BasicGrey....a love affair

Reported by Heidi Kingery

I remember hearing the buzz surrounding BasicGrey on Splitcoast Stampers years ago. I saw the paper and the patterns and instantly fell in love! I wanted it *oh so* badly! Well, that is, until I saw the price! The only place I could find it was online scrapbook stores, and at around $.70 a sheet, I wasn’t buyin’! Call me what you may, but I prefer to call myself ‘thrifty’! I tend to only buy things that are on sale to some degree, or if I can get them with a coupon. I’m sure there are a lot of you ‘thrifty’ shoppers out there! Be proud! Okay, I am getting a little off the point here so let me jump back
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You can purchase the 12x12 paper by the sheet or in the collection packs that include eighteen single sided papers, along with one sheet of tags and one sheet of alphabet stickers. The collection packs run around $18.00 each. Although, I started my stash by getting them half off once Hobby Lobby started carrying them. You can also buy the very clever 6x6 pads that include the same paper from the 12x12 packs, just on a 6x6 scale which is perfect for card makers! The 6x6 pads that include 36 sheets (2 of each design) run $6 each and seem to be easier on your wallet. Well, that is unless you’re me and just end up buying more to make up for the price difference! They haven’t started carrying those in stock at Hobby Lobby just yet but I am keeping my eyes peeled!


BasicGrey can be described as versatile, colorful, exotic, fun, and beautiful all in the same breath. They have five new lines coming out this month and one dubbed ‘Two Scoops’ that is also a recent release. In addition to the new lines they have over twenty other lines to choose from. The styles range from total boy, to pastel swirls, to bright and bold Christmas. And the plus side is, not only do they have paper, but they also have ribbon and fiber, chipboard albums, embellishments, rub-ons, and now even acrylic stamps! And even better than that, it all matches!


Not only do I love the look of this fabulous paper but I also love the weight too. It’s 80lb. paper which makes it perfect for layering and also for projects like card boxes, candy sleeves, and bags. The paper has a white core so when it comes to dry embossing and distressing or using sandpaper to roughen the edges, it works perfectly.


If you are reading this right now and do not own a single piece of BasicGrey {or just NEED more}, immediately go to your favorite web store {I like http://www.allthatscraps.com/ due to great service and free shipping over $10} and get a few 6x6 pads to see how you like it. You aren't going to be overcome with happiness with every line. I'm not. Remember to always buy what is going to make YOU happy and what appeals to YOU. Go with a few of your top choices and I guarantee you'll be going back for more! Thanks for reading and as always, please feel free to leave a comment whether you are in love too or even if you {gasp} don't like it. Tell us why! We like to hear from our readers!

Sarah's Christmas List... are you reading Santa???

Attention Craft Critique readers!!! Be sure to read all the way to the end of this post for a fun holiday giveaway!

Reported by Sarah Moore

Five things I would like Santa to leave under my tree... I mean besides Nestabilities Dies from Spellbinder, more Copic Markers, and the Clip-it-Up. We ALL want those products! :)

1. Spica Glitter Markers: I hear the shades/colors are wonderful and that the glitter effect is like nothing else! Ellen Hutson's Shop has a great deal on a set of 13 with a little travel pouch for $32.49 US.


2. Simply Swank Simply Solder Creative Art Kit: I saw this product at Summer CHA... it looks so easy to use and the price seems great for what you get. The projects they had on display at CHA were wonderful. They also have a gallery on their website you can check out. This looks like a fantastic way to get back to using some of the techniques I am familiar with from my art school days without requiring me to have an acetylene torch in my basement! It also looks like a nice product for crafters with absolutely NO metal/soldering experience. Retails for $54.95 US.

3. Cricut Expressions: I had the fortune to use one of these machines for a weekend at a recent scrapbook retreat... and I love everything about it. It worked great, it was easy to use, and it has a USB port which leads me to believe there will eventually be a way to hook this baby up to my computer to use true type fonts (no confirmation yet from ProvoCraft on this). Unlike the standard Cricut, this baby cuts 12X12 papers. Retails for $499.99 US, but look for deals on Ebay or Froogle.

4. Anything By Hambly Screen Prints: Especially the Clearly Heavy Overlays. Perfect for creating album covers and home decor items. Clearly Heavy Overlays retail for $3.99 US per sheet.



5. Basic Grey Precision File Set: Reviewed HERE by our own Lexi Daly. Every time I try to cover a chipboard letter with paper I think, "why the heck didn't I listen to Lexi?" For goodness sake, the product is only $6.99... it'd be a great stocking stuffer (hint to my husband). Our friends at Eclectic Paperie have them available HERE.


Five things I want to GIVE for Christmas:

1. Grungeboard by Tim Holtz: The latest in coolness... Grungeboard! it's an almost leather-like, bendable, indestructible, chipboard like material. It comes in basic shapes or alphabets... you can get it without texture or with swirls, dots, stripes or a harlequin pattern... it has endless possibilities for embellishing... it takes ink and paints... totally stampable, sewable, scrapable... heck, it might just put a man on the moon. Retail price is between $7.99-19.99 US

2. Paper and Stamps by Bam Pop: Ok... these images aren't for everyone, but personally, I adore them. They have the coolest designs... like nothing else out there. They even came out with an uber-cute little robot plush ($15 US) in time for Christmas (which my 3 year old is getting in his stocking) All of this could go on my own wish list too! Prices vary.

3. Teflon Bone Folder: What would I do without mine! It feels so good to use, leaves no shiny marks on your cards, and works great to burnish on rub-on's. I bought mine from Paper Source. Retails for $15.00

4. Anything bought on Etsy: Heck, if you don't have time to make gifts yourself this year, why not buy some handmade gifts made by others! Etsy has something for everyone on your list. They even have a handy gift guide to help you out!

5. PictureItPostage: What a perfect gift for a card maker... personalized postage! Make custom US postage stamps with your own photos. A perfect gift for a grandparent, college student, new mom, or a fellow card maker! Retails for $17.95 for 20 stamps.

AND... as a fun holiday giveaway, PictureItPostage has generously given us 10 gift codes to give to 10 lucky readers! Just leave a comment on this post and let us know your favorite craft product/tool of 2007. We will select 10 winners at random to receive a gift code from PictureItPostage for a free sheet of US stamps and free postage ($21.95 value). Sorry... US residents only please. Winners will be sellected on Sunday, December 16th at midnight central time.

Edited to add: this contest is closed... please check back tomorrow night to see the winners!

Holiday Gift Giving Ideas

Reported By: Colleen Schaan

I have a love/hate relationship with the holidays. I LOVE to give gifts...I love to see someone get really excited about finding something cool inside a beautifully wrapped package. But I HATE the struggle of finding that something cool that would be the perfect gift.

If you have a crafter on your gift list this holiday...here are some things that might be appreciated. (The first five are things that I really want this year...and the last five are things that I already own and highly recommend.)

I would LOVE these things...
1. Copic Markers - Copic markers are the latest craze in the stamping world. They are artist grade markers that come in over 300 colors. If you are a coloring fanatic, you NEED these markers. Set of 12 approx $72

2. Spellbinders Nestabilities - Another huge craze taking the paper crafting world by storm. (Can you say...jumping on the bandwagon?) Spellbinders embossing and cutting dies come in a variety of shapes and sized...and the cool thing...they work in most cutting/embossing systems. Approx. $24 for a set of 7 dies - get a discount for buying in grouped sets.

3. Clip It Up - A cool new storage system for organizing just about anything! Get those embellishments out of your drawers and into plain site! Approx. $60 for the base tier.

4. Basic Grey 6x6 Paper Pads - Fresh and funky designs from Basic Grey sized down to 6x6 specifically for card making. There's nothing basic or gray about Basic Grey! Approx. $5.99 per pack.

5. One Stroke Painting Kit - Learn Donna Dewberry's revolutionary One Stroke painting technique with any of these cool kits...all the supplies you need to create beautiful tole paintings. Approx. $40.

I already LOVE these things...
1. Big Shot - Since Ellison Designs merged with Sizzix, the Big Shot is now called the Big Kick... This die cutting and embossing machine is quick and easy to use! (Read my review of the Big Shot HERE) Approx $50

2. Prismacolor Pencils - Artist quality colored pencils that have pigment cores. Lays down color smoothly and easily. Blends beautifully! Sold individually or in sets. Set of 24 approx $25 - $30.

3. Watercolor Crayons - Stampin' Up! offers a set of 48 watercolor crayons to coordinate with their exclusive color families. Soft, rich color that is blendable with water or blender pens. Create gorgeous watercolor effects! Sets of 12 approx. $20.

4. Fiskars Office Rotary Cutter - A 12 inch rotary cutter that has interchangable blades and corner pockets for blade storage. A cut above the rest! Read my review HERE. Approx. $40.

5. Draw Today Drawing Kit - A complete kit by Art Skills that will teach how to look at things in a totally different way to be able to see what is really there...and then teach you how to draw it! Approx. $50.

There are so many great crafting products out there...it is sometimes hard to know what to get. I hope MY wish list was able to help a bit. Happy Holidays!

Wholly Cow - A Basic Grey Rub-on Transfer Review

Reported by Julia Stainton

Rub-on Transfers...I love using them! So clean, crisp, quick and easy to use, I love their distinctive look. Add that to the ornate but hip look of Basic Grey and I am sold. I admit it. I'm a Basic Grey rub-on addict and I own at least 3/4 of their rub-on transfers. Considering Basic Grey has about eighty-one rub-on transfer packages listed on their site, I think yes...it does count as a serious addiction.

Now what is it that I just love about Basic Grey's Wholy Cow Rub-on Transfers? First of all, the style. A fabulous mix of clean, ornate, and vintage, these rub-ons are totally hip and transcend a myrid of styles. While many rub-on manufacturers limit themselves to sentiments, Basic Grey has a fabulous mix of images and words and there seems to be a rub-on for every occasion imaginable. Sentiments, images, seasonal rub-ons, alphabets, borders, flourishes...you name it, Basic Grey makes it. I love it that many of the sentiments are also combined with an image making a beautiful statement. The rub-on transfers also come with a range of sizes in each package making it easy to find a design to suit your needs.



Another thing I love about Basic Grey Wholy Cow rub-on transfers is their flexibility. These rub-ons are designed to work well for cardmaking and altered papercrafts as well as the scrapbooking market. Many papercraft companies design their transfers primarily for scrapbooking which can be difficult to use in smaller projects. It may be the size or the phrasing but some rub-on transfers can be very difficult to use in other projects. As I am primarily a designer of cards and small altered projects, I love this flexibility. The scale is perfect for my needs as well as the phrasing.


Basic Grey Wholy Cow Rub-ons are also extremely flexible in the surfaces you can use them on. Unlike stamps that tend to limit themselves to flat surfaces, rub-on transfers are easy to apply to curved surfaces. Don't just stop at applying them to paper either. Think frames, painted surfaces, chipboard, metal, acetate, even glass. I've had great success applying the Basic Grey rub-on transfers to all these surfaces. Glass especially can be a difficult surface to apply rub-on transfers to...believe me I know this. While some rub-on transfers make you grit your teeth while applying to glass...Basic Grey rub-ons transfer very easily.



When creating scrapbook layouts or card designs with multi-layers, using rub-on tranfers can give you a very clean, graphic look. In digital scrapbooking, I love the look of text and flourishes spanning across layers of the design. Using rub-on transfers, it is easy to create this look and span different layers of paper without getting a gap in the image. As long as there is not a huge difference in the thickness of the layers, the rub-ons will hold together for a smooth look.

Basic Grey rub-on transfers are also extremely flexible in use for light and dark backgrounds. Most Wholy Cow Rub-on Transfers are available in both black and white transfers for each style. I love the look of the white transfers on black or dark designs. It gives a very different special look that is very unique and professional. Instead of being limited to using light surfaces, those dark ones really pop with the addition of white rub-ons. Just released with Basic Grey's last line, Figgy Pudding, a new color of rub-on has been added to the white and black options. I love the new brown rub-ons...a great vintage look alternative.




If you've never tried rub-on transfers before, Basic Grey's line is extremely easy to use. Simply remove from package, cut around your shape, remove paper backing, hold firmly in place and apply to your surface. These rub-on transfers come with a popsicle stick in the package that you can use for burnishing your transfer onto your surface. Truly, this is all you will need. I have tried lots of other rub-on transfer manufacturers with different degrees of success. Some are very difficult to apply without a metal stylus-type tool. The Basic Grey transfers apply easily and because of this, it is very rare for the transfer to slip while applying to your design. If you do make an error while applying your rub-ons...they are easily removed with an adhesive eraser.


To store your rub-on transfers, I would suggest carefully sliding the remaining transfers back into their package and storing them carefully. My method of choice is to hang them up with a clip-type storage unit to prevent them from getting creased in a drawer. Keep the backing on your rub-ons until ready to use as they will stick to the wrapping if you don't.

Basic Grey Rub-on Transfers are a great alternative to other tranditional ways of adding embellishment and sentiments. These rub-ons are acid and lingin free and are perfectly safe for adding to your heirloom or long-term projects. The price is fabulous, retailing at approximately $3.50 US a package. Perfect for projects where you don't what to repeat the same image over and over... this buys a lot of projects from one single sheet. Basic Grey Wholy Cow Rub-on transfers are a staple in my craft room and I'm looking forward to seeing what will be released next. If you are interested in giving rub-ons a try, why not try out Basic Grey. I know you'll love them...wholy cow, I do!

Basic Grey Undressed Chipboard

Reported by Julia Stainton

There is something about chipboard. What is it, I'm not quite sure. I'm addicted to it. The dimension, the extra texture, the feel of it, or perhaps even a combo of all three, chipboard always lures me in. I plead guilty to having boxes of it but I have to tell you, the chipboard I am most addicted to, comes from Basic Grey.

Basic Grey Undressed Chipboard is a fabulous chipboard product. Since I first came across Basic Grey chipboard about a year ago, I've been well-hooked on it. With each new release, it just keeps getting better and better. More selection, unique shapes, great details...I'm afraid that I just can't resist! Basic Grey always has a wonderful array of chipboard shapes, alphabet styles, funky punctuation and hardware to choose from, all in a hip, up to the minute style.

Basic Grey chipboard is wonderful for quite a few reasons. There are a great variety of shapes, monograms, sizes, weights to suit every need. I love having that flexibility and quality to choose from when I am designing. If you need large monograms and a heavy chipboard, Basic Grey has it. If you need a slimmer chipboard and smaller letters for a title, Basic Grey has that available too. Just released a few weeks ago, Basic Grey also has a new line of small chipboard albums. I just couldn't wait to get my hands on them. Actually, I just had to buy them all!

One of the things I like most about Basic Grey chipboard is that is all comes "undressed". Nothing fancy on it, just the plain, bare, naked chipboard. I've purchased cool "dressed" chipboard in colors and patterns from other companies but I just keep coming back to the plain Basic Grey undressed variety. Why? It is SO flexible! I can stamp on it, ink it, embossed it, glitter it, cover it with patterned paper, leave it bare, paint it, bead it...whatever I wish.

For holidays, I just love the Basic Grey Undressed Holiday Chipboard package. The shapes are so fun but elegant and perfect for getting into the holiday spirit. With a combination of larger and smaller shapes, this product is perfect for scrapbooking your holiday memories, creating special Christmas card designs, and crafting holiday decorations for your home. My favorite quick glitzy look for this product is to cover it with white craft ink and then emboss with a sparkling clear glitter embossing powder.



Basic Grey has just released some great new chipboard shapes that are so unique and totally coordinate with their latest paper lines. I couldn't wait to try them out but was wondering how difficult they would be to work with. I was so excited to discover that the chipboard shapes perfectly match up with the die cut sheets from their paper lines. For example... the Infuse die cut sheets of gorgeous flowers and branches is the perfect cut to adhere right on your chipboard. I tried it out to make sure that they really did line up well and was so pleased with how well they did and how easy it made it to get really great covered chipboard. No cutting or sanding needed it you decide to go this route. Just adhere together and attach to your design. This brings me to another exciting feature...the finer chipboard packages that come in four sheets such as these...they all come with adhesive on the back of the chipboard shapes and letters. Once again...so easy (and the best part, no mess) to simply remove the backing and adhere to your design project. For the design below, I also inked the edges of my die cut covered chipboard to highlight the dimension of the shapes.
The new chipboard albums that have just been released by Basic Grey are fabulous mini albums. If you need to create a small album as a gift or simply a smaller scrapbooking project, these are perfect for that task. The Basic Grey chipboard albums come in various cool die cut shapes...scallops, luggage tag, brackets, quarter pint and half pint options. Most of these are approximately a 6x6 inch album size. This small size makes them perfect for using a quarter sheet of 12x12 paper or if you want to use their 6x6 paper pads, this works perfectly. I love that the prints are scaled down perfectly. If you are new to scrapbooking or simply short on time, these mini albums are a great alternative. For card designers, the size is only a fraction larger than that of a card making it an easy altered project. A perfect way to get your feet wet so to speak!



Now if you are going to be using a lot of chipboard, Basic Grey has a fabulous Precision File Set that sells along side its chipboard. I would not be without one! I use it daily. For sanding and filing away any excess paper when covering your chipboard, this works perfectly. Those hard to get at spots...the kit comes with small various shaped files to fit every need. I also use my Precision File Set for distressing paper and altering projects other than chipboard as well. When you are adhering and sanding the thinner versions of the Basic Grey chipboard, make sure you take care not to bend it. The benefit to the thinner weight of chipboard is less bulky albums and designs but you do need to take care.

One thing I have yet to mention about Basic Grey Undressed Chipboard is the price. Really, it is unbeatable for the amount of product you are getting. Most of the chipboard packages are priced around $6.50 US for four sheets of adhesive backed chipboard die cut in a myriad of shapes. For the new mini albums, pricing runs are $5.50 US for the 6x6 size making Basic Grey chipboard extremely affordable.

If you haven't already tried Basic Grey Undressed Chipboard, make sure you check it out. I know you'll love it but please, make sure you leave some for me! There are a few of the new sets I haven't managed to accumulate yet and I really think it is time to replenish my holiday stock.

Do you have a comment, question or thoughts on the Basic Grey Undressed Chipboard? We'd love to hear from you!

Lexi's Favorite Tool: Get Into the Groove with BasicGrey

Reported by Lexi Daly

Pick a favorite tool? What?! That's like picking a favorite stamp or a favorite kid. Impossible! I go through phases of using no tools (well, scissors & paper cutter only!) to using tons of tools--decorative scissors, multiple paper cutters, paper piercer, crop-a-dile, Sizzix BIGkick, etc. etc.! Other than the basics, I guess you could say my favorite or most used tool at any given moment is probably my newest. So for my "favorite tool" article I decided to write about the BasicGrey Precision File Set, one of my newest tools.


The BasicGrey Precision File Set is a set of six files--round, half-round, square, knife & 2 boards. I bought mine for around $7.00 at an online paper crafting store.


I have collected many different shapes of chipboard over the last year or so as they've gotten more popular. They make great elements on cards or gifts, especially when covered with the beautiful patterned paper I've also collected. When covering the fun shapes, sanding the edges gives them a more finished look. Before this file set, I used a sanding block or nail file and was not always able to sand all corners and spaces properly. But with the variety of file shapes in this set, you can smooth the edges of any shape, including holes, inside corners and curves. The boards are like any basic emery board, which I use the most. Since there are two of those, I keep one on my desk with my basic tools and one with the set. But the small files are what make this set a must-have. Here are the two chipboard shapes I decided to cover for this article with the files I used to finish the edges...


As I've already mentioned, sanding or filing gives a finished look. After tracing and covering a shape, filing and smoothing the edges makes the paper truly match the shape. The bird itself has basic edges, so there are no issues in filing them. I used one of the boards there. But this bird has an eye. Before the file set, i might have punched the eye and not sanded or just left it covered. Enter the round file. This was the first time I used the round and I made the eye a little bigger than when it started out, but it worked fine--I just need to have a slower stroke! For the fluer de lis shape, I also used the board and round plus the half-round, which was perfect for the swirly spaces. The half-round has actually been the file I reach for the most of the small files. It's great for following curves and reaching the corners resulting from two curves, like the ones on the fleur. I finished off some of the smaller nooks with the round and finished the larger curves with the board.

Here's how I used my shapes...


I thought it was fitting to use my new Mellow 6x6 paper pad for these cards--sticking with the BasicGrey theme!

I think the label on the tube sums it up well:

TINY GROOVES AND SPACES BECOME REACHABLE WITH THIS PRECISION FILE SET.
DISTRESS CHIPBOARD, PLASTIC, PAPER, AND METAL - ALL WITH SHARPENING RESULTS.
EACH FILE FEATURES A RUBBER-COATED GRIP FOR COMFORT AND EASE-OF-USE.

Hmmm... plastic and metal, too? Even more possibilities. So I can smooth it down or rough it up--either way, I've got the right tools to get into the groove!

Basic Grey Paper Line

Reported By Julia Stainton

An article on Basic Grey paper line hardly needs an introduction. A long-time top favorite of papercrafters, there are few that have not heard the name Basic Grey. Basic Grey has a fabulous paper line of very distinctive designs. It is made up of an eclectic mix of modern and vintage designs…many with layers of texture, swirls or flowers. The papers are highly original as well as, edgy or sophisticated and are extremely easy to work with. The designs are so interesting and exciting; one hardly wants to cover them up. In fact, I have heard of some fans even framing the paper itself as a work of art.


Basic Grey markets their papers in Design lines in which all the papers work well together. They released four of their most beautiful design lines to date at Winter CHA 2007 a few months ago. Stella Ruby, Phoebe, Perhaps and Scarlet’s Letter have been flying off the shelves since they hit them. I know that I had to hunt them down as soon as I could! Lifetime Moments has a great feature from CHA that showcases the fabulous new Basic Grey line.


Basic grey papers are mostly single sided 12 x12 inch square papers designed for the scrapbooking market. The paper from each line is sold separately as well as together in packs. Each pack includes each of the eighteen papers in the line as well as tags and coordinating alphabet stickers. All of the papers in each line coordinate well with each other. I love how they include a mixture of patterned papers with gorgeous designs with simpler patterns that closely resemble distressed cardstock. This is fabulous for layering and for matching up papers when you desire a simpler look. The paper is a wonderful 65 pound, heavy weight that makes it ideal for any type of papercrafting project. Tags, monograms and other die cut paper is printed on 80 pound weight paper. The Basic Grey paper line is acid free and printed on white core paper. A great effect is to distress the edges or surface with sandpaper and create glimpses of this white inner core for interest. These papers retail for approximately $.65 USD per sheet or from $15 - $20 USD per paper pack.


Recently released from Basic Grey in the past year, is their new 6x6 paper pack format. All of their newer lines have been released in this format as well as the original standard size. These are perfect for the card making enthusiasts, as well as for smaller scale scrapbooks and small layers. I have been just thrilled with this new format as I primarily design cards for my papercrafting projects. The best thing about the smaller paper pads is the scaled down size of the prints. A long-time frustration for card designers has been beautiful 12x12 patterned paper that is scaled perfectly for scrapbooking but is just too large in pattern to work well with the smaller design projects. The other fabulous thing about these smaller sized pads is the cost. Retailing for approximately $6.00 US, you can have two of each paper design in the line quite affordably. If you are at all like me…you like to have it all!

Besides their gorgeous paper lines, Basic Grey is also known for their Rub-on transfers, coordinating ribbons and fibers, undressed chipboard and fabulous cutting edge tools. Each of these products is extremely high quality, very versatile and easy to use. I know this from personal experience. I, (most selflessly, of course) have personally tested almost all of their products so that I could share this information with you. (wink)

The Basic Grey company opened its doors in July 2004 and is located in Layton, Utah. The company has been phenomenally successful in the past three years. I can hardly believe their achievement in a highly competitive market. I recently conducted a very informal survey among almost two hundred papercrafters, asking them their favorite paper company. Basic Grey was the incontestable winner by a fairly large margin. With so many other creative & high quality companies on the market, this is high praise direct from the consumer. I recently contacted the company by e-mail and was amazed at their level of customer service. Within minutes, I had a lovely e-mail responding and answering my questions.


If you are looking for added inspiration with the Basic Grey line, their online gallery is a fabulous resource of ideas. If you are a Basic Grey fan and would like to stay on top of their new releases and great ideas, Basic Grey has a free on-line newsletter that you can sign up for on their site.


What would I like to see more of in the Basic Grey line? Having a houseful of boys, I think I'd like to see some more masculine designs in their product lines. I also like to see them come out with a cool new embellishments...I can never get enough of those and paired up with Basic Grey style...I'm sure they'd be fabulous! Basically...I'd just like to see more and more Basic Grey! They have become a staple in my papercrafting supplies.


Basic Grey has a fabulous rich, organic look and an inimitable style. I love their look with just the right amount of distressing and depth. Each item is a work of art. I can't wait until the next Basic Grey product release as I know, they won't disappoint! Basic Grey has this quote on their web-site...

YOU SEE THINGS; AND YOU SAY "WHY?"BUT I DREAM THINGS THAT NEVER WERE; AND I SAY "WHY NOT?"-George Bernard Shaw

I'm loving every thing that Basic Grey dreams up and they in turn are inspiring dreams of creativity in my mind and those of papercrafters everywhere. If you haven't tried out Basic Grey...what are you waiting for?!