Hi everyone!  Christina here with my latest project.  For this go-round, I made a card to send to my sister in law, who is expecting a baby boy this fall.  I am mailing her this card along with this awesome bib, which I did not make.

I used Pink Paislee’s “Declaration” line.  I accented it using Basically Bare hearts.  I love the natural look of the felt and the canvas with this rustic Americana themed paper.

I love the feeling the little pop of twine and bling add.  My sister in law is very girly, so the bows and the bling really fit her.  And yet, the card still has a boyish look because of the burlap letters and the stars .

A great way to add some visual interest is to mix patterns.  Who says stripes and polka dots don’t mix? 

Thanks for taking a look!  See ya next time!

Cheers!

Hey there! Sarah’s in the houuusse! So last week I had the blessing of celebrating another birthday, so my mom and I went away for the weekend. During our travels we talked alot about our lives, what legacies we will leave behind, things of that nature. Something I learned about my mom is that she is one tough cookie! She has been through soo much in her life, and always putting other peoples needs in front of hers, taking care of her family, always serving others.  She is a tower of strength, and that is what inspired this card.

I love the Basically Bare Dress Forms! They are so fun to play with and dress up! I wanted the card to have kind of  a grungy gardenie feel, so what I did was “dirty” up the dress form with some walnut ink, then tore some of the paper off of it to reveal the corrugated part underneath.

I love to layer, and the Basically Bare Fanciful Frames are perfect for that! On this one, I slathered it with some crackle paint, then inked it to grunge it up.

Then layered a stamped die cut and dress form right on top, and voila! Easy peasy!

A super simple card, which a whole lot of meaning. I love it! Thank you all for stoppin by today! Have an amazing day!

Love, Sarah

Hey everyone!  It’s Katrina here with a layout and card to share with you for the Momenta swap we are doing this week.  I was so happy that I got to work with the Kaleidoscope collection from Momenta.  If you like bright colors like I do, well it is a great collection to work with.  The layout I created is based off of a sketch from Sketch Support, but I felt it was perfect for the papers and what I wanted to do.  And yes, the new puppy is making an appearance again here on the Basically Bare blog!

 I wanted to create a pennant banner that went all the way across the page at the top, with somewhat of a lift in the middle.  The banner is actually where I started my layout and then I worked down from there.  I used the equivelent of two packs of the small Pennant Banners because I wanted to cover all of them with the yummy pattern paper.  You could easily use one package and just replace some of the pieces with the canvas and felt pennants and it would be just as cute!  I did take two of the rounded end pennants and cut them down.  I then layered the smaller rounded pennant on top of the larger one. After I did that, I decided that I wanted to layer the top part that I had cut off on top of the pointed pennant as well.  For all pieces, I covered with pattern paper, trimmed with an Xacto knife and then sanded the edges smooth.  I then either inked with my Prima chalk inks OR I used my Zig Painty Marker to accent the edges.

As you can see here, some of the pieces were also accented with the button embellishments that are in the Kaleidoscope collection.  I love bows, so I added three white bows atop the rounded pennant pieces.  I felt those gave just enough of a shabby, yet fun and funky look to the banner that was just enough.  You can also see the middle slope to the banner. I laid out ALL my pieces, decided on placement and then after covering and embellishing them, laid them right back where I had put them, until I glued everything down completely!

I wanted to use some of the clear embellishments that Momenta had sent also, so I decided to create a base for one of them.  I covered part of a Fanciful Frame with pattern paper, trimmed and sanded the edges down.  Then I took my Zig Embossing Pen  (THESE are the best!  You can get into small spaces and only emboss a little area!) and went over some of the flowers in the pattern paper.  I then sprinkled some matching WOW Embossing powder on them and heat set.  I ran the edges of the frame thru an embossing pad and then used the same powder to do those.  This gave a little more detail to the pattern paper, yet didn’t overwhelm the clear embellishment.

And I couldn’t let the fun stop there, I decided I had to do a card with these fun papers.  Someone will get a great pick-me-up from the bright colors!  In case you are wondering, this card is a 6 x 6 inch, so it is on the larger side and would probably be more suitable to give in person, or to include inside a package you were mailing.

I used the Basically Bare Sew Vintage set for this card.  I wanted to use the scissors in the set also, but I didn’t have enough room on my card!  I knew that white flowered paper would look quite fun on the sewing machine, so I went to town on it.  I didn’t really want to embellish too much, because I wanted the paper and the shape of the machine to stand out.  I did sand and ink my edges, using Prima chalk ink.  Once done, that pink flower clear embellishment fit perfectly on the top of the machine.

After playing with the ribbon on the layout, I knew I wanted it wrapped around the spool.  I covered the spool with pattern paper and then ink with Prima chalk ink, just like I did the sewing machine….simple and easy.  I then took a length of ribbon and wrapped it around the spool a few times.  Make sure your inked edges are dry, so it doesn’t stain your ribbon…unless you like that look!  I brought the two ends to the front of the spool and just tied a bow.  I also used another little chipboard flower piece that is from the paper collection to the center of my bow.  Added the sentiment and now I have a card to brighten someone’s day!

I want to thank Momenta for letting us play this week!  This collection is so fun and it made some unique Basically Bare embellishments also!  I hope you enjoyed my projects and be sure to check out everyone else’s projects also!

Katrina Hunt

Paper, Scissors and Glue

Welcome back to another day of Basically Bare and Momenta goodness!  Jamie here, and boy do I have a lot to show you today.

I have so many friends and family members with birthdays coming up that I wanted to make a fun set of items that I could use.  So hold onto your hats, I have three items that will spruce up the birthday party.

To start with, I have a super adorable gift canister and birthday card.  The canister features the Fanciful Frames Set and Basically Embellie Bird.  The card also has a piece from the Fanciful Frames Set  and also uses the Celestial Shapes.   Now, let me show you how the gift canister was created.

1. To start, I upcycled a plastic canister I was no longer using.

2. Cut your patterned paper to the size of the canister, then adhere to the  canister.

3. Add a pom-pom trim to the top of the canister.

4. Wrap a piece of contrasting paper around the middle of the canister.  Next, paint the smallest piece from the Fanciful Frames set with a Zig Painty FX pen in black and let dry.  Once dry, add a thin layer of glue around the edges of the frame and then add black glitter.  Must not forget to add a bit of glitter

5. Cover a chipboard bird with patterned paper and add a small dot of black Enamel Accents for the eye. Then adhere the bird to the frame.

6. Lastly, adhere the frame to the cylinder and then tuck in a small vine behind the frame.

Next up is bright birthday card.  How cute is this?  Lots of layers of Momenta patterned paper and Basically Bare chipboard.  I used the same technique on the chipboard frame on the card as I did on the canister, just to tie the two pieces together.  The chipboard sun was heat embossed with WOW Sierra Sunrise Embossing Glitter.

And now to the last pieces, three pinwheels.  Every birthday party needs pinwheels, right?

These pinwheels make the perfect party favor!  And tucked tight in the middle of each one is a Basically Embellies Button that has been inked with alcohol based ink.

Bring on the next birthday, I’m ready to go!

Supplies Used:

Basically Bare – Fanciful Frames, Buttons, Birds, Celestial Set

Momenta – Animal Print Paper Pack, Peace Mini Puffy Icon Sticker, Zebra Print Sticker Pack

Kuretake – Zig Painty FX in Black, Kurecolor Ink in Orange

Hey there! Sarah reporting here with a dynamic duo of cards created with the Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker collection called “Exit Here.” This is a bright, fun, and happy line of papers! It made me think of one thing- SUMMER!!!! Woohoo! You can defenitely tell I have summer on the brain by my first card, which includes an amazingly delicious looking summertime treat…

And to be honest with you, I can’t really call it a summertime treat bcuz i eat ice cream year round soooo…anyhoo, I created this ice cream cone by stacking a few of the Basically Bare Cupcake frostings on top of one another. The middle scoop is a felt piece and the other two scoops are canvas pieces that I covered with pink craft paint.  The cone is just some cardstock I cut and embossed, and the cherry on top is a Basically Bare button! I used my Zig Painty FX marker in red that Kurtake provided, and topped that off with some red Stickles. I did the same technique to my little Basically Bare sunshine! This card makes me happy, it’s got 2 of my favorite things on it! Ice Cream & Sunshine yesssss!

For my next trick I’d like to show you a card with another fave of mine, flowers! I wanted to have a flower in a pot, annnd I still had the bottom portion of my Basically Bare cupcake left sooooo,

It just happened to work out perfectly I ripped off a little of the front cardboard layer to grunge it up a little.

Juiced it up a little with some red bakers twine (which Im addicted to) and a Nikki Sivils tag, it actually looks like a real flower pot! lol The posy is a Basically Bare flower chipboard embellie that I covered with some bright & cheerful Nikki Sivils patterned paper.

Thank you to Nikki Sivils and Kurtake for generously donating your beautiful products! Have a creative day everyone!

Love, Sarah

Don’t forget to visit the Nikki Sivils Blog, too!

Hello Everyone!

Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a great weekend! To start the week off I have a wonderful card I made called Lovely Day! because Monday’s can be lovely too!

I love working with Basically Bare Embellies they are so versatile, easy to use, and so cool to alter. I decided to make a long card today because it felt fun, and something out of the ordinary, take a look..

I gotta say, this color scheme is perfect, I used some awesome paper from The Paper Loft which is surprisingly from a fishing theme, but its so perfectly vintage that it can go anywhere!

The awesome frame I distressed with vintage photo, walnut stain, and one of my favorite colors wild honey!  Then I stamped with a script stamp, also a fave! Love the birds kissing, I think thats my favorite!!! They are so cute, and also stamped with script, see I told you, they are completely alterable!

Loved sharing this card today and I hope I was able to inspire you!

The Paper Loft Products Used:

PaperLoft Hooked On Fishing Paper “Bobber” #HF106

Baiscally Bare Products Used:

Fanciful Frames #ES006VR

Stack-a-bellies Birds #SB004VR

ZIG Products Used:

0.5 Millenium Ink Pen

Check out the Paper Loft to see all their great lines!

Hi everyone!

So happy to be part of this Clear Snap swap! I must say that I truly love their color box brush pads and the smooches are so much fun to work with, and that is exactly what I used to make this fun and lovely card! Take  a look:

I used the wonderful Color Box Pigment Brush Pads to add lots of color to this card, the stamp is a combination of both Mango Tango and Sunflower, two colors that simply go perfectly together!!! Love the look it gives the stamp.

I also used a Basically Bare Fanciful Frame and the lovely Smooch in Sweet Melon, this color went perfect with Mango Tango, so I used it to edge the frame and also add some small dots. The Smooch bottle comes with a fine tip applicator which makes it super easy to add these fine details.

Finally the bird, I am super in love with how it turned out!!! This lovely bird from Basically Bare’s Stack-A-Bellies collection was the perfect addition, so much went into getting this final color, I first inked it with the Colorbox Mango Tango, dried it, went over it with some Colorbox in Sunflower, and some Smooch in Sweet Melon, dried it again, and added some Diamond Dust to finish it off, isn’t it just amazing?

Thank You for stopping by today! Hope you enjoyed and have a great day!

Love, Frank

Be sure to check out what Clearsnap has going on over at their blog, too!

Basically Bare Products Used:

Fanciful Frames ES006VR

Stack-a-Bellies Birds SB004VR

Clearsnap Products Used:

Colorbox Pigment Brush Pad Mango Tango

Colorbox Pigment Brush Sunflower

Smooch in Sweet Melon

Welcome back for another cute project!  Jamie here with you today with a couple of super cute cards. I wanted to show how, just by changing the colors used, the look and feel of a card could be easily altered.

For both cards, I used the same embellishments and design.  However, the pink card has a softer Springtime feel, whereas the yellow card has more of a Summery feel.

To start, I inked and distressed the layers of patterned paper.  Then using the  Holiday Ornaments acrylic pieces, I used white StazOn to give them a frosted look.

Next, I just inked around the edges in either pink or green, depending on the card.  I used the same technique on both cards.

My next step was to layer on a bare felt flower and simply adhere a button in the center.

Lastly, I used the Stack-a-Bellies Birds.  The two chipboard birds I covered with patterned paper and then spritzed with Chalkboard Glimmer Mist.  The felt bird was saturated with Glimmer Mist, then I just ever so lightly inked the edges with Distress Ink.

Supplies used:

*Basically Embellies Birds

*Basically Embellies Holiday Ornaments

*Glimmer Mist in Yellow Daisy

*Chalkboard Glimmer Mist in French Vanilla

Happy Monday everyone! Sarah’s in the houuuusee!

Have you all been working diligently on your Mother’s Day cards?! (wink wink) Well, it is quickly approaching and I’m here to remind you to not forget about Gramma! She’s a momma too right? Of course! This time around I had the pleasure of playing with not only Basically Bare products, but The Paper Loft products as well. They generously provided me the “Gentler Times” line to play with, and included were these really cool accessory sheets that you can cut apart. One of them popped out at me because it had the word garden in it, (which I love!) so I cut it out, ran it through my die cutting machine and this is what I came up with;

I really love the muted calm colors in this paper line, very “gentle!” I took a Basically Bare canvas blossom and stamped on it with some avacado-ish ink, and tucked it back behind a Basically Bare frame that got slathered with some crackle paint and walnut ink.

Basically Bare products are so much fun to work with because you can pretty much do anything you want to them! Endless possibilities! I added some stitching through some Basically Bare Leaves and placed them behind a Prima flower;

It was fun pairing up Basically Bare with The Paper Loft! I hope I’ve inspired you all to go and whip out some Mother’s Day cards, and don’t forget Granny! Thanks for hangin out!

xoxo Sarah

Be sure to check out the Paper Loft by clicking their logo below!

Katrina here today, with a baby card using the Basically Bare “Welcome Little One” embellishment set and some of those fun Paper Loft papers that I received.  When I was working on my layout with them, I thought some of the papers would be perfect to do a baby card with.

I started by covering the canopy of the stroller with paper and decided that I wanted a different paper for the body of the stroller and handles.  This left a small gap between my papers.  I am a border punch lover, so I went and grabbed  my Fiskars Apron Lace punch, since the design is on the smaller side.  I punched a couple of strips, trimmed them small in width and then attached them onto the long area between the canopy and the body of the stroller.  I then decided to add a little strip of it on the top of the canopy.

I knew I wanted to do something FUN with the wheels.  I covered the wheels with striped paper and then I dug out the Cuttlebug and my Swiss Dots embossing folder.  These were super easy to emboss thru the Cuttlebug and I am sure I will be doing more of it!  I love the way they turned out.  I just sanded the edges slightly when I was done.

I went thru and  found a little tag that I had in my stash and using my Zig Millennium pen I wrote on the tag.  I  used some jute twine and made a bow and attached it to the base of the canopy where it met the body of the stroller.  Little tip here…if you want your bows to stand out when you are using any type of twine, jute or bakers, double or triple your strands of twine before making the bow.  It gives it a little more body and you can shape them better.

Sadly, my card is going to have to wait to be given, because everyone that I know who is expecting are expecting girls!  But, I will be ready when there is a boy coming.  Thanks for stopping by today and have a crafty one!

Hugs,
Katrina

Paper, Scissors and Glue 

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