40 Days of ... Art - Day 34 - Envelop Album

Hello,

For some time now I wanted to make an envelop album, and that time has come and here it is.

I decorated it with the Graphic 45 typography paper.

Thank you for reading,

Caroline

40 Days of ... Art - Day 32 - Easter Card

Hello World,

Finally I'm able to blog again. I had a few hectic days, but here I am and today you'll get 3 posts :) 

It is almost Easter and I'm getting in the  mood so I made an Easter card. 

With scraps, I always have leftover pieces in the front of my paperpads, and when I'm making small projects or a card like this on I challenge myself to use those scraps. 

Sometimes the colours aren't contrasting enough like was the case here, but with a bit of Distress Ink you can just give it the little extra that just tie it together. 

Thank you for reading my blog.

Caroline

40 Days of ... Art - Day 31 - Notebook

Hello World,

It is a bit crazy here with work demanding lots of my attention and the 40 days series, it is crazy like hell. But we are getting there.

Here is a little notebook ready for in the handbag or book bag or even in a larger pocket like in a vest or something.

Thank you for reading my blog.

Caroline

40 Days of ... Art - Day 30 - Sweet & Simple

Hello World,

Somethimes you just need something sweet and simple yet sophisticated to put every piece of bits and pieces you own in it.

I hope you like this litte fellah because I know I certainly do.

Have a nice friday,

Caroline

40 Days of ... Art - Day 26 - Tropical Tavelogue

Hello World,

The piece I want to show today is a money box with Grahpic 45 paper. 

As it is a gift for someone I will not share a lot about it, enjoy the picture. 

Have a nice week.

Caroline

40 Days of ... Art - Day 23 - little notebook

Hello World,

Today I wanted to share with you a little notebook that is so handy in the handbag.

We ladies love them oh so much. 

And who wouldn't like to receive this little one with a little message from that one special person right on top. 

This was a fun and quick way to make a little gift, you could do them in every theme and it are always nice gifts, and everyone needs little notebooks and even if you don't need them you still want them don't you?

I used Graphic 45 papers (typography) and a bit of Tim Holtz tissue tape to make a pretty spine.

Thank you for reading.

40 Days of ... Art - Day 15 - Baby Card

Hello,

Today it's baby card time. I love making these big 6 by 8 baby cards.

When I had this new stamp set I almost directly made this card, with graphic 45 good old sport paper in the background.

And off course in the inside the left panel is also decorated, I find it so sad to leave that side blank.

I hope you enjoyed this card.

Have a nice time.

Caroline

40 Days of ... Art - Day 10 - G45 mini tray

Hello,

With some leftovers from my Graphic 45 Couture Collection paper I made an altered tray. It is kept fairly simple because I really want to use it. 

To use it I just need to add some epoxy gel or a few codes of clear varnish to protect the paper.

The quote is so nice, it would be an ideal tray for when you want to serve a cup of tea.

 What would you like to see me make? Anyone has requests?

Have a nice weekend.

Caroline

Graphic 45 Design Team 2014 Audition

Hello World,

Today will be a huge post with lots of photos. I hope you'll bare with me and remember feedback is much appreciated, so leave a little comment at the end of the post.

This post is my audition for the Graphic 45 design team. I love this brand, the ideology behind it and simply its gorgeous designs. I hope that I did them justice. 

My first project is my graphic peacock. From the moment I saw the paper with all the peacock feathers I knew I wanted to do a peacock layout. But then during a shopping trip to a garden center with my best friend, thanks again Ruth, I found this super cute peacock in papier maché and it just clicked, I had to do a graphic 45 peacock.
So after a lot of fussy cutting, inking and some painting and a lot of patience this little fellow came to be, I'm calling him Leon.

 

The second project is a little sweet sentiment Easter box. The Easter box is to be used as a creative way to present Easter eggs as a gift or to use for the Easter season. 
It is made out of wood, the sides are solid wood and the middle part consists of one wood veneer piece that goes around the whole box.
It is so nice but also a bit tricky to work with wood veneer.  The veneer can't take heat or liquid very well. With a lot of care and attention to the material it is possible to use distress stain.
The paper collection that I used is the sweet sentiment paper collection by graphic 45. It is a collection that is having a lot of nice detailed images where you can do a lot of fussy cutting. I really enjoyed it.

For my third project I was still very Easter inspired and mad e big Easter card. It is about 15 by 22 cm (6 by 8.5 inch). I was finishing up my Easter box when the idea sprung on me and I let the creative flow guide me to this cute not so little card.

My fourth project is a couture canvas.  And because I wanted an original twist I cut open the canvas to accentuate the image that is being uncovered.  The image in this space is completely built up in 3D giving it all the depth it deserves. A while back I saw Arlene from the current graphic 45 design team make little banners from the branding that is on top of the des paper,  I found this so cleaver and wicked cool that I wanted to do this sometime as well. In this design I found the opportunity to fit in the little graphic 45 banner. Thanks for the tip Arlene.
As it is quite a big canvas (45x45cm – ± 17,75x17,75 inch) I kept the outsides of the cut open area simply to pull the focus to the center image.

A key-cabinet made my 5th project.
I used one of my older collections, old curiosity shop, that is a bit steampunky as I have a serious weak spot for Steampunk. The cabinet itself is wood. I gave it some color with distress stain because then you can still see the wood pattern. And to make it a bit more distressed I used crackle paint and some vintage photo stain, the stain I used on lightly on the whole cabinet to give it a bit more interest.
The inside was kept simple so that it is a usable key cabinet.

As sixth project I had to put up one of my favorite projects I ever made. It is a Steampunk Spells tea box. I made this project last October for my Halloween get together and loved it ever since. It is wooden box colored with distress stain. And embellished with Steampunk Spells paper cutouts, some chipboard, stickers, … some images were cool to use but didn’t really pop-out, to help this I used some distress ink to give a bit of color to give the needed dimension.

These were my projects, I hope you enjoyed viewing them. Let me know what you think.
I’ll get back to you soon so that I can tell you a bit more about me and this projects in the Next round of the Graphic 45 Design Team selection, if I make it that is, wish me luck.

Thank you to the whole Graphic 45 Team to make this journey a lot more interesting, and for opening this design team call. 

Thank you for reading my blog and enjoy a crafty weekend.

Caroline