Focus on Chipboard

Hi Bo Bunny Fans!  For today's post we are focusing on chipboard!  Chipboard is a really popular and useful item in scrapbooking and cardmaking whether it is naked or decorated.  Bo Bunny has various types of chipboard there are the plain coloured coordinating alphabets and shapes and each range has its own 12x12 decorated chipboard sheet and a layered chipboard pack which includes lots of detail such as glitter and jewels. 

Let's see what the design team have created for us using chipboard!  First up we have Juliana who has used the very sophisticated Serenity for this beautiful photo of her and her sister.

There is No Better Sister
by Juliana Michaels

 Bo Bunny Supplies used:

Patterned Paper: Luck, Stripe, Blossom, Cut Outs/ Serenity
6 x 6 Paper Pad: Serenity
Chipboard: Serenity 12 x 12
Stickers: Et Cetera (letter stickers)
Jewels: Serenity 

Next up we have our wonderful guest designer Julie and she has used the Camp-a-lot range to scrapbook a photo from their new home!

New Home - Let the Adventure Begin

by Julie Tucker-Wolek

 Bo Bunny Products used:
Patterned Paper: Dot, Cut Outs,Falling Stars/Camp-a-Lot
Chipboard : Camp-a-Lot

Designers tip:
To make my "Welcome Campers" chipboard sign fit right on my page - I cut part of the chipboard and added to the bottom of my photo so that it looks like the sign goes all the way behind my photo!

Next we have Debbie who has also used Camp-a-lot for her adorable layout.  Don't you love how Debbie has added leaves to the branch patterns already on the page giving her page lots of dimension and detail.

Four Wheelin
By Debbie Sherman

Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper:Dot, Sunset, Squares
Stickers: Camp-A-Lot Combo Sticker
Brads: Camp-A-Lot Brads
Jewels: Camp-A-Lot Jewels
Chipboard: Camp-A-Lot 12x12 Chipboard
6" Paper Pad: Camp-A-Lot
Petals:Camp-A-Lot Petals
Buttons: Camp-A-Lot

Last up today is a layout I did using the beautiful new Little Miss range which was just perfect for this photo of my younger sister when she was little.  The Little Miss 12x12 chipboard really has the most beautiful chipboard pieces in it and they were so fun to use!

Isn't She Lovely
by Carin McDonough

Bo Bunny Supplies Used :
Patterned paper : Gracie, Jaquoya, Cut outs, 6x6 Paper Pad/Little Miss
Cardstock : Coordinating Double Dot in Chocolate Vintage
Chipboard : Little Miss 12x12 Chipboard
Stickers : Sweet Girl Cardstock Stickers, Dimensional Stickers/Little Miss
Brads : Little Miss
Jewels : Little Miss
Stamps : Little Miss; Camp-A-Lot 

I hope you have enjoyed today's layouts using Bo Bunny chipboard and don't forget to share your pages using chipboard with us on our Facebook page, we love to see them!

 

Designer Showcase- Irene Tan!

Happy Wednesday and welcome to another one of our designer showcases! Today we are featuring Irene Tan on the Bo Bunny blog. Irene's projects are always bright, colorful and full of gorgeous details such as inking and stamping.

The project she shares with us today is no exception. It is stunnignly beautiful! Irene says-

This is an acrylic "CHINA" album which I've created using the gorgeous "Ambrosia" line. This is such a versatile line. You can create different styles of project with it. In this project, I tried to create a rich oriental look using it.














Project: China Mini Album

Bo Bunny Supplies List:
Pattern Papers: Ambrosia, Bouquet, Flowers, Marigold, Pansies, Primrose, Roses, Stripe, Trellis, Cut Outs/Ambrosia
Stickers: Ambrosia Combo Sticker, Ambrosia Dimensional Stickers
Noteworthy: Ambrosia
Jewels: Ambrosia
Trinkets: Ambrosia
Buttons: Serenity

Wow, wow, wow is all I can say! Please stop by Irene's blog to see more of her gorgeous creations and say hello.

Technique Tuesday - Embossing

Today we asked some of our Bo Bunny designers to create projects using a technique called embossing.  There is more than one way to emboss.  Mireille and Agnieszka choose to use some of the fantastic Bo Bunny Clear Stamps and a technique known as heat embossing.  The technique is simple.  You take your stamp and ink it with a pigment ink or embossing ink.  Then stamp it on your choosen surface.  Next, sprinkle the image with embossing powder. These inks take longer to dry so the powder sticks to the stamped image. You then heat set it using a heat gun.   Once the powder is melted, you are finished.

Gabrielle choose a different technique, known as dry embossing.  Dry embossing utilizes a stencil, or in this case the Scor-Buddy (by Scor-Pal) and a stylus.  If you are using a stencil, you place the paper on a light box or window so you can seen the stencil image through the paper.  You then trace the image with the stylus. With Gabrielle's project she simply placed the paper on the Scor-Buddy and used her stylus to create the lines on the border of her card and to create the folds on the dress.

Now, let's see what the designers have to share with us today!


Mireille has a cute story to share about her project:
"Raaf" (is Dutch for Raven) is the project of 2nd grade. He spends the weekend with one of the kids in my daughters class, they are supposed to take pictures and write his adventures down in a "diary". Back in school they have to deliver a lecture. This weekend it's Amber's turn to keep Raaf. His house was falling apart so we decided to fix it and make it a bit prettier. Since he is constantly traveling from one student to the other it seemed like a fun idea to use the On the Go line. I embossed footprints, a map and a train with stamps and black embossing powder. For his name I used the chipboard alpha's. I traced the letter and then filled them with Emboss Gloss and heat embossed them.

Raff | Mireille Divjak

Bo Bunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Squares, Scooter, Roads/ On the Go

Cardkit: On the Go

Alpha's: Chunky Chips

Stamps: On the Go and Camp-A-Lot

Agnieszka used the same technique, however after she stamped her image she cut it out and added it as an embellishment to her card.

Friends Forever Card | Agnieszka Piskorz

Bo Bunny Supplies:

Patterned paper: Alice/ Little Miss

6x6 Paper Pad: Little Miss

Stamps: Little Miss

Stickers: Dimensional Stickers, Garden of Friends-Cardstock Stickers/ Little Miss

Here is Gabrielle's card using the dry embossing technique mentioned above.

Sweet Girl Card | Gabrielle Pollacco

Bo Bunny Supplies:

6x6 Paper Pad: Little Miss

Cardstock: Double Dot in Almond Dot

Cardstock Stickers: Little Miss

We would love to see how you use this technique with your favorite Bo Bunny products!  You can share them here on our blog or on our Facebook page!  We can't wait to see your creations!!!