Good morning, everyone!  Today we are pleased to have a Amy Prior joining us as a guest designer.  She’ll be sharing projects with us over the next few days.

Welcome, Amy!  And now off we go….

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Hi there! Amy Prior here super dooper excited to be Guest Designing for the amazing Basically Bare!!! So a bit about me… My background in Scrapbooking began when I was a teenager and I started journalling. My journal always included memorabilia, magazine clippings, photos and doodling but when I became a mother, I was introduced to a fantastic world I had only ever dreamed of! A Creative Memories class is what started me off on an obsessive streak and since learning of other brands about 5 years ago, well, the obsession has become more of a lifestyle than a hobby LOL. I love to learn and then pass new ideas on. I am constantly signing up for classes both online and off and I just love blogging and sharing my ideas & creations. Be sure to visit my blog or my facebook page and become a follower as I have some exciting things happening very soon.

I am the kind of girl that just loves to dabble in all kinds of things and I especially love teaching others how easy it can be to try new and exciting products! I hope you love what I have created using these amazing products from Basically Bare.

My first project to share with you today is a gorgeously shabby tin that I have altered using the Basically Bare Pennants-Large. This fabulous tin started off looking like this….

The tin was actually a fabulous packet of Prima flowers that I simply had to keep empty as I knew one day I would alter it. Here is the finished project.

To create this gorgeous shabby chic style, I have adhered some Crochet Trim to the outside of the tin base and lid using some Decoupage Paste from Helmar. After this was dry I have simply added layers of White Gesso & Ink to gain the effect I was happy with. Next up I have altered the fabulous Basically Bare Pennants-Large using Cherub Pink Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist and some Frayed Burlap Tim Holtz Distress Ink. It is fabulous how each of the different materials (canvas, chipboard & felt) all take the colours so differently and I think this just added to the overall effect I was hoping for. Of course I could have added a layer of Gesso to prime the surface first if I had wanted the colour shades to be exactly the same on each piece.

Again after everything was dry, and I may have been impatient and sped things up with a heat gun, I then started to adhere all the gorgeous elements to the lid. The pennants were adhered first around the edges of the lid with little bits sticking over the top. I wanted it to look like these gorgeous Basically Bare Pennants-Large were wrapping a bouquet of flowers so to speak.

Following the pennants, I have added some amazing Antique Bronze Charms from Handmade Halo and topped them off with an array of beautiful flowers and butterfly. The flowers are a mixture from Prima, Manor House Creations, Green Tara & Kaisercraft.

I am still not certain exactly what trinkets I will keep in this but at present this beauty just has pride of place on my desk and makes me smile each time I look at it J

Thanks so much for reading and I hope you have enjoyed my first Guest Designer Blog Post and Project. Be sure to check back tomorrow when I will share another gorgeous Shabby Project but this time in the form of a Tiny Tabs Mini Album!

Amy Prior xxx

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