A Year To Remember: Seasonal DIY Books with Tutorial & Videos

Hello, G45ers!
 

Thanks for joining us today for a SUPER PACKED blog full of tutorials, videos, diaries, and more. Oh my! Marina Blaukitchen has pulled out all the stops with this diary set. She has created four phenomenal diaries, one for each season! Marina's diaries are built on Graphic 45 albums and feature a greatest hits medley from present and past G45 collections, including Secret Garden and Place in Time DCEs. These diaries are a great place to store memories, from journal entries to photos, to travel notes. Check them out below, and be sure to check out the SnapGuide and YouTube tutorials for full details!
 

Four Seasons Diary Stand Tutorial
by Marina Blaukitchen

 

“I love mini diaries and one of my wishes was to have one for each season of the year so I started to select the papers I was going to use from my Graphic 45 Collections.

It is very difficult to choose them because they are so pretty and  I love them all!

I also made a basket to keep them together so I can see all the seasons in a single trip. I love to look at the covers that move me to each of them.” ~Marina Blaukitchen

 

 

 

 

 

Tips:

1. Don’t be afraid of combine every collection, it’s very fun and makes your project unique!
 

2. Graphic 45 gives you all you need to make a wonderful work, with their lovely decorated papers, tags, borders and lots of elements with which to create.
 

3. Mix paper and patterned or solid fabrics to get a cozy result. It is very easy to use binding strong glue to cover with fabric.
 

 

Check out How to Graphic 45 Four Seasons Diary Stand by Marina Blaukitchen on Snapguide.

 

 

Four Seasons Diary Stand Video Tour on YouTube

 

Spring Diary
 

 

 

 

 

Youtube Video Show Spring Diary

 

 

 

 

Spring Diary Supplies:
 

 

Secret Garden – Deluxe Collector’s Edition

Secret Garden Chipboard

Sweet Sentiments Easter Greetings (Discontinued)

Sweet Sentiments Spring has Sprung (Discontinued)

Staples – Metal Door Plates & Knobs

 

 

Summer Diary

 

 

 

 

Youtube Video Show Summer Diary

 

 

 

Summer Diary Supplies:
 

 

• Place in Time Deluxe Collector’s Edition – July Cut apart

• Time to Flourish August Cut Apart (discontinued)

• Time to Flourish August Flourish

• Children’s Hour August Montage

• Children’s Hour Chipboard 2

• Children’s Hour Chipboard 1

• By the Sea (discontinued)

• By the Sea Beachcomber

• By the Sea Splash

• By the Sea Pier 45

• By the Sea Gathering Seashells

• By the Sea Sand and Surf

• Off to the Races Pattern & Solid 12×12 pad

 

 

Autumn Diary

 

 

 

 

Youtube Video Show Autumn Diary
 

 

 

Autumn Diary Supplies:
 

• Place in Time Deluxe Collector’s Edition

• Children’s Hour 8×8 pad

• Time to Flourish September Cut Apart

• Time to Flourish October Cut Apart

• Time to Flourish November Cut Apart

• Time to Flourish November Flourish

• Off to the Races Pattern & Solid 12×12 pad

 

Winter Diary

 

 

 

 

Youtube Video Show Winter Diary

 

 

 

Winter Diary Supplies:

 

• St Nicholas Collection

• St. Nicholas Christmas Cheer

• St. Nicholas Season’s Greetings

• St. Nicholas Pattern & Solid 12×12

• St. Nicholas Banners

• St. Nicholas Chipboard 2

• St. Nicholas Chipboard 1

• St. Nicholas Journaling & Ephemera Cards

• Shabby Chic Metal Door Plates and Knobs

 

Handle Storage Box
 

 

Box with handle:
 

• Place in Time Deluxe Collector’s Edition February, April, August and October Cut-a-parts

• Children’s Hour Chipboard 2

• Time to Flourish Chipboard 2

• Petaloo Brias Rose Canvas

• Petaloo Rufled Peony White

• Petaloo Velvet Lilacs Apricot

• Petaloo Botanica Minis White

• Prima Flowers

• Prima Flowers

 

This week’s prize package includes a Place in Time – Deluxe Collector’s Edition set, a 12×12 Home Sweet Home paper pad, an Ivory Mixed Media Album, and two Metal Staples – Shabby Chic Keyholes and Door Plates and Knobs, a value of $85+!  To enter to win just leave a comment below here on the blog and/or on Facebook.  The winner will be announced on Friday, July 14th’s blog post.  

Thank you for joining us for this celebration of the season with Marina Blaukitchen. We are so grateful for her talent and ambition, and we just love how these diaries turned out. We love the versatility of the journals and the way they show how versatile G45 collections can be, even when mixed and matched. We would love to hear about what you would do with your diary set in the comments below. Thanks so much for joining us today. See you back here tomorrow for more craft inspiration!

 

Happy Papercrafting!