Hello everyone. Nicole here. Today I have a fun project to share with you. Just a few weeks ago, my family and I decided to have a “staycation”. Instead of going to the beach, spending too much money, we decided to spend a week together, doing different things as a family. During that week, we went to Cascade Lake and Dutch Wonderland. My 2 ½ year old had a blast and so did I!I wanted to document all the fun we had so I decided to create a mini. I had so much fun using lots of Basically Bare products throughout my mini album! They seriously have amazing products.
Here is my album. I had so much fun using mist and paint. I felt like a kid again, as I was creating this.
I also have a tutorial for you. Did you notice the burlap star? I created that using a piece of chipboard star, a pen, glue, paint, and some burlap ribbon. While I was creating my mini album, I thought that I was going to need a few more stars so before I used my last chipboard, I grabbed some of my recycled chipboard and other supplies to use it as a template.
- Glue a piece of burlap onto a piece of chipboard and let it dry. (Scape a piece of cardstock across the burlap to even out the glue if needed).
- Once dried, turn the chipboard with the burlap over and use a chipboard star as a template.
- Use a pen to trace your star image onto the chipboard.
- Use a sharp pair of scissors to cut out the image.
- Try coating your burlap star using Glimmer Glaze Paint to harden it.
I hope you enjoyed your visit. Please come again.
Supplies used:
- Album: Basically Bare
- Acrylic stars: Basically Bare
- Fabric clouds: Basically Bare
- Chipboard stars: Basically Bare
- Woven Check Ribbon, Frayed Flower: May Arts
- Baker’s Twine: May Arts
- Burlap: May Arts
- Patterned paper: G.C.D Studios
- Jewels: Zva Creative
- Mists: Tattered Angels (Purple, Blue), Clearsnap (orange)
- Paint: Tattered Angels
- Acrylic stamp: PSA Essentials (palm tree, crab)
- Stamp: Catslife Press (Summer Fun)
- Stamper: PSA Essentials
- Pen: Creative Memories
- Adhesives: Creative Memories, Glue Dots, KI Memories, Clearsnap
- Wire: Zutter
- Bind-it-All: Zutter
Blog post by: Nicole Martel
Very nice album!
Cute. I love how you altered the stars. Great glitz on here!
Wow! What style!
What dazzle on your album to remember a special time!
Great album, love all the sparkle/spritz!
Great idea using the glitz and burlap together! I love the album.
Great album ! TFS.
Nice album and project. Love the burlap star tip. Thank you for sharing.
A nice little book of your staycation fun.
Wow! This is incredible!
Pretty sparkle!
What a fun way to use burlap! Clever you!
Great album and thanks for the tutorial on the burlap star.
Great job on this mini, it is just adorable! TFS.
mini-albums are so much fun and this is fabulous.. love the burlap
Thanks for the burlap star tip. I'm going to try that!
This is ALL GOOD!! Great staycation and great album! It does look like you had a lot of fun with this… isn't that the best part?
Glad to see that these albums can be misted and not warp. Love the blue bakers twine, that's a color I need for my stash!
I did enjoy reading all about your project. misting is as much fun as finger painting when were kids.
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Love the film strips and the color. Beautiful book.