Graphic 45 Ocean Blue Cards

Hi everyone! I hope you are all surviving the chaos of the coronavirus! Hard to believe the empty shelves in the grocery stores. I am hunkered down with Mom as we are both in the "vulnerable" population. Thank the Lord for my wonderful son...he looks out for us!

The good thing is that I have plenty of stash to keep crafting! Whew! I would be stir crazy if not for that..lol!

For my Fotobella Design Team projects this month, I am using the beautiful Ocean Blue collection by Graphic 45. All of the pictures I have seen of this paper just do not do it justice. It is stunning!

I started with a vanilla card base and then a mat of navy cardstock. I used the 8x8 pad of patterned paper and chose the blue stripe because it is so versatile and the images just pop when added on top.

For the horizontal card, I used the "Seas the Day" cut apart matted in navy and attached it over a border cut from one of the 12x12 pages. Then I popped up an element from the Die Cut Assortment Pack in the lower right corner.....

I am just loving these little die cuts! What a fantastic addition to the already great collections by Graphic 45. You get tons of them to play with!

On the vertical card, I used two of the small cut aparts from the 8x8 pad. I matted the plain one with navy cardstock and attached it with adhesive in the lower right corner. I added two flourishes from the die cuts to the upper and lower corners. I layered the Wish Upon a Starfish cut apart onto a frame from the die cut pack and then attached it with dimensionals to make it stand out.....

I sponged all of the patterned paper with Vintage Photo Distress Ink to give it that vintage touch that I love so much!

This paper is truly a dream to work with. I am working on a step-by-step tutorial for my next project so I hope you will come back and check it out! I have so many ideas for this collection! I miss the ocean so much and this has made me bring out the photos and relive some very happy times!

Be sure to visit the Fotobella.com blog to get some more great ideas for this and other collections.

Thanks for stopping by today! Please feel free to leave a comment....I enjoy hearing from you! 'til next time......

Happy Crafting,

Laurie

Crafternoon Quilt Card For Fotobella Design Team

Sorry for the delay in posting. The last couple of months have just flown by for me. I just finished my first project for March and realized I totally forgot to post the January projects here.

The first project I made was a card using my favorite quilt pattern. This paper really favors more crafts than papercrafting. So, I decided the best thing to do was combine them....

My favorite pattern is called "Turning Twenty." Normally you would use 20 fat quarters of fabric to create the squares but I used the generic patterned papers in the Crafternoon collection instead. I chose 6 patterns and cut one piece in each of three sizes from each one (3/4 x 2, 3/4 x 1 1/4, and 1 1/4 x 1 1/4). Then you lay one of each size together to form a 2-inch square. As you add each square to the card, you rotate them so they lay differently. I attached them to a 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 mat, much like piecing a quilt onto muslin. Then I added a 1/4 inch border to each side and popped up 3/8 - inch square in each corner. I matted the entire piece with coordination cardstock and then attached it to a 5x7 card base. Now, I just needed to decorate my "quilt."

First, I chose the cute little die cut from the ephemera pack and matted it onto a layer of cardstock I cut with a die from my stash. I attached it to the card with dimensional dots surrounded by some baker's twine. This saying was just the perfect one for a quilt card. But, I also love the little wooden elements in this collection....

Couldn't resist those tiny little scissors and the needle and thread....just like my grandmother used. What a great way to finish things off!

I hope you have enjoyed my Fotobella Design Team project and that you will be inspired to create one of your own! You can find everything I used to make this card here.

Thanks for stopping by today! "Til next time....

Happy Crafting,
Laurie

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