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

Jamie here with you to show off a bit of Basically Bare and Authentique!   Today I have dos tarjetas, or two cards, to share with you.

I love the Oh So Mini Mixed Media albums, but I’m not really an album kind of gal.  So, I found another really fun way to use the album pieces – as cards.  All of the pages are 6×6, so they make for a really fun sized card to work with.

For my first card, I started with the acrylic page and used StazOn ink around the edges to create a shadowed effect.

Next, I used Glimmer Glaze on the wings and dress form.  Once the Glimmer Glaze was dry, I added the dress form, a flower, and a few sentiment stickers to the acrylic page.

For the chipboard page, I layered the Authentique paper with a bit of ribbon and punchinella.  Lastly, I inked around the edge of the paper and then used a bit of ribbon to bind the acrylic and chipboard pages together to form the card.

My second card was created in a very similar fashion.  I applied a think layer of acrylic paint to the edges of the acrylic page.  While the paint was still wet, I pressed a paper towel into it to create a really fun texture.

Next, I used three paisleys to embellish the front of the acrylic page.  The acrylic paisley was painted with Glimmer Glaze, ran through my Cuttle bug for texture, then the raised portions were inked with StazOn.  The felt paisley was spritzed with ink, and once dry, I added Enamel Accents dots around the edge. Lastly, I added a bit of Authentique paper, a few crystals, and a mirrored bird to the chipboard paisley.

For the inside of the second card, I layered several sheets of Authintique paper.

Basically Bare items used:

- Oh So Mini Mix & Match Mixed-Media Album – Ticket and Tabbed in acrylic and chipboard

-Paisleys in acrylic, felt, and chipboard

-Dress Form in corrugated

-Wings in chipboard

Tattered Angels items used:

-Glimmer Mist in Yellow Daisy

-Glimmer Glaze in Emerald Cove and Mellow Yellow

Authentique items used:

-Curiosity Collection Kit

Jen Matott here with a fun project that I did with the new Oh So Mini Albums.  I mixed the Scallop and Rounded pieces together for a fun banner!  I love the different materials that these albums are made of and how materials react differently to the different surfaces.

This banner was so fun to make and I loved how it came out after stringing it together. Let’s take a look at some of the individual pieces:

This canvas piece was left bare and I used a Crafter’s Workshop cloud stencil with Faber Castell Design Memory Craft Gelatos in Silver Ice and Blueberry with a sponge brush. I then dripped some embossing medium onto the canvas and added WOW Embossing powders in Black Glint, Cotton Candy, and Platinum.

One of the clear acrylic pieces that I embossed using my Cuttlebug and embossing folders then sprayed with the Tattered Angels sprays that were inspired by Basically Bare in Coconut Shell.

This cardboard piece was created with a brick template and VersaMark with WOW Embossing powders mixed and layered. I started with Cable Car Red and then layered Black Glint and some Copper. I then added the “Journey” Stamp and embossed with Bright White. The dots are Gelatos through a stencil and then dripped some Gelatos mixed with water from the top.

Another canvas piece with WOW stamps using Faber Castell Design Memory Craft Pitt artist pens and Gelatos through a circle stencil.

This is one of my favorites. A chipboard rounded piece with a Prima script stamp using Faber Castell Pitt Artist pen and then flames embossed over top with a stencil and WOW Embossing Powders in Cable Car Red, Black Glint, and Copper. I also embossed the doily with Ultra High Gold WOW embossing powder. The stamped frame and words are from WOW and embossed as well.

Lots of embossing and stamping here… then layers of ribbon cut papers and dripping embossing powders and a framed saying attached. I also embossed and added the cardboard and chipboard circle waste from the holes in the mini pieces for more texture. I love that I can peel the cardboard to reveal the corregated parts.

Finally another acrylic piece that was stamped with StazOn and embossed through the Cuttlebug again and sprayed with Tattered Angels.

I hope you liked my banner made from Oh So Mini album pieces!  I had so much fun making it and it was at CHA in the WOW Embossing Powder booth this month!

Are you ready for another layout using the Fanciful Frames II set?  Jamie here with you today to share a layout chock full of new Basically Bare items!

Let’s start with the background first.  I used Glimmer Mist in French Vanilla, Rolling Tide, Tarnished Silver, and Crocheted Doily to spritz and splatter the white cardstock.  I wanted lots of shimmer, but only hints of color.

Next, I used a canvas page from the Oh So Mini collection and colored it solidly with Glimmer Glaze in Mellow Yellow.  Once it was dry, I stamped a few random butterflies on the canvas page.

On the two chipboard frames, I painted them with Glimmer Glaze in Coconut Shell.  With a thick layer of Glimmer Glaze, they look just look old wooden frames!

Now, on to the acrylic frame.  To start, I ran it through my Cuttlebug for a bit of texture.  Then, I inked the edges and raised areas with white StazOn.  Lastly, I added a bit of ribbon and trim around the inside edges.

To finish the page, I used alcohol ink on an acrylic bird and heat embossed a chipboard bird.  And, tucked under the large bird is a felt vine that was also heat embossed.  Then, I just layered the frames and added in a few flowers and a butterfly.

Basically Bare items used:

*Oh So Mini canvas album page

*Fanciful Frames II – chipboard and acrylic

*Birds - chipboard and acrylic

*Climbing Ivy – felt

Tattered Angels items used:

*Glimmer Glaze in Mellow Yellow and Coconut Shell

*Glimmer Mist in French Vanilla, Rolling Tide, Tarnished Silver, and Crocheted Doily

Kuretake items used:

*Zig Calligraphy pen in Blue Jay

WOW items used:

*Gummy Bear Green embossing powder

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

Hey papercrafting peeps!! Sarah Bargo reporting here, and this is my first post for the Basically Bare Design Team woohoo! I am sooo excited to be a part of the “Scrap Stars,” there is some major talent here!  I have been a hard-core scrapper for about 13 years now.  My 2 little angels  boys are defenitely my biggest source of inspiration, along with amazing products out on the market, such as the Basically Bare Embellies. Oh my gosh these are so fun to play with! There is so much you can do with them!

So for my first post I wanted to create a layout, and I’ve been wanting to scrap this picture of my niece and I. We had the funnest day together and she is such a sweety I had to do something, well, sweet! I absolutely love strawberries (obsessed) so I thought that would be perfect! I searched through my new Basically Bare goodies and this is what I came up with;

This was a really fun layout because I’m always making boy-esque pages and this one is super girly! I wanted to create a large focal point of berries, so I grabbed my Bare Basics Hearts Set #1, covered 2 of them in paper, and distressed the edges. Then of course they need stems and leaves, right? Welll I thought the Bare Basics Happy Little Tree Trunks would look cute and stem-ish so I also covered them with paper, flipped them babies upside down and voila! A happy little stem lol! I misted the leaves from the Blossom & Leaves set with Tattered Angels Meadow Green Glimmer Mist. I loovvvee misting the Basically Bare canvas shapes, the end result looks awesome! Annnndd of course every strawberry plant needs a white felt blossom..

I must say it was really fun trying to use shapes in different out-of-the-box kind of ways, you should try it! That’s what being creative is all about right? Here’s a couple more shots, I made some hidden journaling tags that can be pulled down. For my writing utensil I used a Zig Writer, from Kurtake.

Added a few more sprinkles;

That’s my niece Lexi girl, isn’t she a sweety?

So that’s it for now darlings, I hope I’ve inspired you to play and try a little something “out-of-the-box!”  Happy Crafting!

Love, Sarah

What can I say, I’m a Timmy fan and his 12 tags of Christmas always gets my attention. So when that first tag came out, I had the perfect piece of canvas goodness to create it with. Hi everyone, Erika Taylor here today to share with you my take on Tag 1 this year.

For this card I used the smallest canvas banner and first sprayed it with Vanilla Breeze Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. Before it was completely dry, I stamped the banner with a postage stamp I have. The ink ran to really give a vintage feel. LOVE IT!!! Pretty Pretty Pretty I say

I love how easy it is to fold and manipulate these canvas pieces. To create the dimension, I used Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots. This helped lift the folds to give them that height I was looking for.

Isn’t the color of that banner sweet? Against all that cool winter colors, it really gives the card a POP.

One more picture hehe

The perfect addition to any Vintage card I’m positive. These canvas banners are so pretty to work with and I love how the end result always blows my mind. Do you have your canvas banners yet? Well what are ya waiting for!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by the Basically Bare blog today. Let me know what you think. We all love your comments here on the blog, so don’t be shy!!!

Until Next Time

Toodles

Erika Taylor

I’ve been sitting on these amazing gears from Basically Bare since I first got them. Knowing that they would become a part of a canvas, just waiting for the full idea to come to fruition. Then it struck!!!! and let me tell you, out of all the things I’ve created since I started crafting, this is my favorite by far.

Hi everyone, Erika Taylor here today to share with you a large canvas piece I created using Bare Basics Gears set 1 and 2 as well as the bricks from the Climbing Ivy Set. First off for the gears, I’ve embossed them using a few different colors and also masked to create dimension. The bricks have been painted with Glimmer Mist and for the mortar I used Glass Bead Medium.

With a few of the gears, I’ve double embossed to really give texture. You can see that in the photo below.

You’ll also see that I’ve used a few different colors on the gears to give them a vintage /rusted feel.

I absolutely love how the bricks turned out. I used a combination of Marmalade, Harvest Orange, and Coffee Shop Glimmer Mist on them.

Yum yum yum!!!This canvas, although quite large, was so fun to create. I wanted a real industrial feel with just a touch of whimsy, hence the feathers and butterflies.

Thank you so so very much for stopping by today. I’m honored to be able to show you some different things you can do with the Basically Bare embellishments. Possibilities are truly endless.

Until next time

Toodles

Erika Taylor