G45 Featured Magic of Oz Projects

Welcome back on this super special Friday!  Today I am happy to share with you 4 projects created using the wonderful G45 Magic of Oz line!!   These projects were originally created for CHA, along with 10 other designs.  So lots more CHA sharing to come...

The first card is a great mix of G45papers and stamps.  Dorothy is stamped, cut out and her clothes paper pieced.  The witch's hat was cut off of a munchkin from their Goblin Gazette PP, and just fit the stamped image perfectly!   And since her stamped wand is super small, and almost impossible to cut out, I decided to go with a lollipop decorated with Smooch. 

Paper: G45 Magic Of Oz Line

 

Munchkins

Yellow Brick Road

Goblin Gazette ( Hat)

Journey To Oz

Parcel Post

Embellishments: G45 Magic Of Oz Tags 2

G45 Stickers

G45 Metal Buttons

Jenni Bowlin Mini Die Cut Calendar

Dies: Spellbinders Fancy Tags 2

Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Circle

Punches: EK Success Bats

Stamps: G45 Magic Of Oz 2

Pure Innocence lollipop girl

Inks: Tsukineko Versafine ( Onyx Black)

Colobox Cats Eye ( Turquoise)

Tim Holtz Distress Inks( Frayed Burlap, Spiced Marmalade)

Adhesives: Tombow Mono Glue Stick

Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Squares

Ranger Glossy Accents

Other: Smooch Accent Inks( Ocean Soul, Pumpkin), Old Book Paper

 

 

 

The second card is a Center Step Card created using again, the wonderful Magic of Oz Line. 

This card allows so many possibilities when decorating, combined with the amazing images that can be cut out of G45 papers.  For info on creating a Center Step Card click here.

Black Cardstock

Papers: G45 Magic Of Oz Line

Wicked

Tender Hearted Tin Man

Goblin Gazette

Emerald City

Parcel Post

Poppy Fields

Scatterbrained Scarecrow

The Magic Of Oz

Embellishments: G45 Magic Of Oz Chipboard Tags 2

G45 Stickers

Dies: Spellbinders Scalloped Rectangle

Punches: Marvy Uchida Tiny Star

Inks: Tim Distress Inks ( Dusty Concord)

Adhesives: Tombow Mono Glue Stick, Glossy Accents, Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares

Other: Floss

 

 

 

And last, some fun treats to hand out to friends and family on Halloween.  Created using the left over packaging from any of the G45 staples.  These sucker tags are so easy to make, with such an elegant yet haunting finished look. 

Halloween Sucker Tag 1

Cardstock: Bazzill Kraft

Papers: G45 Magic Of Oz Line

Goblin Gazette

Journey to Oz

Yellow Brick Road

Embellishments: G45 Metal Tags

G45 Trim

G45 Chipboard Buttons

G45 Metal Buttons

Tim Holtz Grundgeboard

Stamps: G45 Magic Of Oz 3

Inks: Tsukineko Versafine ( Onyx Black)

Colobox Cats Eye ( Turquoise)

Tim Holtz Distress Inks( Frayed Burlap, Spiced Marmalade)

Staz On ( Onyx Black)

Punches: Marvy Uchida Tiny Star

Other: Hemp Twine, Ric Rac, Orange Toile, Seam Binding, Silk Flowers, Sucker, G45 Packaging Tag

Halloween Sucker Tag 2

Cardstock: Bazzill Kraft

 

Papers: G45 Magic Of Oz Line

Journey To Oz

Scatterbrained Scarecrow

Poppy Fields

Parcel Post

   

Embellishments: G45 Metal Tags

G45 Metal Buttons

G45 Paper Flowers

G45 Chipboard Buttons

Kaiser Craft Orange Bling

Stamps: G45 Magic Of Oz 3

Inks: Tim Distress Inks ( Dusty Concord, Frayed Burlap)

Tsukineko Versafine ( Onyx Black)

Color Box Lime Pastel

Other: G45 Packaging Tag, Black Toile, Torn Fabric, Hemp Twine, Silk Flowers, Sucker

That's it for today!  Hope you are ready to run out and play with your Magic of Oz Papers..  I know I am!  Have an amazing weekend, and thanks so much for stopping by on this Fantastic Freaky Friday!!!

Nicki Chicky

 

Home Again, Inspired and Behind...

   Home again from Chicago!  Feeling recharged and inspired..  Behind on blog posts, and feeling frazzled.  There is so much to share!  First I just want to give a shout out to Sara and Courtney for giving my mother and I a place to stay while we visited the city!!  It was wonderful meeting you both, and I wish we had more time to just get to "play" while we were there.  Thanks so much!! 

Second, I can't express how delightful it was to get a chance to meet a few of my fellow design team members and the G45 staff for the first time! Wishing I could have met everyone, but maybe a trip to California will be in my future for January.  Who knows?

Also I want to extend a HUGE apology for getting behind on the blogging.  Had every intention of blogging while in Chicago, but again ran into no Internet there either.  Once home it has been classes, spending time with Skyler and getting ready for a big Want 2 Scrap and Graphic 45 blog hop!! 

Lots to share so let's get to it!

First off pics of a card that was shared on the G45 blog last week, created with the wonderful new an ABC Primer..

Supplies:

Paper: G45 An ABC Primer Line

Grammar School

Jumping Joan

An ABC Primer

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

Alphabet Soup

Calico Kits

Building Blocks

Games and Playtime

Embellishments: G45 An ABC Primer Chipboard Tags 1

G45 Chipboard Buttons

G45 Trim

Tim Holtz Spinners

Dies: Spellbinders Labels 8

Spellbinders Lace Square

Punches: Martha Stewart Apron Lace

Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Inks( Rusty Hinge, Frayed Burlap)

Adhesives: Tombow Mono Glue Stick

Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam squares

Glossy Accents

Scor Tape

Other: Smooch Spritz (Green Olive), Broom Corn, Pip Berries

Ok now for some pics from CHA!  The Graphic 45 booth was out of this world! 

 

  The Die Cuts With A View booth had some awesome Christmas trees and a fun 3d deer head!

 

 And now for some more inspiring displays and projects that really caught my eye..

 

 

And some wonderful Wendy Vecchi 

 

That's all the inspiration for today!  Just a little heads up:

Classes are forming now for the Le Cirque Elephant  Pull Toy held at

Simply Scrapbooks in Kettering.  So if you are local and interested please contact:

For more info or to sign up please call 937-299-6288

Stop back tomorrow for LOTS more inspiration.   Tomorrow G45 and I will be sharing my projects from CHA created using the Magic of Oz Line, so don't miss out!

Thanks so stopping by, and Happy Crafting!

Nicki Chicky

Confessions of a Scrapbook Addict

It feels like it has been forever since I have had a chance to blog.  Just wanted to stop in for a quick update.  My Internet was down a awhile last week, someone ran over our ground pole and it took us a a little while to figure it out.    But finally up and running again.  YAY!   Been on a non stop creative train getting ready for CHA next week!  WooHOO!!

Yesterday was my last day of creating in the morning, and packaged everything up to overnight to G45 headquarters in Oregon.  In total I sent them 13 creations, and one big one to be hand delivered! 

Whew! 

Probably could have kept going, but I was starting to run out of papers.  And my house was being taken over by armies of dust bunnies...  Now time to find my studio again and get my house in order for when I get back from CHA and am so inspired I want to jump right back into action.

Wish I could share some photos with you of my projects, but never fear the photo less posts won't last long. 

Next week is the show we have all been waiting for, and I will be there taking TONS of photos!  Will even have my laptop with me for little blurgs in the evenings.  So excited!! 

So make sure to stop back on Wednesday for a little inspiration, and a lot of excitement!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and I will see you next week(maybe even in person at the show!!!)

Nicki Chicky

OH My Wow!! Graphic 45 New Releases

Oh My WOW!!  Have you seen the New Graphic 45 sneak peaks of their new lines for winter?? 

Well they have gone and overdone themselves again with the amazing new ABC Primer.  Don't want to miss out on these yummy tid bits.  Now you can check them out all this week and next leading up to CHA!!!   Think I may have found my new favorite line from G45.

Loving All the Retro Story Images!!!

Isn't it just stunning?!?  Make sure to keep up with all the other releases and giveaways over at G45, now till the 15th!  I Love this Company!!

Super Busy getting ready for CHA, off to create more goodies!

Have a Scraptastic Day!

Nicki Chicky

G45 Featured Tea Time With Alice -Altered Book

Thanks for joining me on this wonderful Monday morning.  Today is the first day in a while that we started off the day with sunshine here in Ohio!  YAY!   Which means it is time to sneak outside and take LOTS of pictures today while I can!  Things have been busy here creating projects, and getting ready for CHA.  This will be the first CHA that I've attended and I am SUPER EXCITED!!!  Been making all kinds of goodies with G45's NEW Magic of Oz line, and I am just loving the combination of Oz and Halloween!!  A definite must have!  And speaking of Halloween, today's project was created using the fantastic Halloween In Wonderland Line!  These Halloween mixed lines are so versatile, making them just perfect to use all year round.  Now onto the tea party...

For the Cover, usually I would crumple and layer some tissue paper for a more rough and tattered look.  But I just loved the aged color and texture of this book already, and felt the brass would make a wonderful contrast.  

Just Rite Stamps were used to create the perfect title and heat embossed to match the brass.

To create the shadowbox effect, use mod podge to seal all the pages together.  Do this by painting a few layers over the closed book pages along the outside edges, gently holding the pages pressed together flat. 

Once dry, use a craft knife to carve to the desired shadow box size and depth.  Cutting a few pages at a time, removing and repeating. 

Supplies:

Papers: G45 Halloween In Wonderland Collection

Jaberwocky

Through The Looking Glass

Wonderland Classifieds

Alice’s Tea Party

G45 A Proper Gentleman Collection

Timely Point of View

Man About Town

A Proper Gentlemen

G45 Steampunk Debutante Collection

Time Flies

G45 Once Upon A Springtime Collection

Butterfly Kisses

G45 Le Cirque Collection

Magnifique

Bohemian Floral

Wizard of Wonder

7 Gypsies Avignon collection

Ecriture

Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Tumbled Glass

Frayed Burlap

Shabby Shutters

Black Soot

Stamps: Cherry Pie Art Alice Collection

Hero Arts Bold Flourish, Just Rite Stamps

Embellishments: G45 Ornate Door Plate, G45 Metal Flowers, Making Memories Metal Frame, Prima Flowers

Extras: Twine, Mod Podge, Black Acrylic Paint, Vintage Book, Vintage Clock Face, Vintage Key

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives 3d foam squares, E6000, Tombow Mono Color Glue stick

That's it for today!  Thanks so much for stopping by, and have an incredible Monday!

Till Next Time,

Nicki Chicky

G45 Featured On the Boardwalk Card

Welcome back on this fabulous Wednesday!  Now that it is officially summer, it's the perfect time to share a little summer fun with a card created using G45 On The Boardwalk papers!  And speaking of summer projects, make sure to join in the fun over at G45.   They are holding a fantastic giveaway and they want to see YOUR creations!  So get started making something celebrating summer and post it on their facebook page today for your chance to win!

Now onto the Boardwalk...

This is a very simple card to make, but has high impact with all the little dimensional details and the shadowbox effect created using Spellbinder Dies.  It truly reminds me of an old postcard but with lots more yummy colors! 

To create this effect, Cut your background paper to the size of card.  Mine is 5 1/2" x 4 1/4".

Now use your spellbinder die to cut the center out of your background. 

For stability while cutting, use a little repositionable tape to hold your die directly in the center of your paper.  Now once cut, you want to use the negative, open space that is left over. 

Make sure to place whatever image you want underneath first.  Then adhere your negative with pop dots over top.  And now just embellish.   This allows for a lot of dimension while decorating!

Supplies Used:

Papers: G45 On The Boardwalk Collection

Coney Island

Life’s a Beach

By The Beautiful Sea

Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilites

Classic Scalloped Rectangle Small

Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Frayed Burlap

Embellishments: Basic Grey Half Pearls Black

G45 On the Boardwalk Tags

Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives 3d foam squares

Tombow Mono Color Glue Stick

Did that get your ready to make something to post on G45's facebook?  Well if not, make sure to stop by their blog today to see what the wonderful Laura Denison has done!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! 

Happy Scrapping!

Nicki Chicky

G45 Featured Elephant Pull Toy

Good morning, and Thanks for stopping by on this glorious Monday morning!  Today I have a G45 project that I am super excited to share with you!!  This is something I came up with after finding the cutest paper mache elephants at Michaels.  Just like a kid, I envisioned dressing him up.  And from there I knew he had to be a G45 Le Cirque Elephant! 

The idea to make him into a pull toy came to me when I remembered a box of 2" wooden blocks that I had purchased at Christmas time for altering.  Once I saw how well he fit on the block, I knew it was meant to be! 

The G45 Le Cirque Collection was perfect for this creation!  With all the bright, fun patterns and colors.  I really think he would be perfect for a Birthday decoration set on a cake plate surrounded by cupcakes. 

He could be holding a number instead of the flag.  Or there could be a number on the block.  The possibilities are truly endless.

A little tiny steampunk bracelet created out of a Tim Holtz gear adds just the perfect touch. 

For the wheels, use tinker toys, or just create your own using small wooden circles from the craft store and some tiny dowel rods.  Tiny paper rosettes finish off the wheels wonderfully, and tiny paper flowers make the perfect hub caps. 

Once faced with "How was I going to attach the pull string"  and still make it look fancy was a little challenging.  Until I remembered G45's gorgeous Metal Brads.  This one is just perfect for tying the string around the center.  Sealing it off with a little Glossy accent to make sure it won't pull out. 

And Voila, instant pull toy with an elegant pull!

Every detail decorating the Elephant is handmade using G45 Papers. From his little hat, to his flag. His saddle, and even the little tassels. And as you can see we are at the END of the tail err tale.  For more info on how to attach your wheels, or decorating tips head over to Graphic 45. If you are interested in purchasing this little piece, he will be available in the future at my etsy store.  And keep an eye out for LOTS more elephants to come!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I would love to hear some ways you would like to decorate an elephant pull toy if you had one.  And who knows, maybe there will be little treat too!

Have an awesome Monday and head back Wednesday for more G45 goodness!!

Nicki Chicky