Today is the day that I get to share all of my projects that I did for the BasicGrey booth at CHA Summer. I love these new collections of papers and am so excited to share what I did with them.
So here goes:
The Cupcake Trio is made with the "Eva" collection and I sugared them up with some Martha Stewart glitter then topped them with some whipped cream (white tuelle) and a cherry. So darn fun!
The little felt birds have 1/2" punched circles that make up the wings and tails and they sit atop a "seed" container and a candlestick. (These are the same birds that I gave away the pattern for in a January blog post.) "Offbeat" is the name of this collection of papers. I wasn't so sure about this collection at first because it seemed a bit too modern for me, but I think that it can also look a bit vintage depending upon how you use it.
More Halloween projects. Actually these 2 projects with the pumpkins got me thinking on the the other one's that I did. They started it all ;-) ;-)
This is the beautiful "Ambrosia" collection and I love it for fall even though it's not a Halloween collection, it's colors are perfect for it.
My first Jack in the Box! Isn't he cute and wouldn't he look adorable in a little boy's room?!! This is made with the "Granola" collection papers. I. LOVE. THESE. They remind me of some of the very first BasicGrey papers.
Jack's head is made with a styrofoam ball in case you were wondering. I made some indentations for the eyes then painted it with white Gesso. I have a new appreciation for styrofoam balls these days--lol-- I also used them for the cupcakes. I used to wonder what in the world people ever did with those things, now I know! :-)
This clipboard is covered in "Euphoria" papers. So pretty and colorful. The letter and diecut stickers also come with the "Collection Pack" . I'm so glad that they kept that font for some of the new letter stickers because it is my favorite.
Almost done....
My last project is a Recipe box and index cards that are covered in "Urban Prairie" papers. That black in those papers is yummy. I love how it offsets everything else and just pops. This collection as a whole is so fun. I can't wait to use it more!
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That's it for now. How do you like the new BasicGrey? Imagine how good it looks irl-- you will love it. Speaking of that... how about a GIVE AWAY????!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know someone would love to win some of the new BasicGrey papers. So, leave a comment and I will draw a name on the evening of Tuesday, July 22 and post the winner in my next blog entry. Exciting!!!! Good luck to all.
As always, thank you so much for visiting and for the sweet comments.
Love, Linda
"Pick me - I love BG paper! Love see all your sweet goodies! " Posted by:Kim H | July 18, 2008 at 10:10 AM
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Next I want to share some of the new release for Creative Cafe. Some pretty floral papers and on the flip side a white background with big polka dots. That polka dot paper was originally available only in Lime and it was probably my favorite paper. Now I can pick from Red, Pink, Orange, Sky blue, Lime and more. Wow, that makes me happy!!!!
I made a patchwork design for the background of the layout using the new Floral and Dot paper in Sky blue along with other coordinating Creative Cafe papers from previous releases. The Pink flowers are cut out from the new Floral and Dot also.
The cloud like journaling spots are an Art Warehouse product, otherwise the Rub on letters, branch and leaf paper, Pink chipboard heart for the wing and the Sky blue Gems are all Creative Cafe.
The photo is of my now 27 year old daughter and my son who is now 22. It looks just a little better in person, but I love that sweet memory from what seems like yesterday. Life seems to go by in the blink of an eye.....
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Before we talk about the Cupcakes, I'd like to answer a few questions that I've gotten from my last posts.
1. The "Skates" that are on the top of the round Box that I did with Melissa Frances product were drawn and cut out from 3/4" wood by me. So sorry that they are not available for sale somewhere. If you are desperate to either have the pattern or the actual wood skates, email me and we can figure something out.
2. The "Jack in the Box" ruffly collars are make by cutting various widths of 12" length papers then accordion folding them at 1/4" intervals. Really easy. The styrofoam ball head size really depends upon the size of your box that you are using. I used 2 different sizes on the 2 that I did for that reason.
3. The "Pumpkins" that I used for the containers and boxes, I picked up my local Hobby Lobby. They were on a pick so I cut that off, then painted them and their faces.
4. The "Recipe Boxes" that I've shown I got at Michael's. One was in their $1 bins, the other was in the Paper Mache aisle.
Okay, so now for the Cupcake pattern. I have it ready and if you comment here and request the template and instructions, I will email it directly to you within a day or 2. It's pretty easy but requires a 1" circle punch. There are other options too as you can see in the ones below.
These were made using lots of Chatterbox ribbons, felt, gems and other bling. When I was given the assignment to make 4 cupcakes for them I just laughed because I had already completed the ones for BasicGrey. :-) I guess that it is the year of the cupcake!!
Don't you just love that ruffly ribbon? Reminded me of Whipped cream and frosting. It is from their new Artsylicious collection. Just awesome and fun to use.
Okay, I owe one little boy some time now. He's heading for the pool and I have a new magazine to look at. Perfect things for a nice summer afternoon of relaxing.
Love to all!
Linda