Graphic 45 Secret Garden Mini Album

Hi There! Shell Carman here today sharing an altered Graphic 45 Film Cannister & Mini Album using the Graphic 45 Secret Garden collection! This is the Film Cannister before it was altered. You can find this in the Graphic 45 staples section here

The kraft mini album folds out accordian style. Here it is fully altered

so this is the outside of the metal film cannister & lid. I have fussy cut the fence image from 2 sheets of the Secret Garden paper & taped this around the edge/side of the lid. The tulips & little girl were also fussy cut from the Secret Garden sheet. To get them to stand up I simply folded the bottom of the image to form a tab then secured the tab to the lid with tape. To create the wishing well I used the Sun Kissed paper.

 The flowers were fussy cut from the Pretty Primrose sheet mixed with a Manor House flower This is the outside of the mini album

and the inside

Materials Used

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Secret Garden paper

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Seed Fairy paper

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Sun Kissed paper

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Leafy Tree Top paper

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Springtime paper

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Beautiful Blooms paper

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Pretty Primrose paper

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Coming up Roses paper

Graphic 45 Secret Garden May Flowers paper

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Meadow Lark paper

Graphic 45 Secret Garden sticker sheet

Graphic 45 Secret Garden chipboard sheet

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Tags & pockets

Manor House Creations

Prima Lady Godivas Strawberry Ice flower

Prima Angelous Arnett flower

Prima Innocence flower

Kaisercraft Mini Blooms iceberg

Petaloo Velvet Chantilly Hydrangas Rose

Bo Bunny Paper Doily

lace

Ranger Distress ink Walnut Stain

You can find Graphic 45 Secret Garden in the shop here

Thanks for looking!

Cheers

Shell XX

Riding the Pony

Hi there!
I'm still working with one of my favourite collections Graphic 45 Secret Garden! I have pretty much fussy cut every image throughout the papers LOL!
This page is of my DD Kayla. She was beside herself with happiness when she got to ride the Shetland Pony at the school fete over Easter! She couldn't keep the smile off her face! Of course she begged & pleaded to have a Pony at home. We asked just where the Pony was supposed to sleep & eat & she thought the Shed would be perfect.......... HMMMM I don't think so!
So now I have used this collection to scrap photos about Ponies, pancakes & kinder so you can see that it pretty much goes with anything!

Sassy Products Used Graphic 45 Secret Garden May Flowers Graphic 45 Secret Garden Seed Fairy Graphic 45 Secret Garden Sun Kissed Graphic 45 Secret Garden Leafy Tree Top Graphic 45 Secret Garden chipboard Flourish with a bling Chloe Flourish Olive Green Prima Audrey Rose Iced Violet Prima Eminence Rose Prima Paquita Flower Meadow
You can find Secret Garden in the shop here
Cheers Shell Carman

My Kindy Girl

Hi There!
Shell Carman with you today with another Graphic 45 Secret Garden page. Purple is not a colour that pops up in the scrapping world often but it is one of my favourites. I tend to buy my girls lots of purple clothing so I like to match the girls clothes with my papers!
Kayla's kindergarten top was also purple so I thought it would match nicely with this collection!

Iv'e done lots of distressing & inking on this page with a bit of fussy cutting. The fence image throughout the collection is so pretty & there are all sorts of gorgeous flowers to fussy cut too! Budget Tip- To save on paper I actually cut the middle of my paper out. I leave a 1 inch border all around then use the centre of the paper to create more layers

Some fussy cut flowers mixed with Prima flowers & a Flourish with a bling pearl flourish

The lovely fence image fussy cut with an Imaginarium Designs chipboard butterfly

Products used

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Sun Kissed

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Secret Garden

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Seed Fairy

Graphic 45 Secret Garden May Flowers

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Springtime

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Alphabet sticker sheet

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Chipboard Sheet

Prima Paquita Flower Meadow

Prima Audrey Roses Iced Violet

Kaisercraft mini blooms Iceberg

Flourish with a Bling Chloe Flourish Olive Green

Imaginarium Designs chipboard 4 small butterflies IDT0014

You can find Graphic 45 Secret Garden in the shop here

Thanks for joining me on the blog today!

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Sketch Challenge

Hi There! This month I have the extreme pleasure of playing with Graphic 45 Secret Garden. This is just such a gorgeous collection! I could just sit & fussy cut all the gorgeous images for hours! Earlier this month the sketch challenge was released. A fabulous sketch designed by our very own Rikki Graziani!

Here is my interpretation of the sketch using a more traditional/vintage design

My kids love the Pancake Parlour! It is tradition for us to travel to Melbourne at Xmas time to visit Santa at Myers, check out the Myer windows & visit the Pancake Parlour for lunch. I'm not sure whether it's the giant milkshakes or the pancakes they like best!

Lots of fussy cutting of flowers & gorgeous vintage images using foam tape to give them some dimension

A cluster of flowers & lace with some more fussy cut images

Some gorgeous Prima flowers. I just love the new Prima flower Paquita (in Meadow)

Products Used

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Springtime

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Meadowlark

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Beautiful Blooms

Graphic 45 Secret Garden May Flowers

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Alphabet Sheet

Graphic 45 Secret Garden chipboard sheet

Prima Paquita Flower Meadow

Prima Audrey Rose Iced Violet

Kaisercraft mini blooms Iceberg

lace

Ranger Distress Ink Walnut Stain

You can find Graphic 45 Secret Garden in the shop here

Here are the challenge rules

Entries close at midnight on the 30th April  2013 (AEST Victoria). 

Please link your April entries with a direct link to your blog/gallery using the Inlinkz tool.
Include your name and country in your entry. 

Entries are open to anyone, anywhere in the world. 

We are happy for you to use our sketch in combination with other challenges, but please mention us. 

The Design Team will vote and the winner will receive a

$20 voucher for the store with FREE postage
(international will receive a prize pack to the same value)

To check out more of my work you can find me here Thanks for looking! Cheers

Step Card Tutorial- G45 Secret Garden

Hi There! I hope you all had a terrific Easter. Hopefully you got some scrappy time in over the long weekend! Shell Carman with you today with a tutorial on how to make a Step Card. If you are a fanatical embellisher or love to layer then you will enjoy making this type of card! Here is one that I just finished for one of my Best Friends that turns 30 this week! I used the new Graphic 45 collection Secret Garden which I think is completely DROOL WORTHY! I am a purple fan & it has gorgeous lavenders mixed with a bit of apricot, green & blue. There are soooooo many beautiful vintage images to fussy cut throughout this collection too!

Step Card Tutorial

You will need for the base

X1 sheet cardstock (or pattern paper)

something to score the cardstock (if you don't have a proper scoring tool then try the corner of a wooden ruler)

Cutter to measure out inches

1. Cut the cardstock to measure 10.5 X 5 inches

2. Score at 1.25, 2.5, 4.25, 6 & 8.25 inches

3. Fold each score mark like an accordian. Make sure that the very first fold is folded down

3. Cut a piece 6X5 inches from the leftover cardstock. Stick this piece onto the larger size fold at the back

The card is now ready to decorate! The sky's the limit on how you want to decorate but if you would like to follow my card here is what I did You will need Tape Graphic 45 Secret Garden chipboard Graphic 45 Secret Garden Alphabet Stickers Graphic 45 Secret Garden Meadow Lark paper Graphic 45 Secret Garden May Flowers paper Graphic 45 Secret Garden Springtime paper Graphic 45 Secret Garden Secret Garden paper Kaisercraft Wooden Flourishes Iron Gate Kaisercraft Mini Blooms Iceberg loopy style border punch scissors gesso Impasto Shimmerz Periwinkle Foam Brush Liquid pearls yellow Pearls X3 in green Foam Tape Glue Ribbon (purple) 1. Fussy cut the left side of the fence from  the Secret Garden paper. Stick this to the first small flap of the base. 2. Use the reverse side of the Secret Garden paper. Cut 5X6 inches. Distress the edges. Stick this to the larges back flap of the base 3. Cut a piece 2X5 inches from the Meadow Lark paper using the green/white pattern side. Punch a loopy style border along the top. Stick this to the second flap on the base 4. To decorate the gate first paint with a coat of gesso. Make a mixture of gesso/impasto. A small blob of each with slightly more Impasto than gesso. Use a foam brush to mix it together. The mixture needs to be fairly thick. If it is runny you will not get a textured look. Use the foam brush & dab/sponge the mixture onto the gate. The texture should be lumpy & uneven. Once this is dry use the foam brush (or a paint brush) to apply Shimmerz in Periwinkle. Roughly dab/paint the shimmerz on so the coverage is uneven. Put it aside to dry. 5. Fussy cut the rectangle box from the May Flowers paper of the image of the little girl. Distress the edges 6. Make a small pocket at the back of the May Flowers piece with some cardstock approx 4X3 inches. Stick the pocket to the back of the May Flowers piece on 3 sides only. Do not stick the top of the pocket. I used a fine bead of glue on the 3 sides so that I could slide another sheet of paper up & down. You could also use a very thin piece of tape 7. Fussy cut the rectangle with flowers along the top & the butterfly stamp at the bottom.Cut right up to the green border so that it measure approx 3.5 X 5.5 inches. Distress the edges. Sick a chipboard tab along the top. Slide it in the May Flowers pocket 8. Stick the May Flowers piece (with the pocket & insert) onto the large flap at the back of the base. Stick it to the left hand side 9. Fussy cut the bird,flowers & cage from the Springtime paper (top left image) Stick on back flap of base with foam tape. Stick the chipbaord sunshine piece with glue so it partially covers the cage & flowers. Place a pearl on the chipboard piece 10. Make a small bow from ribbon. Stick this on the back flap of base at the bottom of the cage. Stick X2 mini blooms around bow 11. Take X2 purple squares from chipboard. Stick on back flap of base on left hand side. 12. Take the gate which should now be dry. Glue on second flap of base 13. Take a chipboard Tab. Use mini green alphas from alphabet sticker sheet & words Friendship (snip the hip off) & Flowers. Spell out If Friends were flowers Id pick you. Use Foam tape to stick on Friends & Flowers 14. Use glue to stick chipboard Tab onto centre of gate. Stick X 2 green pearls either side of Tab. 15. Use some yellow liquid pearls to decorate centres of flowers throughout  Here are some closeups of the card

(This pic shows the Insert that slides up & down. You can write your message on this piece)

Products From Sassy Scrappers

Graphic 45 Secret Garden chipboard Graphic 45 Secret Garden Alphabet Stickers Graphic 45 Secret Garden Meadow Lark paper Graphic 45 Secret Garden May Flowers paper Graphic 45 Secret Garden Springtime paper Graphic 45 Secret Garden Secret Garden paper Kaisercraft Wooden Flourishes Iron Gate Kaisercraft Mini Blooms Iceberg Shimmerz Periwinkle You can find Graphic 45 Secret Garden in the shop here. Check out the new look of the shop with easy to use categories shopping by Brand or product type! I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you decide to have a go at this I'd love to see it. Make sure you post your work on the Sassy Scrappers FB page. Or you can enter our Show us your stuff competition every Wednesday on our Blog (link your project on the side bar) If you would like to see more of my work you can check out my blog here! Thanks for looking Cheers!