You Tube video, Flexigon

March 12, 2014

Today I have a tutorial that you can watch on You Tube. Learn how to make a dynamic card called a flexigon and use Graphic 45 to decorate it. You can use any paper designs for this project or draw your own images and text. Once you learn this fun technique the sky's the limit.

The materials and sizes you will need are listed below along with some step by step pictures, but following along with the video is the easiest way to learn how to make this flexigon.

Materials:

Paper measurements:

4 pieces of

cardstock

cut to 3" x 6"

4 images (ie. faces, animals, flowers, etc.) that measure 2 7/8" x 2 7/8" square. Cut each of these into

1 7/16" (just shy of 1.5 inches) square quarters.

Hardware:

Glue stick or your favorite white glue

Bone Folder

Cutting mat

Cutting knife (ex-acto blade)

Ruler

Paper trimmer (optional)

http://youtu.be/vZEoayzQKck

3" x 6" black cardstock with Tim Holtz embossed gears

Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells Stamp Images cut to almost 1.5" squares.

Partly glued image on center part of Flexigon. Glue images after flexigon is put together.

Finished side of the Flexigon with central image and embellishments in corners.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you will try this interactive card and enjoy the creative process.

Graphic 45 Mini Albums

March 5, 2014

Today I am posting pictures of several mini albums. I think I fell in love with Graphic 45 when I was searching You Tube for crafting videos and stumbled upon the world of mini albums. Two people who make amazing albums and offer tutorials are xannero1 (Anne) and SoMuchScrap (Cathy). The Botanical Tea album pictured below was made using some of Cathy's (So Much Scrap) tutorial pages. Thank you to everyone who shares their creations and love of crafting on the web. I hope my pictures inspire you to create something beautiful.

P.S. This post is also my entry for the Craft Hoarders Anonymous blog challenge #3. I have been collecting vintage photos for many years and these mini albums are the perfect place to show them off.

G45 Botanical Tea 8 x 8 mini album

Vintage photos on display

I love the interactive pages in this album and the paper colors work well

with the sepia tones of the vintage photos.

Last pages of the Botanical Tea Album

G45 Communique 8 x 6 Album. I like clean lines and letting the beauty of the papers shine in this album. The reds, blacks and masculine patterns work well with the album for a WWII soldier whose original scrapbook was falling apart.

First pages

Newspaper clipping and names and addresses of the servicemen who attended the party.

Pictures of the Wireless school in Calgary and tourist pictures from Niagara Falls taken by Gordon.

G45 Bird Song 4.5 x 6 Album, I used Japanese washi paper and silk book cloth for the covers.

Love the blues and pinks together.

These papers offer so much room for creating your own designs.

Inaugural Post

March 4, 2014

Dear Everyone,

Welcome to my shiny new blog. I will be posting projects, tutorials, and other paper art related ideas here. I plan to post every Wednesday. I hope you will join me here to see what I am creating this week.

There is one thing I want to make very clear right now... This will mainly be a pictorial blog. I will try not to bore you with unnecessary asides or musings on non-paper related topics. So, sit back, scroll down, relax and enjoy my recent paper creations.

Regards,

Gina