Christmas Gifts

I am winding down at work and getting ready for a nice long holiday rest!   I was busy creating little Christmas houses which are hollow to allow you to either use as a place setting or a gift.  You can put candy treats or a gift card inside the houses.

If you can imagine what I started with you will see that I used the Basically Bare House Die Cuts for the front and back of my house and the Basically Bare Mixed Media card set to cut sides to my houses.

 There is some fun tape from the Basically Bare - Paperie Bindery that you moisten and it attaches and it has a paper finish so it can take the paint or gesso.  I have been wanting to try it out and I used baby wipes to moisten it and form my corners on the house.

After that it was a matter of finding papers, embellishments and fun accessories for my houses.

 I cut the papers to size and taped them onto the houses. I used a touch of washi tape on the cornes to make them look fun.

 I used hot glue on the base and covered it in glitter while hot to get my mounds of snow on the base.  I then finished off the house with embossing paste on the roof, door and around the bottom again and coated that in crystal glitter.

 I had some misted tissue paper from previous years that I tore up and stuffed into my houses with a few candy canes and holiday candy.

 Hope you enjoyed my winter wonderland!

Products:  Basically Bare Retail Shop, October Afternoon, Authentique, Jolee's Stickers, Idea-Ology -Seasonal Chit Chat, Embossing Paste, Washi Tape, Stampendous Crystal Glitter, Hot Glue, Hot Glue Gun

I am going to enter these into A Vintage Journey's - A Vintage Christmas Challenge. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Christmas Decorations

Good Morning!  I have been busy playing with some die cuts and creating Christmas decorations that can be attached to a gift and used as an ornament.

 I started with the Basically Bare - Dress Form Die cut and the Basically Bare - Angel Wings.  I painted the form with white gesso and then sponged with antique linen.

I then took the lace and spritzed it with Tarnished Brass Stain Spray and then layered it on the dress form.  The background was stamped with the Memory Box - Dream stamp.  I found this bunch of holly in my Christmas Stash and added it to the waist. 

The wings were covered with Idea-Ology Shimmery gold paper.  I then just stained a few flowers with the tarnished brass added a little glitter and made a flowery necklace.


 My second project is two canvas hearts.

 I stitched together two canvas hearts with a little stuffing inside.  The outside is simple with a little gold embossing paste using the doily stencil from Tim Holtz.  After it dried I spritzed with a pink mist.

I don't sew so this was a labor of love. If I had a sewing machine and knew how to use it I would have quickly sewn the edges. I love the rustic feel of the whip stitch.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Frilly and Funkie - Tis the Season
A Vintage Journey's - Vintage Christmas 

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz 

Stars of Joy

Hi!  I am sharing a series of ATC's over on the Basically Bare Blog today.

 I used the same color combo as my earlier ATC's using the colors from the Words and Paintery Challenge.  I painted the background black with gesso.  I then added the layer of silver letters using the Tim Holtz Stencil and the Wendy Vecchi Silver Embossing Paste.

The bunnies are one of my favorite Christmas stamps and they come from an older Penny Black stamp set called Robin's Kingdom. 

That shimmer mix on the bottom is a cool product from Stampendous called Silver Luxe Mix.  It blends together several of their wonderful glitters and micas.

This ATC started from white cardstock from the Mixed Media Card Set.  I stenciled the stars (Memory Box) using the Wendy Vecchi Silver Embossing Paste.  I splattered a mix of Heidi Swapp Color Shine (teal, Navy Blue) over the surface.  I then took the sticker from the US Stamps and cut it and placed it on the ATC.  I found two different sentiments one from Memory Box and the other Penny black to add to the ATC. 

My final ATC I shared earlier this week but wanted to add it on the post as it was a series of ATC's created together.

I used the mixed media card set and  scalloped tag set to add additional pages.  All the items area available to purchase on-line at the Basically Bare retail shop.

I am playing along with the Words & Paintery November Challenge and the Mixed Media World Anything Goes Challenge.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Christmas ATC's

Hi!  I am mixing up some ATC's today using the Basically Bare Mixed Media Cards.    I used the beautiful colors from Words & Paintery's November Challenge and the Mixed Media Place Creative Gym #14 - Christmas Challenge.

I am sharing one of my  Atc's and will share more later. I played with the multiple layers of texture and black gesso to make a striking backdrop to my fancy buck with his shimmery antlers.

I spent some time building many layers of texture with wooden snowflakes and sequins glued to the background which then was coated in black gesso. I then added metallic blue/teal paint as well as silver paint over the black background.  Then came a mix of stampendous Silver Luxe  Mix glued along in areas.

I added star gems painted to silver and the stamped image with his shimmery antlers.  The twinkle twinkle is from chit chat stickers.

Products: Inkadinkado - Buck, Idea-Ology Chit Chat Seasonal Stickers, Black Gesso, DecoArt Metallic Teal Paint, Paper Artsy Silver Paint

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Christmas Days!

I am sharing the other half of my Advent Flip Calendar using the Easy Easel Album.
over on the Basically Bare Blog today.

 I found this gorgeous paper and used it behind an acetate tag. I added a touch of alcohol ink over the surface of the tag to give it a more aged look and gold edging.

 I love this old stamp form Hero Arts with the Virgin Mary an Baby Jesus.  I always pull it out at Christmas.

 The retro October Afternoon papers always make me smile.

Products: Authentique, October Afternoon, Gesso, Momenta, Stampendous, Hero Arts, Basically Bare

I used the mixed media card set and  scalloped tag set to add additional pages.  All the items area available to purchase on-line at the Basically Bare retail shop.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz 

Flip Advent Calendar

Hi!  I am sharing over on the Basically Bare blog today this Advent Flip Calendar using the Easy Easel Album. 

The album came with a certain number of pages.  I had to add extra pages for the advent calendar.  I used the mixed media card set and  scalloped tag set to add additional pages.  All the items area available to purchase on-line at the Basically Bare retail shop.

 Each day was fun to put together a mix of images, embellishments and lots of glitter.

 There is a mix of papers but mostly from Authentique and October Afternoon old and new papers.

 My stamps are Artistic Outpost, Darkroom Door, Momenta, Penny Black, Inkadinkado, Stampendous, Stampers Anonymous, 7 Gypsies, Technique Tuesday

 This is the Basically Bare Wings Die Cuts along with the Celestial Shapes on a Scalloped Tag Set felt tag.  I glittered it up with Stampendous glitters!

 One of my favorite Stampendous birds and Memory Box stamp!

 The easel worked well with all the extra bulk I built into the calendar.

 Frosty from Artistic outpost!

 This doesn't show off how beautiful this is on acetate.  The buck is from Indigo Blue.

 Love me my vintage Santas!

 Plain silhouette but striking none the less!

I will be sharing the rest next week!

Thanks for hanging in for all the details!

Suzz

Darkness

Good Morning!  I wanted to share an art journal that I recently decorated the cover on and started a new fun project with.

The art journal is from Basically Bare 6" x 9" Artful Journal collection.  

I was lucky enough to be able to pick out this journal from my many choices at the Basically Bare Shop.    The journal has these beautiful pages inside that take the colors and ink beautifully.

To create my cover I started with a few other ideas that went bad in a big way.  I ended up creating my cover with a page from inside the journal and then attaching it over my mistakes on the cover.  The cover is a lovely chipboard which gives you the chance to try lots of fun techniques.

For my cover I started with this color combination if you can believe it. :)

I smeared them in varying amounts on my craft mat and spritzed them with water and then laid my paper on the inky mess.  I heat set it and repeated that process about 10 times.

Next I stenciled mini stars all over the cover using Wendy Vecchi Gold Embossing Paste.  I let those dry.

While they were drying I took the Basically Bare Celestial Shapes Acetate stars and added color using Alcohol Inks - Caramel, Rust, Alcohol Blending solution.  While the ink was still wet on my applicator I dabbed a bunch of clear sequins to coordinate.

I then died my twine by dragging the Tsukineko Delicata Gold Glitz ink over the twine. (I heat set this as well)

I stamped Darkroom Door Eclectic Script over the background and the stars using the same gold ink.

I have been wanting to use this beautiful sentiment from Impression Obsession and I placed that in the center using black ink.

Putting the colors down on the paper had me thinking of other color combos and started me down the path of putting together different combinations.

I ended up making quite a selection of color chips.  I will share those at a later time.

I am entering my art journal in the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #18 - Texture.   I love the texture I introduced with the embossed stars and the random swirls of the twine.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Owl be There!

Hi!  I have been in Halloween mode getting my tags and cards ready for my kids who aren't so little anymore. :) 

I am sharing a tag made with the Basically Bare Scalloped Tag set.

The tag is pre-cut in the scallop shape and they come in a variety of mediums.  I picked the cardboard one and decided to paint it and distress it by peeling the surface.

I stamped the Halloween ads over the surface with black ink.  Then I pulled out the Owl stamp from Gray Wolf Graphics.  I cut him out and popped him up over some of the Idea-ology Halloween Ephemera.

I just added a few embellishments to finish off the tag. Now to attach it to a goodie bag and send it off to a special someone!

I am entering this in the following challenges:
Mixed Media Monthly - MMC#17 - Spooky Word Search (Owl)

Anything But Cute - 31 Days of Halloween

Products:  Basically Bare – Scalloped Tag Set,  Idea-Ology – Halloween Ephemera, Stampers Anonymous – Poisonous, White Gesso, Idea-Ology – Remnant Rub-On Halloween, Black Archival Ink, Gray Wolf Graphics - Owl

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Home Sweet Home Part II

I'm back to share the reverse side of my album made using the Rowdy Roadster Album.  I shared the front of the album last week and wanted to show how it looked on the other side.
The Basically Bare Shop contains a variety of mini-albums, albums, chipboard embellishments and tags.  They all have various types surfaces such as acetate, corrugated cardboard, chipboard, canvas and more.

The reverse of the front had to align so a little heart and house was added.

I stamped and stenciled over pattern paper on the next page.

I added a tag from pattern paper and stamped a butterfly and the word Home.

A key and key-hole seemed to be appropriate with the heart and the sentiment.

The family photo from Tim Holtz - Idea-ology Photos colored to coordinate  with the papers and embellishments.

And the closed mini album:

Products: Basically Bare - Rowdy Roadster, Happy Little Houses, Darkroom Door - Home Sweet Home, Artistic Outpost - The Outpost, DarkRoom Door - Montage - Love Letters, Prima Flowers, Idea-Ology - Remnant Rub-ons,  Paint- White, Pink, Memory Box Stencil, Wendy Vecchi - White Embossing Paste, Idea-Ology - Chit Chat, Verses Rubber Stamps, Darkroom Door - Henry and Harriet,  Darkroom Door - Eclectic Key

Thanks for stopping by! 

Suzz

Home Sweet Home

I'm thrilled to share that I am part of the Basically Bare Design Team.  The Basically Bare Shop contains a variety of mini-albums, albums, chipboard embellishments and tags.  They all have various types surfaces such as acetate, corrugated cardboard, chipboard, canvas and more.

I am sharing my first mini-album today on the Basically Bare Blog today featuring the Rowdy Roadster Album.

The cover is a lovely acetate which I envisioned in the shape of a house.

The second page is the half circle of corrugated cardboard which I covered in some pretty paper and created a heart focal point with The Artistic Outpost in the center.

Then there is a fun white envelope which I used Darkroom Door stamps to add my images and the Memory Box stencil to add some texture.

Then back to a square cardboard page which I used some beautiful papers  and more images from Darkroom Door and a sentiment from Artistic Outpost.

The next page is cool clear tab.  I was playing with my paints and stamping a sentiment which is a little blurry in this photo but in real life it looks really pretty.

Finally the last page is a big cardboard tag.  I added more paper and layered some of the Darkroom Door photos along with a few other embellishments.

The closed album looks like this: 

Products: Basically Bare - Rowdy Roadster, Happy Little Houses, Darkroom Door - Home Sweet Home, Artistic Outpost - The Outpost, DarkRoom Door - Montage - Love Letters, Prima Flowers, Idea-Ology - Remnant Rub-ons,  Paint- White, Pink, Memory Box Stencil, Wendy Vecchi - White Embossing Paste, Idea-Ology - Chit Chat, Verses Rubber Stamps, Darkroom Door - Henry and Harriet,  Darkroom Door - Eclectic Key

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz