Hi everyone, it’s Erin here.  Today I’m sharing a scrapbook layout I did using Niki Sivills “Message” line and some great Basically Bare products!

I used some of the chipboard Basically Embellies Bare Large Basics Pennants and ran them through my embossing machine.  Then I just ran an ink pad over the top of them to highlight the embossing.  And then I put a bit of Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam on each of them.

I also took one of the corrugated cardboard Basically Embellies Bare Basics Hearts from Set #1 and stripped off the top layer and then brushed on some more of the Glimmer Glam onto it.  I also added a Basically Embellies Bare Basics Retro Arrow to it too.

I also created a little embellishment cluster in the upper corner.  I love that typewriter!

Be sure to visit the Nikki Sivils Blog and check out all the great goodies their team has today and tomorrow for our hop!

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

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

Hi everyone!  I’m Erin Bassett, part of the Art Assembly team here at Basically Bare, and I’m so excited to be doing my first blog post today and sharing with your this adorable little owl!

I took one of the felt owl Stack-a-Bellies and traced it on a piece of fabric and then cut it out a bit smaller then the original owl.  Then I frayed the edges and sewed the fabric and felt owl pieces together in a messy sewing style.  I love the way she turned out!

I also had this little embroidered heart sitting on my desk for a week or so now.  It was left over from another project I was working on and I thought it would work out great on this.  I took a big safety pin, which was originally silver, and painted it with some “Saffron” Glimmer Glaze from Tattered Angels so that it would match the screw that’s on the embroidery hoop.

I also had to put a bow on it, of course!  I just pinned it around the embroidery hoop screw along with a little tag that I wrote on with a Zig pen.

Now I just have to find a place in my home to put her up!

Hello everyone!! DeeDee here, and I’m so excited to be here, so excited and so HONORED that Basically Bare chose me as a 2012 Design Team Member — this team is full of the most amazingly talented people and run by the most generous individuals.. The whole team is full of inspiration and creativity! There’s nothing more I could ask for when it comes to being part of a team — and today I have for you my first post as “An Art Assembler” !!

I decided it was time I create a rainbow road for my mantle.. and so I pulled out my Happy Little House Set and set to work!

I grabbed some distress ink in Broken China, Festive Berries, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo, Spiced Marmalade, Dusty Concord, and Mustard Seed. I also used Distress Stain in Wild Honey, Broken China, and Spun Sugar. After all my distressing was done.. spritzing of the water included.. I grabbed a Viva Las Vegastamps! stamp and gave the yellow house a bit of oomph with a chicken wire background. Then I glued on all doors and grabbed my Kuretake ZIG Writer in Brown — because it was a little compared to the other browns on the houses I went over it a couple of times. Using the marker I added sketch lines to certain parts of the doors giving them a little extra life.

Then.. decorate each house.. The green got buttons and twine. The yellow got old book butterflies cut using the martha stewart punch. The orange house got a giant ribbon dyed in the same colors and tied through a giant vintage button. Red got a vintage tape measure and a dymo label “HOME”. Purple got a handmade flower, and blue got a Tim Holtz idealogy clock configuration with lots of Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze in Waterfall.

You may also notice that two of my houses have their fires going.. Green’s smoke was made from a Qtip, and the blue house’s was made from some beautiful mini aqua colored tinsel.

Here is an up close shot of the stamped chipboard and of the ZIG sketching.

Here you can really see how wonderful the distress ink acts on chipboard.. those splotches are made from spritzed water after the ink has dried.

And here are all my pretty little houses in a pretty little row! If you were going to move in.. which would you choose?

–DeeDee

Jamie here with you again for the second half of a fun project using the Funky Findings Album.

I’ve used another chipboard piece from the Sew Vintage set and heat embossed it with several colors of powder to give it an antiqued look.

Next, I’ve painted several hearts and then layered then together.

Next, I’ve used several pieces from the Up, Up, and Away Set, all of which were heat embossed with WOW powders.  Did you know you could heat emboss on canvas?  You absolutely can.  The same as with embossing on felt, you just have to be very careful not to burn the fabric.

The last page was created by using a Crafter’s Workshop template, applying Perfect Medium over the template, then applying Perfect Pearls.  This page such a wonderful shine and shimmer!  I’ve used felt, chipboard, and canvas pennants on the right edge of the page.  The chipboard piece has been colored with Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam.  The canvas pieces have been heat embossed and the felt pieces have been covered with clear glitter.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this album, along with all the other projects I’ve shared over the past several months.  It’s with a very heavy heart that I must say goodbye and that this will be my last Design Team post.

Jamie here with you once again and today I’m showing off the Funky Findings Album. When I sat down to work on this album, I was in a fun, lighthearted mood.  That being said, this album clearly shows off the mood I was in.

I used the acrylic page as the front album cover.  It was colored entirely with alcohol inks and then, using a Crafter’s Workshop template, I added highlights to the page with Liquitex Glass Bead Gel Medium and StazOn Ink.

I highlighted the next page with lots of clear embellishments.  The gear was inked with two colors of alcohol inks.

On the next page, I used WOW embossing powder around the edges of a dress form and on the stand.

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Did you know you could heat emboss on felt?  Yes, you can!! Just be very careful not to burn the felt, because it will scorch very quickly.  Both of the felt flowers were heat embossed.  The smallest chipboard flower was spritzed with Tattered Angels spray and the little bird was colored with alcohol ink.

On the next two pages, I’ve used the Sew Vintage chipboard embellishments.  Te spool as colored with Tattered Angels mist then wrapped with cording from Canvas Corp.

The scissors have been heat embossed with WOW embossing powders.

Join my again tomorrow for the second half of this fun, witty album!

With Valentines day right around the corner, my mind and heart are filled with romance. Guess that it helps immensely when you have a super lovable and handsome husband hehe.

Hey there everyone Erika Taylor here today to share with you a fun card I created using the Bare Basics Hearts and Stack-a-Bellies Birds. I first stamped the heart and bird with a great stamp from WOW Embossing Powders and embossed them with bright bold colors. Then I spritzed all of the chipboard pieces with Sun Sisters Glimmer Mist. Last but not least, I added a little Robins Egg Blue marker to the little birdie for a bit of contrast. Love how this one turned out and I hope you do too.

First off a close up of part of the heart. I love how Glimmer Mist takes to Basically Bare Chipboard!!!

The little birdie is layered on top of the heart. Here you can really see the marker for definition. I added as few rhinestones too.

Aren’t these colors just exploding with happiness??? Yup I think so.

And here is the entire card for ya. Full right up with Basically Bare goodness!!!

Try combining embossing and misting on your Basically Bare embellishments. They truly are the perfect pairing. Thanks so much for stopping by today. Until next time.

Toodles

Erika Taylor

I have to admit that my all-time fave Basically Bare embellie is the  canvas heart from the Basically Embellies Hearts Set 2. Jamie here with you again today to show another fun way to use these gems.

I started by taking a piece of fabric and drawing hearts with my Zig Wink Of Stella in GL. Dark Pink.  The Wink of Stella pen gives just a slight hint of glimmer, which was perfect for this project.

Next, I spritzed the pom-pom trim and the canvas heart with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Viva Pink. This will just add another layer of glimmer.

Now, on to the best part.  Once the heart was dry, I stamped it with a simple script stamp.  Then I simply sewed it onto the fabric using a simple whip stitch.  I don’t sew much, so I try to keep it simple when I do.  Leaving a small opening at the bottom, stuff the heart with fiberfill stuffing.  Then finish sewing around the remainder of the heart.

Pretty sure I’ve said it before, but I’m a huge fan of instant gratification when making projects.  So how’s this, it only took about an hour to make this project.   Wouldn’t this make a wonderful gift for that special someone?

Jamie here with you once again and today I have a step by step tutorial on how to create a wonderful piece of Christmas art.   I hope you enjoy!

Once complete, you’ll have created an 8 1/2 x 11 canvas piece that can be used year after year for decoration.  It would also make a fab gift too!

Step One: Cover entire canvas, both the top and all four sides, with a thin layer of gel medium and cover with tissue paper. Set aside to dry.

Step Two: Dip a paintbrush into white paint and flick the paint onto the canvas. Repeat with silver paint.

Step Three: Attach a thin strip of punchinella, which will be the “trunk” to our Christmas tree.

Step Four: Trim around the edges of four strips of fabric with pinking shears and adhere to the canvas.

Step Five: Using a paintbrush, add a fairly thick layer of SnowTex to the bottom of the canvas. Then, using a dry brush technique, add random bits of SnowTex to the remainder of the canvas. While the SnowTex is still wet, sprinkle with glitter and tap off any excess. Set aside to dry.

Step Seven: Cut the heart from a felt key, which is from the Lovely Locket Set and paint it with Glimmer Glam.  Once dry, attach to the top of the Christmas tree.

Step Eight: Completely cover one side of an acrylic bird from the Stack-a-Bellies Bird Set with a thick layer of Stickles and set aside to dry.  Once dry, adhere to the canvas with the glittered side facing the canvas.

Step Nine: Lastly, add letter stickers to make your sentiment and also add a few holly leaves and berries.