Field Trip Friday

Hey friends!  Happy Friday & for those in the US,

Happy Labor Day Weekend!

Today Tara Orr has made an amazing card with some fun techniques on it.

Tara said, "For this assignment I decided to do a card - which I have done more of lately, but my true comfort zone is still 12x12 layouts, In addition, I decided to do a masculine card vs. the very romantic, frilly and feminine cards that I normally create."

I'm here to say... rather Tara is in her comfort zone or not, she ooolways

ROCKS it out of the park!!!

Route 66
Tara Orr

 I love that Tara used the Vintage Dot as the base of her card.

Do you know how many Vintage Dot colors we carry??

20. Yup. 20. 

That means there is sure to be one that will match whatever project you're working on.

So.... I asked Tara if the stamp border was a border punch?

She said, "no, not a stamp punch. Just used my mini circle punch from Stampin' Up! and stamped with half of it all around the edge to create that postage stamp look..."

How cool is that? And sooo perfect with the Detour collection. 

Bo Bunny Supplies:
Dimensional Stickers: Detour
Rub Ons: Detour
Patterned Paper: Quote, Stripe, Arrow, Destination/Detour
Cardstock: Vintage Chiffron 

And just so I'm not alone, for those of you who know it...

I'm going out singing Nat King Cole's 

♪ ♫ When you make that California trip... ♫

♪ Get your kicks on route 66 ♫ ♪

Now it can be stuck in your head too!!

Have a good weekend!

The smell of crayons in the air.....

The only thing I love more than the smell of school supplies,

is buying school supplies!

Today we have some Back to School fun to share and

inspire you all.  Now that the kiddos are back to the books...

We get a lil more time to scrap. ha ha ha

Back to School
By Debbie Sherman

Designer Tip: "Adding your journaling around the edge of your page creates an instant border and leaves you more space on the layout to add embellishments."

 Bo Bunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Weekend Market Tapestry,Weekend Market Vintage Labels

Weekend Market Rulers,Weekend Market Study, 

Cardstock: Coffee Flourish

12x12 Chipboard:Weekend Market 

Combo Sticker:Weekend Market Combo Sticker

6x6 Paper Pad: Weekend Market 

Brads:Weekend Market 

Teacher Gift Box & Card

Juliana Michaels

 "The gift box was originally meant to be a wine box. I covered it with patterned paper and added a ruffle edge to the lid to give it a back to school/teacher feel. I then filled it with goodies for my sister, who is a teacher, with things such as Post It notes and her favorite pens for grading papers." 

 I LOVE that Juliana cute the apples out of the Apple Cider collection and adhered them.

What a perfect item for Back to School!!

Patterned Paper: Orchard, Afternoon, Journey, and Cut Outs/ Apple Cider
Jewels: Apple Cider
6x6 Pad: Double Dot Very Vintage
Sticker: Giving Thanks Cardstock Sticker/Apple Cider
Jewels: Apple Cider
Cardstock: Double Dot in Almond Dot
Ribbon: Double Dot Ribbon in Harvest 5/8"

Great minds think alike...  Sarah also used Apple Cider on her projects.

Card, Tag, Bookmark 
by Sarah Eclavea

 That measuring tape ribbon is the perfect accessory for both Apple Cider
and the "Back to School" theme. Love it!

Supplies: 
Patterned Paper: Dot, Orchard/ Apple Cider
Stickers: Giving Thanks cardstock stickers, Combo stickers/ Apple Cider
Rubons: Serenade
Buttons: Apple Cider
Die cuts: Noteworthy/ Apple Cider
Petals: Apple Cider
Cardstock: Rust Dot
Other: Ribbon

I hope you are all inspired to tell our teachers Thank You for all they do.
They deserve it!

What's your favorite thing about back to school???

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!