Hi, guys!  It’s day two of our week-long get together with Art Anthology, and I have to say that I absolutely LOVE working with their products!  The project I have to share today is a layout of a photo of my parents at their wedding.  This Christmas day will be their 40th anniversary.  Which means either my mom doesn’t age or she is really bad at math because she swears she’s 21.

To start with, I used a foil doily with a snowflake pattern as a stencil and applied a layer of Art Anthology Sorbet gel paint in Frost.  Then I added a thin coat of Splash Sorbet on top for extra sparkle.  This left a great dimensional background when I removed the doily.

cut apart two Fanciful Frames since my photo was larger than the frames.  I painted all of the pieces of frame with Tiger’s Eye Sorbet paint, smunching the brush around a bit to give it texture.  After they were dry I arranged them around the photo and attached it to the layout with foam tape.

Next, I cut a length of sheer ribbon and stamped a flourish design on it using Sorbet paint in Red Velvet.  The ribbon and the paint are almost the same color, so it made for a nice monotone type look.

I layered up a bunch of Prima florals with some gems and feathers along the side of the page and then nestled a little Basically Bare heart (complete with wings!) in the middle of it all.

The wings are covered with a random coating of Sorbet in Trolley Grey.  To make the heart, I painted a medium thick coat of Tiger’s Eye Sorbet on the smallest of the chipboard hearts in the set.  Before it had time to begin drying (which happens pretty fast, by the way) I pressed a pattern into the gel paint with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

You all just have to get some of these great Sorbets!  Thanks so much visiting us on the blog today.  Please be sure to stop by the Art Anthology site and see their amazing team and all of the great things they have to share.

- Beth x

Materials

Basically Bare:
Bare Basics Hearts, Basically Embellies Wings, and Fanciful Frames Set 2

Art Anthology
Sorbet Dimensional Gel Paints: Tiger’s Eye, Trolley Grey, Red Velvet, Frost, Splash

Paper:
My Mind’s Eye (Lost & Found Christmas), K & Company (Evergreen)

Misc. Embellishments:
Prima Golden Rings Kit, Celebrate It Foil Doilies, Ribbon, Floral embellishments (gems and feathers), Cuttlebug embossing folder

Hi everyone, Rebecca here!

Today I’m sharing a layout that features my sweet daughter’s Christmas wishlist. The Bella Blvd Christmas Wishes collection has such great embellishment stickers. I loved the Dear Santa notepad sticker and I gave it to my daughter so she could write up her wishlist. This is the perfect way to preserve her list in my scrapbook.

I used a frame from the Basically Bare Fanciful Frames II set to showcase a picture of my daughter next to her wishlist.

Bare Basics Hearts seemed like the perfect choice to embellish this page as well. I covered them with Bella Blvd Christmas Wishes paper.

Hi everyone, Kristin here with a quick way to create a super small mini album to document all your current favorite books, movies, tv shows, and any other ‘right now’ memories.

This is a no-photo mini album made entirely out of heart embellishment pieces. I used both the chipboard/cardboard hearts as well as one of the felt hearts.

My Current Favorites

To make this quick mini album: cover both sides of each of your heart pieces with patterned paper. Then punch a hole in the upper right (or left) hand corner of each heart. Decorate your hearts with alphabet stickers, journaling, & little embellishments. When you are finished, put a binder ring through the punched holes and your album is complete!

Here are closeup photos of each page of my album.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

I blog regularly at rukristin papercrafts, stop by and say hi!

Supplies Used:

Basically Bare Canvas/Felt Hearts, Basically Bare Chipboard/Cardboard Hearts, Echo Park Everyday Eclectic Collection, Studio Calico Yearbook Collection, Amy Tangerine Ready Set Go Collection

It seems like everyone I know is gearing up for Halloween.  But, I’m rebelling!  Just don’t tell the other guys and gals here, you wouldn’t want to get me in trouble would you?  Jamie here with you today showing a fun way to mix and match the embellishments from several different sets.

First up, I used two stars from the Celestial Set.  Both were inked in gold, then layered one on top of the other.

Next, I used one of each size of the felt hearts to create a Christmas tree.  I simply turned them upside down and slightly overlapped them at the points of the hearts.  Each was inked with two different shades of green.  For the decorations, I added a bit of May Arts twine and a few crystals.

For the tree trunk, I used a corrugated piece from the Climbing Ivy set.  I pulled the top layer off the piece and then spritzed it with Glimmer Mist. Lastly, I added a small piece of tulle.

Looking at a side view, you can see all of the dimension in this piece!  With all festive ways to use your Basically Bare embellies, are you starting to get in a festive mood?

Basically Bare items used:

-Celestial Shapes

-Hearts Set 2

-Climbing Ivy Set

Jen Matott here for your blogging pleasure!  I created this little wall hanging using one of the “Oh So Mini” album chipboard pages as the base.  This time of year makes me long for home comforts and cozy evenings.   My home becomes my cocoon in the cooler nights and I love it!

I covered the chipboard page with a map from an old atlas from my regional area and a doily.  I wanted to give it a little lift or another layer so I used a mini canvas that I had from another project and covered it with an old book page.  I sprayed it with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Crocheted Doily!

I used a canvas heart, felt wings, and cardboard house.  The heart was sprayed using a stencil and Glimmer Mist and the wings were sprayed with Tarnished Silver Glimmer Mist and coated with Glimmer Glam.  I also coated the Jailer’s key with the Glimmer Glam for a bit of sparkle.

A book page door and individual words “Bless Our House”  and some silk ribbon by May Arts to finish it off and you have a cute little wall hanging that makes me happy!

Basically Bare Supplies Used:

Oh So Mini Bracket page

Happy Little Houses

Hearts #2

Bare Basics Wings

Jailer’s Keys

Other supplies:

Map paper

Book page

Doily

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (Crocheted Doily, Tarnished Silver, and Brick)

Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam

Silk Ribbon by May Arts

Mini Canvas

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Collection Chit Chat Word Stickers

We got a new member of the family last month, a sweet little kitten we named Lola. She has brought us much joy and laughter, and then she suddenly got sick. Very sick. For two days I thought she wasn’t going to make it . But she pulled through and is getting stronger every single day! I am so happy and I celebrated by scrapping a photo of the day we brought her home.

I used six Bare Basics Hearts on this page. I covered most of them with silver glittery paper. I like the diva-ish color combination of pink, black, and silver for Lola. She can be spunky!

Combine May Arts, Basically Bare and some fun paper, I am in HEAVEN!  I am a ribbon lover and have to have some sort of ribbon, twine, etc. on every project I do.  May Arts is my favorite ribbon company, so call me SUPER excited when I found out that we got to partner with them.  Katrina is a happy, happy girl right here!

Our dogs had a pet modeling session with a local photographer (UTurn Studios) and I was so lucky that she gave me permission to use the pictures for my design team work and layouts to post on my blog.  We only have a couple of Jetson, because he is shy and a little scared of new situations.  I was happy to get the ones we did, so of course it was one of the first ones I wanted to work with.

I knew when I started that I wanted to used the Hearts #1 and Hearts #2 sets that Basically Bare has to alter.  That was the only plan I had going in!  I started with a chipboard heart and covered it with the hexagon pattern paper.  Then I decided it needed some dimension, so I cut out a few of the hexagons and popped them up randomly.  I love to use jute twine to accent areas, and this natural color from May Arts goes perfectly with the soft feel of the layout.  I wrapped it a few times and then tied a bow.  I did use a small glue dot behind the bow, just to hold it in place.

Next up to conquer was the canvas heart.  I really wanted to have the ribbon be the spotlight on this heart.  So, I folded it in half and then cut a heart out of the center.  I pieced together two strips of the wide ribbon that I had and then backed my canvas heart outline with it.  The ribbon color was actually a little too strong for the layout, so I misted the entire piece with Mr. Huey’s in White to tone it down a bit.  I cut another, smaller heart out of the middle that I had cut out and misted with Mr. Huey’s in Piglet.  Then I attached it to the edge.  It still needed something, so I pulled out a trusty doily and called it good!

One fun way to use ribbon to accent is to tie it under your pictures.  I just make my backing paper a little longer to accommodate the width of ribbon I am using.  And I am a bow girl, so I usually have some type of bow under there.  Knots work well too!  I like my bows to have some “umph” to them, so a lot of times I will double strand the fiber I am working with.

I have to say, this swap was fun!  Don’t be afraid to add ribbon in unusual places on your projects, I think you will see a lot of that here during the swap.  Thank you May Arts for swapping with us this week, it’s been a LOT of fun!

Hugs,

Katrina Hunt

Paper, Scissors and Glue

Paper collection-Everday Eclectic (Echo Park)

Jamie here with you again today with an 8×11 canvas.  This canvas was made specifically for Summer CHA and I’m finally sharing with those who could not attend. I can’t tell you how much fun I had working on this piece!  I haven’t made a lot of canvases, so working on something different really allowed me to play and experiement with different techniques.

Let’s start with the background first.  I am very impatient when it comes to waiting for mixed media pastes and gels to dry, so I did something a bit different.  I took several colors of Distress Ink pads and swiped them across the canvas until it was fully covered.  Then I gave the entire canvas a good spritz with water and let the inks run.  I just kept adding ink and spritzing with water until I was happy with the result.  Then, using WOW embossing powders and a Crafter’s Workshop template, I heat embossed the circles on the background.

Next, I started adding all of the dimensional pieces.  Using a WOW stamp and embossing powder, I heat embossed a canvas heart.  Then I simply flicked some ink on the heart for a splattered effect.  I found some old letters in my stash which I painted and ran through my Cuttlebug for dimension.

Next, on to the houses.  The green house is covered with layers of Washi tape, and then the edges have been embossed.  The yellow house was inked with Tattered Angels and then heat embossed. The last house on the right is covered with layers of Ranger’s Tissue Tape, then a thick layer of Crackle Paint.  Once the paint was dry, I inked over all the cracks with Distress Ink.  And to keep the paint from flaking off, I gave it a good spray with an acrylic sealer.

The flowers were created by stamping onto Clearly For Art Modeling Film,  inked with alcohol ink, and then cut out.  I then heated the film with my heat tool, and while it was still hot, carefully molded the leaves so they had lots of dimension.

Lastly, I added a bit of punchinella and word strips to complete the saying.  The  word strips were outlined with a Zig Millenium pen.

Basically Bare items used:

-Happy Little Houses Set

-Canvas and Felt Heart Set 2

WOW items used:

-Gummy Bear Green embossing powder

-Sour Lemon embossing powder

-Sierra Sunrise embossing glitter

-Gratitude Stamp Set

Tattered Angels item used:

-Yellow Daisy Glimmer Mist

Kuretake item used

-Zig Millenium pen

So, did you all check out the new product reveal videos over the past few days?  These books and embellies are so much fun to work with, so get ahold of them as soon as possible!

Today I have a project that features the brand new Fanciful Frames II embellies.

I embossed one of the frames and stamped a pattern on the other.  Both are inked with Staz-On ink, which is perfect for the acrylic embellies.

I used frames that were much smaller than the picture itself so that they would frame just a portion of the photo rather than sizing the photo down to fit completely in the open area of the frame.

The Bare Basics Heart is covered with paper and wrapped with embroidery floss.

And, of course, truck-loads of flowers and rhinestones go on top!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Come back tomorrow for another project idea featuring the brand new Summer 2012 releases!

x Beth

Materials

Basically Bare Embellies:  Fanciful Frames II, Bare Basics Hearts

Paper: Ranger Glossy Cardstock, DCWV (Ciao Bella)

Inks/Mediums: Ranger Distress Ink (Dusty Concord), Staz-On (Jet Black, Fuchsia Pink)

Embossing:  Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots embossing folder

Embellishments: Prima Decorative Border,  Prima Say It In Crystals flourish, Prima Cradle Robin Nest, Pink Paislee Parisian Anthology Brooch Brads (Smoke), Momenta Metal Stickers (Sparrow),  White embroidery floss, Recollections Floral Embellishments

Good morning, everyone!  I’m so excited to get to show off Basically Bare’s Oh So Mini albums today.  These awesome mix-and-match album pages come in six great shapes, all in the usual array of Basically Bare materials – chipboard, corrugated cardboard, acrylic, and canvas.  For this album, I used each of the page shapes to show all the great options these packs provide.  Off we go!

I decided to do an album of some of my favorite wedding photos, and, of course, lots of flowers.  To start, I used the tabbed shape in corrugated cardboard:

The back is coated with some great embossing powders from WOW.

Next up is the curved page shape in chipboard:

This is the scalloped page shape in acrylic, with a bit of gesso:

Here is the great ticket-shaped page, in corrugated cardboard:

Next is the scalloped page again, this time in corrugated cardboard:

And how great is this stamp-shaped page, this one in chipboard:

This last page is the bracket shaped page.  I used the corrugated page as the base, and attached the canvas shape on top of it.

 You have to give these album  pages a try!  There are so many ways to finish them, and so many ways to mix and match them, the possibilities are endless!

Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to keep coming back all month long for more looks at the brand new releases from Basically Bare!

Materials

Basically Bare:
Oh So Mini album pieces, Bare Basics Hearts

Paper:
DCWV Timeless Type

Inks/Mediums:
WOW Embossing Powders (Opaque Bright White, Primary Bark), Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists (Blarney, Roll Top Desk, Tarnished Silver, Crocheted Doily)Ranger Distress Inks (Forest MOss, Gathered Twigs), White gesso

Misc. Embellishments:
Recollections Floral Embellishments, Recollections Decorative Border, Recollections Card Making Embellishment Packs, Momenta Metal Stickers, Spare Parts by the Paper Studio Paper Flowers, Jolee’s Boutique French General Notion Kit, Prima Flower Centers (Monarch Red), Petaloo Darjeeling Dahlias (Natural)