Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Guest Designer - Vicki Boutin

I'm so excited about today's blog post for 2 reasons...

1. Cute Vicki Boutin is going to be with us over the next few days.
2. We have a fun giveaway of a CardMaps Volume 3


Hey there!  My name isVicki Boutin and I am so happy to be sharing a few projects with you this week.  I have been a BoBunny fan for years!  Love the products and I love the people behind the scenes at BoBunny.

A little about me, I have been a paper crafter for over 10 years and I love this hobby.  Beyond paper and glue I love stamps, paints and inks and techniques focused projects.  If my hands are covered in ink, I am a happy girl!  I am a lazy blogger and addicted to Pinterest.  You can find me with my hubby and two kids in St Catharines, ON Canada.  If you like to mess around with techniques you might enjoy my book, Creative Foundations.

With today being Technique Tuesday I decided to play with the amazing new stamps from BoBunny!!!  I love layering background stamps so that is what I did for today’s projects.


I started with a white card based and then layered away with inks and stamps.  Take a look.


1.  Layer linear stamp patterns and ink the edges of the card.  
Distress Ink colors- Rusty Hinge, Scattered Straw.


2.  Punch 1” circles from scrap paper and ink inside the circle “mask” with Faded Jeans Distress Ink.  Stamp hexagon images inside circle “mask” with the Faded Jeans Distress Ink.  Let dry.


3.  To add the metallic “shadow” place the mask over the inked circles and rub a small 
amount of Viva Décor Inka Gold in Platinum.  Add layered black circles around the 
each inked circle by rubbing a paint lid or small cap in black ink.

4.  Stamp film strip images in black.  Stamp numbers.  
Add a bit of the Mamarazzi 2 rub on in the lower right corner of the card.  
Stamp more background images if desired to file in the space.


5.  Add camera, gems and card phrase.



Hope that gives you a few ideas for using these awesome new stamps!!!  
See you on Wednesday with one of my other FAVORITE BoBunny products!!!!

And now... one lucky fan can win this fabulous magazine

CardMaps Vol. 3 is full of inspiration, techniques and creative ideas. There are over 70 
gorgeous cards, 40 card  sketches and, step-by-step instructions for every card!  
You'll want to hand onto this book for a long time to come!

Just leave us a comment today and we'll pick one lucky winner tomorrow morning!!!

Good luck and enjoy your day!!!

107 comments:

  1. I LOVE this card - thanks Vicki for the tips and the chance to win the awesome Page Maps

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  2. Love the card, it's so Mixed Media, Multi Media :) Very cute!

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  3. Thanks for the instructions on this
    card, really neat looking. Also thanks for the chance to win.
    Carla from Utah

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  4. very lovely card, and thanks for the chance to win.

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  5. I love the idea of using paint bottle caps to stamp the circles.

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  6. Great card and wonderful instructions! Thanks for a chance to win!

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  7. Love your card Vicki! I've been a fan for a long time! I've loved watching your kids grow up through your layouts!

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  8. Great card, Thanks for the chance to win the magazine ;)

    andreagarland(at)gmail(dot)com

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  9. Hi what a great card and tutorial, the book looks like lots of fun too. Have a great day.

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  10. Thanks for the step by step instructions on how to make this wonderful card. I'm going to give it a try!

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  11. Love all the layering of stamps and inks! Thanks for the tutorial and the chance to win!nclomew

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  12. Great card! I like the different techniques used. Would love to win the Page Maps. Thank you1

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  13. Love the card. Thank you for
    the tutorial.

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  14. This is an awesome technique! I am definitely gotta take a swing at it! ;)

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  15. Love the card - have that very camera sitting on a shelf. Also love the Page Maps book.

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  16. Congratiulations on your Guest design spot! wonderful project!

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  17. thanks for some good ideas and a chance to win

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  18. Vicki does some wonderful work. This is no exception...LOVE the stamped background & the whole card! :) Would also LOVE to win the CardMaps 3!!

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  19. So excited to have you as our guest designer, Vicki! You have done such amazing work with the Mamarazzi collection!

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  20. Great card and tutorial x Would love the chance to win Page Maps, it looks fab x

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  21. Love the layered images and the distressing!!! I am new to this technique but getting more brave every time I do something with it. Thanks for the inspiration!!!

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  22. I LOVE this card. . . the colors are gorgeous!!

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  23. Ooh this is REALLY interesting! Great techniques and design ideas here. TFS!

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  24. I love the card! I wish I was braver with stamps! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  25. Thanks for the tutorial! I love the card:) ~Else-Marie~

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  26. Fabulous Vicki!, lots of inspiration to use stamps! LOVE the mag!!!!

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  27. Fabulous project Vicki! I'm excited to see what else you have in store for us!!

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  28. I loved the tutorial..love the card also
    Would love the chance to win Page Maps
    Thank you for the awesome giveaway !!

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  29. Love this card...so excited that Vicki will be here for a couple of days, her projects are always so wonderful. Hope I am the lucky winner of the Magazine.

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  30. This would be perfect for my analytical mind. I deal with numbers every day and I like being precise on my cards

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  31. Very cute card! Thanks for the chance to win what looks like an awesome magazine!
    Becca Y.

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  32. This would be a great gift for my wife. She had our first daughter back in January and I still owe her a "push" present

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  33. I love your cards hop I win this I am so excited....

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  34. Loved the card! CardMaps looks like just what I need to get out of my slump :)

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  35. I would L❤VE to win a copy of CardMaps Today Vol. 3!!!Thanks for the chance to win! Your card is Beautiful!Great tutorial! Thanks!!

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  36. What a cool idea, I so under-utilise my background stamps, I will have to try this one out. Thanks for the chance to win to card maps book!

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  37. Loved the card! CardMaps looks like just what I need to get out of my slump :)

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  38. Love this step by step, the ackground is awesome!!
    Thanks for the chane to win a cardmaps book.

    Peggy

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  39. Thank you for the lovely giveaway!
    Fingers crossed ;)
    Ciaqo! tita

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  40. Beautiful card. Would love to try something like that! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  41. Would LOVE to win this to enhance my cardmaking skills!

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  42. I love the techniques! Thanks for breaking it down and showing how you did everything step by step! I would love a chance to win the Card Maps 3! Thanks!

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  44. Looks like a great book ! Would love to win x

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  45. Love love Bo Bunny! The card maps would be a fun new toy to work with!

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  46. Love the card!!!!!!!!! Would love to win the Cardmaps 3 as well!!!!

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  47. What a gorgeous card! I would love to win Card Maps 3! :)

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  48. Such creativity! Thanks for the awesome ideas and a chance to win!!

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  49. Beautiful card, love to win this book!

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  50. Great card and techniques! Thanks for the chance to win.

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  51. Great card Vicki! Thank you for the chance to win this awesome CardMaps Book!

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  52. Great card Vicki! Thank you for the chance to win this awesome CardMaps Book!

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  53. LOVE that card! I would never have thought to layer the stamps quite like that, but it is amazing!
    Thanks for the chance to win :)

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  54. Hi Vicki! thank you for the detailed explanation of your A-dorable project! i always like to see what you are up to!
    xoxox
    marie

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  55. What a fun card Vicki! To have just seen the card I would've thought it was patterned paper, thanks for sharing your technique with us!

    And thanks Bo Bunny for the chance to win the Card Maps 3!! Would love to win!

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  56. Love this card and the colors are so beautiful. This is so creative.

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  57. Wow! Thanks for the chance to win. I will give this technique a try, lovely.

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  58. Thank you Bo bunny for sharing the love of the creating magic. You truly are a leader within our paper crafting industry. Yes Page Maps sure would become a perfect addition to my art table.
    ava g

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  59. I would be tickled pink to win a copy of CardMaps!

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  60. Awesome card!!!! Thanks for a chance to win Page maps

    mimicaro9650 at yahoo dot com

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  61. You are so creative! Thanks for sharing and giving me a chance to win CardMaps..

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  62. I so need help with coming up with card ideas.

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  63. Wow, that was reall cool! I have so much of he distress inks and never no what to do with them! Thanks!

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  64. What an awesome book! Would love to win.

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  65. Would love a copy, great for a new card maker like me!

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  66. Awesome I live sketches I don't even know how I paper crafted before I found sketches lol thanks for the chance to win
    -Jamie
    Babyblueangel_30@yahoo.com

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  67. I like all the layering on your card.

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  68. Such a cute card, love the film strips. Love the inspiration and thanks for a chance to win!

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  69. Awesome card!!! Love that background ~ thank you so much for sharing the technique!
    Nancy xx :D

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  70. Thanks for the tips! And the chance to win!
    Brooke
    brooke dienberg at yahoo dot com

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  71. Just GORGEOUS!!! LOVING those circles!! And thanks for the chance to win!!

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  72. What a beautiful blog! I love the card on the cover!!

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  73. Love all the stamping on your card! Thanks for the chance to win the new Page Maps!

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  74. I love the layering of stamps... brilliant!

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  75. What an amazing amount of work! I'm just new at all this so the step-by-step tips are great! Thank you so much for a chance to win such an awesome prize! :)

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  76. Love Vicki. She taught an awesome class at CKU last year.

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  77. That was a cool card Vicki! Thanks for a chance to win this amazing idea book.

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  78. Thanks for sharing such a fabulous card! Love it!

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  79. It's beautiful! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  80. Great card and tutorial !!!!!

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  81. Love Vicki's project! Thanks for a chance to win a copy of the mag.... looks great!

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  82. Thanks for the change to win, I love to work with pagemaps.

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  83. I have only just started to do cards since I have so much left over from layouts. I am struggling a bit with ideas so this book looks perfect to help with inspiration. Thanks for showing it to us.

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  84. Fantastica tarjeta y genial la incorporacion.
    Besos

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  85. Welcome to Wicki and her very fine explanation for the Card. I would really like to be the Winner of the book.

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  86. Hi Vicki so nice to have you as our guest designer at Bo Bunny. So funny that now I know who you are I could have say hallo as I saw you several times at the CHA this year in Anaheim. I will do so next time. Kind regards Jolanda Meurs

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  87. Awesome card! I love the technique stamping the background. I need to do more of that. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  88. Just seen this, hope it's not to late to participate...

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  89. Love these techniques! Thanks for the inspiration. :-)

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  90. I hope I'm not too late for this :0) LOVE Vicki and LOVE that she's a canuck like moi!!

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  91. From another St.Catharines girl...thanks for all the techniques!!!

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  92. I am just trying my hand at card making and would love to win Page Maps. I need all the inspiration I can get!

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  93. I can use some inspiration for when I make cards. It would be a blessing to win!

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  94. Super tutorial, loved the card.

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  95. Awesome card. Love the tutorial.

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  96. Love your tutorial and I would love to win this. Thanks for the chance.

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  97. Really cute card. You amaze me. Also thanks for the chance to win.

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  98. Your card is absolutely awesome, Vicki, and I really appreciate the time you took to make that wonderful tutorial on its creation! And like everyone else here, would love to win this mag!

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  99. I {heart} Vicki Boutin and was SO excited to see her on your blog today! What a perfect combo - her inspiration and fabulous Bo Bunny products!!!

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  100. Loved your layout. Very creative. Would never have thought to use the lid to paint and leave impression. Thanks for a chance to win the magazine.

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