 layout plus a composition book. The 8x8 page is made from the Graphic 45 Back to School paper. The "2nd Grade" title was cut from the Cricut Locker Talk Cartridge. The shadow was cut from some scrap black paper. Inside the frame (also from Graphic 45) is a slide out paper to mount a picture of Marijo's granddaughter once she gets the picture. Marijo cut out the flashcards and mounted them on foam-tape. The little Mini Composition book is covered with the scraps from the layout. I added some paper roses from her stash and the Tiny Type letters from Cosmo Cricket.
Kelly gets a big shout out for the frugal project (yeah Walgreens!!) Kelly found a $2calendar/planner at Walgreens that she decided to convert into this weeks project by decorating the front, inside, and back covers. Kelly is betting a teacher would really appreciate this!! For supplies, it was kept simple using black cardstock with the Graphic 45 ABC Primer collection paper, black brads and distressed with brown ink.

Kelly's Front Cover

Inside Front Cover
Gayle made two Lunch-pail cards which are 3 x 3.5 inches.
She used Graphic 45 paper and embellishments for the outer card and on the inside Gayl printed a riddle or something fun. Perfect way for Mom to make kids at school feel special. If I had a time machine I would go back in time and make sure my kids had these in their lunch boxes.

One of the things I love about Graphic 45s new collections is that they have converted the tag cardstock sheet into tag chipboard pieces. They give such amazing dimensional look to projects. All of these projects have one thing in common, they all let the paper be the focus. The lovliness shines through....as does their talents.

Thanks for reading,
Adriana

The Magic of Oz is In...

I forsee a reorder on the horizon.... I LOVE this new line from Graphic 45!!!  This time we challenged our design team to create Wizard of Oz themed projects featuring this new line, and I gotta say, I don't think this one was very tough!  LOL!

 I (Danielle a.k.a. FitterTwit) used the new Magic of Oz papers and chipboard tags from Graphic 45 along with Copic markers and Bazzill cardstock to create this project.  I also used some twine that I had on hand to make that tag pop a little.  It was a nice touch that seems perfect for the "woodsy" feel of this one.  I was torn when I completed it.... wasn't sure if  I wanted this to be the start of a layout, a wall hanging or a greeting card.... hahahahahahaha!

 Gayl used the Graphic 45 Magic of Oz papers along with the chipboard tags and SEI's White Elegance line to create this really fun and quite layered butterfly bloom project.  That Martha Stewart butterfly punch sure does come in handy!!!

 Marijo used the Graphic 45 Magic of Oz papers along with more chipboard tags (yes.... we love those tags!!!) with miscellaneous flowers and embellishments to create this wonderful frame.  I'm tellin you... I'm NUTS for this line!!!

Finally is Pam's WONDERFUL layout!  Pam used these AWESOME Graphic 45 papers to highlight the love of a girl and her puppies.  Sooooo Wizard of Oz-like!  Wouldn't you say???

 She used her Sizzix Big Shot with the new Donna Salazar Spellbinders Carnation dies (stay tuned for yet ANOTHER visit from our friend Donna Salazar coming in August) with TONS of goodies to make this sparkle and shine.  From Shimmerz and SmoochSpritz to chalk inks and alcohol inks, Pam went to town making the perfect embellishments for this masterpiece!!!

Pam had a blast showcasing her new journaling talent encorporating stamping and printing to tell such a wonderfully heart-warming story.  FANTASTIC job Pam!!!

Welp, that's it for this week's design fun.  The design team will be taking a short break to observe the upcoming Fourth of July holiday, but will be back soon for more crafty inspiration.  Have a safe and fun holiday and I hope we've inspired you to also enjoy some crafty-goodness!!!