It’s me again, Veronica here to share a two page layout with a nursery rhyme themed for baby.

It has been a long while since I made a layout for baby, so I thought this would be cute to do.  I love using the Basically Bare “celestial shapes” and I thought the nursery rhyme “Hey Diddle, Diddle” went perfectly with the clouds, moon and stars

On both the felt clouds and the chipboard stars I used Art Anthology “linen” sorbet.  It gives not only a shine but also texture which I love.  I also added some blue glitter to the star and rim of the clouds.

Of course you can always cover the chipboard pieces with paper as I did with the moon and one of the stars   I just like using the chipboard because it gives dimension to the pages.

Hope you enjoyed my nursery rhyme.  Thank you for stopping by …

Happy Scrappin,

Veronica (Kitsnbits) 

Hello, its me Veronica and its my last post for 2012!  I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year and may we all have peace and scrappiness for 2013.

Today I would like to share a layout I did using BoBunny’s Powder Mountain winter collection.  I have this awesome photo taken from G’ma Elsie’s window in MN and like they say:  “A picture is worth a thousand words.”

I used the Fanciful Frames large felt frame to highlight my photo.  I also added a layer of the Art Anthology “linen” sorbet to give it that frosty look; both on the felt frame and bottom on the title and embellishments.

I just love these small pennants.  It makes a great base for your journaling, titles or subtitle.  I covered my pennants and the stars with the “powder mountain” collection by BoBunny and added linen sorbet and lovely bling.

Again, thank you for stopping by and visiting.

Happy New Year,

Veronica Johnson (kitsnbitscraps)

Supplies Used:

Basically Bare: Celestial Shapes, Fanciful Frames Set, small pennants

Art Anthology: Sorbet (linen)

Other Supplies: BoBunny (powder mountain), dew drops, May Arts, Ranger (stickles), Bazzill, Dress It Up buttons, misc buttons

Katrina here for the Basically Bare and Art Anthology product swap this week!  I am loving the projects I have seen the design team do mixing the two companies products together.  I keep thinking, darn, I wish I would have thought of that!  I have a layout to share today with the Art Anthology mists and Sorbet paints.

Yes, that is me and I am pointing to Totty the Sonic Elf.  And I am very sad that he is not around this year!  I misted the cardstock background with the Waimea Bay blue color.  I am in love with this shade of blue.  It’s soft, but yet you can tell it’s a blue.  These are water-based, so you card stock may curl slightly, but the mist covered so well, I hardly used any!  I had the Frost and Rudy Pink colors of the Sorbet paint to work with.  These are dimensional and have a glitter sheen to them.

You can see the dimension the paint has where I used it on my Basically Bare pennant pieces.  I did do about three coats on each piece to cover it well and get that wavy texture.  I put thin coats on and just built them up.

I snuck a flair button that JC Penny’s has been handing out on the layout.  The blue matched the mist perfectly and tied everything together.

And then just sharing a close up of my title work.  If I would have thought of it, the mist would have worked perfectly where my white shadow is on my title cut.  This cut is from the Silhouette store and is actually a vinyl cut, but works just fine for a title.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Hope you enjoyed a little “elf” in your day!  And rumor has it, I just might be wearing this hat at work on Friday.  hee hee

Hugs,

Katrina Hunt

Paper, Scissors and Glue

Basically Bare Supplies:  Small Pennants

Art Anthology Supplies:  Mist-Waimea Bay   Sorbet Paint-Frost, Rudy Pink

Other Supplies:  Pattern Paper-Carta Bella (Merry and Bright); Cardstock-American Crafts; Stickers-Carta Bella (Merry and Bright); Punches-EK Success; Adhesive-Scotch ATG, Scrapbook Adhesives, EK Success Glue Pen; Doily-Wilton; Flair-JC Penny’s; Silhouette Cameo with a cutting file

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

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

Hi Everyone! Kristin here, and today I’m going to be sharing with you a fun layout and a couple of tips on decorating those canvas embellishments with chalk inks.

I love the way the little canvas pieces look right out of the package — soft and very cloth-like.   When using paint on canvas there is a tendency to get a firmer finish, and I really wanted to keep that soft, pliable look. I decided on using chalk inks to achieve my desired look.  After experimenting a bit, I’m really happy with the way they turned out, and I’d love to share a couple of tips with you.

Materials Needed: Canvas Embellishments, Chalk Ink (I used Prima), a Makeup Sponge, Spray Bottle (with water or rubbing alcohol), and a Zig FX White Paint Pen

I think we have some of the BEST product Swaps here at Basically Bare! Not only do we get to play with all of the fantastic products that Basically Bare offers, but we are often times lucky enough to pair them with some of the best manufacturers in the industry!

It’s Tanisha here today and I have the pleasure of sharing a layout that I created with Nikki Sivils adorable Noah Collection!!  As soon as I saw those super cute pockets, an idea hit.  I used song lyrics from one of my favorite artists, Natasha Beddingfield, to create my title and journaling.

I used elements from the Celestial Shapes to really carry out the theme.

I covered the sun with 3 coats of WOW embossing powder in Suzy West California Sunshine and 1 coat of Suzy West Sierra Sunrise Embossing Glitter.  I used a Zig Millennium Writer to outline the star and then heat embossed using WOW Clear Gloss Ultra High.  I outlined the pocket with Kuretake Zig Embossing Pen and then embossed using WOW Opaque Bright White embossing powder.

I used Kuretake Fabricolor Markers to color the “pocker full of” alphabet stickers so they would coordinate with the layout better.   I left the acrylic star plain because I wanted to use it to complete the visual triangle and bring attention to my title and journaling.

If you have little boys (as you can see I have 2–very adorable ones, I might add) then you have probably found little treasures in their pockets.  When I saw this pocket banner, I knew I had to “stuff” them with some boy things.

I used WOW Clear Ultra High Embossing Powder and Kuretake Zig embossing pen  to highlight the pocket designs.

I wrote my journaling with the embossing pen and then used WOW Opaque Bright White powder to make it pop.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Tanisha

Be sure to check out the Nikki Sivils Blog!

Jamie here with you today and I’m kicking off a five day stretch of a Basically Bare and Clearsnap collaboration!

I started this layout by distressing the edges of the patterned paper, then lightly inking them with a French Blue and Aquamarie Cat’s Eye Chalk Ink Pad.

The background color was created using a mixture of Pool Smooch Ink mixed with an equal part of  Liquitex Glazing Medium.  I then used a dry brush technique and just randomly painted the patterned paper.  Then I used the same dry brush technique and painted on a bit of Taffy Smooch Ink.

On to one of my fave embellies, the dress form!  I heat embossed the entire dress form with Metallic Copper WOW powder.  I then edged the dress form with Bubblegum WOW embossing powder and also  heat embossed the wings with the same color.  Once the wings were cool, I then ran them through my Cuttlebug for a bit of added texture.

In the bottom corner of the dress form, I used the Glue Gloss on a script stamp and then covered the stamped image with glitter.

And for the last bit of embellishment, I used Snickerdoodle Smooch Ink (again mixed with glazing medium) and painted all of the pennants. Once they were dry, (which took about 24 hours because of the glazing medium) I used a simple back-stitch to adhere them to the layout.

One last little trick I’ll share – I used an Ice Blue Cat’s Eye Chalk Ink Pad to add a slight highlight around the edges of the pictures.

 Be sure to check out what Clearsnap has going on over on their blog as well!

Basically Bare items used:

*Basically Embellies Chipboard Dress Form

*Basically Embellies Large Canvas Pennants

*Basically Embellies Chipboard Wings

*Basically Embellies Felt Blossom

Clearsnap items used:

*Smooch Ink in Snickerdoodle, Pool, Azure, and Taffy

*Fluid Chalk Cat’s Eye Ink Pad in Ice Blue, French Blue, and Aquamarine

*Glue Gloss

*Glitter in Sapphire

*Colorbox Pigment Brush Pad in Mango Tango

Are you ready for another project featuring Basically Bare and Paper Loft?  Jamie here with a layout that should fit the bill.

 I’ve been trying to sort through my Grandmother’s old pictures and recently came across the two I used on this layout.  And of course, the paper and cardstock were perfect for these pictures.  I did a lot of distressing on the paper.

Once I had all the papers layered and distressed, it was time to start layering on the embellishments.  The first one I used was a Fleur De Lis, which I painted with a white Zig Painty FX Pen.

 Then I added a pair of chipboard scissors from the Sew Vintage Set.  I fully embossed both pieces with gold embossing powder.  Then I added a second layer of embossing powder in green to only the handles to add a bit of contrast.  I love how the embellies hold up to all the ink, powders, and paints I throw at them!

 And the last pieces I added were the small canvas pennants.  I just lightly misted them with Glimmer Mist, then added a bit of faux stitching across the bottom with a Zig Fabricolor pen.

Basically Bare items used:

*Basically Embellies acrylic Fleur De Lis

*Basically Embellies Sew Vintage Set chipboard pennants

*Basically Embellies small canvas pennants

Paper Loft supplies used:

*Depression Glass Cardstock

*Journal, Estate, and Accounts patterned paper from the For The Record Collection

*Large Name Plates from the For The Record Collection

*Words and Titles from the For The Record Collection

Tattered Angels supplies used:

*Chalkboard Glimmer Mist – French Vanilla

Kuretake supplies used:

*Zig Painty FX – White

*Zig Millenium – Pure Black

*Zig Fabricolor – Light Green

Hi Everyone! Kristin here

I’m excited to share a layout that I had so much fun making. I pulled together a combination of Basically Bare goodies and Pink Paislee’s Spring Jubilee collection.

The bright colors of Spring Jubilee really pop on neutral backgrounds, so I grabbed the newspaper patterned sheet as my background and worked from there.  I added some Pink Paislee rub-ons (Spring Jubilee and She Art collections) to the neutral background, and matted the entire layout on bright green patterned paper.

I loved the idea of painting the Basically Bare chipboard Frames a stark black (using the amazing Zig black painty markers) and using them to frame the ultra bright pink and blue papers. The Zig painty markers really do make it super easy to paint chipboard. I keep them right on my desk at all times. I also used them to paint over the foam Thickers in my title, easily making my own coordinating alpha!

I used three separate frames: one for my photo (approx. 4×6) and then two more for the patterned papers.  After backing the frames, I played around with the arrangement a little until I was satisfied.

As you can see I stacked the center frame with the photo, on top of the two other frames. This gave the layout a lot of dimension right at the focal point.

One of my favorite parts of this layout is this little embellishment cluster to the bottom left of the photo.  The acrylic heart is a part of the LOVEly locket set, I trimmed off the lock piece at the top, and I was left with a clear acrylic heart. Also in the cluster are a chipboard star from the Celestial Shapes collection as well as a chipboard button from the Buttons collection; those are both covered with a coordinating patterned paper from the Spring Jubilee collection.

I added Pink Paislee ‘She Art’ rub-ons to the top of both the acrylic heart and the chipboard star, just to give it a little bit more of a artsy, textured feel.

Thank you so much for letting me share my layout with all of you today!

Lots of Love,

Kristin