Graphic 45 

Safari Adventure

Mixed Media Box with 
Tag Album

'A walk down Memory lane'

Hello dear G45ers! 

Sharing a Mixed Media Box with a Tag Album 
featuring the beautiful Safari Adventure Collection.

I have created this project using the
 lovely Graphic 45 Mixed Media Box with 
magnetic closure. I just adore these boxes 

they are so versatile and super fun to create with!

 I also used the cute name (Inspire, Create, Imagine) 

Kraft and Ivory Tags.

Herewith the Supplies and Instructions you 

may use to recreate such a project:

G45 Supplies used:

Safari Adventure 12x12 Paper Pad Patterns & Solids

Safari Adventure Journaling and Ephemera Cards

Safari Adventure Cardstock Die-cuts

Safari Adventure Chipboard

Inspire, Create, Imagine Kraft Tags

Inspire, Create, Imagine Ivory Tags

Ivory Mixed Media Box

Clearsnap Decades Dye Pad Photogenic

Antique Brass Ornate Metal Key Holes
Antique Brass Stamped Metal Brads

Shabby Chic Metal Door Plates and Knobs
Large Tag, ATC Tag and Flower Metal Dies

Other Supplies:

Various Dies

Metal Embellishments and Metal Chain
Swivel Clasp
Resin Elephant
Crafting Porcupine Quills
Feathers
Buttons
Flowers
Chipboard Circles, Arrows and Leaves
Rust Pastes
Embossing Powders
Sparks Paint (Unicorn)
Eyelets
String
Wool
Flat back Pearls
Adhesive Foam Squares
Soft Gloss Gel

Mat the mixed media box both the outside 
and inside with the pattern sheets. You can 
use your own discretion when measuring, 
I normally leave a small border so that 

I can still see a bit of the box. Make sure 

not to cover the window of the box.

Mat the tags with another set of

 kraft/ivory tags back to front, thus

 seeing either the kraft or ivory 

colour behind the words

Tip: This is optional, the word will be 

covered mostly, I used these tags 

specifically so that the die-cut words would

create extra texture behind the embellishments.

Mat the the ephemera cards onto some

 extra kraft/ivory papers and add little 

tabs to the top from the pattern sheets. 

Tip: Cut small strips from the pattern paper 

for the tab, fold in half and  glue these 

behind the cards.

Cut a few die-cut leaves for decoration from

 the pattern sheets, kraft and ivory papers.

Colour the chipboard circles and 

arrows with some rust pastes.

Paint some of the chipboard leaves 

with sparks paint and ink the edges 

with the decades photogenic ink pad.

Emboss some of the other chipboard

 leaves and circle with a vintage pearl 

colour and the title in green.

Adhere the metal keyhole to the metal
door plate and then adhere the door
knob to the keyhole. Add two small brass 

brads to the open holes on the keyhole.
 Adhere this to the flap side of the box.

Tip: Adhere the metal embellishments with 
a soft gloss gel ensuring they stay in place. 

Add some of the die-cut leaves, 

chipboard leaves and flowers on the

 other side of the box. Place the resin

 elephant on top of the leave 

embellishment cluster.

Add some of the accompanying 

chipboard embellishments to the 

box. Add the chippie title to the 

bottom of the box.

Add the matted ephemera cards to the

 tags and decorate the 'word' side

 with some of the die-cut leaves, chipboard,

 feathers, porcupine quills and wool.

Add eyelets and string to some of the 

chipboard embellishments and adhere 

with some adhesive foam squares for

 extra dimension. Add a button to the leaves embellishment cluster.

Add  a swivel clasp to the first 

tag, add some extra metal 

embellishments to the chain.

Some more photos...

Thanks for stopping by! 

 Happy Papercrafting! 

Tanya 

Prima Marketing Inc 

Card 'Love Always' 

Such a fun theme on the blog today, can you 
guess which beautiful Prima collection I
 used? I created an A5 size card featuring 
one of my favourite lines accompanied 
with its stunning flowers and embellishments.
 I added Finnabair's unicorn paste with some
stencils to my background and then added
 some glitter on the flowers. I adorned my
 card with some string, wire, sequins, a 
chipboard sentiment and pretty 
fussy-cut butterflies.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Happy Papercrafting!
Tanya

Craft Room Tour

Hello dear G45ers! 

I am super excited to share a tour of my craft 
room with you this month. My space is not
 very big but it is more than enough for me 
and I love it, it is my little piece of crafty heaven.
Hope you will enjoy this tour as much as I enjoy 
creating in this space.

I have prepared a little video tour
 too you can watch it here.

I have to give thanks to my amazing husband for

 renovating my room. I chose a soft colour
 pink for the walls, so pretty and feminine and
 then of course white furniture because

I love the pristine look and these two colours 
are so beautiful together.

I have most of my canvasses up on the wall 

and some other projects displayed on the desk

 below. Some projects are stored away in a cupboard. 

Tip : You can always rotate your canvasses or

 projects I have limited space and this is a fun way to  

see your work, a different view occasionally. 

I also have some more projects
displayed on top of my cupboard

as well as some items I use now
and again to stage my project photos.

These drawers have a lot of supplies, 

such as my Graphic 45 stash, extra 

products, embossing powders,

embellishments, flowers 

and some stamps etc.

On top of this cupboard with drawers 

I have mixed media supplies 

displayed in glass jars.

Tip : I love using glass jars because

 not only do they look pretty but I 

can also see what is inside. 

I generally like using household/decor 

items to store my supplies in like this

 lovely steel cupcake stand. 

Initially I planned to alter this bird

 cage but then I decided to use it as

 storage for my little crochet flowers

 instead and I love the shabby chic look.

 I don't actually use them haha 

they are just for show/decoration. 

Another decor item for

 storing more supplies.

I have most of my Graphic 45
 Staples stored all in one 

drawer.

Some more embellishments.

Embossing powders, glitter glue,

 ink dauber storage and any extra 

products in another drawer.

These are items I use most of the

 time and are stored together.

Chipboard, adhesives, decorative 

tape, flat back pearls/rhinestones

 and some embellishments.

I have two drawers for all my flowers. 

They get stored by collection.

In this cupboard I keep some of my 

paper pads, all my cutting dies including 

my Graphic 45 dies, stencils, stamps, 

punches, moulds, embellishments,

 scoring board, paper trimmer and 

some tools.

I use these pink baskets for storage.

Some hold my stamps and punches

as can be seen in pictures below.

All my bigz cutting dies get 

stored in this box.

Wooden containers for storing 

my cutting dies and moulds. 

I love these storage containers. Easy

 accessible and perfect

for all those small embellishments.  

My desk view, I guess you can say 

this is where all the magic happens.

Here I have all the supplies I use 

on a regular basis at hand. 

I also have some more projects

 displayed on the shelves and the wall.

I store my pens, scissors, paint

 brushes, glue, adhesive tapes etc

 in fun coffee mugs and trinket holders. 

My little ink pad tower. Square boxes 

perfect for storing all your ink pads.

I have labeled all my Graphic 45 

decades ink pads with the colour

 and the name.

Tip: Easy to see the colours because

 they are stacked on top of one another.

This paper rack is quite handy and 

this is where I store most of my Graphic 

45 paper pads. I also use it to 

display some finished layouts.

Some of my Graphic 45 collections 

I store in 12x12 plastic sleeves on the

 racks and others in these drawers.

Tip: I store all items from a collection 

(such as paper pads, chipboard, stickers, 

ephemera, tags & pockets) together. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

 Happy Papercrafting! 

Tanya