So what the heck, I am going to toss my hat, or should I say my designs into the ring and see what happens. Regardless of what happens, I will always be a G45 obsessed fan. I will still continue to promote this brand of paper in New Zealand and still keep on encouraging my fellow scrappers in Kiwi land to get know and love these beautiful papers. I would love crafters to see just how versatile and adaptable they are.... They are not just used for altered projects - they are just as perfect for traditional scrapbookers, card makers and paper crafters alike.
So what is my style?
It is a bit of this and a bit of that. I do love shabby chic, vintage and romantic styles - these are definitely my favourite go to styles. I love distressed paper, lots of layering and 3D elements and very happy to do fussy cutting... and now having fun with mixed media. But having said that, I often need to do a lovely clean and classic project, just to have a bit of balance in my crafty life. And probably 12 x 12 single page layouts is my favourite form of paper crafting.
So these are the projects that I am putting in for this audition. I specifically chose these examples because I really want to encourage beginnerpaper crafters to use G45 in their craft. I honestly think they are one of the very best paper brands out in the market.
Project 1:
My first project is a layout made from Once Upon a Springtime. I was so so excited to see this collection come out again as a deluxe collection. I have always loved fairies since I was a little girl and this is my dream collection. For this page I wanted to do lovely cutesy layout with lots of fussy cutting and detail.
Project 2:
I made this baby boy layout using a combination of papers from Graphic 45's latest collection, the Precious Memories and the Botanical Tea collections.
What I find though is that often scrappers love G45 papers but think the papers are very busy or intimidating with too many graphics and pictures that seem to require a lot of layering and fussy scrapbooking - so really just difficult to work with. Whilst I personally love all the layering, fussy cutting and 3D style, Graphic 45 is really not restrictive to work with. These beautiful papers have a lot potential and uses for both conventional scrapbookers and cardmakers.
In doing this particular page I wanted to show that these papers are just as beautiful for clean and balanced classic layouts, perfect for those crafters that like clean lines and ideal for beginner scrappers. As the papers are double sided, there is always a lovely patterned side that can be used - like I used here. The papers are thick weight so they cut beautifully in die cutting machines and just are wonderful to work with.
Here I teamed up G45 Sweet Sentiments odds with some lovely soft vintage papers from Maja Design to make this shabby chic Valentine Card. I just love how G45 papers are just perfect to use with other complimentary papers and patterns. Once again to show just how versatile G45 really is.
Another one of my favourite collections is the Couture Range. I just love the sophisticated and classy look of the images. This collection makes just the most beautiful cards.
And I have had a play with a mixed media project. I have a lovely little pile of G45 scraps and thought how wonderful it would be to use them on a canvas. So I made this lovely little wall hanging sentiment to keep for my scrap room or give to a special friend for a gift.
Thank you so much to Graphic 45 for putting out this call. I have my blog but also very active on Facebook - on my personal page and also my scrapbooking page called Jannee's Scrap Shack.
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