Your Local Landscape

Happy Saturday!  We hope everyone is or does have a wonderful weekend! Today the Bo Bunny designers are sharing layouts created using photos of the local landscape where they live.  Each one is different since they are each from different places all around the world!
Irene shared this about her layout: "The photograph is actually a puddle of water on the road side which coincidently reflects the image of one of the chinese old heritage building in Penang. Penang is a well known old heritage city. This photograph did not just reflects the landscape here but also reflects my ethnicity."

Serenity

Irene Tan

Bo Bunny Supplies:

Pattern Papers: Serenity, Damask, Dot, Stripe, Tomoko/Serenity

Stickers: Serenity Combo Sticker; Serenity Dimensional Stickers
Noteworthy: Serenity
Brads: Serenity
Jewels: Serenity
Chipboard: Serenity 12 x 12

Mahlin shared that she really love these photos.  "Me and my son like to go this woods where you can get a great view over the whole city AND see some cows at the same time =)"

View over the city/Utsikt över stan
Mahlin Wiggur

Bo Bunny Supplies:

Pattern Papers: Country Garden/Country Garden, Leaves, dimples/Alora, Cut outs/Ambrosia

Stickers: Country Garden Combo Sticker; Ambrosia Combo Sticker; Alora Dimensional Stickers; Country 
Garden Dimensional Stickers
Brads: Country Garden
Rubons: Serenity

Mireille shared this about her photo: "I took this on the bridge over the canal where I live. It was a beautiful summer evening at sunset. The temperature was high.. there was almost no wind.. the water in the canal was so calm that you culd see the reflection of the trees.. and the Heron flying over the water. "

Not the destination
Mireille DivjakBo Bunny Supplies:

Patterned paper: Rulers, Around/ Weekend Market

Jewels: Weekend Market
Brads: Weekend Market
Combo Stickers: Weekend Market and Et Cetera

Here is a gorgeous of view near where Tomoko lives.

Serenity

Tomoko Takahashi

Bo Bunny Supplies:

Pattern Papers: Damask, Dot, Stripe, Tomoko, Garden, Luck, Cut Outs/ Serenity

Stickers: Serenity Combo Sticker; Serenity Dimensional Stickers

Chipboards: 12" Chipboard/ Serenity

Jewels: Serenity

Rub Ons: Serenity

We hope you enjoyed a little look into the local landscape of some of our designers!  We would love to see layouts focusing on where you live using your favorite Bo Bunny products!  You can share them with us here on our blog or on our Facebook page!

Gifts for Mom

With Mother's Day right around the corner, the design team is sharing some gift ideas with you.  As you all know, moms like to receive handmade gifts and no one appreciates them quite as much as a mom! So, why not pull out your Bo Bunny collections and put together a sweet and thoughtful gift for your mom this year?  The design team has come up with some ideas to inspire you.

You Are the Best

Jolanda Meurs

Jolanda has come up with a couple of adorable little boxes to package fragrances and to also include a little message for mom.  These would be perfect for mom to keep and store trinkets in even after Mother's Day.

Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned paper: Sweeth Tooth Dot
Double Dot: Pink Punch Vintage
12 x 12 Chipboard: Sweet Tooth
Brads: Sweeth Tooth

Here is another one with the same sentiment, but a completely different look.

Bo Bunny Supplies
Patterned paper: Alora 6 x 6 paperpad
Rub ons: Card kit Alora
Trinkets: Alora
12 x 12 Chipboard: Alora
Dimentional Stickers: Alora

Flower Gift Box and Ring
By Juliana Michaels

Juliana also did a box to hold her gift.  She even made a sweet and fashionable ring using a Bo Bunny Button!  How terrific is this?  The rose on top is so beautiful, I would be tempted to use it as a corsage on Mother's Day!

Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Cut Outs, Lily and Roses / Ambrosia
Cardstock: Double Dot in Buttercup and Wasabi
Stickers: Ambrosia Combo Sticker
Buttons: Ambrosia
Jewel: Ambrosia
Designer Comment: For more details on how I created this box, please visit my blog 17turtles.

Invitation to Tea

Luzma Bruna

Luzma covered a pretty box, added beautiful details and included as her gift, an invitation to her mom for tea.  So pretty!  Be sure to take a peek at all the punched and die-cut details.

Mahlin Wiggur

Chocolate Bar Wrap

Mahlin came up with this beautiful way to wrap up chocolate for mom.  All the details; flowers, cording and paint on this one make it simply beautiful!!

 

Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Cut Outs / Weekend Market, Blossoms, Garden/Serenity
Cardstock: Double Dot Burnt orange vintage
Stickers: Ambrosia; Dimensional Stickers, Country Garden; Dimensional stickers, Et cetera; Combo Sticker,
Brads: Ambrosia
Trinkets: Country Garden

With all these wonderful ideas, why not pull out your Bo Bunny Supplies and get to creating!  Mom will love what you come up with!

Don't forget, you still have time to take the Sketch Challenge!  You can check it out and link your entry to the challenge here.  Sketch Challenge Post

Be sure to share it with us on Facebook! 

We love seeing what you are up to.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday Stamping Tutorial

Todays tutorial is brought to you by Carin McDonough. She decided to create a stamping tutorial as she is so enjoying using her Bo Bunny Ambrosia stamps. It is such a clever idea- using your stamps as masks!

Anyway, without further ado, on with the tut! :0)

Here is a look at the layout you will complete.......

An up close view of the "masked" stamped image

Step 1:

Draw 4 wavy, entertwined lines accross your page lightly in pencil from corner to corner

Step 2:

Put your photo more or less where you want it and then use some punched butterflies to work out where you want your butterflies stamped.

Step 3:

Stamp butterflies in various sizes with clear embossing ink and then heat emboss with white embossing powder. I used a glittery white embossing powder.

Step 4:

Use two pieces of paper to mark off the area you don't want to mist and then mist your chosen area. I used Tattered Angels Starfish Glimmermist.

Step 5:

As soon as you have sprayed your mist use a tissue to blot any excess ink off the embossed sections.

Step 6:

Use some paper again to cover up the part of your paper you have already sprayed and then spray the other sections. I used Patina Glimmer mist.

Step 7:

Machine or hand stitch along your pencil lines (hopefully you sew straighter than me!) and use an eraser to rub out any visible pencil lines.

Step 8:

Cut a frame out from the Ambrosia Cut Outs paper and cut your photo down to fit inside it.

Step 9:

Cut some flowers out from the Ambrosia Flowers paper. Ink the edges and then roll the petals around the back of a paintbrush to give them some dimension.

Step 10:

Paint around the edges of your layout with some white acrylic paint.

Step 11:

Stick your photo in place, add some chipboard and any other embelishments or title that you would like. Stick your flowers along your stitched lines and add jewels to the centers of the flowers and on any crosses of your stitched lines.

..........and there you have it!

I'm sure you'll agree a wonderful way to use our stamps!