We are thrilled to announce the return of Katelyn Spencer, our talented Graphic 45 Brand Ambassador for the 2024-2025 term! Hailing from the beautiful Vancouver Island in Canada, Katelyn brings her expertise and creative flair to our community once again. With over 15 years of experience in the papercrafting world, Katelyn’s journey began in a scrapbook store, where she discovered her passion for teaching and designing unique projects.

To kick off another year, Katelyn has crafted a stunning set of cards using the vibrant Sunshine on My Mind paper collection. Her step-by-step tutorial will guide you through creating these delightful summer-inspired cards, showcasing her love for layering papers and intricate fussy cutting.

Grab your favorite summertime beverage and join Katelyn as she inspires you to bring sunshine into your own papercrafting projects. Before we dive into her beautiful creations we are thrilled to announce the arrival of our new holiday collections, Autumn Greetings and Merry & Bright are now available!

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Katelyn Spencer – Canada

2024-2025 Graphic 45 Brand Ambassador

“Hey Everyone!

It’s an exciting day today as I’m thrilled to be back as a Brand Ambassador for a second year in a row! I’m looking forward to inspiring you with my projects over this next year. Thank you Graphic 45 was giving me the opportunity to be on the team again!

For those who don’t know, here is a little bit about myself:

I’m Katelyn Spencer and I live on beautiful Vancouver Island, British Columbia in Canada with my Husband, and cat.

I’ve spent the last 15 years in the papercrafting world and my very first job was working in a scrapbook store. While working in the store, I also started teaching a variety of classes. When I’m not busy being a real estate agent, you’ll find me most of the time in my scrapbook room designing various projects.

In my spare time I love to read a good book while drinking a green tea latte or London Fog. If I’m not reading, I love to spend time with friends and family or watch a good movie. When the weather is nice, you’ll often find me outside taking advantage of our beautiful Canadian weather hiking or bike riding.

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Summer Inspirational Cards

By Katelyn Spencer

This month’s project is all about creating a project that reflects me. Now this one is a hard one for me as I like to dabble in a couple of different styles of creating. This project that I created, combined my love of layering papers and a whole lot of fussy cutting.

To create these Summer Inspirational Cards I used the Sunshine on My Mind Collection which is one of my favourites that was just released. You’ll want to grab a cup of your favourite summertime beverage and learn how to create these tags at home.

The first card we will create is the You’re Sweet Card.

Step One. Cut a piece that measures 4 ¾” x 6 ¾” from the plaid side of the Good Old Summertime paper. Sand the edges of the paper.

Step Two. Cut a piece that measures 4 ½” x 6 ½” from the green side of the Sunshine on My Mind paper. Sand the edges of the paper. From the other side of the paper, fussy cut five of the watermelons of the watermelon border, the large floral/fruit bunch and the small flower bunch.

Step Three. Cut a piece from the watermelon side of the Sweetest Memories paper that measures 1 ¼” x 5 ½”. Flip the paper over and cut a piece from the floral side that measures 1 ¼” x 5 ¼”. Sand the edges of both papers. Flip the paper over and fussy cut one of the fruit/floral bunches.

Step Four. Cut a piece from the seed side of the Smiles for Miles paper that measures 1” x 5 ¼”. Sand the edges of the paper.

Step Five. Fussy cut a medium watermelon from the Time to Relax paper.

Step Six. From the Sunshine on My Mind 12×12 Patterns and Solids paper, you’ll need the blush paper and black plaid paper. Cut a piece from the blush paper that measures 1 ¼” x 5 ¾”. Cut a piece from the black plaid paper that measures 2” x 6”. Sand the edges of both papers.

Step Seven. Out of the Sunshine on My Mind Ephemera Set, you’ll need the balloon, strawberry basket postage stamp and large fruit/floral bunch. Fussy cut around the edges of the balloon and large/fruit floral bunch. Sand the edges of the stamp.

Step Eight. Adhere the green patterned paper to the pink plaid paper.

Step Nine. Adhere the black plaid paper ¼” from the right and ¼” from the top of the green paper. Adhere the fruit/floral bunch paper ⅜” from the right and ½” from the bottom of the green paper. Adhere the blush paper 1” from the right and ¼” from the top of the green paper. Staple the floral paper 1 ¼” from the right and ⅝” from the top of the green paper. Staple the seed paper ¾” from the right and ¾” from the top of the green paper.

Step Ten. Adhere the postage stamp on an angle ½” from the left and 2 ⅛” from the top of the green paper. Roll the top left corner down on the stamp. Adhere the large watermelon/floral bunch ⅜” from the left and ¼” from the bottom of the green paper. Adhere the single floral in between the large watermelon and flower. Adhere the large floral bunch to the right of the large watermelon/floral bunch. Adhere the medium watermelon amongst the large floral bunch as desired. Adhere the small watermelon/floral bunch to the top portion of the large floral bunch as desired. Foam square the balloon to the middle of where all the elements meet to cover them up.

Step Eleven. Use foam squares and stick the You’re Sweet sentiment Sticker from the Sunshine on My Mind Sticker Set to the bottom left of the balloon as desired. To finish the card, cut a cardbase out of white cardstock that measures 7” x 10”, score at 5”. Adhere the cardfront to the cardbase.

The second card we’ll create is the One in a Melon Card.

Step One. Cut a piece that measures 4 ¾” x 6 ¾” from the green side of the Sunshine on My Mind paper. Sand the edges of the paper. From the other side of the paper, fussy a medium floral bunch.

Step Two. Cut a piece from the seed side of the Smiles for Miles paper that measures 1” x 5 ¼”. Sand the edges of the paper.

Step Three. Cut a piece from the watermelon side of the Time to Relax paper that measures 1 ¼” x 5”. Flip the paper over and cut a piece from the plaid side that measures 1 ½” x 5 ½”. Sand the edges of both papers. Flip the paper over and fussy cut one of the balloons and a large watermelon.

Step Four. Fussy cut a small floral bunch and a single ladybug from the Good Old Summertime paper.

Step Five. From the Sunshine on My Mind 12×12 Patterns and Solids paper, you’ll need the blush paper and pink plaid paper. Cut a piece from the blush paper that measures 1 ¼” x 5 ½”. Cut a piece from the pink plaid paper that measures 4 ½” x 6 ½”. Sand the edges of both papers.

Step Six. Out of the Sunshine on My Mind Ephemera Set, you’ll need the small floral/fruit bunch, watermelon postage stamp and large fruit/floral bunch. Fussy cut around the edges of the small floral/fruit bunch and large/fruit floral bunch. Sand the edges of the stamp.

Step Seven. Adhere the pink plaid paper to the green patterned paper.

Step Eight. Adhere the floral paper ¼” from the left and ¼” from the top of the pink plaid paper. Adhere the blush paper ½” from the left and ½” from the top of the pink plaid paper. Adhere the green plaid paper 1 ¼” from the left and ⅝” from the top of the pink plaid paper. Staple the seed paper ⅝” from the left and ⅝” from the top of the pink plaid paper. Staple the fruit/floral paper 1” from the left and ¾” from the top of the pink plaid paper.

Step Nine. Adhere the postage stamp on an angle 1/16” from the left and 1 ⅝” from the top of the pink plaid paper. Adhere the medium floral bunch to the bottom portion of the postage stamp as desired on an angle. Adhere the small floral bunch slightly underneath the floral image you just adhered. Adhere the other medium sized bunch to the right of the small floral bunch as desired. Adhere the large watermelon above the medium sized bunch as desired. Adhere the balloon 1 ¼” from the right and ¾” from the top of the pink plaid paper. Adhere the ladybug to the right of the balloon as desired. Foam square the large floral/fruit bunch to the middle of where all the images meet.

Step Ten. Use foam squares and stick the One in a Melon sentiment Sticker from the Sunshine on My Mind Sticker Set to the middle right of the large fruit/floral bunch as desired. To finish the card, cut a cardbase out of white cardstock that measures 7” x 10”, score at 5”. Adhere the cardfront to the cardbase.