Stamp Tutorial & Misc Me!

Here my friends, are some excellent tips and tricks on stamps! Not to mention an adorable Misc Me project to go with it!

Stamp Tutorial with Bernii

Hello BoBunny fans!

Well happy Monday to you all and welcome to a new week where the Design Team will show case how to use our awesome BoBunny stamps. 

I am the first to show you how I use the stamps in my Miscc Me spreads. So I decided I would show you a little sneak peak at how simple and easy it is to create your Misc Me layouts with stamps as the backbone to your spread. So lets take a look. 

When I create my Misc Me spreads I always create an outline on all of my cards either with a pen free hand or with stamps. Throughout this spread I decided to  use the Stitches Stamp set and outline all of the cards with different stitches. 

 I just made sure that I used a scrap piece of paper to make sure that the stamp did not run off the edge of the card. As you can see in the photo below your scrap piece of paper should catch the run off from your stamp. 

To help clean the BoBunny Stamp Block I find that using baby wipes with some and sanitizer works wonders. I also like to use the stamp blocks to help line up my alphabet stamps when I need to create words or titles for my Misc Me cards. Lining up the alphas against the faint lines works wonders and are there to help you and use to create text in a straight line. 

As you can see below this came in very handy when I needed to create the "week 34" title. 

Stamps are so useful and versatile and can really help you to create fast layouts with a uniform look. You could even play it up and introduce different ink colours if you wanted certain stamps to stand out more from others. I decided with this spread to just stick to the black ink as I didn't want to detract from the colourful cards. 

Here are a few closeups . 

I had so much fun just focusing on using my stamps this week and I hope that you too will play along and try out some stamping on your Misc Me spreads. 

BoBunny Supplies: 

Stickers: Combo Stickers / Modern Miss.

Noteworthy: Modern Miss.

Buttons: Modern Miss.

Brads: Modern Miss.

Misc Me binder: Black 12 x 12 . 

Misc Me Page Protector: 12 x 12 Variety Pack. 

Misc Me Contents: Modern Miss Journal Contents.

Double Bot Jewels: Citrus. 

Kraft wood shapes: Cameras. 

Ink Pad: Licorice. 

BoBunny Stamp Block. 

Stamping Stamping Stamping

I'm going to chat about one thing and then we are getting to today's AWESOME post.

I'm on sensory overload this morning...

I came into the office to be welcomed by the Blog Class Project for November.

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!  You are going to DIE! It's so stinking adorable!

Ha Ha Ha... now you have to wait until I get pictures of it to see it.... 

stay tuned.

Then, as if that weren't enough, I saw today's stamping layouts and can I just say

WOWZA!!!!!  So incredible!!!

The girls have given you tips and tutorials so you can recreate stamping sensations of your own!

You'll want to pin this post so you can go back to it over and over!

 Imagine Your Smile
Irene Tan

 Tip: On this layout, I've used a simple technique which is called the "Resist Stamping". On my layout, I've used some white gesso to stamp the flowers, leaves and the big dragonflies around the photograph. The stamped images will have some textures to it and it is a resist against water based mediums. I've later, misted some water based inks on areas surrounding the stamped images. Before the inks dry, simply just use a wet wipe to lightly dab up the water based inks on the stamped images.

 Bo Bunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Apple Cider

Cardstock: Double Dot in Chocolate Dot

Stickers: Giving Thanks Cardstock Sticker; Apple Cider Combo Sticker

Noteworthy: Apple Cider

Jewels: Apple Cider

Trinkets: Apple Cider

Lace: Natural Earth

Flowers: Wildberry, Natural Earth/Daisy; Wildberry Zinnia

Clear Stamps: Little Miss, Serenade, Forever Fall

Peace, Love, Joy
Tara Orr

 Bo Bunny Supplies:

Acrylic Stamps: Urban

Clear Stamps: Midnight Frost

Blossoms: Wildberry Dahlia, Wildberry Daisy

Buttons: Mistletoe

Brads: Mistletoe

Trinkets: Mistletoe

Jewels: Mistletoe

Chipboard: Mistletoe

Patterned Paper: Chevron, Mistletoe, Pucker Up, Santa's List: Mistletoe

Cherish
Gabrielle Pollacco

 I also used the new script stamp from Snow Mountain as a background stamp and on the BB bloom to change up the design a little.

 I used the watercolor washed looking side of some BB Chiffon Dot cardstock as the base of my layout and combined some older and newer Bo Bunny flourish stamps to create a border. I stamped with a clear embossing stamp and then added some clear embossing powder and heat set it (above).

 Once I finished doing all the edge stamping and heat embossing, I used some distress ink and working from the outside in, added ink fading it as I worked in. (I used Tim Holtz Victorian Rose and Frayed Burlap). The embossed/stamped area's resist the ink and only the paper part takes the ink, in this way you create the 'resist' design.

 The background looked like this before I began the rest of my page design (above)

 I then figured out my photo placement and added the tear design (above) and some more

Bo Bunny stamps that would surround my photo and did a little more 

stamping/heat embossing/inking to the page.

Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Little Miss (Hannah, Jaquoya)
Cardstock: Bo Bunny Chiffon Double Dot, Clover Double Dot (leaves)
Flowers: Bo Bunny Natural Earth Dahlia, Natural Earth Daisy, Natural Earth Bouquet, Blush Bouquet
Lace: Natural Earth Lace, Blush Lace
Trinkets: Little Miss
Stamps: Enchanted, Powder Mountain, Forever Fall (plus an older Bo Bunny Flourish stamp)
Jewels: Apple Cider

Thea
Mahlin Wiggur

 I used the Lovestamp - stamp to create my own pattern on top of the pattern. I stamped and embossed randomly over my background and then cut out the insides from within the stamps, likes frames or windows and then adding other pieces of patterned paper from the back. 

I also stamped with a script stamp into my gesso.. It gives a nice texture to the gesso when it dries and you can see hints of text in there.. Of course when doing that my stamp got all white so instead of cleaning it all off I stamped a few times with it aswell. 

Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Airmail, Flutter, Flowers, tiles, banners/Love Letters, 

Sunshine/Snow day, Brenna/Little Miss
Stamps: Powder Mountain, Love letters
Jewels: Snow day
Brads: Snow day
Buttons: Love letters
Stickers: Little letters Cardstock Stickers; Heart throb Cardstock stickers; Love letters Combo Stickers; Powder Mountain Combo Stickers; Love Letters Dimensional Stickers
Chipboard: Love Letters 12 x 12

Also, Gabrielle has more in depth tutorials on her blog if you'd like to learn even more!

Thanks you guys and don't forget....

The layout challenge from the 12th and the card challenge from the 2nd and 15th

are still going on... you don't want to miss out on fun prizes.

Get to know....Gabrielle Pollacco

Hi everyone!  It's me Gabrielle, it's my day today to be in the Bo Bunny design team spotlight!  I've been a design team member for Bo Bunny for a little over a year now and I have to say it's been an awesome experience, the whole design team is made up of some wonderfully talented and very sweet ladies....and designing with such gorgeous products is such a pleasure!    I just got my new design team package a few days ago and had so much fun going through all the gorgeous goodies, my girls and I just spent a morning pulling all the pretty papers and embellies out and just ohhhing and ahhhhing over them!

A little bit about me, ...I've always loved being creative and really am at my happiest at home surrounded by my family and busy with either scrapping, decorating and yep, even cooking and baking!  I more often than not sit on our bed, flick the TV onto the Food Network and scrap away.  I do have a scraproom/office but somehow I always find myself sitting on our bed with all my supplies piled around me when I scrap.

Speaking of my family, here is a little bit about us.  I'm a mom to two sweet girls Chloe & Meagan, who I'm sure many of you have come to know through my scrap pages over the years.  We live in Canada, where opposite to popular beliefs we do have 4 lovely seasons, including some very hot summers (it's not ALL snow, igloo's and sleigh dogs here! lol!)  My girls just love to join me in my scrapping and boy does it turn into a big mess when we are all scrapping together, but we do have fun while we're playing!  Here is a recent photo I took of my girls (I have to admit, they are pretty good about cooperating when getting their pic's taken, they only clown around some of the time :) ...

.....and of course there is my dear husband Steve, my rock and the love of my life, we met when we were just in our teens, got married and never looked back!

And last but not least.....we have our new l'il  Labradoodle puppy Zoe.....a total handful at the moment but getting better everyday...

Here is a layout I made of our new baby with the beautiful new Et Cetera collection, I love love love the soft and pretty color combinations in this collection!

Supplies used for this project:

Patterned Paper: Et Cetera; Geography, Odds & Ends

6x6 paper pad (Et Cetera)

Noteworthy (Et Cetera)

Trinkets & Wraps: Et Cetera

Et Cetera Chipboard & Layered Chipboard

I thought it would also be fun today to share a new layout I made with the gorgeous new  Welcome Home collection and share a video tutorial with you all on how to make your own polymer clay tile embellishments!  Here is the layout ....

The branch of blooms I made myself from one of the patterned papers in the Welcome Home collection and the large creamy bloom is from the ETC. collection (love this bloom!)  You can find a tutorial on how to make these blooms at my blogsite in the tutorials section.  Here are some close-up pic's of the tiles I'm going to show you how to make....

Supplies used for this project:

Patterned Paper: Welcome Home: Porch Swing, Family, Dreams

6x6 Paper Pad: Welcome Home

CS Sticker Home Grown

Welcome Home Jewels

Welcome Home Combo Stickers

Bloom: et cetera Petals

Stamps: Gabrielle, Midnight Frost

Other: Polymer clay, paint

Here is my little video tutorial on how to make these fun little embellishments...

And finally I thought I would share with you all just a few of the layouts I've made over this past year or so using so many of my favourite Bo Bunny collections...

....And now for some fun stuff!!  Leave a comment here at the Bo Bunny blogsite today and you will be eligible for a wonderful Bo Bunny prize!  At the end of the month Bo Bunny will choose one of the commenters for a lovely prize pack!  BUT.....I've got a little surprise for you too!  Come to my blog 'Such A Pretty Mess' and leave a comment for me there too and I will choose a winner for some Yummy blog candy as well!!

Thanks for taking the time to get to know me better!  ~ Gabrielle xx

Spring Pillow Box Tote TUTORIAL

Hi there!  This is Patti and today I have a Spring Pillow Box Tote Tutorial to share with you!

I'm sure many of you are familiar with making a pillow box container from pattern paper or cardstock.  They are great as treat containers and packaging for small gifts.  For my project I decided to create mine from Bo Bunny's very beautiful Gabrielle collection of papers and embellishments and give them a twist by adding the Gabrielle Wrap for a handle.  I thought with Easter and Mother's Day just around the corner, they would make an ideal gift wrap for sweets or perhaps a gift card for Mom.


















I decided to make two - one vertical with a small transparent window and the other positioned horizontally that was a bit simpler in its embellishment.

Start by creating your basic pillow box.  You may already have your own favorite template or you can easily do a quick search on-line for one.  Mine measures about 3" wide by 5" long.  You can either print your template directly on your trimmed down to 8.5" x 11" pattern paper or you can trace it onto the paper yourself.

For the two that I'm showing you today, I traced mine onto Cameo and Promenade pattern papers.  I used a circle punch to make cutting out the half circle easier.  I then inked all my folded edges and set the unfolded boxes aside.

I started working on the vertical tote first by stamping the filigree corners from the Gabrielle stamp set in the shape of a frame.  I liked the way the stamps were already packaged and thought they would make an interesting frame.  Once the frame was stamped, I cut a center square rounding the corners in the same way as the stamp.  This will be the window into the box.

Next, I used my handy Bo Bunny Craft Knife to cut out the flourish design of the frame.
















I used the cut out frame to position and trace the opening that I needed to make on the box.  I pre-folded my box just to be sure it was in the correct place.  At this time, I also stamped one of the butterfly images onto a piece of transparency (or clear acetate) with Staz-On Ink (Timber Brown). 















To adhere the transparency inside the box, I lined the opening inside the box with adhesive and positioned the stamped acetate to create the window.  I then adhered the stamped frame outside the box and embellished it with Cardstock Stickers and Jewels.















To attach the Wrap handle to the box, I used a 1/4" hole punch at the top corners of the box.  Fold the box flat first and then punch just 1/2 the circle since the lace is light and thin.


















I cut a 10" piece of lace Wrap, added adhesive to the ends and then pressed them inside the box, just below the holes that I punched.  To assemble the box, I tucked the Wrap into the punched openings, folded my box closed and applied adhesive to the side tab.  When folding the bottom of the box, add a bit of extra adhesive to the bottom end tabs for extra support.


















I filled a small plastic bag with candy (Cadbury Mini Eggs...who can rest those, right?), tucked it into the box and folded closed the top tabs - no need for extra adhesive here.  Then I applied a line of adhesive to the back of a piece of fringed Wrap and adhered it to the top edge of the tote.


















I added one final embellishment by creating a charm made from pieces of Chipboard in the Gabrielle Card Kit and from the 12" Chipboard set along with a Butterfly Button Charm.  I added a few beads and connected them all together with jump rings that I attached to the Lace Wrap handle.


















Here's another version of the same Pillow Box Tote idea that's a bit quicker to assemble.















With this tote, I skipped the window and stamped frame and opted instead to use a sticker as my center accent.  I also punched a scalloped border from pattern paper to line the top edge of the box and used a couple of the pretty Butterfly Paper punch outs from the Card Kit.  The center sticker is attached with a piece of adhesive foam to give it some dimension and I adhered stickers at the top corners of the tote as well.  I also cut the lace handle a bit longer to 12" long.

That's it!  Pretty easy and I love all the possibilities there are for a project like this. You can use any collection or theme and the tote can be dressed up even more or you can keep it as simple as you like.  It can be added to an Easter basket, used for party favors, made more masculine for Father's Day gifts (make the vertical box look like a shirt with a tie!) or whatever you like.  


Bo Bunny Supplies:
Gabrielle Pattern Paper - Promenade, Stripe, Flight, Elegance and Cameo
Gabrielle Wraps
Gabrielle Jewels
Gabrielle True Friend Cardstock Stickers
Gabrielle Grow Love Cardstock Stickers
Gabrielle 12" Chipboard
Gabrielle Card Kit
Gabrielle Buttons
Gabrielle Clear Stamps

Other: Transparency or Clear Acetate; Timber Brown Staz-On Ink; Beads; Jump Rings


Thanks for letting me share this project with you.  I hope you've enjoyed the tutorial and will be inspired to create your own.  :)