Notebooks tutorial

Hello my dear friends, this is Michele from France, and i am really happy to be here with you today, to share this little tutorial !
I have two wonderful daughters who love writing and drawing on little notebooks and this mini album from the collection "zoology" is perfect for making something different and cute :) You'll see, it's so easy and the kids love it so much that you have no excuses !
Just one more thing before we start, please, forgive my not perfect English ;)

For making this, you'll need:

album zoology
double dots ribbons
double dots designs cardstock papers
combo stickers
chipboards 12x12
jewels
papers and spirals

First, i reproduced the shape of each page on a cardstock paper and to save time, i glued it on a second cardstock paper and cut it. So i have a stronger piece of paper with two different colors very quickly.

 

I cut a few sheets of paper, and i made the holes for the spirals. I just stick the last piece of paper, directly on the cardstock.

As it's for kids, i added an eyelet to consolidate the hole. 

Now, all you have to do is simply decorate it, and of course, don't forget the name of the kids ;)

I added a little note : "this notebook belongs to..."

 

 I tied some pieces of ribbons on the ring, i love it, it's like they have a bow on their head :)

As you seen, it's fast and easy to make this cute little things ;)
I'll be really happy to see yours !
thanks for reading me,
take care of yourself,

Michele

Step It Up!

Are you interested in how to take a layout from simple to fabulous?  Today, Bo Bunny designers, Luzma and Michele share in detail how they each  a simple layout and took it to another level of design by adding more embellishments and ink/glimmer.

Luzma began with patterned papers, cardstock and a few embellishments.  She also did some gorgeous cut work to create that large circle piece and used a punch to create a fancy frame for her photos.

Next she brought more detail to her layout by adding a few colored embellishments.

She then completed the layout by adding more embellishment clusters including flowers, chipboard and bling. The placement of each cluster helps to move the eye through the layout in a pleasing manner and helps maintain your focus on her lovely photo.

FOLLOW YOUR HEART

by Luzma Bruna

Bo Bunny Supplies:

Patterned Papers: Love, Whispers, Rose, Cut Outs/Enchanted

Cardstock: Double Dot in Ocean Dot

Layered Chipboard: Enchanted

Trinkets: Enchanted

Bling: Enchanted

Black Flower: Whooligans

Cardstock Stickers: Enchanted

Michele began with a combination of patterned papers and cardstock.  She also did a bit of cut work to frame her photo and cut strips from a variety of papers to create a series of fun borders.

Next, she added some paint and glimmer which add a nice distressed feel.

Then she added a her title and created a fun edge for her photo by gathering some ribbon.

Finally, she completed her layout by adding more embellishments such as cardstock stickers, trinkets and jewels.  Look at the placement of the green and pink embellishments.  They are placed in a triangle, which again helps to keep the focus on her beautiful photo.

LITTLE LADY
by Michele Beck

Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned Papers: Rose/Enchanted; Die Cut/Garden Girl; Front Door/Welcome Home; Die Cut/Crush
Chipboard: Enchanted 12x12
Trinkets: Smoochable

Bling: Garden Girl
Ribbon: Vicki B Wrap
Buttons: Enchanted
Cardstock Stickers: Enchanted and Time Piece

Thank for stopping by and we hope you try stepping up your next layout!  We would love to see your version of this on our Facebook page!

LO Sketch + Bo Bunny + Scor Pal = Inspiration

Happy Friday!  Welcome to the final day of blog hopping with Scor-Pal! Every day this week, on the Bo Bunny and Scor-Pal blog, we have been sharing projects created by using these two fabulous products together! On our final day, we have a great sketch to share with you created by our very own Sarah Eclavea!  We hope the combination of this sketch along with the gorgeous Bo Bunny products and the fabulous Scor-Buddy you will be truly inspired to do some crafting today or maybe even this weekend!

WINTER WONDERLAND

by Jolanda Meurs

 

Bo Bunny Supply List:

Patterned Paper: Stripe, Chill/Snowfall
Rub ons: Snowfall
Trinkets: Snowfall
Cardstock Stickers: Snowfall
Jewels: Snowfall
Brads: Snowfall
Layered Chipboard: Snowfall

FLOWERS IN BLOOM

by Tomoko Takahashi

Bo Bunny Supply List:
Patterned Paper: Geography, Index, Odds & Ends, Watermark, Cut Puts, Die Cut/ Et Cetera; Elegance/ Gabrielle
Stickers: 12 x 12 Combo Sticker/ Et Cetera
Chipboard: 12 x 12 Chipboard/ Et Cetera
Brads: Et Cetera
Jewels: Et Cetera

EYE CANDY

by Mireille Divjak

Bo Bunny Supply List:
Cardstock: Wasabi Dot
Patterned Paper: Stripe, Eye Candy, Lovin' You, Words /Smoochable
Rubons: Smoochable
Buttons: Smoochable
Brads: Smoochable
Jewels: Smoochable
Chipboard: Smoochable
Ribbon:  Pink Dot

OUR LITTLE CUPCAKE
by Sarah Eclavea

Bo Bunny Supply List:
Patterned Paper: Scoops, Temptations, Yum, Cut Outs/ Sweet Tooth
Cardstock: Decaf Double Dot
Stickers: 12x12 Combo Sticker/ Sweet Tooth
Chipboard: 12x12/ Sweet Tooth
Buttons: Sweet Tooth
Jewels: Sweet Tooth
Noteworthy: Sweet Tooth

SISTERS
by Michele Beck

Bo Bunny Supply List:
Patterned Paper: Smoochable, Heart Beat/ Smoochable
Stickers: Hugs and Kisses/Smoochable Combo Stickers/Smoochable
Chipboard: 12x12 Smoochable, Smoochable Layered Chipboard
Buttons: Smoochable
Noteworthy: Smoochable

Designer Note: The Scor Buddy is a truly amazing discovery for me, and while i was using it, i can't help myself thinking "how did i live without it?!"  I used it to make the frame around my layout, i used to do it by hand, and it was never regular like this, and it took time... but not anymore!  I also used it to add dimension to my big flower!

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So hopefully you found something to inspire you after perusing these gorgeous layouts!!! And how cool is the Scor-Buddy?!  It is amazing how many cool things you can use it for when you are crafting, card making or scrapbooking!
Now it is time for you to leave a comment below and then hop on over to the Scor-Pal blog and leave a comment therel!  By doing so, you have the chance of winning a fabulous prize package from Bo Bunny and Scor-Pal!!!
Thanks for stopping by!!!

Focus On....Noteworthy!

Have you tried Bo Bunny's beautiful Noteworthy designs yet?  For every amazing paper collection that Bo Bunny makes there is a wonderful collection of die cut pieces to compliment it.  These lovely pieces are so versatile, they can be used as matting pieces behind photos, as frames for your photos/titles or even as journaling papers.  Here's a peek at how some of the BB design team girls have used Noteworthy in their projects!

'This Gal Can Cook!'

by Gabrielle Pollacco

Designer Tip: I love to use Noteworthy for matting behind my photos, they also work beautifully to frame photo's as I used them here to frame my two photos.  I used an extra piece of Noteworthy from the Et Cetera collection as matting behind my main photo.

Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Welcome Home Porch Swing, WH Welcome Home, WH Home Decor.

Noteworthy: Welcome Home & Et Cetera
6x6 Paper Pad: Welcome Home (behiind photo and in the torn strip at top)
Stickers: WH Combo Stickers (title & strip), and Layered Stickers Welcome Home
Tinkets: Welcome Home
Chipboard: Et Cetera (title alphas)
Welcome Home Jewels flower centers and on sticker strip.
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"14*07*11"

by Michele Beck

Michelle used her Noteworthy pieces to frame her beautiful photo and layered them to create one of a kind embellishments for her pages!  I love the way she used some jute string on the ends of the tag piece! 

Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Welcome Home Portrait
Noteworthy: Welcome Home & Garden Girl
Stickers: Garden Girl Combo sticker; Welcome Home Combo Sticker; Et Cetera Combo sticker
Chipboard: Et Cetera 12x12; Garden Girl 12x12; Garden Girl layered chipboard; Welcome Home 12x12
Jewels: Forever Fall; Welcome Home
Brads: Welcome Home
Rub ons: Garden Girl

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"Be Thankful"

by Tara Orr

Tara used her Noteworthy pieces as a border along the bottom of her design, layering 2 of the scallop designs for a more dramatic effect! 

Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Bouquet, Stripe, Sunflower, Dusk, Impressions/Forever Fall

Die Cut: Forever Fall
Chipboard: Forever Fall
Brads: Forever Fal
Buttons: ET Cetera, Father Christmas
Noteworthy: Forever Fall
Combo Stickers: Forever Fall
Cardstock Stickers: Gratitude/Forever Fall

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If you haven't tried out this wonderful product yet, give them a try!  You can create a project that looks like you spent hours on it, cutting out paper shapes and frames!  You'll be surprised how much time it saves and how beautiful your end result will be!   As for how little time it all took?....It will be our little secret!! :)

Card Challenge Tuesday

Happy Tuesday!  Hopefully your week has started off well and is running smoothly!  Today we have another great Bo Bunny Card Challenge to share with you.  Designer, Juliana, created a fun sketch to help inspire your next card creation!

Now, let's see how the Bo Bunny Design Team interpreted this sketch for their card creations!

Happy Birthday Card

Designer : Carin McDonough

Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: 12" Gabrielle Cut Outs
6x6 Paper Pad: Gabrielle
Cardstock: Coordinating double dot Coral Dot
Chipboard: 12" Gabrielle Chipboard

Happiness Card
Designer : Michele Beck

Bo Bunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper Papers: Scoops/Sweet Tooth; Wisteria/Garden Girl
Jewels: Welcome Home
Chipboards: Winter Joy Icandy; Winter Joy 12x1

Sticker: Winter Joy Combo Sticker; Winter Joy Dimensional Sticker

Friendship Butterfly Card
Designer : Juliana Michaels

Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Garden Girl/Garden Girl
6x6 Paper Pad: Garden Girl
Jewels: Garden Girl
Stickers: Friendship Cardstock Stickers



New Home Card
Designer: Robbie Herring

Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Family and Key/Welcome Home
Noteworthy: Welcome Home
Brads: Welcome Home
Stickers: Welcome Home Dimensional
Chipboard: Welcome Home and Welcome Home Layered
Ribbon: Double Dot Clover

Compliments of the Season Card
Designer: Romy Veul

Bo Bunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Cut-Outs/ Father Christmas
6 x 6 Paper Pad: Father Christmas
Stickers: Father Christmas Dimensional Stickers, Father Christmas Combo Sticker
Jewels: Father Christmas
Card Kit: Father Christmas
Rub-Ons: Father Christmas


Now, it is your turn!  We want to see what you create with this challenge!

Please add your card using the link below by October 24 for a chance to win a fun prize package from Bo Bunny!

And last, but not least, we have the winner from our last Card Challenge to announce!
Congratulations goes to Kimberly for her gorgeous card!!!

Please send us an email with your contact information!

Four Designers, Same Product

What do you get when you give four Bo Bunny designers the same product to work worth?

Four totally different beautiful layouts!

For today's challenge four of the Bo Bunny design team members were given this list of products:

Etc. any papers

Etc. Just Be You cardstock sticker

Sweet Tooth buttons

Garden Girl 12” Chipboard

Welcome Home Combo Sticker

Forever Fall Brads

Father Christmas Jewels

Blitzen, any papers

Even though they were designing with the same set of products, each layout could not be any different! Let's take a look at all the different takes on this assignment!

Just Be You

by Irene Tan

I love how Irene took the Blitzen Christmas papers and used them for this non-christmas layout.

Bo Bunny Supply List:
Patterned Paper: Et Cetera/Et Cetera; Reindeer Games, Dot/Blitzen
Stickers: Welcome Home Combo Stickers; Just Be You Cardstock Stickers
Brads: Forever Fall
Jewels: Father Christmas
Buttons: Sweet Tooth
Chipboard: Garden Girl 12 x 12
Petals: Cream Gardenia

Life is Never Boring

by Sarah Eclavea

I created this layout of my girls and me at the park. I choose to use the Blitzen green paper to match the grass and trees at the park and the Etc. cut out paper to bring the focus to my photos.

Bo Bunny Supply List:

Patterned Paper: Ledger, Cut Outs; Filigree diecut/ Et Cetera; Dot, Sentiment/ Blitzen
Chipboard: Garden Girl
Stickers: 12x12 Combo/ Welcome Home and Et Cetera; Just be You/ Et Cetera
Jewels: Father Christmas
Buttons: Sweet Tooth
Brads: Catching Fall
Ribbon: Purple double dot

Write Your Own Story

by Michele Beck

Wow! I just love how Michele tore the Etc. Extra paper to create stripes across her layout. And the flowers created from the Blitzen papers are perfect. Who would ever know they are made from Christmas papers?

Bo Bunny Supply List:

Patterned Paper: Extra, Odds & Ends/Et Cetera; Dot, Turtle Doves/Blitzen

Stickers: Welcome Home Combo Stickers; Just Be You Cardstock Stickers

Brads: Forever Fall

Jewels: Father Christmas

Buttons: Sweet Tooth

Chipboard: Garden Girl 12 x 12

Snow Much Fun
by Frances Sylvia

The Etcetera music paper is perfect for Frances's winter layout and these fun photos!

Bo Bunny Supply List:
Patterned Paper: Blitzen Dot, Snow Globe, Stripe, Blitzen, Et Cetera Symphony
Stickers: Blitzen Combo Stickers, Welcome Home Combo Stickers
Noteworthy: Blitzen
Buttons: Sweet Tooth
Jewels: Father Christmas