My Creative Affaire...

A Grateful Heart...

To say I am overwhelmed and humbled is an understatement...  

Today I am stopping by for a short visit  to say "Thank You" to all of you who took the time to read my blog over the past week and leave such wonderful comments.  Also "Thank You" to all those people who read the Graphic 45 blog and also left so many sweet comments.  I so appreciate each and every one of them.

I am so grateful to have this new and exciting opportunity with Graphic 45.  I hope that you will stop by often as we travel through this journey together.

My "Thank You" card was made with papers from the KaiserCraft "Lush" Collection.  The colors in the collection are actually quite bright, but when you combine them with script papers, some lace, pearls, buttons and a flower, the end result is a sweet shabby combination.

My new favourite technique is to use a paper flower on my project and to lightly coat it with a layer of Frosted Lace Stickles.  To complete this technique I simply squeeze some of the stickles onto a piece of paper and using a fine paintbrush I paint the entire flower.  The great thing about this is it really dampens the paper flower and you can then gently use the end of the paintbrush to re-mould the petals of the flower.  Not only can you re-mould the shape of the flower but when it is dry you end up with a beautiful frosted piece of goodness to complete your cards or altered pieces of art.

The letters on my card were cut using the Tim Holtz Sizzix Vintage Market die.  I adhered them to the card with foam mounting tape for dimension and painted a small amount of Frosted Lace stickles onto each letter.

Thank you again, because of you I had such an amazing week.  Lynette

 

Dare to Dream

What is life without dreams?  We all need to dream to achieve.  Little did I know as a walked around CHA a number of years ago and came across a booth by a new company "Graphic 45" that one-day it would become my dream to be a designer for them.  I remember being in awe of the beauty of the projects on display - did I dare to dream that one day I could be part of such an amazing company?

Well today my dream came true!  I was so humbled to see my name on the list of the Graphic 45 2011 Design Team members.  I cannot wait for the next 12 months and the opportunity to work with such an inspiring company.

The above photo is a little glimpse of one of my projects I submitted for the final round of the Design Team call. (Hope that it's okay to give you a peek!).

I have been crafting day and night for the past couple of weeks working on new classes I will be offering over the coming months.  I have the opportunity to teach in here in Australia before heading back to Boston at the end of May.  More information on the classes in my next post.

One more tiny glimpse into a project I have been working on before I leave you.  I have just completed a this small mini Shabby Album using a Doodlebug Plain and Simple Album and one of the newest collections from Prima - Botanicals.  Totally love the beautiful floral designs of this collection.  

I can only show a tiny glimpse of this project as I have just submitted it.  When I can I will post photos of the entire project.  I am working on a website at the moment where you will be able to purchase some of my projects as kits - this will be one of them.  I will post the announcement and a link to the website here on my blog when it is all up and running.

 

If you don't have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true?                 Oscar Hammerstein