Spotlight: Lena Astafeva – French Country Windmill Tutorial

Hello, G45ers!

It is another glorious day of Graphic 45 Brand Ambassador announcements, this time featuring the Lena Astafeva. Lena makes amazing albums, beautiful altered art projects, and today shares  a little bit about herself with us, as well as a creative windmill featuring French Country – DCE. She also provides a SnapGudie tutorial along with a YouTube tour with this project so creating it at home will be a breeze. We are so happy to have her with us for another year and excited to share this project with you all today. 

“I’m Lena. I’m from Russia, Nizhniy Novgorod.  I’m 31 y.o., I’m a happy wife and mother of three children. I have an 11-year-old son, a 5-year-old daughter, and a 4 month old baby boy. My main hobbies are scrapbooking and painting. I love books, I study history and languages.

Fun Facts:

Best of all I love making altered art and albums, especially out of Graphic 45 paper.

When I create my works I always listen to music or watch a movie, in order to get inspiration for my creation.

I like to cut out pictures for my projects sitting on the floor. I feel more comfortable and there is a lot of space. Paper collections which I need are all over the floor.

My first collection was Once Upon a Springtime. It felt a pity to use it. It seemed to me then, that it was a pleasure to look at, such an amazing collection and I couldn’t cut it, as I thought it was cruel. But once I decided to do it, I couldn’t stop doing it!!!

My plans for the year:

• Make layouts.

• Continue to make tutorials with Graphic 45 stamps.

• Create more altered art.

So I’ve prepared tutorial of a windmill. I'm glad to be a Brand Ambassador!! Thanks, Graphic 45.

French Country Windmill
By Lena Astafeva

I’ve made a windmill, and it has secret compartments. You can keep or hide things in it. I want to tell how to make it.” ~Lena Astafeva
 

Check out How to Windmill by Elena Astafeva on Snapguide.

French Country Windmill YouTube Video tour

Graphic 45 Supplies:

• French Country – Deluxe Collector's Edition

• Metal Door Plates & Knobs

• Washi Tape Set

• Stamps Graphic 45

Other Supplies:

• Old box

• Ink

This week's prize package includes a Vintage Hollywood 12×12 Paper Pad, 12×12 Patterns & Solids Paper Pad, 2 Chipboard, Tags & Pockets Die-Cuts, 8×8 paper pad, Ephemera & Journaling Cards, Black ATC Tags, Square Tags & Pockets Mini Albu, Square Deep Matchbook Box, Metal Drawer Pulls, Metal Lion's Head Knockers, and Vintage Hollywood Stamps, total value $135+. To enter to win this prize package just leave a comment here and/or on our Facebook page.  The winner will be announced, Friday, June 16th.

We are so glad you could be here with us today to celebrate Lena's contributions as a Graphic 45 Brand Ambassador. Her French Country windmill blew us away and makes it easy to see why we are so grateful to have her with us. We hope you are looking forward to seeing what she comes up with next as much as we here at Graphic 45 are. Stay tuned to the blog daily for more great craft inspiration by Lena and the other Brand Ambassadors. Let us know what other Lena creations have inspired your crafting journing in the comments below. See you here tomorrow for another introduction. 

Happy Papercrafting!