Easy & Inexpensive Layouts

We're working with our BB formula today....

This is to inspire you and show that it doesn't take a lot of time & money to make a fabulous layout when you have fabulous product.

We've used two of our new collections...

AND

Here's the formula...

and here are the layouts

First Camera
Carin McDonough

BoBunny Supplies: 

Patterned Paper : Mama-Razzi, Contrast, Strike a Pose/Mama-Razzi2
Cardstock : Coffee Vintage Double Dot

Stickers : Mama-Razzi Combo Stickers

Chipboard : Mama-Razzi Layered Chipboard

"This is what was left after I had done my layout. As you can see there is still loads of stickers and chipboard and I always keep the strips of cardstock and patterned paper to use for layers, die cutting, punched shapes or to punch strips with a edge punch. The best part here is because I used the Contrast paper I have all those gorgeous little 4x6 and 3x4 journaling and decorative blocks to go in a Misc me album!"

Seniors

Robbie Herring

 Tip: Choose papers that have lots of elements to fussy cut and that also have backsides that allow for extra elements. I used the square elements in the Darkroom paper to anchor my design. It gave me a lot of different prints for the blocks, too.

Stitching can add a ton of detail. If you want to keep it quick, instead of stitching along the lines, just add piercing at the corners and places that you want your stops to be. (see close-ups) When using this technique, use all 6 strands of floss.

BoBunny Supplies: 

Patterned Paper: Mama-Razzi 2 Tripod, Darkroom and Contrast
Stickers: Mama-Razzi 2 Combo Sticker

Buttons: Mama-Razzi 2

Cardstock: Double Dot Burnt Orange Vintage

Now a small test....  what trick did we learn to make stitching easier??? Our new lines have started shipping, so watch for them at your local stores and online stores. We can't wait to see what you come up with. 

Limited supplies? No problem.

Today we are using the formula we've used in the past to create our projects.

I know there are some of us out there that like to cram something into every little space on our pages (me)

But you really can get great results with just a few products.

Here's the formula in case you forgot...

3 sheets of patterned paper
1 sheet of cardstock
1 sheet of stickers
1 package of embellishments of your choice

Candy Cane 

Jolanda Meurs

Supply List:
Patterned paper: Mistletoe Twas the night/Pucker up/Chevron
Cardstock: Double Dot Wasabi Flourish
Stickers: Mistletoe Combo stickers
Extra embellishments: Clover Daisy Blossoms

Je T'aime
Romy Veul

Designer Tip: Something I always do when I make lay-outs, is cutting away all parts of the paper that aren't visible on the front side. For example when I matted my lay-out on the 'Flower' paper I cut out an 11x11" square from the inside. I like to use a lot of layers on my lay-outs and in this way I can do so without using a lot of paper.

Supply List:
Patterned Paper: Flowers, Keyes, Notes/ Love Letters
Double Dot Cardstock: Chiffron Flourish
Stickers: Love Letters Combo Sticker, Love Letters Dimensional Stickers

Christmas
Robbie Herring

 On Robbie's recipe, she substituted ribbon for cardstock.

That's what recipe's are all about.. and or subtract a little and make it your own.

 Supplies Used: 

Patterned Paper Mistletoe Dots (2) and Mistletoe Stripe

Stickers: Mistletoe Combo

Chipboard: Mistletoe 12x12

 Happy Birthday

Agnieszka Piskorz

 Supplies Used:

Paper: Firewood, Starry night, Falling stars/ Camp a lot

Cardstock: Frost dot 

Stickers: Combo Stickers On the Go

Chipboard: Whoo ligans 

Double Page LO with limited supplies

Hey there..

Today Irene and Sam have made some amazing double page layout

with only the following...

4 sheets of patterned paper
1-2 sheets of cardstock
1 sheet of stickers (can be any of the sticker packages)
1 package of embellishments of your choice

Treasure the Moment
Irene Tan

 Note: After this double page layout, there are still some pieces left of the pattern papers and rub-ons. You can use them to create several fast and easy small cards or tags. Clear stamps are very useful when you are scrapping on a budget. Simply just stamped them on some left over pattern papers or cardstocks to instantly create an embellishment for your layouts. or, it could easily be used to create some fast and easy layering by stamping on your layouts.

 Don't you just love the detail? And fussy cutting... woot woot

Also, I asked Irene how she did her inking, cuz it looks so even and smooth,

she said: "I always use a sponge to ink my papers.

Either a Cut n Dry or a simple make-up foundation sponge."

Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Dot, Sunrise, Garden, and Cut-Outs/Serenade
Cardstock: Double Dot in Clower Dot
Rub-ons: Serenade
Clear Stamps: Serenade

Good Times and Happy Memories

By Sam Wright

 Designer tip: When working on a double page layout- work on it as a single 24” x 12” rather than two 12”x 12” page that you put together. This I find makes it so much easier to balance all the elements on my layouts! Cutting up the patterned paper helps to “stretch” the paper. It also enables you to repeat patterns. 

Bo Bunny Supplies used:

Double Dot: Dark Denim Vintage

Patterned Paper: Detour Quotes, Arrows, Boarding Pass

Stickers: Without a map/ Detour

Chipboard: Detour dimensional chipboard

I hope you all are as in love with these layouts as much as me,

and they inspire you to do great things.  Try using this formula

for your next double hitter and let us know how it goes.

Layouts with limited supplies

Today we are making one page layouts with our formula.

In case you've forgotten, it's as follows...

3 sheets of patterned paper
1 sheet of cardstock
1 sheet of stickers

1 package of embellishments of your choice

I think you're going to love what you can do with such a few products!!

Your Smile
Tara Orr

Designer Tip: To lengthen the life of your embellies and stretch their use, don't hesitate to cut them in half, disassemble them, paint them, mist them, stamp on them, etc. Remember, all of your embellishments are alterable. I tore apart most of my flowers and tucked some of them under my papers and kept some as is. I also took off the centers of some of the flowers and used them as embellishments around my photo.

 Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Journey, Cut-Outs, Dot/Apple Cider
Stickers: We Are Family Cardstock Stickers/Apple Cider
Cardstock: Gingerbread Vintage
Blossoms: Buttercup Daisy
(Stamps: Urban Acrylic, Et Cetera Clear, Midnight Frost Clear) 

 Best Friends
  Agnieszka Piskorz

 Designer tip: My picture is very colorful, so I went bright background. Colored strips of paper pointed out the picture. I try to choose colors that match the pictures.

Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Around, Postage/Weekend Market ; Mistletoe Chevron;
Cardstock: Chiffon Journal
Rub ons: Detour
Stickers: Combo Stickers Camp a Lot

 Out in the Woods

Sarah Eclavea

 Designer Tips: When using a few supplies cut up patterend paper to make your own. I cut out the trees from the Camp-A-Lot paper to create my tree embellishments and cut my scraps to create a banner. I saved all my scraps to create banners on cards and other projects.

Bo Bunny Supplies:

Patterend Paper: Camp-a-lot, Firewood, Starry Night/ Camp-A-Lot
Stickers: Combo Stickers/ Camp-A-Lot
Chipboard: 12x12 Chipboard/ Camp-A-Lot

Spring Break
Robbie Herring

Designer Tips: Make your stickers go further by using them as embellishments and in the place of title. To give mine more the look of embellishments, I added lots of foam dots.
Also, try keeping to specific shapes to pull your page together. Since I used squares for my paper design, I chose to use round brads for my embellishing. Punched circles and circle stickers compliment the brads and make layering the embellishments easy.

Ideas for more uses: Brads are such an easy embellishment to work with. 

They will fit pretty much anywhere. I keep my left over brads in a drawer so 

I can pull them out for added detailing on my pages.

 Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper-Detour Stripe, Cut Outs, Recalculating
Double Dot Cardstock-Cranberry Dot
Stickers-Detour Home Sweet Hotel
Brads-Detour

These girls make me feel like anythings possible!  So if you happen to be

on a budget or you don't have a lot of time... make sure to take note and don't

forget to share your creations with us!

You guys are the best!!! 

Quick & Easy 2 page layouts and more!

Today's post is LOADED!!

First of all we have some awesome 2 page layouts for you!

(okay...only 2 - 2 page layouts!  gggrrrrrrrr.... mine is sitting on my counter

top, so I DON'T forget to take it to work to scan)

A whole lotta good it's doing us there.  Sorry :(

And I'm sad cuz I used fun pictures at the beach in Cali when a couple

of my friends and I took a road trip 

and I was able to play with the new DETOUR collection.

I'm over it and moving on....

(but make sure to read all the way to the end... cuz there's more)

Today's formula for our layouts is:

4 patterned papers
1-2 pieces Double Dot cardstock
2 embellishment packs of your choice 

Hummingbird Festival
Juliana Michaels

Designer Tip:

The tabbed piece of paper contains my journaling 

about what I learned when I went to this festival. 

This is a great way to include journaling when you have a lot to say 

or if you want to keep it more private.

Create your own dimensional flowers from cardstock 

stickers or by fussy cutting like flowers

 from patterned paper and layer them with double sided foam tape. 

You can further embellish them by using Jewels as the center of the flower. For more details on how I created the flowers please visit my blog: 17turtles 

 How to use the left overs:

1. Create another layout by adding another full 12 x 12 sheet of paper and using the left over pieces of patterned paper and cardstock. 

2. Fussy cut more flowers to use on cards or another layout.

3. The extra stickers will certainly create another layout.

4. Use the jewels to embellish the left over stickers and use them on a card or layout.

 Bo Bunny Supplies:

Patterned Papers: Bubbles, Doodles, Wish/ Alora

(I used 2 of Bubbles)

Cardstock: Double Dot in Poppy Dot

Jewels: Alora

Stickers: 12 x 12 Combo Sticker/ Alora

Smile
Robbie Herring

 Designer Tips: 

1.    When choosing papers, be sure to consider both sides. The Apple Cider Journey paper has some really great shapes on the front side, and a plaid on the back side. I cut the shaped piece in the upper left side, the apple, the upper scalloped border and the word smile from the front side. The plaid on the back made the perfect print for layering punched flowers.

2.    Another way I used the backside was to choose the Apple Cider Dot paper. It had a nice word print that I used to help center my design and a dark dotted backside to punch a border and use for the back layers of my punched flowers.

3. Don't forget the packaging! In addition to using the layered chipboard for added dimension around my page, I also used the packaging to punch out leaves for my flowers.

4. Pull out your old scalloped scissors and use them to cut a contrast border around select pieces. I used mine to cut the scalloped border around the shaped piece.

 Left Overs: 

1. I have a LOT of the combo stickers left over. I will be using both the alphabets, borders and other shapes on future layouts. Those stickers go a LONG way and are such a great embellishment to buy to help stretch your supplies.

2. I also have quite a bit left of the Coffe Dot Cardstock. I keep a file folder for all my Double Dot Paper scraps. It will go into that folder to be used when I need accents.

Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned Papers: Apple Cider Collection-Apple Cider, Apple Cider Bounty, Apple Cider Dot and Apple Cider Journey
Cardstock: Double Dot in Coffe Dot
Layered Chipboard: Apple Cider
Stickers: 12 x 12 Combo Sticker/ Apple Cider




Now... for our next item of business...
It's a sad and a happy day.


We have love, love, loved having our fabulous guest designer Julie
play along with us all summer!  She has been amazing and exceeded any expectations we had.
I seriously don't know how she does it... she is so on top of things and is such a wonderful mom and wife and we have thoroughly enjoyed having her.
(And lucky for us... she has been playing and commenting and facebooking 
with us for a long time and we're not really losing her...) 


We love you Julie!  Thanks for playing.


And now.... 
We would like to introduce our next guest designer:


Lynn Shokoples
(and Jax and Daisy)

Hi Everyone! My name is Lynn Shokoples and I live  in Alberta Canada. It's a honor to be a guest designer at Bo Bunny. I've been scrapbooking since the beginning of time when all there was available was some paper, pens and scalloped rulers. I started my first baby album in 1992. Let's just say my style has evolved since then. I love to try new techniques and go between a shabby style to cute and fun layouts.  I've been a Bo Bunny fan right from the start and will admit to stashing some of eachcollection for that "special layout".   When I'm not scrapbooking, I'm a wife and a  mom to two wonderful young adults Nicole 24 and Ryan 20, a new son-in-law Christopher. I'm also a new mom to two rambunctious Goldendoodle puppies. Keeps my life interesting! I'm excited to be a part of this amazingly talented group of ladies whom I've admired for years, so thank you Bo Bunny!

Blog: http://scrappyhappymom.blogspot.ca/

Thank you Lynn... we can't wait for you to play!!!

Not allotta time or cash????

I'm so ecstatic to show you guys these fun and easy layouts 

our DT pulled together in no time at all.

We gave them a formula that looked something like this...

JUST KIDDING!!!!

It really looked something like this:

(you choose your own papers, these are just examples)

Carin starts us off with this darling layout made with Hello Sunshine... This page is just a bit of happiness right here on the blog. 

I love that she spotlighted the kids with the open circle sticker!

Lazy Days of Summer

by Carin McDonough

Bo Bunny Supplies Used :

Patterned Paper : Delight, Daydream, Dot/Hello Sunshine
Cardstock : Journal Dot in Turquoise
Stickers : Lazy Days Cardstock Stickers/Hello Sunshine
Petals : Hello Sunshine

and just for fun.... check out how much product she still has left after making her page...

Carin also has a great tip for those of us who like to take LOTS of photos... she says:

" I am a someone who takes loads of photos and has a really hard time narrowing down what photos I want to use! I often have too many to even do a double page that I would be happy with and I am mostly a single page girl anyway! So my soloution to my problem is to use these page protectors with 4x6 slots. You can do your single page with as many photos as you like and then slot the rest into the page protectors and use one of them for journalling or just to decorate. Quick and simple! I have kept this one really simple with just a journalling box and a strip down the side to help tie it in with my single page but you could go as fancy as you like! "

Carin also added a sketch will be in the sketch tab at the top of the blog....   (this is new, check it out)

Daddy's Girls

by Sarah Eclavea

Journaling: These are daddy's two little princesses. Frances and Isabel, Father's Day, June 2012

Bo Bunny Supplies Used :

Patterned Paper: Little Miss, Little Miss Allie, Cut Outs/ Little Miss
Stickers: 12x12 cardstock/ Little Miss
Chipboard: 12x12 chipboard/ Little Miss
Cardstock: Coffee Flourish

Sarah gives us a great tip when she says... 

"I like to make the photos the stars of my layouts so I usually scrap with 4x6 photos. Since I don't have to crop my photos and bigger photos take up more space I save time and product too. I only used half of my cardstock sheet and less than half of two of my patterned papers. I also only used a few stickers and two chipboard pieces from the set. I have tons of product left over to make several more layouts and cards. And time too since I didn't spend hours on this layout!"

Sarah also made you all a sketch... don't forget to check out the sketch tab at the top of the blog.

Lazy Days of Summer
By Luzma

Luzma gives us great advice and tells us...

"When you have few materials and supplies to make a layout, it's easy to play with punches,

you can make such great embellies with them."

Bo Bunny Supplies Used :

Patterned paper: Hello Sunshine Breezy,Busy Bee,Hello Sunshine
Lazy Days Cardstock Sticker: Hello Sunshine
Petals: Hello Sunshine

Can you stand how easy yet amazing today's layouts are??? 

Take a few minutes this week and play with our formula!

Be sure to share your layouts with us on facebook!