Monthly Archives: April 2012

Basic Card Sketch : 4.30.12

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Happy Spring | Rae Barthel

We’re switching things up a bit this week and providing you with a sketch based on this card from BasicGrey design team member Rae Barthel.

Rae notes, “Ahhhhh, spring! I chose to base my ‘springy’ card around the Matsuri patterned paper, which I feel is the perfect depiction of spring, with its darling birds among the blooming branches.  The ‘happy spring’ chipboard piece provided the perfect sentiment for my card, and I love the flower/brad accent that I nestled among distressed punched circles. I couldn’t resist the banner and love how the alphabet stickers look on it! This card fell together quite naturally, thanks to the delicious patterned papers which tie together so effortlessly.”

Yes, this week’s sketch is based from a card but that doesn’t mean that’s what you have to create!  Use it for whatever you’d like – a card, layout, mini album, etc.  Your project, your choice!

We’d love to see what you create from this week’s sketch. Leave a comment below with a link to your project and we’ll select one comment at random to receive a collection pack of your choice. Comment must be posted by May 6, 2012 at 11:59p MST.

If you upload your layout to your blog or online gallery, we hope you’ll also upload it to our BasicGrey flickr pool and note what products you’ve used so that other BG fans can find inspiration from your work easily.

 

kali 
Submitted on 2012/05/01 at 9:53 am

Hi, i’ve blogged my card here : http://www.flickr.com/photos/68232766@N05/6985971062/in/pool-1739804@N20/

Thanks for this sketch ;)
kali

Eye Spy : Azumi Izuno

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One of the things I never tire of is seeing the work of BasicGrey fans that live around the globe.  This layout from Azumi in Japan using our Olivia and Life of The Party collections is no exception!  With a great use of product and an amazing composition, I’m sure you’ll agree that this layout is a knockout.

Azumi – Congratulations on being selected as our Eye Spy feature this week! We’ll be sending you some BasicGrey product your way as our way of saying thanks.

Have a project you think we should see and that you’d like to share with other BG fans? Upload it to our flickr pool and you might just find your work on our blog! Be sure to note what BasicGrey products you used when uploading.

Introducing Serendipity + Shine On

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We’re excited to announce two NEW BasicGrey collections available exclusively at Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores, Serendipity and Shine On.  These two collections were set in select stores today and are now available!

With new collections come new project eye candy created by BasicGrey designer Kelly Goree. First up, projects created with Serendipity :

Next, projects created with our Shine On collection :

We hope these projects inspire you to take a trip to your nearest Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft store to see the entire collections.

Looking for the Serendipity and Shine On? Click here to see if your local store location will be carrying those lines. Don’t see your local store? Request it through Jo-Ann’s online contact form.  International customers, don’t fret! These lines are being carried in select markets world wide through our international distributors.

Don’t have a Jo-Ann’s close by?  Don’t fret!  We have TWO prize packages ready to send out to two lucky BasicGrey fans, simply see the giveaway bow below for your chance to win!


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April 2012 flickr Friend Reveal : Lanterns and Banners

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It’s hard to believe that the end of the month is already here and with it, we have another round of flickr Friends to reveal!

Each month, we provide a theme for you to use on your projects and then upload to our flickr pool. At the end of each month, we select a few of our favorites to post here on our blog and send them some BasjcGrey goodies as our way of saying thanks.

The theme for this month was “lanterns and banners” and was inspired by our new Konnichiwa collection as lanterns and banners are included within many of the paper and embellishment designs.

Without further ado, some of our favorites from our flickr pool using this month’s theme :

For the love of the game

At first glimpse, you might wonder where a lantern or banner is on this page but look again!  How clever to use two banner shapes to create a ribbon perfect for this sports themed page.

My Sister

The subdued colors of the patterned papers used on this layout work perfectly with the sepia toned photo.  This layout was also created for our Scraplift This! challenge on April 2nd.

Adore

With all the feminine details on this page, a few small banners and chipboard pieces in the upper left corner make for a perfect embellishment choice.

A BIG thank you to all of you who uploaded your projects – we love being able to feature your work here on the BG blog.  Winners keep an eye on your flickr mail as we’ll be in touch shortly to arrange your prizes.  Look for May’s theme to be posted next week!