Thankful with Enchanted Harvest!

The colours of Autumn are my favourite colour combinations.  So that makes Enchanted Forest way high on my very cool list!  There is also a new set of stamps and dies for all you BoBunny fans that matches this collection perfectly :) and today I have two cards to show you that use the Enchanted Forest collection and the new Falling Leaves stamps.

In New Zealand its definitely not autumn, we're heading into Spring :) :)  but I love this colour scheme, and my cards use the theme behind the collection - being thankful.

The first card I've kept pretty simple.  I've stamped each of the leaves in the set with a different colour ink, that incorporates the colours of the collection, layered a strip of cardstock across the middle and stamped my verse.  BB buttons make adding embellishments easy - I replaced the O with a button :)

And to give the whole card a bit of dimension, I've popped chipboard in behind the patterned paper to pop it up.

The second card is still simple but this time I added splatters of gold and bronze glimmer spray.  I've stamped my images this time in black ink and then coloured them in with coloured pencils, going over some of the image with darker variations of colour to give depth.  I've also curled the leaves slightly giving them dimension.

Designer Tip: Shake your spray bottle, then remove the knozzle and drip the spray over your page.  You can also use an old toothbrush - dip it in your shaken bottle and pull your finger over the bristles; this gives a very fine spray of colour.

BoBunny Supplies:
6x6 Paper Pad: Enchanted Forest
Jewels: Autumn Song
Stamps: Falling Leaves
Buttons: Enchanted Forest
Glimmer Spray: Gold, Bronze
Ink Pad: Licorice
Blossoms: Natural Earth Bouquet

Enchanted Harvest Mixed Media!

Blessed and Thankful canvas by Rhonda Van Ginkel

Today I am sharing my mixed media fall themed project featuring the all new Leaf Stickable Stencils along with the Enchanted Harvest collection. I wanted to share with you how versatile the Stickable Stencils are with our Glitter Paste and Pearlescents.

The project base is a 9x12 canvas from my local craft store, it was primed with gesso already so I didn't have to do a thing to it.

To begin, I used the Leaf Stickable Stencil with some Copper Glitter Paste sparsely. For this technique, you want to leave some open space to blend your colors. Wipe your blending tool clean.

Next I added the Gold Glitter Paste, still leaving some space in the stencil pattern open. Wipe off your blending tool. Last, use some Wasabi Glitter Paste and finish blending any open area in the stencils and to your taste. Wipe off your blending tool and clean your stencil once you remove it. 

The result of the blended colors on the canvas. I thought it was such a nice effect I decided to try it with some modeling paste and Pearlescents over the top.

I created a light coat of modeling paste over the entire Stickable Stencil.

I added two colors of Pearlescents, Coral and Butterscotch.

Blend them together. I also touched a bit of the Wasabi Glitter Paste in a few random places for fun.

Are you still with me? I hope so because this is when it gets really fun and messy! Take out your Glimmer Spray and start misting a bit. I also added some watercolor to achieve my deeper orange and red colors here. Lightly spray over all with Gold and Sugar Glimmer Sprays. I added some Coral to a few areas as well.

Be sure you work on a craft mat or put your project into a box to protect your working surface from over spray.

If your project base has a gesso coat, no need to panic, you can control how much color you let your project take on. Since this canvas has a nice gesso primer, it is very forgiving.

Here I worked a few paper towels to absorb the extra color that I didn't want.

Once your background design is completed to your liking, you can add your other elements. I started with the Noteworthy elements, then selected my sentiment from the Combo Stickers. Using dimensional square adhesive for my banner and sentiment, created the perfect amount of texture to layer additional elements into.

First, the large vertical noteworthy piece was attached with the adhesive attached about 3/4 of an inch around on all sides. I used a tape runner but you might prefer liquid adhesive for canvas. This allows you to layer other elements without removing the main components.

Then I added the sunflower under on the right, then the main sentiment from the Combo Sticker was adhered with foam square adhesives. I always do this toward the middle so I can layer other elements under. I added the green banner bar at the top with foam adhesive also, topped by the chipboard butterfly.

Next, the Flourish Jewels were attached. I tend to cut mine apart and use it in different areas as you see here. The "Crisp Autumn Days" banner was added, followed by the garden fairy Noteworthy element with foam square adhesives, a Button next to it, adorned with a Mocha DoubleDot Pearl Jewel. 

I trimmed a piece of flourish Combo Sticker trim and adhered under my sentiment and behind the Garden Fairy. Final steps were the butterscotch button with Mocha Gem on top, and the Noteworthy butterfly above the sentiment. The upper corner elements were the last items added.

BoBunny Supplies

Patterned Paper: Enchanted Harvest / Enchanted Harvest

Noteworthy: Enchanted Harvest

Chipboard: Enchanted Harvest

Stickers: Combo Sticker / Enchanted Harvest

Buttons: Enchanted Harvest

Glitter Paste: Copper, Gold and Wasabi

Glimmer Spray: Gold, Sugar and Coral

Pearlescents: Butterscotch and Coral

Flourish Jewels: Chocolate

Stickable Stencils: Leaf

Jewels: Double Dot Mocha

NEW! One Layout, Three Ways!

Hello & welcome! Today we have something new for you! 1 layout done 3 ways!

Depending on your time, taste and crafting comfort level, these layout ideas can be done fast and easy, or you can spend a bit more time and use some fun techniques!

The first layout is very basic; 4 layers are cut and adhered and some Enchanted Harvest Noteworthy pieces were added. Fabulous, fast and fun!

Enchanted Harvest Layout by Pia Johnson

The second layout again has the 4 layers, but ink has been added to each layer to create depth!

A title and a few more Noteworthy pieces have also been added to make more of a cluster effect

On the third layout, we have gone all out… each layer has been torn, sanded and inked!

                    Laser cut chipboard leaves have been inked and added

Enchanted Harvest Brads have been added to give some ‘bling’

                      

Sunflowers have been fussy cut from Sunflowers paper. All pieces have been shaped, inked and adhered using foam squares to give dimension. Filagree Foil butterflies were added last and can be rubbed right on top of photos! So, however you like to scrap, you can use this one layout to suit your needs!

BoBunny Supplies:

1 Enchanted Harvest Gratitude

1 Enchanted Harvest Mushrooms

1 Enchanted Harvest Foliage

1 Enchanted Harvest Sunflowers

1 Enchanted Harvest Nymph

1 Enchanted Harvest Bountiful

1 Enchanted Harvest Noteworthy

1 Enchanted Harvest Brads

1 Filagree Gold Foil Rubon

1 Leaves Laser cut Chipboard

Marvelous Misc Me Inspiration!

Welcome to the Bo Bunny blog!

Today I would like to show you two pages I made for my Misc Me 8x9" album with the gorgeous Enchanted Harvest collection. I combined this beautiful collection with the Lovely Leaf dies set from BoBunny. I think these dies and papers are a match made in heaven if you feel like creating something with a warm feel or with an autumn look to it.

Misc Me 8x9" pages by Romy Veul

I wanted my Misc Me album to be a 'note to self' book, in which I write down important messages to myself and document all kinds of things that come to my mind. The beautiful Enchanted Harvest collection inspired me to create four pages with beautiful colours that make me happy.

On these two pages I journaled about how life can sometimes get rather difficult and how important it is at these moments to look at the little rays of sunshine among the dark clouds.

As you can see, I used the beautiful Lovely Leaf dies to add several details to my pages. I tuck several leaves in the corners of a few cards, but also used two leaves in a more prominent way on the card in the left upper corner.

I also cut out several pretty vintage images from the 'Fall' sheet and used them to give my Misc Me pages a more vintage look. I cut out several smaller images as well to decorate my pages, e.g. tiny butterflies, a fairy and a banner with the text 'Celebrate'.

The small leaves in the left upper corner of the page below were cut out with one of the Lovely Leaf dies as well. I actually cut them out of a larger leaf from this set. I inked the edges of all the leaves as well as the embossed patterns to make them stand out more. 

BoBunny Supply List:
Patterned Papers: Enchanted Harvest, Bountiful, Butterflies, Fall, Gratitude/ Enchanted Harvest
6x6 Paper Pad: Enchanted Harvest
Buttons: Enchanted Harvest
Chipboard: Enchanted Harvest Chipboard
Dies: Lovely Leaf, Lattice Frame
Page Dividers: The Avenues
Misc Me Page Protectors: 8x9 Variety Pack

I hope you enjoyed seeing my Misc Me pages and that I could inspire you to start or continue working on your own Misc Me album.

Thank you for stopping by!

Beautiful Boardwalk Invitations!

Hello, here is Solange Marques and I'll share with you more ideas for your parties.

I love parties and I love to prepare each detail for them. BoBunny party line is fantastic and very practical with many elements to enrich and brighten your party. How I love give my personal touch on each detail, I bring some ideas for a Summer Party.

Here some invitations:

Step-by-Step:

1: Using your finger, apply acrylic gesso on the borders of invitations:

2: With a brush, splash some acrylic gesso mixed with water:

 3: Use a watercolor pencil on some places of invitation:

4: Use a brush with water to blend the watercolor pencil:

5: Splash some drops from BoBunny Frost Glimmer Spray:

6: Apply BoBunny inkpad on the bordes of the envelopes:

7: Spray a little of Frost Glimmer Spray on the envelopes:

8: Cut out some elements from Boardwalk papers collection and glue them on the envelopes:

BoBunny supplies:
Patterned Paper: Boardwalk, Seaside/ Boardwalk
Invitations: Boardwalk
Ink Pads: Blueberry
Glimmer Spray: Frost Glimmer Spray