Layout Challenge Friday!!!

Happy Friday all! Another Friday has arrived and with it another fabulous Bo Bunny layout challenge!
This week's challenge is for you to use the following sketch as inspiration for a layout. It was created by one of our very talented design team members Frances Sylvia.

Now, let's see how the design team was inspired by this sketch!

Winter Fun
by Frances Sylvia

Supplies:
Cardstock: Double Dot Cardstock in Dark Denim Dot and Shadow Dot
Patterned Paper: Midnight Frost Stripe, Midnight Frost Ice, Midnight Frost Dot, Snow Drift Die Cut, Midnight Frost Cut Outs
Chipboard: 12 x 12" Midnight Frost Chipboard
Stickers: Glitter Midnight Frost Dimensional Stickers and Cambridge Combo Stickers
Brads: Midnight Frost Brads
Ribbon: Double Dot Ribbon in Dark Denim

Beautiful Day
by Jolanda Meurs

Supplies:
Cardstock : Double Dot Cardstock in Chiffon Dot
Patterned Paper: Bo Bunny Crazy Love Stripe, Crazy Love Kisses, and Crazy Love Cut outs
Rubons: Crazy Love Rubons
Stickers: Crazy Love Dimensional stickers
Chipboard: Crazy Love Layered Chipboard
Journaling Cards: Crazy Love Noteworthy
Brads: Crazy Love I candy Brads

Designer Tip: Create your own flowers using pink tulle. Twist the tulle into the desired shape and then adhere using Fabric-tac and then embellish with glitter glue.

Believe
by Samantha Wright

Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Noel Ornaments, Noel Dot, Noel cut outs, Noel Joy, Noel Noteworthy
Chipboard: Noel 12x12 chipboard and Chunky Chip Alphabet
Wrap: Holly Berry Wrap
Buttons: Various Bo Bunny buttons

Snowflakes
by Patti Milazzo

Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Winter Joy Frosty, Stripe, Winter Joy, Peace and Snowfall
Stickers: Winter Joy Combo Stickers, Winter Joy iCandy Dimensional Stickers and Winter Joy iCandy Chipboard Stickers
Chipboard: Winter Joy 12 x 12" Chipboard
Rubons: Winter Joy Rub-Ons
Brads: Winter Joy iCandy Brads

Designer Tip: Although I like to journal, I sometimes forget to leave space - must be distracted by all that fabulous Bo Bunny! When this happens I like to fall back on hidden journaling, like the tag I've tucked in behind the left photo.

Gotta Think Like The Boss
by Janis Medina-Maghinay

Supplies:
Patterned Paper:Learning Curve, Learning Curve Stripe, Learning Curve Story Time Die Cut
Brads: Learning Curve Brads
Stickers: Learning Curve Stickers, School is Cool Cardstock Stickers, First Day of School Cardstock Stickers, Learning Curve Layered Stickers
Chipboard: Learning Curve 12 x 12 Chipboard and Chunky Charm Circle
Journaling Cards: Learning Curve Journaling Notebook
Ribbon: Double Dot Ribbon in Clover
Gems: Various Bo Bunny Bling

Designer Tip: I rotated the sketch and just inserted my journaling strips in the design. Except for the alpha stickers which I borrowed from Winter Joy Line, this is a Learning Curve number.

Now, it is your turn! We can't wait to see what you create! You have until January 20, 2011 to finish your layout and share it with us using the link at the bottom of this post.

Last, but not least, we want to share with you the WINNER of the most recent
Layout Challenge Friday...

and the winner is Rachael Funnel!!!

Congratulations Rachael! We love how your wrapping paper coordinated so well with the Bo Bunny Noel collection and what a great layout!!! Please contact Bo Bunny (there is an email button on the right hand side near the top of the blog) so we can get your prize to you!!!

Link your Layout Challenge Friday layout here:

New Years Goals and Resolutions!

It is that time again.  The start of another year with new beginnings, fresh slates and positive outlooks!

Have you made any New Years Resolutions this year?   I have, one of them is to be more organised!  Of course resolutions and goals can be really hard to stick to so I think it is a wonderful idea to scrap a layout about your resolutions and maybe frame it and keep it out where you can see it everyday to give you that little bit of a reminder and keep you on track to achieving those goals!  Some of the ladies on the design team have done a layout about their goals and resolutions to share with you.

Goals

by: Juliana Michaels

Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Winter Joy Snow Fall, Winter Joy Stripe, Winter Joy Snow Angels, Winter Joy Bundled
Journaling Cards: Noteworthy Winter Joy
Chipboard: Chunky Chips Alphabet in Chiffon
Cardstock: Double Dot in Tutu Dot

Designer Tip: Use a sewing machine to stitch together a "chain" of butterflies and then attach them to your layout for a fun homespun embellishment.

Laugh!

By: Mireille Divjak

 

As Mireille's journaling is in Dutch she has translated it for us...
These pictures were taken on 1/1/11
- love that date!-
we were visiting my friend and I love the fact that all four of us laughed. It's been 2 hard years health wise and my goal for this year is quite simple..."laugh"..  preferably "laugh lots".. laugh at least once a day.. and if we don't have a reason to laugh we will create one.. because 2009 and 2010 were definitely years with not enough laughter.

Bo Bunny supplies:
die- cut: crush- hot lips
Patterned paper: crush * love
Ribbon : Pink Ruffle wrap
layered chipboard, dimensional stickers, chipboard : Crush
Alpha: chunky chips
Buttons

Other supplies: bazzill cardstock, floss, liquid pears, sew easy,silver rub, white paint, pens.

2011
by: Carin McDonough

Supplies used : 

Midnight Frost Snowfall, Midnight Frost Ice, Midnight Frost Crystals

Midnight Frost 12x12 Chipboard, Pin from Frost Wraps

Others:  Alphabet, punches, liquid crystals, bling

Tip :  I got extra use out of my 12x12 chipboard by cutting off the name strip and using the outside edge too.

Les Resolutions

By: Michele Beck

supplies: 

Crazy Love Have a heart; Crazy Love Kisses; Crazy Love More Than Words; Crazy Love Cut Outs; Crazy Love Chipboard; Crazy Love Brads; Crazy Love Glitter dimensional Stickers; Chunky Chips alphabet

I hope we have inspired you to scrap your New Years Resolutions and if you do any with Bo Bunny please share them with us on the Bo Bunny Facebook page, we would love to see them!

Good luck with your resolutions!

Carin

Welcome to the Blog Hop!

Welcome to day one of the Bo Bunny blog hop. Yes you read that right. There will be not one, but three blog hops this January. And of course there will be some Bo Bunny goodies to be won along the way!

All of the Bo Bunny designers have put together some amazing work to share on their blogs. Today we have eight featured designers to inspire you to create. Their work is simply gorgeous and I was in awe by each and every project.

Today's designers include:

Agnieszka Piskorz - Poland

Luzma Bruna - Chile

Sarah Eclavea - Illinois

Robbie Herring - Texas

Tara Orr - Canada

Tomoko Takahashi - Japan

Gabrielle Pollacco - Canada

Romy Veul - Holland


The Blog Hop begins at Agnieska's blog:  http://scrapbooking-mirabeel.blogspot.com/ , but all of the participating designers' blogs are linked above in case there is a hiccup along the way.

If you would like to play along, just follow along the blog path.  Agnieska is linking to one of the Bo Bunny designers and that designer is linking to the next and so on. Just keep hopping until you reach the end!

And now for the Blog Hop prize. One blog hop participant will win a prize package of Bo Bunny goodies! To be eligible leave a comment on each of the designers' blogs as you hop along and then come back here to the Bo Bunny blog and leave a comment on this post about the hop. One winner will be chosen randomly on Tuesday January 11th (11:59 pm mountain time) and announced during our second January blog hop.

Good luck and have fun!

Scrap Something to Wear!!

How many of you ever used your scrapping supplies to create jewelry, clothing or any other wearable art???
Today the Bo Bunny design team is sharing their projects with you that were created from their scrapping supplies. There are so many fabulous Bo Bunny Products that can be used for wearables!   

Gabrielle Pollaco

Here's a necklace that Gabi created. It looks so gorgeous on her daughter and matches her outfit perfectly!  This project just blows me away!!

Designer Notes:

 I made a necklace using the BB Learning Curve Charcoal Knit Petals, Noel Cranberry Rose Trim, Holly Berry Wraps (the folds to make these can be found at my blog under 'Kanzashi Blooms').

Julianna Michaels

Next up is Julianna!  I love this hair bow she created

  for her niece who loves all things pink and girlie! So sweet for a sweet little girl!

Supplies:

Wrap: Crazy Love Pink Rose Wrap 

Carin  McDonough

This gorgeous necklace was created by Carin.  The paper beads are so fabulous and love what she did

with the icandy brads!!

 

Supplies:

Olivia Moonlight

Olivia iCandy Brads

Others:

Chipboard circle

Embossing powder

Glossy accents

Beads

Wire

Jewelery findings

Mod podge

Mahlin Wiggur

I love this next project that Mahlin created!  This girl never ceases to amaze me!!

Supplies:

Olivia Petals

Whoo-ligans Petals

Bo Bunny assortes buttons

Double dot 5/8 ribbon: Buttercup, Aquamarine, Clover, Kiwi and Licorice

Double dot 3/8 ribbon: Licorice, Orange Citrus, Aquamarine, Buttercup and Clover

Sarah Eclavea

Love love love this next project too!!  I'd love to have these for my hair!  I'm always looking for a cute clip to tie my hair back with and Sarah did a fabulous job with these!! Knowing that she has 2 little girls, I'm sure they will get used!!

Supplies:

Bo Bunny double dot ribbon

Sophie and Kitchen Spice petals

Bo Bunny bling

Crush Brads

Designer Tips: Use a strong liquid adhesive to adhere ribbon to metal clip. To adhere brads first remove prongs by bending them forward and backward until they break off.

Debbie Sherman

Supplies:

Crush Collection:  Darling

Designer Tips: The pattern in the pendant can be changed to any patterned paper you like!

Kathleen Glossop

Check out this Fascinator Kathleen created! Love the colors and such a great finished product!

Bo Bunny products are so perfect for these projects and so many more! Hope these projects inspired you to create some of your own!  Now break out those Bo Bunny products and start creating!

Photography 101 - Photo Editing

Happy New Year EVERYONE!

It has been a while since we last did a photography tip.

I was thinking...

the holidays are gone, and we have LOADS of 

fun pictures just waiting to be printed and scrapped. 

How about some easy editing tips that

 can be done in most photo editing software.  

(we used photoshop)

Here is our beginning photo.

Already a great photo RIGHT?!

Well with a few simple steps, we can make it even better.

Lets get started.

Lets talk

LEVELS

Find your levels 

In photoshop it is under the menu image/adjustments.

Simply move the levels bar on both sides in 20. Like above. THATS IT!

Just look at the results...

We took a great photo to AMAZING in seconds.

If your photo editing software doesn't have Levels, here's another simple trick.

Lets play with 

Brightness/Contrast

In Photoshop, its is also under images/adjustments

Simply change the Brightness and Contrast by 20 like above and voilá!

Here is the before and after side by side.

AMAZING RIGHT?!?!

Give it a try!

Hope you have a great Monday!