Belle Papier {pretty paper}

Don’t you just love it?! I adore the dimension and texture it adds to your design and there are just SO many things you can do with it. This week at Craft Critique, we’ve been having a chipboard theme featuring many different makes of chipboard. I love Basic Grey chipboard and was so excited to have the opportunity to review it for today’s entry. I have one design to share with you here and to see the rest… check out my article HERE.

Infuse Chipboard Believe Design

For this design, I just couldn’t resist trying out the new Basic Grey Infuse Undressed Chipboard. Love it! When I first saw it, I immediately grabbed it off the shelf. Never mind that there were very few customers in the store, I just had to get it in my hands as quick as possible! LOL And then I wondered…hmmm…how hard would this be to cover. Oh well… I was sure it was doable and there is always sponging with ink and embossing options if it gets too tricky. As I wandered the store a little more, I came to the Basic Grey paper section and found the Infuse die cut sheets… wohoo! Now that is a super idea. The die cut sheets PERFECTLY match up with the chipboard. And so, I brought it home to try.

The chipboard elements were SO easy to cover using the die cut sheets and sooo much fun. You are going to be seeing more of this to be sure! I was so impressed at how well the chipboard and die cuts lined up…no trimming, no sanding, just adhere and you are done! I went to the added step of sponging the edges for a little dimension but if you are not into sponging… you really don’t need to!

To tell you about about my actual design, I used this week’s CPS layout for my jumping off point. That big flower just reminded me so much of the design, it was a perfect fit. Using strips of Basic Grey Infuse 6×6 patterned paper, I loosely followed the layout, added some stitching and a Basic Grey rub-on sentiment. Along the bottom of the stitched layer, I ruffled up the edge a little for a little texture interest and to break up the design a little. For the centers of my flowers, the smaller one is set with a Making Memories snap and the larger one has a Stampin Up clear button tied with some stitched ribbon.

I hope you enjoyed this design and have a fabulous weekend. As you can see, this design isn’t my usual Simply Saturday entry, my Craft Critique article is most like my Sunday {C’est Bon} entries adn so, I’m going to consider this my Sunday’s post and tomorrow, I’ll do the simple design. A little switching up is OK now and then, right?

Supply List:

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip - SU

Patterned Paper: Basic Grey Infuse 6×6 pad

Ink: Chocolate chip - SU

Other: Snap - Making Memories, clear button - Stampin Up, ribbon - unknown, Wholy Cow White rub-on - Basic Grey, sewing machine, Crop-a-dile - We R Memory Keepers