Unique Cards Made Simple and Easy featuring Black Tie Affair with Ayumi

Hello BoBunny Friends!!
  

Welcome back to the BoBunny Blog today!  It's Ayumi here for another post highlighting the Black Tie Affair Collection. This line is quickly becoming a staple for me.  It is especially a go-to when I make special cards for engagements, weddings or as you can see just a basic love theme.  I went for some easy and simple cards this time, specifically to illustrate just how striking black and white are paired together.  I showed the finished card and then a couple close ups of fun features that I will explain later in the post. 

Love Cards by Ayumi

Let me introduce a simple wedding card using, of course, Black Tie Affair and the We R Flower Punch Board.
This time I made flowers of XXS size (paper size is 1 3/4 x 6"). There are great instructions that come with the board itself, or you can just play around and see what sizes of flowers are your favorites! 

Punch the paper and attach fold lines.Fold the paper, kind of in a roundabout shape,so that the shape of a flower.

Attach glue and decorate with a brads.

Twist paper petals around the petal curler to mimic a natural,organic curve.

And, Voila! Flowers are finished! Super easy to use and even more fun to create multi layered flowers and even flower bouquets out of paper!  Aren't these elegant?

Thanks for stopping by and see you next time for more fun ideas, techniques and creative inspiration!.


Enjoy your happy day! 


BoBunny Supplies: 

Patterned Paper: Black Tie Affair / Elegant, Formal, Serenade

Doubledot Brads: Tuxedo

Doilies: Medium Doilies

We R Memory Keepers: 

Flower Punch Board

Springtime Pop-up Card Tutorial -features Cottontail with Ayumi

Hello BoBunny Friends!! It's Ayumi here.  

Welcome back to the BoBunny blog today!  We all know Easter and springtime go hand in hand, and so does the theme of this card!  This time I'll share with you a twist on a spring handmade card featuring the new Cottontail collection. The front of the project is decidedly Easter-ish , even though Easter was the day before yesterday. I thought it would be exciting to show the idea for the card, and the how to's to make it for Easter or for a sweet springtime/gardening themed pop-up card

The Cottontail collection is very cute with sweet colors and gorgeous pattern paper.  Very Vintage-y!

Noteworthy has a lot of cut out parts with scads of flowers and other elements too. 

And...... then, for the big reveal, opening the card unfolds the garden in full view!

Please watch the video on the trick of the card!

Enjoy your happy day!


BoBunny Supplies: 

Patterned paper: Cottontail / Happy, Flowers, Hippity Hop, Festive

Combo Sticker: Cottontail
Noteworthy: Cottontail

12 x 12 Shadow Box Layout - 25th Anniversary Gift featuring Black Tie Affair with Ayumi

Hello BoBunny Friends!! It's Ayumi here.  

Welcome back to the BoBunny blog today! This time I'll share with you a blocking technique for featuring this new Black Tie Affair collection and the We R Memory Keepers Mini ABC Punch.  This is a Shadow Box Layout insert for her grandparents 25th Anniversary gift.

Beautiful by Ayumi Iwashita

   

First,  I picked the elements in the cut-outs that I wanted to use and arranged them in kind of a "Tic-Tac-Toe" pattern.  From here I mixed patterns, photos, phrases and frames strategically.  I cut thin strips of black and white striped paper, which works nicely to separate the squares, almost into their own little layouts! Looks stunning in our shadow box frame! This is the basic starting point: 

 

Here is a closer shot of the upper left corner, showing layers and detailing: 

    

. . . and the lower right corner to better see placement of the border stickers, jewels and Noteworty pieces.  Also, to cap off the edges of the page, I trimmed and placed a 1/2" frame from outside edge of the Sophistication 12 x12 paper. I felt like the black edge really tied it all together. 

Then, I embellished each of the nine sections, cutting out the frames for the small photos for a distinct layout with nice flow.  I used the Combo stickers, Noteworthy, and lots of Sticky Thumb dimensional foam dots so the black and white elements would really show up well in the shadow box. 

Also, used this very useful and versatile too, the We R Mini Alphabet Punch to make numbers.
This punch can also make alphabets, and also works well as a go-to corner rounding tool!
This is my first try with this tool and I'm excited to learn what other things I can can create!

Finally this project is finished!  Well, almost . . .  It just needed touches of shine and sparkle with jewels and layered chipboard. 

Thanks for stopping by and see you next time for more fun ideas, techniques and creative inspiration!.

Enjoy your happy day! 

BoBunny Supplies: 

Patterned Paper: Black Tie Affair / Rendezvous, Formal, Lovely, Elegant

Combo Sticker: Black Tie Affair

Noteworthy: Black Tie Affair

Double Dot Jewels: Licorice Jewels

Layered Chipboard: Black Tie Affair


We R Memory Keepers: 

Mini ABC Punch Board

Sticky Thumb Dimensional Foam Dots

Wedding Clipboard featuring Black Tie Affair with Ayumi

Hello BoBunny Friends!! It's Ayumi here. 

Today I'll share with you Wedding  Clipboard
in Black Tie Affair collection and the We R Memory Keepers Mini ABC Punch.


Love by Ayumi Iwashita

Make a title using Mini ABC Punch.
Mini ABC Punch is so useful!  This punch can make paper alphabets and numbers1.5 inch × 2.5 inches.  So perfect for titles and phrases!

Punch You can round cut even the corners of the paper.

I embellished the title and it was drawn with Pearlescents.

Thanks for stopping by and see you next time.

Enjoy your happy day! 

BoBunny Supplies: 

Patterned paper: Black Tie Affair / Black Tie Affair, Serenade, Formal, Romance

Combo Sticker: Black Tie Affair
Noteworthy: Black Tie Affair
Double Dot Jewels: Frosting Jewels
Layered chipboard: Black Tie Affair
Pearlescents: Sugar

We R Memory Keepers: 

Mini ALPHABET Punch Board

Charmed Mini Album with Ayumi

Hello BoBunny Friends!! It's Ayumi here. 

Today I'll share with you a mini book in the shape of a STAR using the Charmed collection.

CHARMED by Ayumi Iwashita

When you open the mini book, it transforms into a star shape.

 Closing the Mini Book will look something like this.

 Cutting instructions for the base of the book:

Cut the pattern paper the following size and quantity

3 × 12 inches: 6 sheets

3 × 10 inches: 6 sheets

3 × 8 inches: 6 sheets

 Paste 3 different papers of different sizes.

Just as you make six sets.

Paste six pairs together so that they become mini books.

done!

From this point,  just adhere the pages together, and then decorate and embellish it will jewels, stickers, stamps and any other little bits and pieces your heart desires

Enjoy your happy day. 

Thank you
Ayumi


BoBunny Supplies: 

Patterned paper:  Charmed /  Perfection, Charmed, Beauty, Dance, Lovely, Petals 

Combo Sticker:  Charmed  Pearlescents-Butterscotch 
Double Dot Jewels

Hello Spring! A Handmade Card Duo featuring On This Day with Ayumi

Hello BoBunny friends!! It's Ayumi here. 

Today I'll share with you two elegant cards in the On this Day collection.

Hello Spring by Ayumi Iwashita.

 

This sets of cards was very simple to to make.  I started with a color wash on the background of the base paper to soften and blend in with the background of the paper.  I did this with two colors of slightly thinned watercolor paints, not mixed together but with both on the tip of the paintbrush. 

Then I fussy cut out the pattern from the pattern paper with scissors. 

Then I adhered the shamrock pattern on to the yellow card stock card base, and stamped it around the border to mimic a stitched pattern without actually stitching it. An easy shortcut!!!

Once I put the fussy cut pieces and the rest of the full card together, it was easy and fun to add jewels to the center of the flowers and a few more strategically placed on the title and on the card face.

Thanks for popping by today for this fun card project.  I hope you found some crafty ideas today!

Enjoy your happy day. 

Thank you.


BoBuny Supplies: 

Patterned paper: On This Days/ MARCH, APRIL
Double Dot 6 x 6 Paper Pad: Natural Necessities
Craft Dies: Congratulations Card Dies
Double Dot Jewels: Citrus

 Stamps: Captured, Pocket Full of Posies, Doodle Frames

Charmed Tri-fold Card with Ayumi

Hello BoBunny friends!! It's Ayumi here. 

Today I'll share with you this super fun tri-fold shutter card using the Charmed collection.

Beautiful by Ayumi Iwashita.

The way to make it is very simple.

Cut the pattern paper at 6 x 12 inches. 

With a fold line, you put the cut.

Looking from the top it looks like this.

It folds and it becomes like this.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures of the project. just for fun I have included a video as well!


I hope you enjoyed the project today!

Enjoy your happy day.



Thank you.

BoBuny Supplies:

Patterned paper:  Charmed/ Dance, Curious, Imagine,Lovely, Petals, Perfection, wish
Combo Sticker: Charmed
6×6 Paper Pad: Charmed Jewels: Double Dot Ruby Red
Dahlia Blossoms: Natural Earth Dahlia

Simple and Lovely- A Card Trio featuring Charmed with Ayumi

Hello BoBunny friends!! It's Ayumi here. 

Today I'll share with you three elegant cards in the Charmed collection.

Love Cards by Ayumi Iwashita.

 

 

The range of patterned paper in the Charmed collection is very beautiful .

So, the simplicity of this card is that it's made with just the patterned paper.

Paste the cutout part using the popup form.

Since there are various kinds of fairies, various cards can be made.

Please do challenge by all means because it can be done easily.
Enjoy your happy day. 

Thank you.

BoBuny Supplies:

Patterned paper:  Charmed/ Dance, Curious, Imagine,Lovely, Petals, Perfection, wish
Charmed Combo Sticker