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Graphic 45 Children’s Hour Stack of Cards for 2019

Hello, Friends! Happy New Year! I have a feeling that 2019 is going to be a fabulous year. Over the holiday break, I decided to create a Graphic 45 Children’s Hour Stack of Cards. Now I’m ready for whatever occasion presents itself in 2019.

Here are a few tips and simple supplies that you will need in case you decide to dip into your stash and create your own Children’s Hour Stack of Cards.

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards TIPS

Follow a basic recipe for each card to speed up production.
Create your stack of 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card bases before you begin making the cards.
Tie a dozen simple bows from ivory seam binding ribbon before you begin. It goes with everything!
Doilies provide quick and easy layers! Use packaged doilies or die cut them yourself from scraps of white paper.And remember, you can cut a doily in half when tucking it behind an image to make it go double the distance!
Cut 4″ x 5 1/4″ base layers from the Patterns and Solids or Calendar Pad

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: SUPPLIES

Graphic 45 Children’s Hour Collection
- 12×12 paper pad
- 6×6 patterns and solids
- 8×8 paper pad
- Calendar Pad 8×8 or 12×12
- chipboard, tags and pockets, stickers
- seam binding ribbon
- 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card bases
- buttons and small bits and bobs from your stash

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: January

The interior of each card follows the same format. I left a blank area for writing a greeting so the card can be used for birthdays or get well, or any occasion.

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: February

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards : March

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: April

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: May

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: June

Fussy cut a focal image, then pop it up on a small white doily to make it pop.

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: July

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: August

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: September

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: October

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: November

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: December

These would be cute set out as a home decor for each month of the year, too.

So, if you’ve got a calendar collection sitting around gathering dust, why not pull it out and create a stack of cards to see you through the year? It’s a great stash busting project and one that will pay dividends all year long.

I hope I’ve shared some tips, tricks and inspiration that you can use in your own crafty adventures. If so, I’d love to hear from you in the comment section below.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

Graphic 45 St. Patrick’s Day Tag Treat Holders

St. Patrick’s Day Tag Treat Holders with Graphic 45 Calendar Collections

Hello, G45’ers! St. Patrick’s Day will soon be here! I thought it would be fun to create some little goodies for my favorite leprechauns to make the holiday even more fun. Graphic 45 has 3 gorgeous calendar collections: A Place in Time, Children’s Hour and Time to Flourish. And I have 3 gorgeous grand girls! What a happy coincidence! I pulled out all 3 collections, some G45 Staples long Ivory Tags and went to work designing these St. Patrick’s Day Tag Treat Holders.

Aren’t they cute? And they are a quick and easy project to make, which is even better!

A Place in Time Leprechaun Tag: How to turn a Tag into a Treat Holder

Each tag in this trio follows the same basic “recipe.”

Place a long Staples Tag (I used Ivory) on your scoring tool so that the long side is against the rail and the bracketed edge is on your right.
Starting at the left hand side, score the tag at 3.5″ and again at 4″.
Gently fold the tag slowly so that you don’t crack the heavy cardstock. You might need to very lightly moisten the area along the crease with a baby wipe or damp paper towel.
Burnish with a bone folder to set the crease.
Decorate with paper.
Add a pocket to the inside.
Thread ribbon through the grommet, and suspend a little shamrock charm, if desired.
To make quick work of covering the spine, use wide Graphic 45 washi tape.

It’s really that simple!

For this St. Patrick’s Day Tag Treat Holder, I filled an antique bronze charm with designer paper then covered it with a cabochon. Green gingham ribbon wrapped around a paper spool and sealed with a button makes a sweet accent.

Decorate the inside with more pretty papers. I die cut this pocket from designer paper, but you could also score an ATC tag in the same way that you scored the larger tag.

If you don’t want to put chocolate in the pocket, you can always add a tea bag, a gift card, movie tickets or some other small treat.

St. Patrick’s Day Tag Treat Holder with Time to Flourish

This Time to Flourish Tag has a great botanical feel.

I love the little shamrock key that I hung from the grommet.

Here’s a peeky at the inside, all dressed in pretty shades of green and purple.

I had a pretty tag left from my Tags and Pockets to tuck in along with the chocolate treat.

Children’s Hour St. Patrick’s Day Tag Treat Holder

I still love this sweet image from the Children’s Hour March page. Because it was a little too large for my tag, I fussy cut it to fit. Next I tucked stamps and flowers around it. For a finishing touch, I hung a sweet chippie from the collection and a wee shamrock charm in the grommet.

Here’s the inside view.

Trim down an ephemera card and use it as a spot to write your greeting.

This design is adaptable to any occasion or theme. Just change the papers and you’re good to go!

I hope I’ve inspired you to break out your gorgeous Graphic 45 papers, Staples tags and chips. If so, my job is done here!

May the road rise up to meet you!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Graphic 45 2017 Planner

Graphic 45 2017 Planner: It’s a Good Day to Have a Good Day!

Hello, Friends! Can it really be December already? This month is filled to the brim with shopping, baking, parties, family, food and fun. It’s wonderful to finish out the year with so much celebration, isn’t it? Being the planner that I am, I’m also getting ready for a fabulous year in 2017 by creating a Graphic 45 2017 planner. I don’t know about you, but I rely heavily on lists and calendars to keep me organized. My motto is, “If it isn’t written down, it isn’t going to happen.”

Friends, meet my brain on paper. This planner has a place for everything: appointments, design team deadlines, shopping lists, to do lists, photos and more all neatly organized into a Graphic 45 Kraft Mixed Media Album. I’ve used some of my favorite collections (new and old) to add color and inspirational sayings to keep me organized and motivated throughout the year.

To help you get a feel for the “flow” of this album, I put together a YouTube video tour.

Did you like the little custom paper clip embellishments? These are super quick and easy to make, so I thought you all might enjoy a short video tutorial so you can make some yourself.

How to Make Custom Paperclip Embellishments YouTube Video

I think I am going to make a whole bunch of these to have on hand to add to cards, layouts and tags. They are so fun!

A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words

If you’d like to print out these cute chalkboard style calendars and to-do lists, you can find them at Botanical Paperworks. They are a free download (yippee!). Ilove how stylish and practical they are. I printed mine at 70% of the full size so they would fit into the mixed media album. Instead of cutting off the excess on the to do list, I scored and folded it so that I can use the flap as a tear off shopping list or menu planner for the week. You can download the to-do list HERE. The monthly 2017 calendars are HERE.

I’d love to know how you stay organized. If you have any special tips, I hope you’ll share them in the comment section below.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

Supply List

Typography 12×12 papers, chips, tags &pockets and stickers
A Place in Time 12×12 Deluxe Collector’s Edition
Calendar Pages: A Place in Time 12×12
Children’s Hour 12×12 Calendar pages
Off to the Races 12×12 Prints and Patterns
Time to Flourish: 12×12 papers, calendar pages
8×8 Time to Flourish papers, calendar pages, ephemera cards, chips, tags & pockets, banners
Graphic 45 Staples Mixed Media Album
Metal Door Plate (the original, large style) Graphic 45 Staples
Graphic 45 Staples Antique Brass Door Knocker
2 Staples Kraft Tags
Staples Butterfly (retired)
Petaloo Flowers

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Birthdays, Holidays & Special Days 2017 Planner

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Birthdays, Holidays & Special Days 2017 Planner with Graphic 45

Hello, Friends! This is the time of year when we all start thinking about organizing our lives and getting ready for the New Year. I was in the middle of sorting out my Graphic 45 paper collections when I had a “lightbulb moment” and the idea for this Birthdays, Holidays & Special Days 2017 Planner was conceived.

My thought was this: Wouldn’t it be great to use up all these scraps and make a whole year’s worth of cards? And then what if I bound them into an album with a pocket page to hold dates and addresses? And that little voice in my head said, “Yes, Yes! Do it!” So I did.

Like so many ideas, this turned out to be bigger than I realized. BUT….I just kept plugging away at it and after a solid week of work, I had this lovely album, places to keep addresses and 24…COUNT ‘EM!….handmade cards. As an added bonus, I cleared out tons of scraps and made room for more paper. That’s a win/win for sure!

I affectionately call this my “big Mama” because it is huge. The covers measure 8.5″ square and the binding is 5.5″ wide. There are 12 double pocket pages inside, one for each month of the year.

Dates, Addresses and Cards at my fingertips

This Birthdays, Holidays & Special Days 2017 planner is a real mash up of Graphic 45 goodies. I created the cover with Architecture & Alphabet DIY papers. The large size of these papers makes them ideal for this sort of project. Time to Celebrate decorates the front and inside covers.

Each month of the year is represented with a pocket for dates and addresses and a second pocket that contains 2 greeting cards themed to that month.

I am not going to lie to you: this took a lot of time to make. BUT, I have an album that can be used over and over again. I just have to make new cards to fill the card pocket. And, it will be very nice to have my addresses and special dates right at my fingertips in these handy pockets. The cut apart pages from Time to Flourish and A Place in Time make the job much easier.

These are the January cards. I have hoarded bits and pieces of both Place in Time and Time to Flourish ever since they were released. It felt wonderful to put them to good use on these simple, easy to mail cards.

Birthdays, Holidays & Special Days 2017 Planner YouTube Video Tour

To help you get a feel for the flow and design of this album, I prepared a YouTube video tour.

I hope I’ve inspired you today to get into your gorgeous Graphic 45 papers, use up your scraps and make something beautiful with them.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

Products Used

Architecture & Alphabets DIY Paper G45
Time to Flourish
- 12×12 and 8×8 paper pads
- chipboard
- banners
- pockets and tags
- stickers
- calendar papers both 12×12 and 8×8
- ephemera cards
A Place in Time (original release)
- 12×12 papers
- 12×12 calendar pages
- chipboard
Time to Celebrate
- 8×8 pad
- 12×12 cut apart pages
Children’s Hour
- 12×12 calendar pages
Staples Door Plates (2) Door Knob and Ornate key
Graphic 45 Washi Tape
Scor-Pal or other Scoring tool
Scor-Tape or other strong adhesive to create the binding
Medium weight chipboard
Art Institute Dries Clear Adhesive or the adhesive of your choice
plain cardstock in assorted colors from my scrap drawer
assorted ribbons, buttons and brads

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Children’s Hour Altered Notebook and Card

Frilly & Funkie Friday Focus on Graphic 45

Children’s Hour Altered Notebook and Card

Hello, Friends!

I’m excited to be sharing the Friday Focus on Graphic 45 over on the Frilly and Funkie Blog today. I’m sharing the details on this Children’s Hour Altered Notebook and card, along with a Snapguide tutorial. I hope you’ll pop on over and say hello to me there.

The big news is that ALL Graphic 45 products are ON SALE at the Funkie Junkie Boutique! For the next two weeks you’ll get an additional 15% off Graphic 45 goodies on top of Linda’s regular discount prices! This sale is too good to miss, and I had to let all my crafty friends in on the news!

Happy Shopping! See you over at the Frilly and Funkie blog!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Graphic 45 Children’s Hour Stack of Cards for 2019

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards TIPS

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: SUPPLIES

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: January

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: February

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards : March

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: April

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: May

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: June

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: July

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: August

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: September

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: October

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: November

Children’s Hour Stack of Cards: December

Cheerio,

kathy

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St. Patrick’s Day Tag Treat Holders with Graphic 45 Calendar Collections

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Children’s Hour St. Patrick’s Day Tag Treat Holder

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kathy

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