Serendipity Mini Album-with Solange

Hello BoBunny fans!!! It's Solange Marques here!
Today I'll share with you more one project using the fabulous Serendipity collection!
I've made a Mini Album with a nicely decorated cover and page inserts:

This collection is so sweet and romantic, then I've added some lace flourishes and flowers on the cover.  You can also see a few3 little metal found pieces and fussy cuttings of some of the page elements that I just love.

Now for a peek at some of the inside pages.  Some have pockets for memorabilia and keepsakes, and some are waterfall pages so you can have and view lots of images in one view.

Hope you like my creation!

Solange

BoBunny Supplies:

Patterned papers:Serendipity, Aviary, Branches, Feathers, Flight, Greetings, Life, Love, Songbird, Stripe, Take Flight, Treetops/ Serendipity

Cardstocks: Chiffon, Dark Denim, Kiwwi / Double Dot Paper

Noteworthy: Serendipity

Blosoms: Denim Daisy, Denim Zinnia

White Crackle

Glimer Mist: Sugar, Frost

Down by the Sea and Cards with Elena O

Hello , it"s Elena here today and I've a got a couple of cards I made using the stamps and craft dies and a bit of fussy cutting. Together in the same project, the "negative" and the "positive" pieces work so well together.  This technique adds a truly dimensional effect seeing the finished project.

It was fun to create them. When I started, I thought I would create only a couple of cards really. I started to fussy cut the paper sheet from the Down by the Sea collection, I though it would be great to create a floral card from the nautical theme papers.

Then I stamped the florals using the stamp and the archival  inks, as I knew I would add the water while coloring them. So check if your ink is water-soluble so it can be manipulated once the stamp has been placed.

After that I decided to die cut the frames, and realized that I need to try more than 1 color.

It was difficult to choose from so I decided to create 4 cards and to mix the frames and the inner paper part for them.

I prepared my background, created floral clusters and the time for coloring has come. Well, watercolors and the markers are the first thing that comes into my mind when talking about coloring the stamps, however I decided how the Glimmer Spray and Acrylic paints work for that purpose.

I wouldn't say you need any special coloring skills, but actually try to think slightly different, and don't color the leaves green , for instance.  and be ready that the spray, even if you use it with a brush as the watercolors and and acrylic pant work differently. Don't apply to mych and damp the image with the water first.

It was a fun and relaxing process, the only thing that I did - I traced some of the flowers with my thin nib marker - this kind of doodling feeling makes the cards to have a completed look, since for one of my stamped images I used the pale pink ink, and the image was not seen enough clearly.

I also added some pearls and crystals , these are great accents.

The cards look almost the same but coloring the flowers in different way makes an alternative.

However the fussy cutting is an intricate detail, and it's quite easy to make your own embellishments for the cards.

For my last card I die cut  - Happily Ever After sentiment - from the same die set as the frame.

Hope you will try my tips while creating your cards with the stamps and fussy cutting.

BoBunny Supplies:

12" Down By the  Sea , Coral, Sea Ripples, Seahorse, Wonder.

Pocket Full of Posies Stamp

Ever After Card Dies

Frost Glimmer Spray

Blue Hues, Citrus and Think Pink Jewels



Pentart Supplies:

Acrylic Paint Semi-Gloss - Blue, Rose, Brown.

Glamour Acrylic Metallic Paint - Rich Gold.

Down by the Sea and Pentart Crackle with Rhonda

Gift Idea: Artists Tray with Rhonda

Greetings and welcome to Sunday Funday on the blog! I have a project featuring the Down By The Sea collection and the Pentart Cracking Paint System. We recently took a vacation to Florida and spent a bit of time at the ocean. This collection was perfect for my photos!

I found this artist tray at my local craft store on clearance and thought it would be perfect to showcase this collection and my photos. This is also such a perfect gift for Mother's Day or Father's Day. I prepared the tray by painting my Cracking Paint System 1, let dry and then applied the Cracking Paint System 2 in White on top and set aside to dry and crack.

While the tray was drying, I measured the compartments and started trimming a variety of the papers, then I selected the photos that I wanted to print. I started with a 4x6 that I could cut in half for the focal center of the tray, then I printed smaller 2x3 photos to use in the opposite corners.

I cut several pretty die cut elements out from our new dies, used them in a few of the compartments. I also used bits from the fabulous Noteworthy package and of course, embellished with some Chipboard, Layered Chipboard and Double Dot Jewels.

Once I had the tray completed, I decided to accent the plain white crackle, so I mixed some Glimmer Spray in Frost and Mint to make a pretty aqua color to coordinate with the collection. I lightly brushed it on with a medium flat paintbrush.

I love how the Pentart Cracking Paint is so versatile and it took the color of the Glimmer Spray so nicely, I could control the depth of color easily.

BoBunny Products:

Patterned Paper: Seahorse, Down By The Sea, Mermaids, Mystical, Paradise, Ripples, Tide and Wonder  / Down By The Sea

Noteworthy: Down By The Sea

Chipboard: 6x12, Layered Chipboard / Down By The Sea

Double Dot Jewels: Aqua and True Blue

Jewel Flourishes: Glaze Jewels

Double Dot Brads: Aqua

Dies: Darling Doily, Sweetheart, Congratulation Card and Mandala

Glimmer Spray: Frost and Mint



Pentart Products:

Pentart Cracking Paint System 1

Pentart Cracking Paint System 2 - White

Just like a snowflake!

Hi Everyone!  I have some gorgeous paint effects courtesy of the Pentart Dekor Paints and beautiful papers from the Winter Wishes collection.

"Just like a Snowflake You are Unique and One of a Kind", - Katherine 

There are lots of layers on this project, starting on the frame so I will talk you through what I did.

This is the frame I used, an old one that had a few knocks and scrapes.  I used the Pentart Primer Paste in order to nicely prime the surface and also to cover up some of those dents.  I used this rather than just the normal Dekor Paint Primer for the base coat as this has a bit more body to cover up some of those knocks.

These Pentart Dekor Paints have a beautiful, chalky feel to them,  I started by covering the primed frame with the darkest colour - Soft Gray.  The coverage is very good on these, and they don't take too long to dry.  After the Soft Gray, I then added a layer of Victorian Pink and finally some Apricot to create a non-uniform look.

Once I had my layers of paint, I used some fine sand paper to rub through the layers, so you can see patches of the gray and pink, I rubbed a little hard in a few areas and ended up with some of the wood showing, and I really liked the look. 

After the sanding, I also added a layer of the clear transparent Wax Paste to help seal it.

In this picture I have added some of the Wax Paste in silver, I was a little heavy handed so I added some more white primer over the top to tone it down, plus a little bit of Sugar Glimmer Mist.  I also then went back to add a few extra smudges of some pink and gray paints.

In the middle, I used one of the frames from the Noteworthy collection in Winter Wishes, as it has the most beautiful verse on it.  I backed it on a paper called Icicles and I used my Winter Fun stencil and the silver and sugar glitter paste to create the background.  Then, I added a few Graphite Pearlescent drops, a Christmas tree from the Noteworthy collection be-decked in tuxedo jewels.  Next, some gauze and silver thread and punched snowflakes and I was nearly there.  The final touch was a little more of that Sugar Glitter Paste to add a final touch of sparkle around the frame.

You can see the layers of paints, and a little of the glitter shimmer.

This shows some of the stenciling, using Winter Fun, that I did for the background - I started with the Sugar Glitter Paste first, and left some gaps, then went in with the Silver, giving a nice blended glittery background.

BoBunny Supplies:

Glimmer Mists: Sugar

Noteworthy: Winter Wishes

Papers: Winter Wishes Icicles

Pearlescents: Graphite and Sugar

Jewels: Tuxedo

Stencils: Winter Fun

Glitter Paste: Sugar and Silver

Pentart Supplies:

Paints: Pentart Primer Paste/Gesso, Dekor Paint Soft Gray, Dekor Paint Soft Victorian Pink, Dekor Paint Apricot

Wax Paste: Transparent and Metallic Silver

You're Invited Canvas

Hello BoBunnies! Happy Thursday to you all! I have a fun treat for you today!

You're Invited Canvas by Ulrika Wandler

I made a canvas using the gorgeous products from the You're Invited collection.

I started with adding some Glitter Paste around the edges of the canvas.

I also added some gesso on the papers through a stickable stencil, and splashed some Glimmer Mist on it!

 

When cutting out the mason jar I cut in both patterned paper and a plastic sheet. I then put the plastic pieces on top of the paper adhering it with 3D dots.

You can see how it turned out in this picture:

The straws were cut out from one of the gorgeous papers in the You're Invited collection. They are adhered with 3D dots.

BoBunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: You're Invited / You're Invited, Cheers, Festive, Fun,
Stickers: You're Invited Layered Chipboard
Noteworthy: You're Invited
Jewels: Double Dot Mocha
Mist: Glimmer Mist Gold
Glitter Paste: Gold
Stickable Stencil: Whimsy