A Basic Grey Go-to Challenge

A little challenge of the Go-to Gals today. It's sort of like Iron Chef where we all make something with the same ingredients, except with knives, no timer, and no octopus {insert any other disgusting food product here}. This week's ingredient... Basic Grey. You know 'em. You love 'em. You may have partaken in a bi-annual tradition of beating what seems like a billion other women to their booth first thing on the first day of CHA so that you can place the Emma's Paperie order before it gets buried beneath all the orders of said billion other women. Oh, wait. That's just me. I'll give you a moment to picture it. There might be running involved. It's like Black Friday. But on crack. It's fairly hilarious. That's what I do for friends and Basic Grey, folks. That's dedication. Anyhow, that brings us to today's challenge project. Lookie there... a little shaker card... sort of. Lookie there... you open it up and...

the shaker is on the outside. The images that appear to be on the inside of the shaker on the inside of the card instead. Kinda different. I kinda love it. This idea came to me right when I saw those cutie pie snowman stickers from Basic Grey's Jovial collection. Their little smiley faces... they just kill me. Love 'em. The gift sticker was part of a sticker with 3 gifts... I just cut this one out, stamped the sentiment on it, and stuck it on. It's hidden behind the snow so it's a little surprise when you open the card. Love that. To make the faux shaker, I just made a clear transparency card like normal. I stuck the Snowball Fight paper inside the card and the stickers on top of that. I made the shaker layer by cutting another piece of transparency to fit, stitching it partially on, then sticking the mica flakes in and stitching it up. Pretty easy. Love the effect. For more Basic Grey goodness, check out the other Go-to Gals... Teri

Kim H

Maren

Betsy

Kim K Later, friends!