Elephant Adventure layout with Jungle Life

Hello BoBunny fans!

Emmy here today with a brand new project to share with you. This time I decided to work with the amazing Jungle Life collection from BoBunny's latest release. I had the prefect pictures for it from my trip to India. There is also a short video tutorial at the end of this post.

To create my background I used  pattern papers and glitter paste. I cut off the jungle edge from one pattern paper and adhered it to the beige pattern paper using mounting foam tape. The using glitter paste and a stickable stencil I added the green dimensional layer. 

I framed my picture using a pre-cut paper frame from the Noteworthy pack. Then I decorated my page using die cut elements and stickers. 

I fussy cut an information block from a pattern paper, layered it on top of a different pattern paper adhered it using mounting foam tape.

As a final touch I added rhinestones and glitter paste.

I hope you enjoyed today's post! Until next time!

-Emmy

BoBunny supplies:
Pattern Paper: Jungle Life, Animals, Atrium, Giraffe, Habitat, Wildlife, Spieces / Jungle Life
Noteworthy: Jungle Life
12x12" Stickers: Jungle Life
Craft Dies: Picture This
Double Dot Glitter Paste: Emerald, Sugar
Double Dot Jewels: Aqua, Citrus
Double Dot Jewels & Brads: Emerald
Double Dot Flourish Jewels: Chocolate
Stickable Stencils: Serenity

American Crafts supplies: 
Sticky Thumb Adhesive Runner
Sticky Thumb Dimensional Foam Dots

Technique Tuesday on Monday

Sorry about the mix up.  I really do know the days of the week.

However, the blog class for Monday is not quite ready....

so, we will have that video tomorrow and show you

Tara's awesome tutorial today using the Serenity Collection.

This tutorial makes me so happy, seriously.... I'm sitting here smiling!

All About Layers

I've had several comments in the past about my layouts having oodles and oodles of layers and how I get my projects to look so dimensional. 

To start, you need a whole lot of paper, the embellishments you will be using 

and the general composition of your layout ready to go.

 I am a total thrift store shopper! I LOVE it! It is such a thrill to enter a huge store and come out with treasures galore for under $5.00! Things I find at thrift stores include doilies, objects to alter, old/vintage lace, etc and books.

 Here is an example of a vintage encyclopedia I picked up for $3.00! Look how thick this is! I will never use all these pages up - but they are just the perfect addition to my otherwise 2 dimensional layouts. To get the dimension on my layouts that I love, here's what I do: Rip out a few pages from my trusty vintage book, crumple them up like you were going to throw them out.

 Now gently unravel so that you have a very crumpled, and dimensional piece of paper. Glue this to your project making sure that there are raised portions. I often add several pieces to my layouts. The best part about these crumpled pieces are that they raise the focal point of your layout as well as offer the perfect nooks and crannies with which to tuck the rest of your embellishments. I tend to have white space issues. Any part of my layout that is 'bare' gives me anxiety. LOL! I need to cover things with embellishments and/or layer with paper. For this reason, I love the Noteworthy product from Bo Bunny! Tons of little bits of coordinating papers - the perfect size to tuck under your photos, etc. I will often only use parts of embellishments - I will cut stickers in half, cut flowers in half, cut trinkets in half, etc. so that just the part of the embellishment that I want to be shown is visible.

 Here you can see my layout in each phase. Firstly, right after I have added the dimensional paper, next after adding a few embellishments and again after adding even more embellishments and layers

Laugh & Play
Tara Orr

And here is the finished layout - layers, dimension and all!

Bo Bunny Supplies
Patterned Paper: Stripe, Poppies, Trellies, Cut Outs, Garden, Sunrise/Serenade
Cardstock Stickers: Treasured Friend
Combo Stickers: Serenade
Chipboard: Serenade
Jewels: Serenade
Noteworthy: Serenade
Layered Chipboard: Serenade

Mixin' things up!

Today's post is showing how we don't have to just

use one collection of paper when making a layout.

It's fun to mix and match collections and create your own combinations!

Ones Destination 

by Juliana Michaels

 Designer Tips: I used the colors from the photos to help select the colors of patterned papers for my layout. I looked for papers that had the color wanted and I was able to find neutral patterns that were perfect for these photos. I also fussy cut the map and globe images from the Detour Globe Trotting paper and used them to create a lighter colored background paper by layering them on the Camp A Lot Dot paper.

Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Dot/Camp A Lot; Boxes, Stripe/Mistletoe; Baggage Claim, Globe Trotting and Cut Outs/Detour; Poppies/Serenade
Stickers: Home Sweet Hotel Cardstock Sticker/ Detour; Serenade Dimensional Stickers
Jewels: Serenity

Treasure the Moment
by Tomoko Takahashi

 Bo Bunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Tomoko, Garden/ Serenity, Serenade, Dot, Dragonfly, Stripe, Sunrise, Trellis, Cut Outs/ Serenade
Noteworthy: Serenade
Rub-ons: Serenade
Trinkets: Apple Cider 

All colours
Romy Veul

Designer Tip: Papers from a different collection can make a perfect accent on your lay-out. 

The neutral Ambrosia paper was the perfect paper to balance the warm colours in my lay-out. 

Also don't hesitate to use stamps or embellishments from different collections. 

They often match surprisingly well.

Bo Bunny Supplies:

Patterned paper: Dot, Hickory, Orchard, Stripe/ Apple Cider; Sunflower/ Forever Fall; Trellis/ Ambrosia
Blossoms: Denim Daisy
Jewels: Apple Cider
Chipboard: Apple Cider Layered Chipboard
Noteworthy: Apple Cider, Forever Fall
Stamps: Ambrosia, Serenade

I hope you all are enjoying fall and the beautiful colors and the crisp

weather. Don't forget to join our blog hop tomorrow for 

World Card Making Day.  Have a good one!!

Fun Technique

Funny thing...  I tried calling in sick today with the "monochromatic"

but they called me on my bluff and told me to define "monochromatic."

Monochromatic - having tones of one color in addition to the ground hue.

Good thing I love my job, and good thing playing with a monochromatic

theme on our scrapbook projects can be so much fun!

Rudy Ben
By Agnieszka Piskorz

Designer Tip: "Cut pieces of pattern paper into strips of various widths and 

 positions the strips in random order. 

In this way, I received an interesting background for pictures of my cat."

 Agnieszka is a master at mixing collections...  

Can you believe she used 7, count them, 7, different collections on this one layout!

What a good way to use up scraps.

 Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Serenade, Serenade Pendant/ Serenade; Mistletoe Boxes, Country Garden Charm
Cardstock: Doubledot Wasabi Vintage
Stickers: Serenade; Serenity/Dimensional Stickers; On The Go, Mistletoe/ Combo Stickers; Back Yard Bliss, Home Grown,
Noteworthy: Serenade
Jewels:Rejoice
Chipboard: 12"Apple Cider
Wraps: Viki B.
Blossoms: Clover Daisy

Color Inspriation

by Jolanda Muers

 Check out how Jolanda put her colors together for inspiration on her projects.

 Used blossoms: Harvest Orange Bouquet, Harvest Orange Pansy, Harvest Orange Zinnia, Harvest Orange Daisy, Buttercup Bouquet, Buttercup Pansy, Buttercup Zinnia, Buttercup Daisy, and Buttercup Dahlia. 

Have a great Day 

by Jolanda Meurs

 Supplies:
Cardstock: Burnt Orange Vintage Dot
Chipboard 12 x 12: Apple Cider
Combo Stickers: Apple Cider 

Basket filled with Bo Bunny Blossoms
By Jolanda Meurs

 Isn't this basket adorable!  It shows off the new BLOSSOMS amazingly.

I think we might have to ask Jolanda for a tutorial on this basket...

Cardstock: Chiffon stripe
Blossoms: Harvest Orange Daisy, Harvest Orange Bouquet and Buttercup Bouquet

Now we've released the monochromatic bug into the air.....

I hope you all catch it!

Don't forgot to share what you come up with on facebook.

We want to see it!

♪ ♫ I wanna STAMP with somebody.... ♫ ♪

♪ I wanna use the INK with somebody ♫  ♪

It's amazing what you can do with stamps.

I often forget to use my stamps, and then the girls go and do

amazing things with them and I'm all gung-ho to get mine out.

Mother's love lasts a lifetime
by: Tomoko Takahashi

 Gorgeous, right?

 Love all the detail.  A little detail goes a long way!

 Bo Bunny Supply List:

Patterned Paper: Alice, Brenna, Jaquoya, Maree, Cut Outs/ Little Miss

Stickers: Combo Sticker/ Little Miss

Rub-ons: Little Miss

Chipboard: Little Miss
Stamps: Ambrosia, Little Miss

2 handen op 1 buik
Romy Veul

 Bo Bunny Supply List:

Patterned Paper: Dreams, Flourish, Front Door, Porch Swing, Portrait, Stripe/ Welcome Home; Cut Outs, Glimpse/Country Garden

Stamps: Et Cetera, Timepiece

Rub-ons: Country Garden

Noteworthy: Country Garden

Stickers: Welcome Home Combo Sticker

Designer Tip: On this layout I wanted the stamped clocks to be the main embellishments on my layout. To make sure they really catch the eye, I stamped them on a piece of a paper, cut them out and then layered them using foamtape. I added a few circles that I cut out from the Country Garden 'Glimpse' paper, a banner and three fussy cut butterflies to finish off my layout. As you can see, you don't need many pre-made embellishments to achieve an embellished look. A few cut out and stamped images will do too.

This is a great tip from Romy!  Just sayin'... I tried to google translate the title, and it must be a dutch saying cuz the literal translation is " 2 hands on 1 belly."  So Romy, will you tell us what it means and where the saying comes from pretty please???

Card Kit Personified

by Debbie Sherman

 I love how easy it is to add to the card kits.

You can make them as simple or as complicated as you want.

I also love that the stamps coordinate so well with the line.

 It's so awesome what a little embossing powder, charm and fiber does to a card.

Designer Tip: To add a little exta to the Serenity card kit I added stamping with the coordinating stamps from the Serenity line. I embossed them with ultra thick gold powder to give the cards more texture and to make the stamping stand out from the rich colors of the paper.

I hope that song is stuck in your heads like it is mine now... ha ha

Happy Stamping and make sure to share with us!

♪ ♫ With somebody who loves me... ♪ ♫

I ♥ Fussy Cutting.....

I really do love to fussy cut... I think it's relaxing and fun to do.

I usually save up my fussy cutting jobs in a file folder and keep them with me,

so when I'm waiting at the doctor's office, or sitting in the car waiting for the

school bell to ring, I oolways have something to do.

Not to mention... it just looks AWESOME!

Check out what the girls have done today...

Dance With Me
by Debbie Sherman

Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Serenity,Serenity Love,Serenity Blossoms
Stickers: Serenity Dimensional Stickers, Serenity Combo Stickers
Noteworthy: Serenity
Jewels: Serenity 
Rub-ons: Serenity
Chipboard: Serenity Layered Chipboard

Designer Tips:
One of my favorite techniques is to use coordinating patterned papers to embellish my page. I like papers with larger patterns on them. 
Find the patterns you want to use and cut out around them, for tight areas use your craft knife. 
I like to add stickles to the edges of my fussy cut embellishment, not only does it make it sparkle but it covers up any imperfections in your cutting.
Make your fussy cut embellishments pop off the page with foam squares..it will give your layout dimension and you can layer your patterns this way, tuck flowers or journaling tags under them.

2 seconds, 4 poses, 1 cutie!

by: Julie Tucker-Wolek

Bo Bunny Supplies: 
Patterned Paper: Hello Sunshine, Picnic
 Sweetness, Busy Bee
Stickers: Hello Sunshine Combo 
Chipboard: Hello Sunshine 
Noteworthy: Hello Sunshine

Designer tip -- I know that some crafters look at a piece of pattern paper and think, "What am I going to do with that pattern?" -- My answer to that is -- "Cut it up!" I love to do fussy cutting, one sheet of paper can be used for most of your embellishments!! For my layout I only used 3 sheets of 12x12 paper, 3 pieces of chipboard flowers, one journal card from the Noteworthy collection and 3 numbers from the combo sticker pack -- and that's it! And I still have left overs from the papers that I cut the flowers from to use on another project! And my layout looks nice and full, and I barely used any supplies! Fussy cutting is a GREAT way to create your own embellishments! Have fun with it!!

Live your dream
by Jolanda Meurs

Bo Bunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Little Miss,Jaquoya, Brenna

Cardstock: Coffee, Coral, Clover Dot

Jewels: Little Miss

Petals: Littler Miss

Dimentional Stickers: Little Miss  

Designers tip: Make the petals wet and wrinkled them to small clots. When they are dry open the clots and make layers. Finally press a brad trought the middle. Use some glitter on the petals.

AND THEN....

Check out this masterpiece made by:

 Lily Tasman 

My Scrapbook Ideas- Indonesia-design team member
Here's a little note from Lily...
Hi..My name is Lily Tasman, I came from Indonesia. I started scrapbooking on January 2012 and a month afterwards, I was asked by Mrs. Grace and Mrs. Regina to come and join MSI (My Scrapbook Ideas) design team, the first ever scrapbook store in Bandung City, my hometown.

I enjoy working on projects and prefer to work on a bigger media such as Album and Canvas - the bigger the media the more exciting the project is. The bigger the media the more for me to express endless imagination. Oh it’s so much fun to think of it!

Where do all those inspirations come from? Hmmm…. to be completely honest I was letting myself flow doing it, I would bring those papers and its embellishments everywhere I go and in my free spare time, i would open and see them, and inspirations would come to me suddenly. When I was looking at Little Miss papers, all of a sudden, an imaginary window appeared on my mind and when I saw lines paper, a canopy appeared. So when I was asked where did all those inspirations come from? I would say they are from those papers and embellishments themselves. It really is a pleasant and enjoyable moment over the process of Little Miss project. I hope you would also have inspirations when you see this project. God Bless you.

Amazing, right?

So, the moral of this story is...

don't be afraid to do a little fussy cutting.

You might just like it!!!