December 23, 2023

Memory Journal - Christmas Spectacular - 49 and Market

Hello Creative Friends and welcome to my blog and more than likely my last post for 2023. It has been an amazing year sharing my makes with you, and I have one last one to share. This is designed using the Christmas Spectacular

from 49 and Market.

tucked in some elements on the inside front cover of the journal, so perfect to add on to my pages later

First page I used one of the acetate phot frames and adhered it so i would still be able t tuck in aphoto later on.

Detail of page two and the side pocket

Page 2 and 3 - both have side pockets

Detail on page 3 and the laser cuts on that pocket,

Page 4 and 5

I didn't have the library pockets for the Christmas Spectacular but i had one from another set which after putting the rub on transfers on it, suits this Journal perfectly.

details on page 5

Page 6 and front of the tri fold flip

the tri fold flip open

two pages of the tri fold open

first page of the tri fold flip, I used the 49 and Market cardstock and created a photo mat and tucked in some laser cuts and a title. Seriously love hose laser cuts!

Thank you for dropping by, wishing you and yours a wonderful Christmas Season and Blessings for a bright and prosperous New Year!!

Products I used in this Journal Available to purchase at Scrapbook . com

49 and Market - Christmas Spectacular Collection - 6 x 8 Collection Pack

49 and Market - Christmas Spectacular Collection - Laser Cut Elements - General

49 and Market - Christmas Spectacular Collection - Laser Cut Elements - Greenery

49 and Market - Christmas Spectacular Collection - 6 x 8 Rub-on Transfers - Foliage

49 and Market - Christmas Spectacular Collection - Ephemera Bits

49 and Market - Christmas Spectacular Collection - Filmstrip Frames

49 and Market - Vintage Bits Collection - Memory Journal - Raven

49 and Market - Vintage Bits Collection - Foundation Pages B - Black

December 20, 2023

Graphic 45 December Planner

Hello G45ers and welcome to the blog today as I share with you my

December Planner using the fabulous Letters to Santa Collection.

I have to admit, I am a A5 planner Fanatic as well and I was looking at the Travel Album

and Notebook and I thought it would be great to work that into my December Planner.

I came up with a plan to incorporate it and here is what I came up with.

Taking the notebooks out of the Travel Album,

-I cut a A5 planner base page,

-lined up the notebook on the template

- and used a pen to mark my holes.

-I then took my Crop-o-Dile and punched the holes.

-The book would have been too thick to run through mydie cutting machine, and I wanted the holes to be the same on each and every page.

I then went to the middle of the notebook and took the staples out and used the pages

in my A5 Planner, what a great idea!! In the end I put the third notebook pages at the back

of my A5 Planner for more journaling and photos.

Using the Stamps, I stamped various images on the Notebook Pages, and looked like

they fit perfectly in my planner.

I used various dies and die cut images I felt would work with Letters to Santa.

I tried to use one notebook page for each day of the month of December, I also used a die to cut the Dates out.

In the above spread, you can see how I cut the notebook cover in Half,

covered it with paper from the collection and used it as a page in my A5 Planner.

This is the front of the Notebook Cover Page.

I love how this project turned out and hope I have inspired you to pull out that unused or waiting to be

used Travel Album and perhaps, try this idea, especially if you are an A5 Planner Fan like me.

Check out my walk through video of the Planner and how I altered the notebooks to

use in the Planner.

Graphic 45 Materials Used:

Classic Black and Brick Red Ink Pads

Letters to Santa Ephemera Assortment:

Letters to Santa Patterns and Solids

Letters to Santa Package with Stamp Set

Letters to Santa 8 x 8 Collection

Travel Album & Notebook Set

December 11, 2023

Christmas Joy - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Hi Creative Friends

Sharing a Christmas card designed for Elizabeth Craft Designs.

This is designed using Holly Jolly Christmas Paper Collection ( C018) designed by Angelica Turner; Florals 24 (2084) along with Joy & Merry (2081) from the Everyday Elements set from Annette Green.

October 28, 2023

Christmas Sleigh Card - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Good Morning Creative Friends:

I am sharing a gorgeous Christmas card with you for Elizabeth Craft Designs.

This is designed using the new Florals 24, Florals 25.

I also stamped the coordinating centers) pieces from the Pine Cones and the Sleigh is called Santa Sleigh.

Paper is from Mintay,

October 23, 2023

Letters to Santa Christmas Kit:

Hello Fellow Crafters: Sharing with you my newest kit and I wanted to share it with you!

This is designed using the Create an Album from 49 and Market along with their binder clips, The paper and ephemera is from Graphic 45, Letters to Santa, the cover, is adorned with hand made poinsettias, florals and cover elements are pre cut from dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs

I will be re creating the kit for you in videos which will be left in a Private Facebook group for 6 months.

I have designed page inserts for the album that are exclusive to this kit and they will be pre punched for the binder clip. Everything will be precut, other than a few journal cards, you just need to assemble.

I hope you love it as much as i do, the pictures do not do it justice.

Inside front Cover and Inside Back cover have a gorgeous Acetate layer, with four photo flips inside, it is seriously a gorgeous album!

thanks for dropping by

Karan

September 12, 2023

Best Organic Honey Tag - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Hello Creative Friends and welcome back to my blog today as I share with you a tag designed for Elizabeth Craft Designs.

This is designed with a few elements from Annette Greens New Splendid Season and a few elements from Everything's Blooming.

I cut a tag and covered with paper. Covered the edge with Grit paste and let it dry then painted with black acrylic paint

( that tip from Emma Williams, her post is here)

I stamped and cut the best organic honey image and used a circle punch to have it fit the hardware from Tim Holtz, added some alcohol ink and patina and let it dry.

I then cut mushrooms, ferns and the leafy vine from the Mushrooms and Ferns Die and colored with distress inks. Went over with Gold Wax from Prima. I stamped and then fussy cut that little tiny bee ( i wish there was a die for that, :D )

June 26, 2023

You & Me Mini Album - Graphic 45

Hello Everyone, I am so honored to be among such a talented group of crafters, from around the globe. Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Karan Gerber, and I reside on an Island in Northern Ontario, Canada, called St. Joseph Island. My husband, family and I moved here two years ago after buying 10 acres of waterfront property in 2018. We began building in 2019 and moved north, 9 hrs from what was our previous home for 26 years, to be on the shores of Lake Huron, and here we have built our dream home.

I am the mom of two young men, and we have two furry family members. I love the country, and I prefer small towns to big cities. I enjoy fishing, hiking, and the outdoors. I have been paper crafting for a long time and have always loved Graphic 45 Papers and am so thrilled to be here to share my projects with you. Feel free to follow me here on my socials

Today is my first post with Graphic 45 as a Brand Ambassador for the 2023-2024 Year. I am thrilled to share with you a Mini Album I designed from using the new P.S I Love You Collection. I love Mini Albums, I love building them from scratch, and adding lots of flips, and photo mats, and pockets. It was fitting that my first project be a mini album.

We had attended two family weddings last fall and I had access to family photos and knew right away I wanted to create with the PS I Love You Collection for this very reason. Starting with Black cardstock and Graphic 45 Chipboard to build my base,

I knew I wanted to add lots of photos, so I wanted to be sure my base would hold all that I had in mind for the album

The Inside front cover boosts tag photo flips which were designed using the tag die, I added an overlay Tag with a magnet to hold all the photos and journal cards in place.And to add even more photo space, i designed the mini album to be able to hold a side pocket pull out on every page.

Page 1 has a side photo flip which opens up to four more photo flips, lots of room for added photos. I added in photos a family wedding and fell in love with this collection even more. I cut all the Journal cards and photo mats from both the 8x8 and the 12 x 12 collection, and blended in some of the gorgeous patterns and solids. This entire collection is just so fantastic.