Well it’s a new year.  Time for new beginnings and new projects.  Today’s project is my take on Basically Bare’s Small Easy Easel.  Fun fun fun to work with!  So, I grabbed up my Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe papers and started gluing!

For the front page, I loved the look of the bicycle paper so I trimmed that to fit.  I then painted over that with Art Anthology’s Dazzle Sorbet paint for a little extra glitter (can’t ever go wrong with glitter).  Then I fussy cut a few tags, images, and trims, inking all the edges with Walnut Distress Ink.  At the very bottom, I added a little label for journaling.

Butterflies are a fave of mine and I wanted to bring attention to this.  So, more fussy cutting & more inking of edges going on but this time I added a Basically Bare Retro Arrow to the mix, painting it with Art Anthology Satin Sheer Gold Sorbet.

It’s a little difficult to see in this picture (hard to photograph), but I painted the background with Art Anthology Frost Sorbet.  Love the sparkle it gives!  I then fussy cut out more images and added a journal label.  I used foam tape to “pop” the lady out of the background to give the page more interest.

This is my favorite page.  I love the black and antiquey-stain look paired with a silver border from K&Company.  I ran some Tim Holtz tissue tape across the background to give it a little more interest.

Here, I fussy cut an image of a butterfly and using Glossy Accents, placed it under a glass rectangle.  Instant way to highlight any image!  I added a Tim Holtz ticket as a journal tag.

Here’s what holds it all up.  The easel legs.  I created a rosette and glued on a Basically Bare Black Retro Arrow painted with Art Anthology Splash Sorbet.  Yes, I really, really love glittery, sparkly things.

Love those polka-dots!  I edged both easel legs with gold Stickles to finish off the sides.

So there you have it.  A wonderful Basically Bare Easy Easel.  Easy and fun to create with.  So grab you easel, your glue, papers, and embellies and go have fun!

Until later………………
Smiles~
Marilyn