Imaginarium Design Team Call: All About Chipboard

Imaginarium Designs is having a Design Team Call. How exciting is that?   I’ve been busy making some new chipboard albums, mixed media and home décor projects! I've been a follower of their blog for several months and the products and projects are always GORGEOUS! They’re requesting 10 of my favorite chipboard projects.  So, are ya ready?
My first project is a December 25th album, I’ve used a chipboard ornament on the cover and various chipboard on the inside

Inside


Second is one of my favorite albums.

Inside


Third:  Home Décor, Primitive Style

Fourth: Sweet Treats in a Tin

Fifth:  A Christmas Stocking (I used a chipboard baby rattle and turned it into a park light.)

Sixth:  Possibilities Album

Inside (Using a chipboard dress form as a mask)

Seventh:  Dream Home Décor

Eight:  Santa Album  (Using cupcake chipboard and an upside down chipboard ornament)

close up


Nine and Ten: The 12 Days of Christmas (most contain some sort of chipboard)

Humpty Dumpty Sat On A Wall

But Humpty Dumpty didn't have a great fall...cause I caught him just in time!  LOL!   I bought this wooden box on clearance at Hobby Lobby for $1.20!  I painted it with Gray paint and the used Molding Paste to hold the bricks in place.  I gave it a misting with Sugar Maple Glimmer Mist.  The words on the front were printed on the computer and then glued to the front of the bricks.  I love the Climbing  Ivy Set (#Es007VR)  byBasically Bare and gave that a misting with Olive Vine and then sewed through the center of the leaves.  Bricks are misted with Brick and Sugar Maple Glimmer Mist.Check out the Basically Bare Blog for some fun and inspirational projects!

Products:

Glimmer Mist (Tattered Angels)

Paint and Molding Paste (Golden)

Wooden Box

Stack-a-Bellies Birds (Basically Bare)

Computer

sewing machine

Artistic Photographer

Today I'm posting on the Basically Bare Blog and sharing this 12" x 12" Altered Frame. I've used  Basically Bare,  Buttons and Banner.  I've also used Crafty Secrets Clear Stamps, Core-dinations Cardstock, Graphis 45, Tattered Angels and eyelets.  I set the eyelets right in the wood frame.

Down on the Farm with Basically Bare

Hello friends!  My daughter spotted this frame while thrifting with her Grandma.  She bought it for me because she knew I would love it...and i DO!  I used Basically Bare Film Strip, an Acrylic Gear, a Banner and a couple of Bottle Caps.  The Clear Stamps and vintage images are Crafty Secrets.   You'll have to check out the Basically Bare blog and see some of the gorgeous projects the gals have been working on!

A Window To My Heart and Soul

I've been having some fun with Basically Bare .  I’m sharing a project that was made using a vintage barn window.  For safety purposes, I removed the broken glass that was in the frame and replaced it with some plexi glass.  I gave the plexi glass a good whack with a hammer and PRESTO..new broken glass. LOL!  I’ve used Bottle caps and a canvas heart, both by Basically Bare.  The flowers are made with Core-dinations Cardstock.

Dream

I've used Basically Bare dress form, bottle cap and canvas banners on this framed piece.    The paper is Graphic 45 and it's one of my favorite paper lines.  I've misted the background and canvas banners with Glimmer Mist.  The dress form has been decorated with vintage crochet.
Have you had a chance to check out the new releases by Basically Bare?  I'm seriously drooling over these beauties.  LOL!

Basically Bare: Sew Altered!

Remember these gorgeous wooden pieces that many older homes had above the windows and doors?  I spotted this at an Antique Shop and decided to make it into a sewing room wall hanging.  I've used the chipboard dress form and painted and added embossing to give it some texture.  Basically Bare has the neatest “bare” products that are perfect for  altering, mixed media, card making and scrapbookers!

Robin’s Nest Project: Dig Life!

Check out the Chattering Robin’s blog for some super cute project ideas! Robin’s Nest shop is full of goodies :)


Altered Eclectic Reader
Supplies:
Vintage Eclectic Reader, Multi Medium Matte (Claudine Hellmuth), Gold, Bronze and Copper Perfect Pearls (Ranger), Cardboard Gear and bottle cap (Basically Bare), Gold embossing powder (Stampendous), Heat Embossing Tool (Paper Studio), Hot Glue Gun and Melt Sticks (Glue Arts), Butterfly image (Crafty Secrets), Gnome image (Altered Artifacts), Ink (Memento), Elmer’s Glue, Vintage key, Vintage letter stamps and game pieces.
Instructions:
Step 1- Start with a cardboard gear.
Step 2- Gather paintbrush, multi medium and bronze, copper and gold Perfect Pearls.

Step3- Place a dab of multi medium (about the size of a penny) on scrap paper.

Step 4- Add a sprinkle of bronze Perfect Pearls onto the multi medium and mix with a paintbrush.
Step 5- Using the paintbrush, dab the bronze mixture on different parts of the gear.

Step 6- Repeat steps 4 and 5 for the gold and copper colors.
Step 7- Sprinkle gold embossing powder on the gear while the mixture is still wet.

Step 8- Heat emboss.
Step 9- Gather the bottle cap and add a thin layer of Elmer’s glue to the inside.  Sprinkle gold embossing powder on the inside and heat emboss.

Step 10- Using black ink, stamp letters on the vintage game pieces.

Step 11- Hot glue the stamped game piece in the center of the bottle cap.

Step 12- Cut out gnome image.

Step 13- Hot glue gnome image to the left side of the gear.

Step 14- Hot glue LIFE game pieces to the bottom of the gear

Step 15- Hot glue the back of the gear and press on to the book.
Step 16- Hot glue DIG near the top of the book.

Step 17- Cut out the butterfly image and add copper glitter to the wings.
Step 18- Hot glue the butterfly to a vintage key.
Step 19- Hot glue the key to the right side of the gear.