Hello there Basically Bare blog readers!!  If you’ve been following Basically  Bare either here on the blog or the Facebook page then you know all about the wonderful new products that were released at CHA.  Today, I’m sharing what I created using the Rowdy Roadster mixed media album.  I also used canvas leaves from the Bare Basics Blossoms and Leaves set, a chipboard filmstrip from the Paparazzi Embellie Set, and a chipboard and cardboard dress form from the Dress Me Up Dress forms set, and buttons in this first of my 2 part post.

I turned this album into a technique “free-for-all” displaying my favorite photos from the 52 Week Project that I participated in last year.   I painted, stamped, stickled, heat and dry embossed, and glittered until I liked the results.

I used WOW embossing powder in high gloss silver on the filmstrip and then swiped it with charcoal ink and white acrylic paint.  I dry embossed the dress form and then heat embossed it using copper WOW embossing powder and then covered the bottom with  strips of rosettes that were spritzed with silver foil glimmer mist.  I added feathers (which are really hot right now) and pearls to really “girlify” the dress form.  Before adhering the embellishments to the acrylic cover, I added a glittered flourish and swiped the back with white acrylic paint.

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I added another dress form to the inside cover.  I tore away the first layer of cardboard to reveal the ridges.  I lightly painted it with white acrylic paint and stamped it using a stamp from WOW’s Call Me Stamp set to add the script print.

I love how the different shaped pages add so much character to this album.

I painted the canvas leaf with glimmer glaze.  Once dried, I slightly curled the end to add dimension.

I created the background of this page by inking over a Tim Holtz mask and embossing with WOW powder in earth tone olive.

I ran both tags through the cuttlebug before swiping with acrylic paint and adding stickles.  I love the texture that the dry embossing adds!

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!  Stop by tomorrow to see part 2 of this album!!

Tanisha

Is everyone wishing for the end of Winter and the dawning of Spring?  For sure I am, and it shows in my current projects.  Jamie here with you again today with a wonderful Spring inspired card.

I started the background off with a gorgeous paper from Webster’s Pages and then stamped the entire background with a script stamp.

Now, on to creating the heart.  I spritzed a canvas heart with water until it was thoroughly saturated.  Then I used two colors of Gelatos ink and just scribbled the color onto the heart.  Then, using the best tool in my scraproom (my fingers!), I blended the colors together.  Getting my fingers inky is half the fun!

Once the heart was dry, I layered on two sizes of felt wings and hand stitched them to the heart.  The butterflies were punched from a transparency sheet, inked with alcohol inks, then adhered to the heart.

Until next time, keep those creative juices flowing!

Jamie here with you again today with a project that’s a bit different for me.  My 13 year old niece is always looking for jewelry that’s different and edgy.  Well, who has chipboard or acrylic earrings?   Now she’ll have two different sets!

Both sets of earrings use the Basically Embellies Buttons.  This first set uses the chipboard pieces.  I simply added some ink and paint to the buttons. Once the paint was dry, I just layered one button on top of the other.

Once the ink was dry, I just added some jump rings and a charm.  Super simple.

The second set uses the Acrylic buttons, which were inked with alcohol inks.  These were also layered, but instead of centering the pieces, I matched them up at the top for a layered look.

Good morning everyone.  Today I am bringing you a project I just love and had so much fun creating.  First I must give you a little background on how I found this small slate board.  A few weeks ago, while visiting my daughter, she took me to one of her favorite places to look for vintage goodies.  Grandma’s Attic is the name of the treasure trove.  When you enter through the front door watch out!  There is only small paths leading to piles of “stuff”.  The place was overloaded with old and new sewing machines, covers, material, thread, patterns and lots of off the wall ‘things’.  If you are a digger/picker this is your kind of place.  I knew I wanted to go through as many piles as I could before we had to leave.  I found many treasures and one of them was my small slate board near the bottom of a pile.

The slate board is decorated with Graphic 45 papers and lots of Basically Bare product.

A close up photo of the hearts and lock.  I used WOW Embossing Powders.  The bringing together of Basically Bare Products and the WOW products is a marriage made in heaven.  The vibrant colors and ease of use is perfect for scrapbookers.

Another close up.

The flower is made using a vintage yo-yo circle from a quilt.  The button is made of acrylic from Basically Bare.  I really like seeing the flower color through the acrylic.

My completed project.

I hope you enjoyed my post today and feel inspired to try it.

Sandra

Products used:  Basically Bare Hearts, Lovely Locket Set and Buttons.

WOW Embossing Powders

I’ve never been a Mini Album kinda girl. Always thought I didn’t have what it took to create them. That all changed when I received my new CHA releases from Basically Bare. My brain started working overtime and the ideas started flooding in.

Hey there everyone, Erika Taylor here to share with you one of the albums I created for the Basically Bare CHA booth this year. I wanted to create something that would keep some of my wedding memories alive, so I went into uber romance mode and this album was the end result. This Pocket book was perfect to hold some of the items that I kept from our Vegas wedding. So here we go…

Here is the front cover, filled with Authentique papers, lace, rhinestones and distress ink. Followed by the pages of the Pocket Book in order for you to see.

The next page uses one of the Basically Bare hearts

The heart below is a combination of the acrylic Basically Bare heart, a tag, then the chipboard heart for sturdiness

Our Wedding Vows…

This album was such a joy to create and I hope that you have fallen in love with the wonderful Pocket Books available from Basically Bare. The options for creating with these are endless.

Thank you so much for stopping in today. I hope that I’ve inspired you and I would love to hear about your weddings. Leave me a comment and let me know what your fondest wedding moment is.

until next time

Toodles

Erika Taylor

Hi everyone! Today I’m sharing another project I did for the Basically Bare CHA booth. This piece is  based on a wooden plaque from Walnut Hollow. I coated it with gesso and Tattered Angels glimmer mist before distressing it with sandpaper and ink. I used WOW Embossing Powders on  a Bare Basics Gear and a few pieces from the Sew Vintage Embellie Set. I mounted the plaque on some trim and burlap pieces to give it some fun texture!

Hello again!

Today I’m sharing the second part of my Tiny Tabs Album ‘The Adventures of Fuzzybutt’ which was part of this years CHA release.

Another sneaky journaling title / block on this page as I was slightly out of focus – it helps to cover the empty space (of course I planned it that way ;o) )

I used a chipboard star from the Basically Bare Celestial Shapes pack as a template, cutting the paper to fit and adhering with dry adhesive. The dog sticker is from October Afternoon and attached with 3D foam to make it more dimensional.

Another embossed divider (see yesterdays post for more details!) I really loved this effect so I replicated it halfway through my album.

I used one of the Basically Bare chipboard pennants on this page – again covered with paper – and added a button and some twine

For my last page, a chipboard heart from the Basically Bare Bare Basics Hearts (Set 2) pack – this one is big enough to add a title with alphabet stickers or some journaling, I’ve also used another button with some twine.

The great thing about this album, apart from being absolutely perfect for instax pics (my current obsession!) is that despite its small size, it has thick sturdy pages and a nice big binding spring, this meant that I could use a lot of dimension and chunky embellishments like buttons in my album – what more could you ask for?!

Thanks so much for dropping by to take a look!

Sarah x

Hi Everyone,

Today and tomorrow I will be sharing another of my CHA projects using the new Tiny Tabs album  – this was actually my favourite one to work with as it fits all my instax pictures perfectly! Sometimes they can feel a bit lost in a bigger album. The album is all about a day in the life of my naughty dog Belle (or Fuzzybutt as she is more commonly known!)

First I painted the covers with 2 coats of teal acrylic paint, I then added my picture and used scraps and my dymo to embellish (the paper and embellishments throughout are from October Afternoon)

For the first page I glued two pages together for extra thickness and painted on two coats of tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze to add lots of sparkle (I love this because it doesn’t shed when you’re done!) I then added my instax pic and embellished with a Basically Bare felt cloud (from the Celestial Shapes pack – this is my favourite pack stars, clouds, swoon!) paper scraps and stickers

The clear divider I embossed in my Cuttlebug – this is such a great look, I used a woodgrain embossing folder, leave the protective cover on the acetate to prevent any scratches or cracking and run through your Cuttlebug, it takes a bit of extra effort to get it through but its so worth it! I did play with the idea of colouring it after with alcohol ink but decided to leave it clear so you can see the next page through it – sometimes clean and simple is more striking!

The following page I’ve used a paper scrap with rounded corners, matted my photo on top and added some simple journaling – I wanted this book to read like a children’s story book about a naughty dog!

Another simply embellished page using just paper scraps and a picture – the pages in the album are really strong so despite the weight of the pictures (instax pics are quite thick!) I was able to build up a lot of layers.

On this page I added quite a large amount of journaling – although you can’t edit instax pics you can cover up any unfocused or unwanted bits with journaling or embellishments! The chipboard flower is from the Basically Bare Bare Basics Blossoms & Leaves pack, I covered it with dry adhesive and a scrap of paper and then cut round using the chipboard as a template. The wings of the butterfly have been raised slightly to give a 3D effect.

That’s all for today – I hope you will pop back tomorrow to see the second part of my album!

Sarah x

Hello Basically Bare fans!  Jan here to share an “OH! so sweet canvas.”.  I’ve used Basically Bare Hearts, buttons and canvas leaves.

So, is everyone as obsessed with Pinterest as I am?  If you aren’t already pinning, you should check it out (and be sure to follow Basically Bare while you’re at it!).  I’ve seen and pinned so many projects that I want to make, or that have given me ideas of new things to try.  I’ve not gotten around to doing too many of them, but this one was perfect for Valentine’s Day.  It’s a “52 Things I Love About You” box.

There are loads of pins on various Pinterest boards of books made from playing cards.  I got this Walnut Hollow playing card box and decided I’d do a version of this project that wasn’t a book, but rather loose cards that can be moved about and re-arranged.  The unfinished wood box is covered with a thin coat of pearlescent white acrylic paint.

The top of the box features a chipboard Bare Basics heart and some chipboard Basically Embellies wings.  The wings are colored with Glimmer Mists, and the heart his covered with paper and misted as well.

The inside of the lid has bits of a floral pick, some fabric trim, and a little Basically Bare bird, also coated with Glimmer Mist.

I covered the backs of each of the playing cards with paper, and painted randomly over the front of the cards with some white paint mixed with a little bit of Glimmer Glam.

Each of the cards has a number and a scrap of watercolor paper with one of the “52 Things.”   A quarter of them have some extra embellishments such as ribbons, beading, twine, Punchinella, and various ephemera bits.  I only did this with some since too many dimensional embellishments would make them too bulky to fit in the box.

Yep, Pinterest is a seemingly never-ending playground for crafty types that’s just full of inspiration.  Another great place for inspiration?  Here on the Basically Bare Design Blog!  Come by often and see what we’re up to; there are new projects up nearly every day.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

x Beth