Seasons Springtime Calendar

     Here is the first of 4 seasonal calendars made with Graphic 45's "Seasons" Collection.

Spring Calendar

      I decided on an easel card to better display the calendar. One thing that you can't really see, is that the calendar is for the Spring months only. Under the month of March 2018 is April 2018, May 2018, March 2019, April 2019, and May 2019. The brads allow the calendar to be extended to later years as those calendars become available. I downloaded these calendars from Print-a-Calendar.

     To brace the card there is a row of Burniston's flowers with gem centers.


     I will be making 16 cards and 4 calendars with this Graphic 45 Seasons Paper. All of these SEASON cards can be made using:

• one sheet of each of the patterned paper 
• one sheet of each of  Prints and Solids

In order to make All Seasons cards and calendars, you only need purchase the following items once:

• Tags and Pockets
• Chip Board
• Ephemera
• Stickers

Stay tuned for more cards this year.

Spring

Spring Double Gate Card

Spring Shutter Card

Spring Seed Pack Holder 

Spring Center Step Card

Spring Calendar  - You are here!

Summer

Summer Poppy Block Card

Sweet Summer Pocket Card

Summer Pen Nib Butterfly

Summer Embroidery Hoop Easel

Summer Impossible Calendar

Autumn
Autumn Joy Fold Plus
Autumn Patchwork and Feathers
Autumn Shaker
Autumn Scarecrow
Autumn Calendar

Winter
Winter Birdhouse
Winter Cozy Snow Day
Winter Pop Up Gift Card Holder
Winter Box on Card 
Winter Calendar 

Materials: 

     Die: Burniston - Flowers & Bee

     Ink:Distress - Frayed Burlap

     Embellies: Ivory Twine 

                   Gems - Clear (3 mm and 5 mm)

                   Brads - Brass

Challenges

Molli Visits Houston

     This was a super enjoyable card to make. The sketch made it easy. My friend Gigi lent her "City Mollie" stamp to play with. The word "city" just jumped right out at me. I used my Cameo Silhouette to cut the Houston skyline. BTW: there are tons of skylines in their Design Store. Not too long ago I looked up all of the cities that have major league baseball teams and only two of them were not there (Baltimore and San Diego, I think). 
     I really enjoy dressing these girls. I am using the Maja Designs Celebrations collection. It is a challenge to figure out the order to place the clothing, so the perspective is just right. It is a simple card, but Mollie has enough details to give it interest. 
     I will also mention that the scripty writing across the top is part of the paper. I liked it and made sure that it was visible. I have gotten several comments like "What does it say?". I'm pretty sure that it is Swedish - really - because this paper is made in Sweden.

Front of Card

Sketch #120 by Lisa Hidy

Inside of Card

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: Maja Designs- Celebration

                                                   (Party, Anniversary, Welcome, Festivities)

     Card Stock: Bazzill -Graystone

                      My Colors - Soft Blue

                      Gray Textured (from stash)

     Ink: Distress - Momento - Tuxedo Black

     Copics: Skin - E000, 00, 11, R20

                Hair - E23, 25, 27

                Shoes - C6

     Silhouette File: Houston Skyline by Ginny Nilson

     Stamps: Hero Arts - All Hearts Go Home for Christmas

                 La La Land - City Molli

Challenges

Cute Card Thursday - Shades of Pale - #9 - *

International Art & Soul - Paper Piecing - #2 - Favorite

Stamping Sensations - For the Girls - #130 - *

Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Dimension/Ink/Patterned Paper - #2 - *

Seasons Spring Center Step

     Here is a spring mantle card made with Graphic 45's Seasons Collection. The base of this card is a center step with kraft card stock.

Front of Card

     The card features a handmade window embossed with a wood grain folder. The window pane is die cut from a Stampin Up die on an antique gold paper. It is pop dotted to the card using double thick dots.

Trellis Window

     The card is embellished with die cut flowers, organza ribbon, champagne pearls, and Graphic 45 ephemara as well. The butterflies were fussy cut from the patterned paper.

Inside of Card

     I will be making 16 cards and 4 calendars with this Graphic 45 Seasons Paper. All of these SEASON cards can be made using:

• one sheet of each of the patterned paper 
• one sheet of each of  Prints and Solids

In order to make All Seasons cards and calendars, you only need purchase the following items once:

• Tags and Pockets
• Chip Board
• Ephemera
• Stickers

Stay tuned for more cards this year.

Spring

Spring Double Gate Card

Spring Shutter Card

Spring Seed Pack Holder  

Spring Center Step Card  - You are here!

Spring Calendar

Summer

Summer Poppy Block Card

Sweet Summer Pocket Card

Summer Pen Nib Butterfly

Summer Embroidery Hoop Easel

Summer Impossible Calendar

Autumn
Autumn Joy Fold Plus
Autumn Patchwork and Feathers
Autumn Shaker
Autumn Scarecrow
Autumn Calendar

Winter

Winter Birdhouse

Winter Cozy Snow Day

Winter Pop Up Gift Card Holder

Winter Box on Card 

Winter Calendar 

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: Graphic 45 - Seasons

     Card Stock: My Colors - Brown Eyes

                                        Kraft

                                        Concord Grape

                      Metallic Gold

     Die: Burniston - Flowers & Bee

           Sizzix - Frameworks (Trellis)

           Stampin Up - Cheerful Tags

     Embossing Folder: Darice - Woodgrain

     Punch: EK - 1/2" corner

     Stamps: Gina K - Stately Flowers 9

     Ink: Distress - Frayed Burlap

            Stampin Up - Crumb Cake

            Adirondack - Expresso

     Markers: Micron Fine Tip - Black

                  Permanent Chalk - Gold

     Embellies: Bronze Pearls - 5mm

                    Eyelet - Small Purple

                    Ribbon - 3/8 in. Ivory Organza

                    Twine - Purple & Cream 

                    Gems - Starfoam Stickers (Pink)

                    Paint - Deco Art (Dazzling Metallics - Purple Pearl

Above Rubies

     Here is another layout for the 50th anniversary mini album. I finally figured out the titles on the pages for the book. I have already removed all of the previous titles and changed them to bible verses. 

2-Page Layout

     I am really enjoying taking these one-page sketches and turning them into 2-page layouts. One reason that this works is because the second page can be adjusted anyway I please to accommodate the pictures I have left. 

Sketch #150 by Lisa Hidy

     My brother and his wife had a long distance romance. She was from Ontario, Canada and we lived in northern Illinois. 

     Hey, I am in this bridal party pic. I am the second from the right. This was a special day for me as well. This is the only time I ever served as a bridesmaid and it was my first long dress. I felt very much like a princess that day. I remember at the rehearsal as I walked down the aisle, my brother Lyle said that I had natural poise for this sort of thing - he worded it differently. You never forget moments like that. Kind makes you think about remembering to say something nice/complimentary to people whenever you get a chance.

     I have always thought that they were the perfect couple. They were very lucky to have found each other.

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: BoBunny - Bella Rosa (Damask, Shutters)

                                               Double Dot (Wine, Island Mist)

     Ink: Gina K - Cherry Red

            Distress - Frayed Burlap

     Dies: Stamps of Life - Hearts 2 Die For

     Punch: ek - 1" Corner

               Martha Stewart - Alphabet

     Embellies:  Silver Enamel Dots

                     Ivory 1 inch Lace Trim