Welcome to day five of our week long Team-Up with Basically Bare! We have a group of our Bella designers that have mixed Basically Bare's gorgeous mini albums and embellishments into our projects. And the Basically Bare designers have been busy mixing Bella's products into their projects. Let's see what our designers have whipped up for us today.
"Merry & Bright" mini album, by Shellye McDaniel.
When deciding on the theme for my mini album, I was immediately drawn to the Gears by Basically Bare and how cute they would be dressed up as snowflakes! I began by painting the kraft side of each cog with a white acrylic paint. I then glittered the fronts with a coarse marble glitter. I found it best to use Glue Dots when attaching the desired pieces on top of the marble glitter.
Using the Basically Bare Hipster Album, I began plotting out how best to display the different 'snowflakes' on the different pages. I wanted them to create a nice backdrop or a vision of snowflakes falling from the sky. To dress up the various envelope style pages, I layered two different patterned papers from the Christmas Wish Collection. The base papers were cut to a 7.75"W x 3.75"H; the inner papers were cut to 7"W x 3"H. I then machine stitched all of the base and inner pages together with a zig-zag stitch.
At the ends of each page I added tabs using the corner stickers from the Alpha+Bits (I had two sheets of these stickers, so I was able to line the backs of each sticker with a matching sticker. You could also use a piece of scrap paper). The pockets make the ideal storage for journaling cards, extra photos or mementos. I kept the backs of the envelope pages simple by adding different Just Write Journaling Stickers. These are JUST WRITE for this! Adding a button or pearls gives it just a little pizazz without being too bulky.
I adore house shapes, so the Happy Little Houses were a must have on one of the pages! I simply traced the shape onto a Christmas Wish paper and cut to size. I then dressed up with outside with a happy door trimmed in baker's twine and a few punched snowflakes with pearl centers.
The inner-most page of the Hipster Album is a clear acrylic sheet...so many things can be done to decorate these. For mine, I simply went with a strip of Designer Tape that I neatly wrapped around the page. Finally, I matched up two sticker borders and applied them to both sides. You could also stamp onto the acrylic sheet using a Staz-On ink.
In finishing, I tied on bright matching ribbons to the comb on the album. Viola! I loved layering the pieces from Basically Bare along with Bella Blvd's stickers, buttons, Designer Tapes and Ciao Chip...it's Merry & Bright!
Supplies:
Christmas Wishes: Gifts Galore, Christmas Love, Trees For Sale, North Pole, Borders, Miniatures Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Birthday Boy: Eat Cake; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Ice; Button Market: Pink Flowers, Masculine Mix, Fruit Punch, Snowflakes; Designer Tape: Piggy Pink Stripe, Red Dot, Gulf Dot
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GIVEAWAY TIME
We are doing a Christmas giveaway, since the holiday is sneaking up on us all very quickly! The prize package will include products from the Christmas Wishes collection along with coordinating buttons, designer tapes, and other embellishments. Value is over $100!!! Just leave us a comment and we will announce a randomly chosen winner on Monday.
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Now, head on over to the Basically Bare blog and check out what their Design Team has created using their gorgeous mini albums and embellishments, and our fun Bella products! Keep coming back to both blogs all week long, because we have a ton more projects to share with you.
We want to say a special thank you to Basically Bare, including all of the participating designers and the plethora of product that was sent our way from Basically Bare’s studios. It's such a pleasure to work together in this industry to create excitement about all of our products. We hope you enjoyed this week full of inspiration, variety and giveaways!
Very cute album. Always love how the embellishments stick out on top like a page marker.
Posted by: sharon g | November 30, 2012 at 04:25 PM
Wow, a lot of work went into the adorable album....such creativity...TFS
Posted by: Jan Douglas | November 30, 2012 at 04:43 PM
All the projects shared have been so great and inspiring! Thanks so much for the giveaway!
Posted by: Charlotte Brochu | November 30, 2012 at 05:18 PM
How can you not love ANYTHING made with this collections of adorable goodies, but this mini album is wonderful!!!
Posted by: Kelly Sas | November 30, 2012 at 05:41 PM
So cute! Your album is adorable! Love it!
Posted by: Denise | November 30, 2012 at 05:43 PM
Wow...this mini album is amazing. Love it! Thanks for the chance to win :)
Posted by: Melissa S | November 30, 2012 at 06:00 PM
love the glitter, love the little bits of pink and love the penguins!! Beautiful album!! Thanks for the chance to win!
Posted by: Christine Berger | November 30, 2012 at 06:10 PM
WOW!! THis is so fun! What an amazing project!!
Posted by: Tracey | November 30, 2012 at 06:38 PM
I adore this album - the collection is so fun!
Thank You for the Awesome Giveaway;)
Posted by: carrie stedt | November 30, 2012 at 07:04 PM
super cute
Posted by: barbara colon | November 30, 2012 at 07:13 PM
Super cute Christmas album! It's the type that I have trouble getting enough cute pictures "worthy" of the cuteness of the album! haha.
Posted by: AnnaMarie | November 30, 2012 at 07:16 PM
What an adorable mini album, I love it!
Posted by: Robin B. | November 30, 2012 at 07:32 PM
You guys are great! Thanks for the chance to win!
Posted by: Melissa hurdle | November 30, 2012 at 08:22 PM
what an amazing giveaway
Posted by: ruth | November 30, 2012 at 08:30 PM
I love Bella Blvd and have enjoyed seeing what you all did with these mini albums and BB goodies!
Carol B
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Posted by: Carol B | November 30, 2012 at 08:48 PM
OMG that is the cutes album ever!!!!
Posted by: Mary - Big Mamma | November 30, 2012 at 09:38 PM
Your album is so gorgeous. Thank you for sharing it!
Posted by: Cheryl | November 30, 2012 at 10:23 PM
Good Garland! What a beautiful mini album. The colors are so eye catching and just love all the cute christmas this album exudes! Bella Blvd teams up well with everything. What a great giveaway! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Cindy | November 30, 2012 at 10:44 PM
This is GORGEOUS!!! I love love love love how Shellye used the gears and made them look like snowflakes! That is GENIUS!! Thanks for the chance to win! :)
Posted by: Julie Tucker-Wolek | December 01, 2012 at 12:00 AM
This is just so cool..thx for the fab inspiration.. :)
Posted by: LindaSS | December 01, 2012 at 03:24 AM
Shelleye, your mini is just gorgeous! Makes me want to sit down and add some sparkle to some Christmas projects! and a chance to win!! Thank you :) Fingers crossed!
Posted by: sam | December 01, 2012 at 04:58 AM
gorgeous mini! Merry Christmas to all of you at Bella Blvd!
Posted by: Cathy | December 01, 2012 at 08:35 AM
This week has been awesome! I love minis and I have gotten so many good ideas and the Christmas album just wraps it up perfectly.
Posted by: Kim M | December 01, 2012 at 09:26 AM
This mini album is SO adorable! I love all the colorful papers & embellishments!
Posted by: Lynda | December 01, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Would love some of these products for December daily album. Super cute!
Posted by: Tara | December 01, 2012 at 10:31 AM