Posts Tagged ‘Graphic 45’
it’s off to work we go…
in my short lifetime I have held over 18 jobs…not counting daughter, sister, wife and mother. i have been working since i was 11 years old, when my first job was a “page” in the public library. since then i have been a babysitter/nanny, telephone operator, sandwich maker, a retailer of clothes, books, vidoes and scrapbook supplies, and a teacher to children and adults. quite a variety.
when i first got this “suitcase” mini-album from clear scraps i immediately knew that the subject i wanted for the book had to be something other than travel. trying to think of other ideas i used my best sounding boards….and with their help we came up with an album about all my jobs.
over the last year the companies we have teamed up with have been incredibly generous with what they have sent. i was able to go back through my stash and pull out papers and embellishments that pulled this album together…..basic grey, graphic 45, maya road, cosmo cricket, and hambly screen prints
the best thing about this album is that i am using random pictures that i’ve been holding onto for years. none of my jobs have been documented with pictures, not even my scrapbooking jobs. so a random picture here or there, or a company logo is all i have taken with me. this book will be a place to write the memories and experiences i had while at those jobs. could be a good laugh years from now.
while working with this clear album i have come up with some tips to keep in mind, because there are challenges as well as rewards to working with clear.
1. definitely use Tombow MONO Vellum Adhesive. the most you’ll see is a shimmer…but it really is invisible.
2. apply the adhesive to the picture, paper or embellishment instead of the clear pages. easier to apply…and go slow, the more even the coverage, the less “goobers” will occur.
3. take care when placing your pictures and paper…once it is down, it is down!
4. Tombow MONO Glue Pen will adhere embellishments to the clear acrylic
5. take advantage of layers
6. clear album pages are a double sided paper’s best friend…you get to show off both sides! no choosing or leaving one side out!
This week Tombow is partnering with Graphic 45. Be sure to visit both the Tombow blog and the Graphic 45 one for chances to win product. There are some super fun ideas on both blogs too!
Do you ever make anything and love it so much you have a hard time giving it away? This is one such project. I had so much fun making this. The idea actually started out as a baby basket using this paper, but didn’t have any baby items to fill the box AND I didn’t know anyone expecting. LOL!
1. The box. This is a 2-drink carrier from McDonald’s. (seriously!) We went to McDonald’s drive thru asked for 2 waters (we did order their 3 chocolate chip cookies for a dollar…okay getting off the subject here) in the 2-drink carrier. As soon as we pulled away, I had my son get the cups of water out of the carrier and put it in the back so I could use it later. I brushed all the edges of the box with tan ink.
4. For the scallop edge, I used my new favorite EK Success punch.
5. I adhered all the pieces with Tombow’s Mono Adhesive Power Bond.
6. Several elements of this box is inspired are inspired by my friend Michelle Wooderson (you SERIOUSLY have to check out her blog if you aren’t familiar with her work!) First element is using old pattern tissue for tissue paper. I found some old patterns at a shop for 5 cents each. Pretty inexpensive tissue paper! On one side of the carrier is a bottle of Coke and a Twin Bing candy.
7. On the other side of the carrier is this cup that I found at a local store for $1. How cool is this???!
The colors match my paper perfectly. I was looking all over for a Coke glass and found this AFTER my box was made. I was tickled pink…I know, doesn’t take much for this farm girl to get excited. I included a cello bag of chocolate covered cherries (if I would have had the time I would have made homemade candy, like Black Forest Fudge)
8. Another inspired item on the second side is a recipe card. Mish decorates her recipe cards so cool. I can just imagine how cool her recipe book looks! You can buy Cherry Coke, but I thought I’d Google a recipe for making your own and found this simple recipe and what fun that it uses cherry Kool-Aid…another decorating element I can use for my gift box. (hey did you know that Kool-Aid got it’s start in Hastings, Nebraska? I live some place famous. Ü You can read about it here.)
i have to admit, i found graphic 45 at my local archiver’s and called joanna immediately. she got on their website while we were on the phone, and before our conversation was over she had contacted them to do a partnership….and here we are, less than a month later, creating with their gorgeous paper! we’re doing a graphic 45 partnership later this month and i was just too excited not go give you a little sneak peak so keep watching for this fun team-up.
there is so much that i want to do with it…but for my first project using graphic 45 i was loving the fact that i could mix and match several of their lines. i ended up using two sheets of paper from the botanicabella collection, one from times nouveau collection, and the tags from the communique collection. i added my journaling with tombow dual brush pens. i love that they have a brush tip and a fine pen tip so i have more flexibility in my work. my adhesive is my trusty MONO DOTS adhesive runner. one thing is for sure, graphic 45 is now on my list of companies to watch… remember to check back soon for this fun upcoming partnership.
