We are happy to bring you this week’s Featured Company: Graphic 45. We are so excited to be featuring them regularly on Paper Crafter’s Library!

Graphic 45 Designer – Lori Williams

Our Graphic 45 Guest Designer for this week is Lori Williams who is part of the 2014 Graphic 45 Design Team. You can see Lori’s fabulous project below, but first, here is a little more about her:

LoriWilliamsProfilePic-12312014-250WMy name is Lori Williams and I’m a happy fun loving southern girl from Western North Carolina, USA.  I am honored to be a design team member for such an amazing company, Graphic 45.  My background is in Metals/Production Crafts but I’ve always worked with various forms of mediums.   I started working with paper and scrapbooking when my oldest son was born and I’m happy to say, I’ve come a long way.  My style is one that is clean yet very detailed and I love to create handmade flowers and embellishments.

I have two adorable little boys, Cole and Will, that have stolen my heart, along with our Wheaten Terrier, Finley.  There is never a dull moment in our household, that’s for sure.   I enjoy reading, cooking, spending time with family and believe it or not…. pushing myself in Crossfit.  My goal in life is to be better today than I was yesterday and to make sure I pay it forward.

You can find me on my blog, Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter.

Time to Flourish Snowman Friend

I have a thing for snowmen.  If you looked on my Christmas tree you would figure it out as it’s loaded with snowmen ornaments.  I thought I would give it a whirl to try to create my own little snowman friend, and I love, love, love the way the turned out.

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His head was molded with paper clay over a styrofoam ball, then painted and glittered up…can’t forget the glitter.  The January papers from a Time to Flourish Collection from Graphic 45 had that snowman blue color I love, so I added that for his hat and his matchbox body.  He really was a creation that just seemed to come to life the more I worked with him.  I hope you love him as much as I do.

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Supplies

Graphic 45 Products
A Time to Flourish 12 x 12
-January Flourish
-January Cut Apart
A Time to Flourish 8 x8
-January Flourish
A Time to Flourish Solid and Patterns 6 x6
A Time to Flourish Stickers
A Time to Flourish Chipboard 2
Graphic 45 Staples
Kraftboard Altered Art Match Box

Other Products Used:
Suncatcher Connie Catcher Crystal
Zip Dries Glue
Dries Clear Glue
Xyron Glue Dots
Styrofoam Ball
Spray Paint: Bronze
Distress Marker: Black Soot
Distress Ink: Vintage Photo and Applicator
Fairy Dust Glitter
Paper Clay
Ribbon
Jinglebell
Score Board

I would like to extend a warm thank you to Lori for sharing her fabulous project with us! Please take a minute to stop by Lori’s blog and of course the Graphic 45 blog to check out all their amazing creations! Be sure to leave a comment on this post to enter to win the Graphic 45 collection listed above.

23 replies on “Featured Company: Graphic 45”

  5. LOVE your clay dude! He is adorable!! I love getting to know the G45 ladies and gents!! They are such an amazing group of people!! Thank you for letting us learn more about them!!

  6. Graphic 45 papers are just so beautiful! Fussy cutting and layering are perfect techniques for this paper line. Thanks for posting this fun project. Happy New Year!

  13. I’m addicted to snowmen and G45. Love his face. Absolutely adorable!!
    Thanks for sharing with us!

  16. I’ve always been in awe of Graphic 45 paper, etc. and Lori did an amazing job on this cute snowman. Happy New Year to everyone!

  17. LOVE that snowman! I have some ideas of creating some snowmen too, and have been collecting things for a few months. Need to get going on them…. this is just the inspiration I needed!

  19. there are so many fun uses for the G45 paper, as well as the usual cards and scrapbook pages.
    Was just at their blog and got an idea for storing my stamps. thanks

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