Designer Showcase - Robbie Herring

Hi everyone! I'm Robbie Herring. I have been designing with Bo Bunny for around 2 years now and I'm lovin' it! For those of you who don't know me yet, I'll give you a bit of an over-view.

I've been married to my wonderful husband for 25 years. We just celebrated our silver anniversary last week! I'm so lucky that he is supportive of this fun hobby that I came to love. We have been blessed with 2 children. Our daughter is 24 and our son is 22. We couldn't be any prouder of them! Our daughter is out of college and living about 3 hours from us and our son is a senior at Texas A&M. Whoop!

As those of you with older children know, it is harder to get recent pictures of your kids when they aren't living at home. Thank goodness for Facebook! Without it, I would probably only have Christmas and other holiday pictures. The layout that I am sharing today is a lift off of my daughter's facebook. Even though she has a camera, she usually just uses her phone to take pictures. Some of them won't make it to the page, but some of them end up looking really great and way more fun than the perfect pictures I'm always trying to get. 

 I used the gorgeous new Serenade Collection to make this one. I chose to really play up the yellows in the collection to go with her photo. Between her yellow top and the extra saturated picture, it was a perfect match!

 When I'm putting together a page, I like to add lots of little details. Because I tend to be drawn to EVERYTHING when it comes to embellishments, I always try to ask myself if I see the pictures. It is important to me to have my photos take center stage.

This close-up shows some of the details that I love to do for my pages. Stitching almost always shows up on my pages and I love clustering and shaped papers and stickers. Keeping it to the edges of my phot with just a bit of overlapping helps to keep all this from overwhelming my photo.

 More clustering and a touch of fussy cutting make a showing on the bottom of the page. I couldn't help but make leaves out of the patterned paper. Of course, if you are familiar with my work, you will now that a ribbon or bow almost always ends up being added. If you haven't tried the Double Dot ribbon, you need to! I LOVE how it has the dots on both sides to make tying bows and knots a snap!

Bo Bunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper:  Serenade Dot, Serenade Garden, Serenade Pendant, Serenade Sunrise, Serendade Trellis

Double Dot 6x6 Paper Pads: Bold and Bright

Stickers: Serenade Combo

Chipboard: Serenade 12x12 and Serenade Layered

Buttons: Serenade

Brads: Serenade

Trinkets: Serenade

Petals Serenade

Recently, I was looking through my computer at all the Bo Bunny projects and pages that I have done over the last 2 years. It's funny, but I don't always go back and look at my pages from the past. Taking a stroll through my Bo Bunny files was almost like looking through my scrapbooks. It gave me the idea to share a few of my favorites here.

First, I wanted to share the first page that I did for Bo Bunny. It's appropriate to this time of year that it's a first day of school page. This is my son on his first day of 1st Grade. Where did the time go? The collection is Learning Curve. I'm still hoarding some of this!

 Quick Tip: I used a real wooden ruler on this page. I cut down the ruler to make it fit better. I used Tim Holtz sissors to do it. Be sure that your ruler doesn't have a metal strip to get this look.

Next up, is a Halloween Altered project that I made using the Whooligans Collection. What an adorable collection! I still have this and pull it out during Halloween. Would you believe that the candy still looks great? Wouldn't want to eat it though!

 This is a little place setting that I came up with for the Kid's Table at Christmas. It is one of my favorite projects because I had such a great time making it!

 Summer is such a fun time for having fun and spending time of the water. I chose this one because I love the picture so much! My daughter made such great friends in college and I think the picture really gives the feeling of a perfect summer day. It was made with the Barefoot and Bliss Collection.

 Finally, a more recent collection. This is the Little Miss Collection and I can't get enough of it! Add a wonderful picture of a baby's first day at home and it's perfection. As I mentioned earlier, my kids are grown, so it's especially great to have friends and relatives that share their pictures.

Hopefully, I haven't gone on tooooo long!

Working with Bo Bunny for the last 2 years has been such a fantastic experience! I like to say that I don't have a style and haven't met an embellishment that I don't love. Bo Bunny fits me perfectly! They do it all and do it so very beautifully!

Back To School!

Although so many of my childhood memories are quite hazy these days, something I do remember really clearly is the wonderful excitement of school holidays!  Of course the school holidays always seem to go past in a blur and are over way too soon and it is time to go back to school..... Although starting a new school year can also be exciting and it brings lots of photo opportunities for proud Mom's and of course back to school layouts!  Today we are going to share a few back to school layouts using the oh so cute Learning Curve.

First day at school

Designer: Jolanda Meurs

Bo Bunny Supply List:
Patterned Paper: Letters, Story time Die cut Learning Curve
Stickers: Lurning Curve Cardstock Sticker; Lurning Curve Dimensional Stickers; Lurning Curve Combo Stickers
Brads: Learning Curve
Chipboard: Learning Curve 12 x 12 

School is Cool! 

Designer: Agnieszka Piskorz

I love the way Agnieszka has combined Etcetera with Learning curve and all the little details on her page.
 

Bo Bunny Supply List:

Patterned Paper: Watermark/Et Cetera ; Cut Outs/ Ad Lib ; Bookmark,Stripe,Blackboard/Learning Curve
Stickers: Cardstock Stickers School is cool, Cardstock Stickers First day of Schol, Combo Stickers, iCandy Dimensionals Stickers /Learning Curve
Brads: Learning Curve
Buttons: Garden Girl
Chipboard: Learning Curve 12x12

 ABC It is school time

Designer: Luzma Bruna

Don't you love how Luzma has used a real pencil on her layout and the ink splatters on her page are just perfect for a school layout! 

Bo Bunny Supply List:
Patterned Paper: Learning Curve
Double dot paper Wine dot
Chipboard: Learning Curve 12x12

I hope we have inspired you to make a start on your back to school pages !

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to share your back to school layouts with us on our Facebook page, we would love to see them! 

Get to Know... Robbie Herring

Hi everyone!  It's my turn on the Bo Bunny Blog!  First, I have to admit that I am NOT a writer!  I always worry about what to say in these type of situations.  Hopefully, you will all just go with it for me!  :)

I have been designing for Bo Bunny for a little over a year now.  It is terrific how wonderful working for and with Bo Bunny is!  I am forever telling my friends what a great team and what great Bo Bunny support we have.  It is truly a dream come true to work with so many fantastic people.  Of course, as you already know, Bo Bunny ROCKS the products!! 

Guess what?  Today is my anniversary!  I've been married to a wonderful guy for 24 years.  We live in the great state of Texas!  We are born and bred Texans and couldn't hardly imagine living anywhere else.  I was a stay at home mom until my children went to college. Now, I guess I would say that I'm retired.  I keep myself pretty busy though!  In addition to scrapbooking, I love to sew and paint.  I also love decorating and since we moved to a new home 2 years ago, that has kept me up to my ears in projects!

Here we are at a business banquet last summer.  It's sad how few pictures that we have of us together.  I tend to be behind the camera, instead of in front of it. 

I mentioned our children earlier.  We have been blessed with 2 great kids!  Our oldest, Jade, has graduated from college and moved away to work.  We are really lucky that she's only a few hours away.  This is Texas and it's BIG so 2 1/2 to 3 hours isn't that far for us!  :)  Our youngest, Alex, is a senior in college.  He goes to Texas A&M.  Gig 'em!  He's only 1 1/2 hours from home, so we are thankful that we still get to see him often, too!

I started scrapbooking when my daughter was a senior in high school.  I loved it!!  The plan was to make her a senior album and then make my son one when it was his turn.  Needless to say, that is not quite how it worked out.  I have been scrapbooking for around 5 years now and those two books have turned into a LOT of books!  Most days, I do something creative.  When we moved, I got my very own craft room for the first time!  I also sew, paint and have my computer in this room.  I love wrapping gifts, so that happens here, too.  It is the most used room in our house!

So, I guess I should admit, that I can't be creative if I don't know where all my things are!  These drawers from Ikea are great for holding all of my 'stuff'!  Like I said, alot happens in this room and these drawers are able to hold all the tools and toys for my various hobbies!

This is slatwall that my embellishments and some of my pages hang from.  Because my kids are my inspiration, the pages on my wall are all pictures of them together.

You just gotta love Ikea shelving!! 

On to what we do!  Scrapbook!! 

I honestly don't have any idea what my style is.  I truly love it all!!  I know that I really like to add details to my pages and I haven't met an embellishment that I don't love!  Shabby pages, bright pages, linear pages... I love them all!  I tend to let my pictures dictate where my pages are going.  I think that I move back and forth between styles.  I do have to admit that I love anything girly!  Even though I didn't plan it, the 3 pages that I'm showing you today are all girl pages.   In my defense, my son hardly ever takes pictures!!  When he lived at home, I could force him, but it doesn't work out so well now!  :)

The new collections are FABULOUS!!!  I can't get enough of them!!  I can't wait to do some of my son's pages with them, too!

First up a page with the 
Et Cetera Collection!

This collection is perfect alone or mixed with other collections!   I can't wait to do some heritage pages with it, too. 

Friends

I made this flower using the ribbon flower technique that I showed here on this blog.  Just change the size of the petals to  3 1/4 inches for the wider wraps fabric.

Supplies Used:

EtCetera Collection:  Paper-Mail Room, Geography, Cut Outs.  Trinkets, Buttons, Wraps, Petals, Noteworthy Combo Stickers, Layered Stickers, Live Love Laugh Stickers and Chipboard.

Next up is the
Welcome Home Collection!

This is my absolute favorite color combination!  It's so gorgeous!!

Moments

Before our recent move, we spent 17 years living in the country.  This picture will always remind me of the time our children were growing up surrounded by animals.  It says 'Home' to me.

Supplies Used:  Welcome Home Collection:  Paper- Dreams and Portrait.  Layered Chipboard, Buttons, Rub ons, Combo Stickers, Home Grown Stickers, Jewels.  Double Dot Ribbon.

 

Finally, I couldn't resist the gorgeous colors of this collection!!  They are so vibrant!! 

Forever Fall
is sure to be making an appearance on several pages in my books!

She

This is one of my daughter's senior portraits.  I have scrapped this picture in sepia before, but I couldn't resist using it again in color.  Her shirts matched the colors so perfectly!

I used a McGill punch to make the sunflower on this page.

  To emboss the chipboard letters, I just peeled a few layers off the back and ran them through my embossing machine.  Easy!

Supplies Used:  Forever Fall Collection:  Paper- Sunflower and Dusk.  Noteworthy, Trinkets, Brads, Combo Stickers,  Chipboard, Graditude Stickers.  EtCetera Collection Combo Stickers.  Chunky Chips Alphabet.  Double Dot Ribbon-Olive.

Last but not least, I thought that I would share a few previous favorites with you!  Since it's back to school time and Learning Curve is my all-time favorite school collection, I want to include them!

Halloween is just around the corner so here are a couple of my ideas for a page and a project. These were both made using the adorable Whoo-ligans Collection.

Thanks so much for hanging out for this long!! 

Be sure to leave a comment on this post for a chance to win a prize from Bo Bunny!!! 

It's almost the end of the month and Bo Bunny is going to be announcing the winners soon!! 

Also, be sure to drop by my blog!!  You will have another chance to win a Bo Bunny prize there, too!  My Blog :  Just the Scrap

Have a great week!

Flash Back Friday

Let's Go Back, Way Back!
It's Flashback Friday at Bo Bunny!

The design team has shown us how to use several different collections to scrap our older photos. If you love vintage or just have vintage photo's waiting to find there way into your scrapbooks, this is the post for you!

Let's take a look at what the design team made:

Once a Little Girl

 You have to take a closer look at all the details on this layout from Irene Tan! Irene used a picture of herself as a little one here. 

Supplies Used:  Cambridge Victory, Cambridge Crown Die Cut, Cambridge Argyle, Cambridge Chess, NoteWorthy Cambridge, Cambridge Cut Outs, Cambridge iCandy Brads, Charcoal knit petal, Frost Petal, Bo Bunny buttons, Midnight Frost Stamp, CB Swirls & Brackets
Other supplies:
metal embellishment, pearls, distress ink, thread for stitching, vintage lace.

My Baby

Tara Orr did such a fantastic job of showing the versatility of the Learning Curve Collection.  This is her eldest child as a baby.

Supplies Used:  Learning Curve, Learning Curve Learning Curve Dot, Learning Curve Crossword, Learning Curve Recess, Learning Curve Letters, Learning Curve Noteworthy, Learning Curve, Combo stickers, Double Dot Ribbon, Antique Lace Petals

Pappa

Mahlin Wiggur scrapped a picture of her father.  He was born 1933 and passed away 1993.. way too early.. and this layout is a tribute to him...

Be sure to take note of how Mahlin mixed several collections in this layout.

Supplies used: Cambridge 12x 12 chipboard, Cambridge Argyle, Cambridge Post, Cambridge Cut outs, Cambridge 12x 12 sticker, Learning Curve 12x12 stickers, Learning Curve Date due, Noel Cheer, Noel Cut out, Noel Rejoice, Noel 12x12 Stickers, Mama-razzi Flowers, Double Dot Cardstock licorice

Two People Fell in Love

Patti Milazzo used the brand new Timepiece Collection to scrap this wonderful layout of her parents.  Be sure to take a peek at the new embellishments and the layering of them that Patti used!







Bo Bunny supplies used:
Timepiece pattern papers – Unlocked, Moments, Villa, dot, Tick Tock, Timepiece, Numbers, Stripe and Gears.  Timepiece Dimensional Stickers, Timepiece Layered Chipboard, Timepiece 12” Chipboard, Timepiece Rub-Ons, Timepiece Combo Stickers, Timepiece Petals, Timepiece Jewels, Timepiece Trinkets

Wishing you a Happy Scrappy Weekend!

Design Team Scraplifts and Blog Hop Winners!

This month we gave some of the design team a challenge to scraplift another designers project from a past blog post, lets look at the gorgeous projects they came up with!

First up we have Irene Tan who scraplifted Gabrielle Pollacco's box tutorial...This is Gabrielle's original box

 

Here is Irene's scraplift...

 

Supplies used:
Persuasion Blooms;  Persuasion My Sweet;  Love Is All CS;  Crazy Love Brads;  Tutu Dot cardstock; Blush Dot cardstock;  CB Swirls & Brackets;  Chocolate double dot ribbon

Other supplies:
Glossy accents, distress ink, pearls, acrylic paint

Next up we have Gabrielle Pollocco who scraplifted Mahlin Wiggur's ' Organisera' page.  Here is Mahlin's original page...

 

This is Gabrielle's scraplift...  I Love Blooms

 

 

Bo Bunny products used:
Patterned Paper: Noel Holiday Die Cut, Paradise Locals, Learning Curve Cut Outs, Crush Flirt, Crush Darling, Crazy Love Fudge and Flowers, Noel Rejoice.
Crazy Love Combo Stickers (title), Crazy Love Noteworthy, Pink Parfait Petals, Midnight Frost Clear Stamps (script stamp)
Bo Bunny Buttons & Bling.


Next we have Janis Medina who scraplifted Irene Tan's Love album from our recent blog hop.
This is Irene's original album

And this is Janis' scraplift...

 

 

 

Supplies: Crazy Love Collection papers, Crazy Love chipboards, Crazy Love Noteworthy, Crazy Love Epoxy Brads, Crazy Love Layered Chipboard Stickers, Crazy Love Dimensional Stickers, Crazy Love Wraps, Crush Wraps, Double Dot Coordinating Ribbon, Noel Cranberry Rose Trim.

Design Notes: I was soooooo inspired by Irene's Crazy Love album for her daughter that she featured in our recent blog hop. It was a tough act to follow so I just made sure that I changed some bits and style to make it my own. My album is one page shorter than Irene's as I doubled the chipboard of my back cover - - works with me because of 2 reasons: 1) sturdier back cover; and 2) less papers and embellies needed as I have done 3 layouts with Crazy Love in the past, one of which is a double-pager so I have used up most of my stash already. I think this is the fastest mini-album that I have made as I stuck on a simple design formula on my inside pages aside from the fact that I used 4 pictures only. Thanks so much for the inspiration Irene!!!

You can find the whole of Irene's album here:
http://scrapperlicious.blogspot.com/2011/0...crapperlicious)


Next up we have Mahlin Wiggur who scraplifted Janis Medina's 'Gotta think like the boss' layout.  This is Janis' original layout...

 

And this is Mahlin's scraplift...  Millan

 

 

Journaling:
You´re not always, like us others , You don´t always say what I want to hear. You tell me the uncomfortable truth, but you are always, always there for me, no matter what. without hesitation, whenever I need it .. and that dear Millan, is what i call a real friend. I am so happy and thankful to have you as a friend..

Supplies:
Double dot Cardstock kiwi;  Cambridge layered stickers;  Cambridge 12x12 Chipboard;  Learning Curve cut outs;  Learning Curve 12x12 Chipboard;  Learning Curve 12x12 stickers;  Whoo-ligans Epoxy Brads; 
Whoo-ligans Dot;  Whoo-ligans Boo;  Whoo-ligans Cut outs;  Noel 12x12 Chipboard;  Winter Joy snow angels;  Winter Joy 12x12 stickers;  Chunky Charms circles and arrows;  Midnight Frost Cut outs;  Crush romeo;  Crazy Love 12x12 Chipboard


Last up today we have Samantha Wright who scraplifted Shanna Vineyards 'It's a Love thing' layout.  Here is Shanna's original layout...

And this is Samantha's scraplift... A Taste of Winter

 

 

And now for some winners from our last Blog Hop!!

blog winner:

Tina Phillips who left this comment on Shanna Vineyard's blog:
Isn’t that issue of Scrapbooks ETC awesome???? I use sketches and scraplift quite a bit myself….but like you they are just a starting off point and I almost always veer off on my own twisted path and t...otally murder the sketch….well, at least maim it to where it is unrecognizable….lol. That's why they call it inspiration…take an idea and run with it….just don’t run with scissors….really bad idea!!! And congrats on your news!!!!!

and the facebook winner is:

Jodie Budihas who posted this:
Who would not love this fun hop...I don't know, but It was a blast! thanks!

Thanks for playing girls! Email us your info at thebobunnyblog at gmail.com