Mix It Up!

Do you have a favorite Bo Bunny collection?  I know I do, and like you, I admit that I tend to stick with one collection when creating my scrapbook pages, cards and other projects.  It's easy to do when Bo Bunny creates so many wonderfully coordinated embellishment to go with each collection.  But let's stop and consider what might happen if you tried to mix it up a bit.  Take a look at paper and embellishments from various Bo Bunny collections that you have in your stash.  Take the time and study them a bit. Look for colors and patterns that coordinate with each other.  Think outside the theme that each collection might have.  Look at the colors and patterns again.  You will find that many of them cross over really well with each other.  Yes, this will require you to think outside the box a bit, but the results can be stunning.  Today our Bo Bunny designers have created layouts by mixing up various Bo Bunny collections and they have succeeded in creating some rather inspiring projects to share with you today.


First up Tomoko combined Forever Fall, Blitzen, Et Cetera and Garden Girl.  She choose colors and patterns as well as embellishments that helped her tell the story behind the photo of her and her gorgeous daughter.  This is an everyday photo and she used fall and Christmas products to tell her story.  Simply amazing!

Remember When
By Tomoko Takahashi

Bo Bunny Supply List:
Patterned Paper: Forever Fall, Sunflower; Forever Fall, Snow Globe, Die Cut; Blitzen, Et Cetera; Et Cetera
Stickers: Blitzen Dimensional Stickers, Et Cetera Combo Sticker
Noteworthy: Blitzen
Jewels: Et Cetera
Rub-ons: Garden Girl
Chipboard: Forever Fall, Et Cetera Layered Chipboard, Et Cetera 12" Chipboard
Wrap: Et Cetera
Trinkets: Blitzen
Rub-on: Et Cetera

The next layout was created by Christiane.  She too used a great mix of collections.  She incorporated Garden Girl, Vicki B., Timepiece, Zoology and Et Cetera.  Again, she choose products whose colors and patterns coordinated well.  She used a wonderful combination of pinks, greens, white, cream and brown to offset the black and white photos of her son laughing hysterically.

Hysterics

by Christiane Muller

Bo Bunny Supply List:

Patterned Paper: Garden Girl, Cut Outs, Poppy, and Stripe/Garden Girl; Loverly/Vicki B.

Stickers: Timepiece Combo Stickers, Et Cetera Cardstock Stickers
6 x 6 Paper Pad: Et Cetera
Jewels: Zoology
Chipboard: Vicki B. Layered Chipboard Stickers
RubOns: Vicky B.

The next layout we have to share today was created by Mirielle.  She used a combination of Ad Lib, Blast Off, Barefoot & Bliss and Welcome Home.  Again she looked through her stash and put together patterns and colors that coordinated to help tell the funny story of her son being called a train by his little sister!

Moments
by Mireille Divjak

 Bo Bunny Supply List:
Patterned Paper: Scribbles, Wild Thing, Stripe/Ad Lid; Galaxy/Blast Off; Bubbles/Barefoot & Bliss
Chipboard: Blast Off
Jewels: Barefoot & Bliss and Welcome Home
Buttons: Welcome Home

 

The final layout we have to share today is from Samantha.  Look closely and you will see that she has combined Cambridge and Garden Girl! Who would have thought that such a masculine line would compliment the more feminine feel of Garden Girl, but they go perfectly to highlight this photo of her son and his grandma!

Life Doesn't Have to be Perfect
by Samantha Wright

Bo Bunny Supply List:
Patterned Paper: Victory/Cambridge; Die Cut/Garden Girl
Cardstock Stickers: Rock Star/Cambridge
Noteworthy: Cambridge, Garden Girl
Brads: Cambridge, Garden Girl
12" Chipboard: Garden Girl
Rub Ons: Cambridge
Jewels: Vicki B
Assorted Bo Bunny flowers
Ribbon: Double dot

We hope you enjoyed today's post and are inpsired to try your hand at mixing up your Bo Bunny collections as you create your next scrapbook page.  And remember we always love to see your creations!  You can share them with us on our Facebook page!  Have a great weekend!

More Than Four!

 

Hi everyone, today we have another segment featuring layouts using multiple photos, more than 4 photos to be exact!   We have had a number of requests for multi photo layouts so we hope these will give you some ideas and we also have our Two Page layout day on Wednesday next week so don't forget to come back and check that post for some more ideas for multi photo layouts!

At The Beach Barefoot & Bliss

Designer :  Carin McDonough

Bo Bunny Products used :
Patterned papers : Barefoot Words/Barefoot & Bliss
Coordinating double Dot : Buttercup Double Dot
Stickers : 12" Combo Sticker/Barefoot & Bliss
Chipboard : 12" Chipboard/Barefoot & Bliss
Noteworthy : Barefoot & Bliss
Jewels : Barefoot & Bliss

Designer Tip :  If you find trying to include a lot of photos on a page difficult, try working in blocks or grid patterns filling any spaces with titles, embellishment squares or journaling.   If I want to include a few photos on my page I have them printed smaller (approx 2"x3") from my usual online printers as that way I get to use a few photos and still include the whole photo without having to cut out all the background plus the consistent size makes them easier to use.

The pride of my life

Designer : Michele Beck

Bo Bunny Products used :
Patterned papers : Sweet tooth Dot; Sweet Tooth Recipes; Sweet Tooth Scoops; Sweet Tooth Cut Outs
Coordinating double Dot : decaf dot
Stickers : Sweet Tooth dimensional; Sweet Tooth Combo
Chipboard : Sweet Tooth layered chipboard
Noteworthy : Sweet Tooth
Jewels : Sweet Tooth
Buttons: Sweet Tooth
Brads: Sweet Tooth

 

I hope today's layouts have given you some inspiration for using multiple photos on your layouts and don't forget to share your multi photo layouts with us on our Facebook page, we would love to see them!

Focus on..... Garden Girl

Hello Bo Bunny fans! Today we are focusing on one of our newest collections from CHA summer- Garden Girl. Garden Girl is as beautiful as it is elegant with rich shades of orange, purpe and green and the sweetest emebllishments. Today the design team shows just how gorgeous the collection is and how versatile. They created cards, layouts and a bird house all with the one collection and it was perfect for all.

Bird House

by Tara Orr

Trinkets: Garden Girl
Buttons: Garden Girl
Jewels: Garden Girl
Noteworthy: Garden Girl
Patterned Paper: Arbor, Wisteria/Garden Girl

Every Good Friend Card

by Tara Orr

 Every Good Friend
Bo Bunny Supplies:
Card Kit: Garden Girl
Buttons: Garden Girl
Patterned Paper: Cut Outs, Girl Ivy/Garden Girl

Lucky to be Friends Card

by Tara Orr

Bo Bunny Supplies:
Card Kit: Garden Girl
Patterned Paper: Girl Ivy, Cut Outs/Garden Girl
Noteworthy: Garden Girl
Double Dot Ribbon

ala&ada
by Agnieszka Piskorz

 Bo Bunny Supply List:
Patterned Paper: Wisteria, Cut Outs /Garden Girl
Stickers: Combo Stickers, Frienship Cardstock Stickers/ Garden Girl
Jewels: Garden Girl
Chipboard: Garden Girl 12 x 12; Garden Girl Layered Chipboard

Love Gardens of Paris

by Luzma Bruna

 Double Dot Cardstock: Chiffon Dot and Grape Journal
Double Dot ribbon: Sage
Patterned Paper: Garden Girl
Combo Stickers: Garden Girl
Jewels: Garden Girl
Trinkets: Garden Girl
Stickers: Dimensional Stickers Garden Girl
Chipboard: Garden Girl 12 x 12

Thea
by Mahlin Wiggur

Double dot Cardstock: Chiffon Journal
Double dot ribbon: 5/8 Chocolate
Patterned Paper: Magical, Arbor /Garden Girl
Combo Stickers: Garden Girl
Noteworthy: Garden Girl
Epoxy Brads: Garden Girl
Chipboard: Garden Girl 12 x 12
Card kit: Garden Girl

Thank you for visiting the Bo Bunny blog today and I hope you leave inspired to use some Garden Girl on your next project!

Card Challenge Tuesday

Welcome to another Bo Bunny Card Challenge Tuesday!!  Today we are going to do something special and fun with this challenge. We are doing a  blog swap/hop with Operation Write Home and we'd love to have as many of you as possible play along with this challenge.  Not only is it a great way to thank our troops for everything they are doing but it will be fun and rewarding too! You will need a little information before you begin this challenge.

Here's the scoop from Operation Write Home.
Any theme is fine. The main requirement is to stay away from glitter. It's a safety hazard on the battlefield (night vision goggles can see glitter.) We don't want to put our troops in any more danger than they are already in so please visit this link for guidelines before creating your card. http://www.operationwritehome.org/guidelines.html 

After creating your cards we would love to have you send them to Operation Write Home.  If you are not familiar with Operation Write Home here is a little explanation of what this fabulous organization does.
Please go to this link to get the correct address to send your cards in. http://operationwritehome.org/mailroom.html 

Operation Write Home Mission:
Supporting our nation's armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them.
This merry band of thousands of cardmakers is made up of Americans - and citizens of other nations too - who care about our military, and want to support them through creativity and encouragement. Crafters of all ages and levels of experience have participated since 2007...and are on the way to a landmark one MILLION cards!
Care packages filled with hundreds of handmade cards are sent to our contacts, restocking every 6-8 weeks, and are sent in time for the long journey back home to loved ones. Each box is packed with great care, alternating styles, colors, and cardmakers from all over the USA, creating "eye candy" for heroes who see only khaki around them. The topper on each box is a plastic bag filled with 20-30 letters from adults and children across the country, letters handed out especially to those in need of a positive word from the homefront.
Boxes are shipped through every week of the year, so join us anytime in sending your beautiful creations to help our heroes keep in touch with home!

Now for the rest of the card Challenge, create a card using this fun sketch provided by our sweet designer Romy!  It's so darned cute and it will be hard not to play along with this one! You will love what our fabulous design team did with this sketch!

The first card is titled Congratulations by
Romy Veul

Romy's fabulous layers always give you so much to look at!

To make this card you will need the following products.
Bo Bunny Supply List:

6" Paper Pad: Garden Girl

Card Kit: Garden Girl

Chipboard: Garden Girl 12x12, Garden Girl Layered Chipboard

Noteworthy: Garden Girl

Jewels: Garden Girl

This card by Tara Orr is so beautiful!  The postage stamp edge is so inspiring!

Supplies:
Card Kit: Garden Girl
Noteworthy: Garden Girl
Cardstock Stickers: Friendship
Patterned Paper: Poppy, Cut Outs/Garden Girl

The next card is so gorgeous!  The beautiful handmade flower is so inspiring!

Simple Moments Designed by Patti Milazzo

Bo Bunny Supply List:
Patterned Paper: Family, Dreams, Porch Swing, Portrait, Stripe and Flourish/Welcome Home
Cardstock: Chiffon/Double Dot
Stickers: Welcome Home 12” Combo Stickers
Trinkets: Welcome Home

How beautiful is this card by Frances Sylvia!!!

Fall Days by Frances Sylvia

Patterned Paper: Forever Fall 6 X 6 Paper Pad, Stripe
Noteworthy: Forever Fall
Chipboard: 12" Forever Fall Chipboard, Layered Chipboard Stickers
Cardstock Stickers: Gratitude Cardstock Stickers, Forever Fall Combo Stickers
Jewels: Forever Fall

Our design team did a fabulous job with this sketch and the beautiful new Bo Bunny Collections!!

Leave us comment here with a link to your cards, and remember to

please go to this link to get the correct address to send your cards in. http://operationwritehome.org/mailroom.html 

Thank you to all who participate with this challenge and we can't wait to see your cards.