Bella Blvd & Basically Bare

Team-up time again here at

The Papered Cottage

and today we're doing it up right with

BELLA BLVD & BASICALLY BARE

www.bellablvd.typepad.com

www.basicallybareonline.com/wordpress/

 When deciding on the theme for my mini album, I was immediately

drawn to the Chipboard Gears by Basically Bare and how cute they

 would be dressed up as snowflakes!

I began by painting the kraft side of each gear 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 to the top of the 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 by Bella Blvd.

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.

 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 the outside with a happy door trimmed in baker's twine and a

few punched snowflakes with pearl centers.

 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 one...you could also use a piece of scrap paper). 

ether with a zig-zag stitch.

 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!

The inner-most page of the Hipster Album is a clear acrylic sheet.

So many things can be done to decorate these!

I simply went with a strip of Designer Tape that I neatly wrapped around the page.

Next, 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 of the album.  Voila!

I loved layering the pieces from Basically Bare along with Bella Blvd's

stickers, buttons, Designer Tapes and Ciao Chip...it's Merry & Bright dontcha think?? :)

Supplies:

 Bella Blvd

Christmas Wish- Gifts Galore Paper; Christmas Love Paper; Trees For Sale Paper;
 North Pole Paper; Borders Paper; Miniatures Stickers; Alpha+Bits; Just Write Journaling Stickers
Birthday Boy- Eat Cake Paper
Sophisticates- Sprinkles &  Lace-Ice Paper
Button Market- Pink Flowers; Masculine Mix; Fruit Punch; Snowflakes
Designer Tape- Piggy Pink Stripe; Red Dot; Gulf Dot

Basically Bare:
Krafty Keepsakes Hipster Album; Chipboard Gears; Happy Little Houses; Acrylic & Chipboard Pieces Arrows

There will be a give-a-way today at the Bella Blvd Blog, so don't miss going by!
www.bellablvd.typepad.com

Have a wonderful weekend, friends