Hi Veronica here to share an altered frame with you.

Home is the best place to be.  Home is where your loved ones are, home is your security, home is where your heart resides.  I decided to share this cute and colorful altered frame today.

I used Basically Bare:

Celestrial Shapes, Happy Little Houses, Happy Little Trees.  I also used Art Anthology’s fern leaf colorations.

The Blue frame is from K&Co.

Happy Little House with punched out roof using Fiskars punch

Happy Little Tree using Colorations “fern leaf”

I used the Green Stack by DCWV for my paper

Thank you for stopping by and happy scrapping

Veronica (kitsnbits)

Hello everyone!  Audrey here with my very FIRST post on the Basically Bare blog!  Very excited!  :)

I had a stack of fall photos on my desk still when I got my stash of Basically Bare goodies.  So the first thing I went to were the “Happy Little Trees” set and the “Blossoms and Leaves”.

I started by misting the leaves with a stencil and some spray ink.  For the tree branches, I used a small woodgrain stamp and some Chestnut Roan ink.

I splattered some mists on a few leaves, stitched on some, and added some journaling to others.

I added some more splatters around the page, some stickers for my title, and then a bit more machine stitching.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope that you have a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving with family and friends!!

Hey everyone, Rebecca here! Fall being my favorite time of the year, I’m sharing a “cozy” card with you today. The warm colors of  fall leaves make me feel cozy, anyway!

I used   Bare Basics Small Pennants for the sentiment. A quick coating of ink was all they needed.

For the Bare Basics Happy Little House, I used some patterned papers from Farmhouse Paper Company.

For the Happy Little Tree, I pressed ink pads of various fall colors onto the canvas piece. This makes it look just like the leaves are turning colors!

Jamie here, and today I have a fun winter project to share.  The weather here is finally starting to cool down, meaning not cold yet but not 100 degrees either.  And it has me thinking ahead to winter fun.

To start this canvas, I painted the background a light blue.  Once the paint was dry, I used a Crafter’s Workshop template and stenciled the snowflakes.  Then I splattered ink over the snowflakes for contrast. Lastly for the background, I added a thick layer of SnowTex.  Love this stuff!  I can layer it on thick and achieve a super textured effect.

Both the tree tops and trunks were sprayed with Glimmer Mist. Then I used a brown marker to draw in the tree branches. Next, I added a bit of SnowTex to the tree tops.

On to the ‘staches.  I simply covered them both with patterned paper then added a bit of Gelatos to the edges.  I added a bit more Snow Tex around the ‘staches to make them appear to be sunk into the snow.  What better way to use a ‘stache but as a sled?

With a side view of the canvas, you can really see all the layers of texture.  And you know I can’t make a project without lots of bling, so lets count the number of ways I’ve added it to this project.  Then entire project shimmers and shines.

1.  Glimmer Mist on the trees

2. I added lots of glitter to the Snow Tex

3. Stickles on the word snow

4. I sprayed the entire canvas with French Vanilla Glimmer Mist

Basically Bare Items Used:

Happy Little Trees Set

‘Staches Set

Tattered Angels Items Used:

Glimmer Mist – Rolling Tide

Chalkboard Mist: French Vanilla and Sandy Beach

Kuretake Items Used:

Millenium Pen – Pure Black

Zig Fabricolor Pen – Black

Zig Writer – Chocolate

So many posts this month I feel famous!! I got super lucky and got a spot in the Nikki Sivils Swap — I was sent the “Exit Here” collection to work with.

To make my little “containers” (which happen to be full of vintage ribbon.. perfect for a mantle or kitchen table center piece!) I cut three of the patterned papers to 7.25 x 4 inches. Roll the paper to overlap about 1/4 inch and glue. Then flatten one edge, glue and cut with decorative scissors! If you’re thinking of using an edge punch I suggest punching BEFORE you glue

This baby uses the patterned paper, and die cuts from the sheet in the collection pack. It also uses A large chipboard pennant piece from the Basic Embellies Large Pennant pack which was covered in other pieces of patterned paper from Nikki’s collection pack. It has a double layer cut slightly smaller on top.

This one uses 2 more of the die cuts, some May Arts ribbon and a canvas heart from the Basically Embellies Heart Set 2. I dabbed some Pumice Stone distress stain and Spun Sugar distress stain on my teflon mat, spritzed with water and then dipped the heart into it.

And the third one utilizes LOTS of the die cuts, some pop dots and the perfectly round tree top from the Basically Embellies Happy Little Trees set. I used a crop-o-dile to punch holes in the felt and ran a Zig Yellow Painty FX pen through the holes to give them a bit of color.. I thought the yellow might be TOO yellow, so I went over it with a White Painty FX pen after it was dry

Here you can see the layering and “popping”

Enjoy!! -DeeDee

Get on over to Nikki Sivil’s blog and check out their team’s great projects for our hop!

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

Hello everyone! My name is Miae and I’m so very excited to be sharing my first official post as part of the Basically Bare design team! I’m a painting, inking, misting kinda gal so I’m a huge fan of all of the Basically Bare products…the altering possibilities are endless! And with that I just wanted to give a big “THANK YOU!” to Angela and Beth for having me as part of this awesome group!

Now for the project… I made this layout about my wonderful mom. I’ll admit, I’m usually scrapping my kids but when I saw the super cute Basically Bare trees, this photo came to mind and the rest, as they say, is history!  This page is about my mom’s first time zip lining. Now I don’t know about you, but there is no way, no how that I could ever try zipping across the tops of tall trees, hanging from a rope…NO WAY! Well my mom did at the age of 61 (!) on our trip to Thailand and for that I’m so proud of her!

 I started with papers from The Paper Loft’s HuckIeberry Pond collection. They were great to work with!…so many cute patterns in these beautiful neutral earth tones (think: swinging through trees in Thailand!). I applied gesso to the background cardstock followed by droplets of blue india ink and liquid acrylic. Next I used my Silhouette to die cut patterned paper hexagons then distressed the edges.

Now it was time to play with Basically Bare goodies! I wanted to give those oh so cute trees a lot of texture so I painted the chipboard trunks brown, then embossed them with my cuttlebug. I also did a bit of sanding to the raised area..loved the look!  For the tree tops I chose canvas. I painted them one shade of green and then mixed paint (in a different green) and molding paste then applied the mixture over a flower stencil on that canvas. More texture, yay!

My chipboard birdie was to have the important job of holding a scroll which contains the hidden journaling so I gessoed then painted her a blue to make her stand out among the neutrals. Her little acrylic wing got the embossing treatment for a little extra something! Lastly I took a Kuretake millennium pen and did some doodling around the bird, the photo, drew some hexagons and wrote my journaling.

Well that’s my page for now! Hope you enjoyed it!

Cheers,

Miae

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Ekk, Katrina here!  This is my first “official” post as a design team member for Basically Bare and I am excited and nervous at the same time.  I am one of the “Scrap Stars” so my focus will be mainly on layouts and cards, but I will probably throw in some fun altered projects here and there.  Are you ready to see what I created?   Here is a peek…..

When we got our design team boxes, we got, of course, Basically Bare goodies to play with.  BUT, that isn’t all.  We also got some cross partner products to play with.  All different kinds of markers from Kuretake, a couple of fun magazines,  and then in my box I got some Paper Loft papers from the Easy Breezy collection.  I have never worked with Paper Loft products before, so I was eager to see what they were about.   I had a helper opening my box after I got it!

As you can see, we recently added a new puppy to the household and I have been taking pictures like crazy to “capture those little moments”.  I decided that I wanted to do a double page layout, just so that I could make the pictures a bit bigger and get a few more on there.  I am the first to admit that I am a one page girl most of the time, so I often use a sketch to get going on a two page layout.  This layout is based on a sketch from the Sketch Support site.

Let’s get a close up of each page and the details on it!

On this first page I used the Basically Bare Happy Little Houses set for my house.  Reminds me of a Cape Cod!  I used a Kuretake Zig Painty marker in white to color the house and then just border punched strips for the roof from the Paper Loft papers I was working with.  The great thing about the Houses set is that you can mix and match the houses and doors!  LOVE THAT and so easy to create the striped door that I wanted on my house.

To make the tree, I used a trunk from the Basically Bare Happy Little Trees set and then went over it with my Kuretake Zig Memory System Marker to define it more.  Then I punched 1/2 inch circles out of a sheet from the Easy Breezy collection I was working with and then just mixed them up.  This worked great since the papers are double-sided.  I popped up a few of the circles with dimensional adhesive to give the tree more body and texture.

I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut a few of my details, like the grass and the kite.  I wanted to add a little extra and a bird shape from the Bascially Bare Birds set was a perfect fit there. I used the small acrylic wing as a subtle touch to the bird.   I like the fact that the bird was easy to cover with the Paper Loft papers and that it was also easy to trim around.  I sanded the edges of the bird and I sanded a little more than I normally do, but the sanding enhanced the golden yellow paper that I had covered the bird with.  AND the paper sanded wonderful, no ripping or tearing.

Well, that it it for my first official posting, whew, it wasn’t quite as scary as I thought it was going to be!  I will be back later in the month with another fun project to showcase.  If you have any questions for me, feel free to contact me thru my blog, Paper Scissors, and Glue.

Hugs,

Katrina

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