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.

1. 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).
2. Once dried, turn the chipboard with the burlap over and use a chipboard star as a template.
3. Use a pen to trace your star image onto the chipboard.
4. Use a sharp pair of scissors to cut out the image.
5. 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