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weekend inspiration: basicgrey

 

 

BasicGrey’s Konnichiwa is a bright and girly range that has been used perfectly by Kim to document a day out with the girls to celebrate Melbourne Cup. Kim has used a variety of embellishments from the large number in the range to frame her photos without overwhelming them. The papers also proved perfect for fussy cutting allowing Kim to easily layer more flowers onto the base patterned paper design.

 

 

Meanwhile the soft and ethereal Plumeria range was the perfect backdrop for this spell-casting photo of Suz Doyle’s daughter.  Lilacs and golds are offset by turquoise to create a pretty, dreamy effect and Suz has played with layers and Martha Stewart edge punches to create some interest at the bottom of this page.

 

 

How cool is this page created by Leeann Pearce for the BasicGrey blog.  She has used Kissing Booth in a clearly non-Valentine and very-Leeann happy carefree way. 

 

Danielle Flanders has kindly agreed to share this beautiful layout with us using the Konnichiwa range. I love how Danielle has created the quilted pieces from patterned paper to reinforce the theme of her layout. Thanks for sharing Danielle.

 

 

Ashli Oliver has used the beautiful Basic Grey Piccadily range to great effect. We love Ashli's layered and distressed style. She includes so many interesting details into all of her layouts. Thankyou for agreeing to share your layout with us Ashli.

 

 

 

Nicole Samuels from the BasicGrey design team created this page using the What’s Up range, which is due in Aus any day now!  We love how she has colour-coded the heart punches to create a background that’s both interesting and still allows the focus to remain on the photos.

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weekend inspiration: basicgrey

 

Iris Uy combines papers, die-cuts, rub-ons, and stamps from BasicGrey's Picadilly to come up with this fun colorful page about her daughter's trip to the country side.

 

 

 

The Out of Print range is full of collage type papers and collage type accents and this really appeals to Leeann, so she got a little artsy with this range.   Leeann built a few layers with the papers and self adhesive lace and then embellished the photo with a large circle frame cut from the Out of Print papers. 

Leeann clustered a punched out sewn banner at the bottom of the photo and added more layers using Basic Grey embellishments. She then finished this page of with splashing some ink and using one of the designer rub-ons, some punched out clouds and machine stitched for added detail.

 

 

 

Pamela Young shares two beautifully stunning pages with us who also happens to be one of Basic Greys design team members. This first one Pamela has used the Piccadilly collection and has cut the papers into hexagon shapes and layered them out in a patch work style. The hand cut scrunch leaves are a great embellishment for finishing this page off.

 

 

On this layout Pamela has used the Indi Bloom collection. Pamela has also used some die-cut plates on the pattern papers. I love how the dies cut plate have given the edges an embossed finish. Beautiful coordinate and layered matts for her photos. Along with a great design and a small cluster of fabric yo yo’s and felt blooms. Thanks so much to Pamela for letting us share some of her wonderful creations

 

Marinette Lesne from France creates beautiful happy pages with BasicGrey. As a design team member for BasicGrey, she effectively uses the stunning colors and patterns of BasicGrey papers for her usual scrapping style which according to her is happy and colorful. Marinette loves to stamp on her projects as well as use school eyelets! You will always see school eyelets on her projects ( those little white circles). Thank you so much Marinette for this fun and happy page!

 

 

LG Belarmino is a scrapper from the Philippines with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts Major in Advertising Design. She went into scrapbooking to preserve her family's memories, to express her creative side and to get to know a lot of amazing people worldwide.

In this layout, she used one of BasicGrey's recent collections “Little Black Dress”. According to LG, the patterns and colors of this line are very classy and works perfectly with black and white photos.

weekend inspiration: basic grey

With this post we welcome a new design team member to the Aussie Scrap Source fold – Georgia Keays! 

 

 

 

Her stunning pages have a unique style all her own and it’s not just us who have noticed her of recent times, she has also been included in the first ever BasicGrey design team.  Alongside her, we’re thrilled to congratulate fellow Aussie DT members Leeann Pearce AND Iris Babao Uy onto their team!

 

 

BasicGrey papers for Iris are synonymous with beautiful patterns and vibrant colours. Whenever she designs for BasicGrey the first thing she does is take a good look at the papers and figure out how to make the patterns pop out and not get lost in a design even with layers of papers one on top of the other.

This page is an example of how one can make the most of a patterned paper. Without much embellishments on hand, Iris was able to make a paper look like a die-cut sheet (red floral one), and make embellishments from hand-cut papers.

 

 

 

Here is one more page from Iris using the Picadilly line.

 

Janine loves the Out of Print range by BasicGrey! She loves all the distressed newsprint style in the background of the papers and the glorious palette of colours in the range. In this LO Janine used some large strips as the base to her photo and then built it up with lots of open circles in black for some punch to the design. She continued the distress look of all the layers by inking and distressing each piece and this also adds depth to the design.

 

 

 

 

Thankyou to Lisa Barrie for sharing two wonderful LO's using the BasicGrey Out of Print range. She has worked with the grunge/distressed look of the papers in this first LO, adding touches of mists and lots of fun flags and arrows that give so much "teen feel" to the page.

2011 cha summer: basicgrey

Something for everyone with the stunning individuality expected from BasicGrey.  Which is your favourite?!  Click here to see the full lines.

 

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Louise jumped at the chance to create using the Marjolaine range from Basic Grey!! She confesses that she doesn’t think she will ever stop being a fan of their classic patterns. With the Marjolaine is a strong pattern, but it is a classic that lends itself to being able to use a little, or a lot of it. It typically coordinates perfectly with a full range of wonderful embellishments.

Louise has created four layouts to showcase how, 'a little or a lot' of Marjolaine will make for an amazing layout that will suit both male and female orientated pages. It’s almost a journey of its own watching Lou transition through layouts using the same range of products – we never tire of it!

 

 

The photo really is the focus of this vintage-styled layout from Louise. She adores the Curio range but didn't want to overpower the page. By sticking with a neutral background from the Basics range by Basic Grey and building up lots of layers with vintagey touches, she has created a heavily detailed page that still has a light and soft feel to it.

Some vintage buttons threaded with bakers twine add a sweet touch, and punched edges and a partially hidden doily finish the look.

Louise found the 6 x 6 pad the perfect size for a quick photo mat, and the chipboard stickers were so easy to use and saved hours of fussy cutting, adding dimension and finished with some distress stickles for a hint of glitter.

 

 

This layout featuring the Marjolaine product range has been created by Basic Greys awesome designer Kelly Goree. Kelly never fails to create the most wonderful layouts and cards with Basic Grey, and these are no exception! Thank you so very much Kelly for allowing us to share your fabulous creativity.

 

 

This amazing layout from Robin Shakoor shows her expertise in layering busy patterns with flair. The intertwining circles reflect the meaning behind the photo, and the whole page is tied together with hints of Curio teamed along with some stunning Prima flowers. The large circular journalling block also reflects the circles, and a row of dimensional dots along the circle edges just accent the pattern with delicious detail.

 

 

Louise found this stunning example using the Curio range and was immediately attracted to the large rose, painstakingly cut out along with the little bird detail. Elaine Rolfe has tied the page together perfectly by creating a large, handstitched flower shape that sits behind, acting as an anchor for the floating photo and embellishments.

 

Luz Maria Bruna has created this eye-catching layout that although busy, is balanced and stunning in it's detail. The beautiful Prima flowers work perfectly with the cut out bird and butterfly details, and the hint of black grounds the elements into a visually-pleasing, cohesive look.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And because it surely wouldn’t be a self-respecting BasicGrey post without at least one layout from Nic Howard, we bring you two.  These are from the latest CHA releases and these two lines are both available now for pre-order.  This is Hello Luscious which Nic says is beautiful and rich and full of energy but can be toned down too if you’re after something more subtle. 

 

 

Life of the Party is a birthday (or anniversary…) themed line, bright enough for kids but rich enough for grownup celebrations too.  So Nic assures us!  You could look at this layout for ages and just keep seeing more little details.

cha winter 2011: basicgrey

Four new lines from BasicGrey – the masters at bringing us something wonderful for everyone…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

weekend inspiration: basicgrey

 

 

The new Oliver range from Basic Grey was just perfect for this layout about Louise's own little monkey. The masculine colours, combined with the fun animals suit a huge variety of ages and themes, making it a very versatile range.

By basing her layout on some white cardstock, Louise was able to bring the focus back to the photos with careful use of colour and some fun clusters of elements.

 

 

Janine loved the fine subtle prints of this line for layering but then she could add bold splashes of colour by hand- cutting out the large flowers from the paper to reflect her main embellishing focal point of the chipboard flowers in the range. She also enjoyed using the co-ordinating decorative tape to add more interest to the page.

 

 

Wander is the new travel range by BasicGrey. As you can see in this layout the earthy colours are so versatile that they can be used for many other pages as well as travel ones. That's the beauty of double sided paper! Caz has scrapped a layout about the 2 wild ducks that have chosen to live in her pool this spring.

 

Iris usually works with bright colors... when asked to create a layout with the BasicGrey Pyrus line, Iris had to think of ways to add more color to the page while still highlighting the beautiful patterns and colors of the Pyrus line. She achieved this by adding bright yellow mists and lime green paint. Adding a few brightly colored felt flowers ties everything together.

 

Abbey Crooks considers BasicGrey Pyrus as one of her favourite paper lines of the year! The colours and designs are perfect for autumn and went great with the photo of her children.

 

Susan Gray created this adorable layout featuring a photo her best friend Lori. She says.. "We are both animal lovers & this is her latest rescue Koko. The colours in the photo seemed perfect to go with the fall colors of Pyrus. I used raffia not only because it's a fall decoration but because our cats will make a toy of it."

 

The talented Leah Killian created this layout at a time of great happiness and gratitude. The autumn colors were perfect for the spirit of harvest and thankfulness that she was scrapping about! The ruffle is made using a Martha Stewart Border punch, and sewn on.

 

 

Alicia Geiss has created this adorable LO using the new BasicGrey Olivia range. She has and cut around the hearts,and flowers to add bold elements of patterned paper and the touch of buttons in the flowers adds texture, along with the ribbon stem. Thanks so much for sharing this delightful page with us Alicia.

 

This adorable page was created by the talented Kelly Goree using the new BasicGrey Olivia range. She has used a subtle mix of the papers, fabulously layered to compliment this heartwarming picture. A totally inspiring page.

 

Alicia Giess shows just how versatile this range is by achieving a completely different look by adding a neutral paper base and some Glimmer Mist. The handwritten journalling completes the personal touch on this sweet and personal layout.

 

 

This cute layout from Nancy Damiano just bursts with colour and is just perfect with her photos. By layering her arrow and star elements, she achieves dimension and interest without cluttering her layout and the result is very eyecatching.

countdown to christmas day 3 - basicgrey

Last Christmas,  Caz started an album with a page a day as her family counted down to Christmas. As with most things, and especially at this time of year the album was never finished. So Caz decided to add to it with pages from this year to try and get it finished.

After all. The traditions don't really change at all each year which is why Caz loves the whole Christmas thing.

 

Day 2- when Caz's son slept at a friend's one night he was introduced to the German advent custom of leaving your shoe out for Santa with your Christmas letter in it. Santa would collect the letters and leave lollies or chocolates in each child's shoe if they had been good.

 

Day 9 - One big change this year is the introduction of Chase into our Christmas. Chase is why the decorations are a bit light on this year, the tree is still completely naked as we work out what to do with it, and after seeing him open a 30box of Coke cans in 5 minutes flat there will be no presents sitting under the tree till the very last minute. Lol.

 

Day 13 - In the weeks leading up to Christmas Jordan usually spends a lot of time in her room being secretive. 2 years ago she prepared a powerpoint presentation for Caz and her hubby about her life up till now, last year she made a photo frame for her Nana and put a picture of the two of them in it. Such a giving and thoughtful child, Jordan really is what the Spirit of Christmas is all about.

countdown to christmas day 21: the crafter’s workshop

 

 

Iris thought of converting an old leather covered box lid into a Christmas wall hanging. The Crafter's Workshop template helped her to create the Christmas Tree which was hand cut from BasicGrey's Jovial paper. She outlined the edges of the tree with stickles and added gold paint and gold mica to the corners of the frame.

weekend inspiration: basic grey

The warm palette of BasicGrey’s Max and Whiskers collection is perfect for reflecting upon the sunny nature of our little pets. In her layout, "Cute (But Odd) Dog", Kathie reflects on her dog’s rather neurotic personality (not that you’d believe it from that sweet photo!).

Kathie’s based her page on a piece of the neutral patterned paper from the collection and just loves the slightly grungy look it has. To add to that look, she’s used an old, empty sheet of BasicGrey letter stickers as a stencil to ink a random pattern onto the background in place of a photo mat. She’s decorated her page with a combination of the co-ordinating felt woolies and rub-ons.

Caz recemtly met her brothers new girlfriend and her sweet baby Matilda for the first time on a visit to Qld. Caz decided to make Jessica a mini photo album as a Hello gift. The gorgeous Kioshi range was just perfect to add to a silver/grey album she had purchased earlier. Caz decorated each page with the patterned paper, Pops layered stickers, canvas tags and transparencies. She added the few photos she had of matilda and left the other pages blank for Jess to add photos and journaling to.

We spied this layout in the 2peas gallery. It has been created by Kim Watson, Cape Town South Africa. Kim is a current member of Creating Keepsakes magazine Dream Team. Kim's used BasicGrey's Origins line here. The ornate die-cut background is a solid backdrop and works so perfectly with Kim's photo. And we adore how Kim has added the pops of blue to her page with that stunning flower (look at all those buttons and dangles - what a clever idea) and the script title on the photo. Thanks Kim.

This gorgeous layout is shared with us by Lisa Warren, Wollongong. The soft coloured papers Lisa's chosen from the Nook and Pantry line work so perfectly with her 1970s photo of Lisa and her first pet, Boz Scaggs.

Lisa's cut up all the various patterns on the striped "Cookbook" paper to create her patches and strips - what a great effect. And the crochet blue circles behind the photo - the ones that add a real sense of nostalgia to the page? - they're actually paper, cut from that same sheet of pattern paper. Thanks Lisa!

cha july 2010: basic grey

Another two stunning lines to appear later in the year….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cha july 2010: basic grey

Additions to the brilliant Basics lines, bling and albums…

 

 

cha july 2010: basicgrey

Three fabulous new patterned paper lines with christmas, travel and autumn/vintage themes arriving shortly …

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

weekend inspiration: basic grey

 

 

 

Nic adored the Max and Whiskers range from the moment she saw it. She loves the beautiful warm oranges and yellows combined with splashes of red and earthy greens and best of all the grungy finish to all of the patterns. It's a perfect range to compliment a whole range of page themes and is definitely not limited just to pet pages.
Creating this layout however, allowed Nic to take advantage of the gorgeous pet theme when scrapping about her daughter's love of the family cat.

She began with a mat of die-cut paper from the range and added a lined card coloured with Glimmermist, Tattered Angels/Heidi Swapp crepe ribbon and buttons and die-cut stickers from the Max and Whiskers range.

The result is a sweet and simple page detailing an important occurrence in Nic's household.

 

 

Nic Howard showcases the fabulous depth of the blue-greens in the Max & Whiskers range in this fun layout of her son.   She has layered and distressed co-ordinating strips of patterned paper in true Nic Howard style and though the layout has nothing to do with pets Nic shows us the versatility of the range.

 

 

 

One of Kathie’s blog readers recently asked if she thought the Green at Heart line was suitable for creating layouts about little boys. Here, Kathie shows that it absolutely is. The purples, greens and oranges in the line make it possible to create wonderful colour-filled pages for boys. Kathie particularly fell in love with the felt woollies!

 

Suz loves the delicate pastels of the Kioshi range, and showcases them here.  A truly versatile range that works well with all kinds of themes, and the sutlety and repetition of the patterns means that your photos are guaranteed to keep the focus of the page.  Here Suz writes about her sparring children, who can’t even walk past each other without sticking an elbow into the other one at the moment.

 

The beautiful delicacy of the Kioshi doiley seemed like the perfect place to start for this photo of Suz’s mum and daughter together.  She kept all her elements in the centre to better show off the beauty of the doiley and kept her embellishments simple.

 

 

 

 

Kathie found this layout in Stacey Michaud’s 2peas gallery and fell in love with it. The soft colour palette of BasicGrey’s Origins lines works perfectly with this sentimental photo, taken when Stacey’s daughter was born. Stacey created this page when she was guest designer at the sketch blog Pencil Lines recently.

 

 

 

This gorgeous layout by Nancy Damiano showcases how the different elements of the Max and Whiskers range work together so perfectly. Nancy was inspired by the beautiful bold colour palette, commenting that it is perfect for boy pages, yet still bright and fun. We love everything about this delightful page - the design, the patched background, the layering, all of the elements, it's fantastic and we thank you for allowing us to share it with our readers!

 

 

 

We absolutely adore this layout by Jing-Jing Nickel. the layout has nothing whatsoever to do with cats, or dogs, or any animals for that matter, it's all about how her young children fight! And can't we all relate to that? We love the design and in particular the fabulous way she applied this range to the theme of her layout. Thanks Jing-Jing.

weekend inspiration: basicgrey

 

 

The only problem Caz had with using the BasicGrey Sugar Rush range of papers was trying to decide which of then to use on her layout. She compromised by using a strip form each of them and cutting a spray of leaves from the lace paper. Caz roughed up the edges of each strip a little and sewed some of the edges down with some machine stitching to add some texture to the layout.

 

At first glance, Nook and Pantry seemed to be quite a feminine line. However, Kathie's quite good at taking what seems to be feminine products and lending them a masculine twist. It comes as a neat trick, when you only have boys to scrap!

When you look more closely, the papers are amazingly versatile. The stronger colours in the range are beautifully vivid. The chipboard embellishments are really fun, with little ice-creams, cupcakes and fruit. And the decorative brads are so colourful and fun. They almost look like lollies, they're so cute. So keep them out of reach of little fingers!

 

Louise just couldn’t wait to start creating with the new Basic Grey Origins line. The colours are just so fresh, and glorious to work with. Typically Basic Grey have an amazing range of coordinated embellishments [brads, stitched brads, buttons, chipboard/diecut shapes, glazed brads, clips, alphas/stickers, element stickers, fabric flowers, and transparencies, and rub-ons], and die cut papers to go with the patterned papers; which always always make creating layout/cards almost effortless.

As you can see from this layout, and the next 4 Louise has used only a small selection of the fabulous range of patterned papers and embellishments; however there can be no doubt about what a wonderful coordinated range Origins is, with endless creative potential.

 

 

 

 

 

 

For these cards Louise has used the Doilie as a mask to create a lovely flower painted effect for the card backgrounds. To further enhance the flower pattern of the doilie, she has sprayed Glimmer Mist into the centres of the flowers. The coordinating rub-ons and chipboard shapes were then used to finish off the embellishment of the cards.

 

Nic Howard showcases both the superb drama and the subtlety that is the new BasicGrey Kioshi line in this gorgeous and intricate layout.  Full of the girlish charm that only butterflies and sprays of rainbow flowers provide this paper range is also sophisticated and stylised.

 

 

This next gorgeous layout comes all the way from Sandra in Iceland. The Origins range from Basic Grey is perfect for those outdoor scenic photos. Sandra did not have any letter stickers to go with her layout so she simply inked some Pink Paislee stickers so that they matched.

 

 

Karan Gerber from Canada created this gorgeous layout about herself using the BasicGrey Sugar Rush range of papers and Tattered Angels glimmermist and screens, Thankyou so much for allowing us to share Karan.

 

Closer to home, Deb Godley has created this gorgeous page showing the emergence of a little clown in her family. BasicGrey's Lime Rickey line is great for making pages that have colour and energy. We love how Deb's used circles and the shooting star to create a fun and happy page.

 

We are delighted to share a page by Kim Arnold using the BasicGrey Lemonade line. The yellow backdrop evoke memories of sunny Spring days. We love how Kim's added the sprig of berries and the softly floating butterfly at the top of the page to add movement to the page. And a little hint of gauzy ribbon peeks from beneath the photo mat, adding softness and charm.

 

Another layout by Kim Arnold, this time using BasicGrey's June Bug line. This is one of those pages where you can't help but just smile. The combination of those fun photos, with the bright orange doilies paper, and that beautiful fun title just says happy, happy, happy.

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countdown to christmas: technique tuesday

As soon as Nic saw the new BasicGrey Sugar Rush she knew the gorgeous pinks and oranges would be perfect for Christmas cards. Nic paired the BasicGrey papers with a favourite new Technique Tuesday Stamp set, (Ali Edwards Peace Love Joy) and and older favourite, Technique Tiles. She applied a little dimensional magic to the scalloped circle tiles and dipped them in Pink Paislee Pixie Stix glitter, the sparkle certainly sets off that Christmas mood!

countdown to christmas: basic grey

Carole created this set of gorgeous cards, using Eskimo Kisses "Holly Jolly Bitsy" and "Snow Baby Bitsy" Stamps, they were just adorable to use, and as Carole loves to layer, they looked so detailed yet were not hard to create. And the best bit about stamps for christmas cards is of course, that you can use them over and over again.

Carole also used Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses pattern paper and stickers. 

 

Carole layered the flower from the "Holly Jolly Bitsy" stamp set, Carole cut into the flower once she stamped it onto pattern paper, and curled the petals with her fingers, she layered each flower with one feature flower in the middle of the cluster. Carole then added some yummy BG rhinestones.

Carole created one layered flower on this card, but also added some swirls by stamping onto plain white cardstock and then cutting around the swirl and sticking to the card using the "Holly Jolly Bitsy" stamp set and then Carole added some rhinestones to the swirls for added detail.

Carole created this cute little Eskimo by stamping the Eskimo (Girl) 4 times onto pattern paper, and then cutting each piece out Carole then layered specific pieces to create the above Eskimo.

Carole created this stamped image on top of the Chipboard Sticker for both the Eskimo Girl and Boy with foam tape, and then stuck both Eskimos onto the card as shown above.

countdown to christmas: basicgrey

 

The chipboard pieces in the BasicGrey Eskimo Kisses range make hand-made Christmas cards a cinch!

Kathie loved the little eskimo children, houses, and Christmas trees and has made a set of cards to house them.

 

Kathie has used white cardstock and patterned paper to create cute little backgrounds for her chipboard embellishments. She cut undulating cardstock hills and adhered them over the top of a patterned paper background. After outlining the edges of the cardstock with a fine black marker, she added the chipboard shapes on top.

 

Pink Paislee Glitter Stix adds a Christmas sparkle to these frosty cards.

 

BasicGrey Bling It Rhinestone Dots decorate these Christmas trees. Kathie's used dimensional tape to highlight a couple of the trees, which are made from simple triangles of coordinating patterned paper.