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

Power of Pink Day 2

Throughout the month of October, we will all hear and read stories of victory,

and a few stories of defeat and sorrow...

But most of all, we will read stories of courageous women everywhere

who are full of faith, courage and STRENGTH!

Today, we are so honored to share the stories of the friends and families of our Design Team!

"Remember"

Designer: Debbie Sherman

 

"Cherish till the end of TIME"

Designer: Francis Sylvia

"Hope... Keep the Faith"

Designer: Irene Tan

"Mother, Sister, Aunt, Friend"

Designer: Juliana Michaels

It is a little difficult to read, but I layered the words mother, grandma, sister, daughter, aunt,

cousin and friend alternating the chipboard and acrylic alphas.
Designer Tip: Add alcohol ink to you acrylic letters to give them a bit of color and to help them stand out more. 

Emboss your chipboard letters to give them more dimension and a fun bit of texture. 

Use a paper piercing tool to the edge of your paper to give it a texture border.

"Live, Laugh, Love"
Designer: Janis Medina

Design Notes: This layout reminds me that I should love myself. Since I know that cancer runs in my family, 

I take it upon myself to make sure that I am vaccinated and I live a healthy lifestyle.

"Love is all you Need"

Designer: Luzma Bruna

"Love is all you Need"

Designer: Carole Jansen

"In Remembrance"

Designer: Jolanda Meurs

"Searching for a Cure"

Designer: Tara Orr

 "Faith"

Designer: Tomoko Takahashi

 "Find Strength"

Designer: Tara Orr

TIP: I wanted to keep a very soft tone for this layout and the pinks were a little too punchy. 

I simply painted the chipboard swirls as well as my handmade roses and finished with distress stickles.

"Together Forever"

Designer: Janis Medina

Design Notes: While the title of the layout is "Together Forever", it has a double meaning to it. 

Inside the envelope is a letter to my Ma who died of cancer.

Journaling: Dear Ma, I'm sorry it took so long for me to accept your death. It's just that somehow 

I felt that when your cancer struck, you just gave up, eventhough I'd asked you to fight back for us your kids.
 

Now that I'm already a wife and a mother, never a day passes without me wishing that you're here to see my family. 

They give me so much joy, Ma. How I wish you're here with us to share our happiness.

Do pray for me Ma, that I be the best wife to JE and the best mother to Nat and Phil, 

as you were the best for me. Do pray that I be invincible so I can always be with them.

I miss you, Ma.

Design Tips: I used my Tombow Soda Shop Dual Brush Pens in making my own striped patterned paper. 

I also used a brush pen to highlight the word "Together" in my Persuasion My Sweet Patterned paper

 "Awareness"

Designer: Patti Milazzo

Tip: To create the peace sign, I punch out a 1 ½” circle, drew the lines on the back 

and used Bo Bunny’s Necessities Craft Knife to cut out the wedges inside.

 "Hope"

Designer: Patti Milazzo  

 "Peace, Love, Hope"

Designer: Patti Milazzo 

Note: My card was inspired by the statistics about Breast Cancer. “About 1 in 8 women in the 

United States (between 12 and 13%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.”
Source: http://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/under.../statistics.jsp 

"Living my happily ever after"

Designer: Janis Medina

Design Notes: I used my Tombow Soda Shop Dual Brush Pen in outlining my pearls for an added blot of color.

Thank you for sharing these amazing projects with us. 

Please make sure and document

all the moments in your lives that build your character

and make you who you are!

We would love to hear from each of you. 

Our Designers were all given the same supplies the stores were given to create this amazing projects.

Supplies used: 

Bo Bunny Persuasion My Sweet
 Bo Bunny Persuasion DotBo Bunny Persuasion Blooms
Bo Bunny Tweet Tweet Rub-ons
Bo Bunny Swirly Whirly Rub-ons
Chunky Charm CB Swirls & Brackets Blush
Bo Bunny Blush Coordinating Double Dot
Bo Bunny Blush Coordinating Double Dot Ribbon
Love is All Cardstock Stickers

Stamping with Christine

Stamping is a huge part of my creative process. I was introduced to stamping about 6 years ago when I wanted to start including alpha stamps on my page layouts. Immediately I was hooked and since then I have learned so much. I stamp on my scrapbook pages, cards, altered projects, and have even been known to decorate my walls of my home with stamped images.

Take a peek inside my head as I share a little about how I stamp on layouts. Most people will say that they are "afraid" to stamp on their layouts because they don't want to ruin them. Hey, I can totally sympathize with that so I have some tips and some confessions to make that might ease your mind about stamping on your next layout!

Below you can see my finished layout. I have stamped all over it. You can see that I used those beautiful tropical flowers from the Stamp and Store Aloha set and the frame from the Cherished stamp from the Persuasion line. I also stamped on the Chunky Charms Swirls and Brackets as well which really dress them up. As you scroll down this post I will explain how I used these stamps as well as others on my layout.

Here is my desk. As you can see it's covered with stamps, inks, and my "practice" paper. I always have this paper on my work area so that I can see what an idea I have looks like before I actually do it. I used my practice paper to test out colors. Before I pick a color I will actually just pick up the ink pad and stamp it on my paper. That way I can hold my patterned paper to it to see if it matches. I also use this "practice" paper to stamp off. Sometimes I want my image to have a lesser intensity than a freshly inked stamp so I will stamp once on my practice paper and then onto my final surface.

Practicing first will give you a lot more confidence when actually stamping on your layout. Here is an example of how I tried stamping a background image on my Chunky Charms Swirls to see if my stamp was small enough to show up well. I was also experimenting with the color of ink as well. I have to say that I wasn't happy with either the stamp or the color so I was glad that I didn't just jump right in and stamp the actual flourish that I wanted to use.

Okay, confession time. Yes, sometimes I really do just jump right in and stamp on my layout without being able to practice. Below you will see a picture of one of my stamping "mistakes" on my layout. But hey, no problem, I just decided that side needed something more and added a strip of patterned paper which covered up that little faux pas perfectly.

One of my most important tools when I am stamping on a layout is my Stamp-a-ma-jig. I wouldn't stamp a title without it. It is designed to allow you to see where each letter in your title will be stamped before you actually stamp it. That way you can have nice straight titles and also plan your space better. This picture shows me stamping on the see through plastic in order to get ready to stamp on my layout.

Ah, my first letter. Perfectly placed. Let's see how the rest ends up.

Love it! Perfectly straight. Not that I want my titles to be perfectly straight every time but when you want it you can achieve it. You might also notice on this picture that I made another boo boo. When I stamped my J, I actually did not get the image totally stamped. I decided to try to line it up with my Stamp-a-ma-jig and stamp it a second time. Sometimes I can get it just right and you can't tell but this time I wasn't so lucky so I decided to go back and stamp again over the E and the Y so that it looked more "shabby" then a "mistake". I have learned that mistakes are just creative opportunities. Be sure to make the most of them.

Here you can see a closeup view of the Chunky Charms chipboard stamped with a background image.
Another closeup of those beautiful tropical flowers from the Stamp and Store Aloha set. After I stamped the outline image, I stamped of of the other stamps that was filled in on top of it so I had both the light and dark inks on the shape. Then I cut out each flower and sprayed them with some shiny mist. I crumpled them a little while they were still wet and then stuck a Bo Bunny glitter brad or gem through the middle.

I hope that I have inspired you to use stamps more often on your layouts and cards. Remember mistakes are just opportunities for creativity.

Designer: Christine Ousley

Supplies used: Bo Bunny Persuasion Dot, Tutu Double Dot Cardstock, Cherished Stamp, Stamp & Store Aloha stamps, Persuasion iCandy Brads, Blush Swirls and Brackets Chunky Charms