Jen Matott here with a scrapbook layout to share. It’s that time again and I’m reminiscing about my days as a student, especially since I’m on the other end as a mom and teacher now.  I had my 20th high school reunion a few weeks ago and it was a blast!  I loved talking to my classmates about things we remember happening when we were young.  Before the reunion, we had a Facebook page set up and shared photos from high school!  I dug out my box of memories and yearbooks and scanned in a bunch of photos.  I found my senior photos and can believe how long my hair was and how young I looked!  My skin was so smooth!   So, I decided to do a page with that photo…

I used one of the canvas pages from the Oh So Mini line… It’s the stamp-edged one and I used VersaMark through a new Prima stencil and added Bubblegum pink embossing powder from WOW!  It still keeps the canvas texture but embosses beautifully! I did use the ScraPerfect pouch before so that it eliminated any static in the fabric.  Works perfectly!

Here’s a close up of the texture in the canvas and embossing powder.  I love this effect!!!   So going to do this again in the future on canvas!

I also used a chipboard frame from the new Fanciful Frames II line!  I love how sturdy and adorable these are!  It fit my photo to perfection and I prettied it up with some stamping from Suzy West’s “Call Me” stamp set and WOW copper embossing powder.

You can see how I mixed other embossing powders in to create a patina look.  You can alter these frames with just about anything!

Here I am at 17 years old and boy do I wish I had that skin and hair back!  It was so fun to reminisce and look through old photos.  If you have old back to school photos, get them out and scrap a page with your memories of a younger you!

Happy Back to School for all the students, parents, and teachers out there!!

Jen

Jen Matott here to share a fun project that I did with May Arts ribbon and Basically Bare products!

I had some of our Gears left over from a previous project and added in some of our new frames and a hat!  The dressform was so much fun to alter!!!  Here are some close ups of my Steampunk wall hanging!

The cardboard dress form from Basically Bare was altered by ripping some of the top layer off, stamped with a VersaMark pad and embossed with WOW embossing powder in Ultra Gold first.  I then did the same with Copper Regular powders.  Finally, I stamped some text

from the Rubber Cafe’s Steampunk set and embossing it with Black Glint powder.  The skirt was made with 1/2 a doily folded around and then a ruffle of May Arts 2″ Solid Stripe ribbon with a pretty bow around her middle!

Here’s the cute little black top hat from Basically Bare’s Hats & Staches set.  I just tied a piece of May Arts Faux Linen ribbon through a metal gear and glued some feathers and a stick pin in for a fun Steampunk look.

The backing board is a piece of chipboard that I covered with tissue pattern and modeling paste through a stencil of gears (Prima).  I added some Faber Castell Design Memory Craft Gelatos in Champagne. The rest of the gears were embossed with WOW Embossing powder, stamps from Rubber Cafe (Steampunk set), and metal circles and Rubber Cafe bling.

The acrylic frame is stamped with StazOn using the same stamps.  I also stamped the wing and embossed with copper power and colored the rest with Black Licorice Gelato. I added a felt key embossed in silver and some pewter brads too! The final touch was some of the May Arts ribbon looped through a book ring for hanging and attached to the back of the piece.  The bottom piece was cut with a ribbon edge for a pretty finish!

This was so fun to make and I absolutely LOVE May Arts ribbon!  It is so lush and gorgeous!  Hope you enjoyed my Steampunk wall hanging!

Hey papercraftin peeps! Sarah’s in the houuuse!! How are all of you on this beautiful day?! I have a layout I would like to share with you, and it’s actually about me can you believe it?! Woohoo! It is SO important that we artists document ourselves, even if it’s about something silly like what my layout is. Dreaming. What do you dream about? I am ALWAYS dreaming about something, whether it’s creating or redecorating or gardening or whatever!  But usually, for me, it’s about traveling to far off places, distant lands far far away. I love to travel and there are sooo many places I would like to visit. Someday… So here’s my layout;

I love the Basically Bare Banners! They are so stinkin cute! I took some patterned paper, roughed and inked up the edges, then covered my chipboard banner pieces with them. I love to mix up the shapes together, it gives it more of an eclectic feel. Add some string and voila!

Super cute and different way to create a word, yes?! Another way of juicin up your chipboard is to cover it with glitter, like this Basically Bare Fanciful Frame here;

Here’s a little tip, you should paint the surface of the chipboard first, that way you don’t see any brown coming through and your color is solid and crisp. Kurtake generously provided some of their Zig Painty FX markers for us to play with, and I used the black on this frame which worked really awesome! Made it look super fancy schmancy! (technical term)

Those fancy frames add just the right amount of pizazz, even if you’re not “framing” anything, don’t you think?

So thank you so much for hangin out, remember to keep dreaming cuz you just never know!  Have an amazing day!

Love, Sarah

Happy Monday everyone! Sarah’s in the houuuusee!

Have you all been working diligently on your Mother’s Day cards?! (wink wink) Well, it is quickly approaching and I’m here to remind you to not forget about Gramma! She’s a momma too right? Of course! This time around I had the pleasure of playing with not only Basically Bare products, but The Paper Loft products as well. They generously provided me the “Gentler Times” line to play with, and included were these really cool accessory sheets that you can cut apart. One of them popped out at me because it had the word garden in it, (which I love!) so I cut it out, ran it through my die cutting machine and this is what I came up with;

I really love the muted calm colors in this paper line, very “gentle!” I took a Basically Bare canvas blossom and stamped on it with some avacado-ish ink, and tucked it back behind a Basically Bare frame that got slathered with some crackle paint and walnut ink.

Basically Bare products are so much fun to work with because you can pretty much do anything you want to them! Endless possibilities! I added some stitching through some Basically Bare Leaves and placed them behind a Prima flower;

It was fun pairing up Basically Bare with The Paper Loft! I hope I’ve inspired you all to go and whip out some Mother’s Day cards, and don’t forget Granny! Thanks for hangin out!

xoxo Sarah

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Hello, Jamie Dougherty here to give you a few ideas on using the FUN Basically Bare Dress Forms and The Dress Me Up Little Layers.  

I used one of the Chipboard dress forms and painted it with Gold acrylic paint.  I then used one of the Little Layers Canvas pieces and sprayed it with Candy Apple Red Glimmer Mist and used it as a petty coat underneath.  I used some of my own scrap materials to create the pock-a-dot dress and added a Little layers felt piece as the apron. The top was altered with Flirty Glimmer Glaze as well/  I used the dress form as a stencil as well.  Along with the Chipboard flowers.

I hope this gives you some new techniques and ideas when using the Basically Bare pieces.

Jamie Dougherty

At take a look at how well these gears work on the page.  Jamie Dougherty Here to show you a couple of things I did using an assortment of Gears.  

I pulled them apart, I painted them, I even used them as a mask to create my background.  Your options are endless.  I pulled a corrugated gear apart and used both the front I pulled off and the Corrugated piece as well.  I used Tim Holtz Distress Stickles on one of the gears to give it an aged worn look.  I used Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze (Cowboy)on the Acrylic pieces to make them pop.  Stacking them up on the page created depth and dimension.

Thank you for stopping by the Basically Bare Blog today and remember to stop by an check out more great ideas and class schedules from the team.

Jamie Dougherty

Good morning Basically Bare fans! Jan here with a special project that I made for Angela, the owner of Basically Bare. I started with a 15″ x 20″ frame and added some Basically Bare Banners, a heat embossed dress form and a crackled flower. I added some Tim Holtz, Prima, and Graphic 45. The picture on Angela is printed on a transparency and placed on the back of the frame. This is a completely transparent frame and can be hung on a wall or from a window. This will be a gift to her..but not until I enjoy it for a bit longer in my home. LOL!