What Do You Do In The Summertime.....Collect Moments!

 Welcome to the BoBunny blog today! This week on the blog we are looking at what we do in the summertime, and for me summertime is all about spending time with my two favourites in the world, my children!

Collect moments not things - layout by Bernii Miller

 So at the end of last Summer here in Australia I organised a photoshoot with a dear friend of mine and was so over the moon when she managed to capture this precious photo of myself hugging and laughing with my children. 

  

  

I used the super sweet Garden Journal collection to showcase this summertime memory of mine, as the colours worked so well with the black and white photo. And let's be honest!! How could I not centre that awesome Misc Me journal card as the title to my layout :) 

The layout came together so easily and I love the soft feel the colours give to the overall feel. To help spread the doily across the top and bottom ha;f of the layout, I simply cut in half a medium doily and then adhered it to the top and the bottom of the clusters. I also decided to add a decorative edge to the doily with my Coral Pearlescents.

  

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today and I hope that you have found some inspiration to capture your summertime memories. 

BoBunny Supplies: 

Pattern Paper: Sketch, Freehand, Airy, Garden Journal /Garden Journal.

Brads: Garden Journal

Layered Chipboard: Garden Journal

Noteworthy: Garden Journal

Journal Contents: Garden Journal

Glimmer Mist: Sugar.

Jewels: Frosting jewels. 

Pearlescents: Coral. 

Doily: Medium. 

A Happy Place With Wood Shapes!

Hello friends! My project today is an altered frame that I've used the Garden Journal collection along with our That's Life Wood Shapes.

Our Happy Place by Rhonda Van Ginkel

 I've used Pearlescents and Glimmer Sprays as well as stamps. Recently I received a wedding invitation with this lovely photo on it and knew I wanted to create something special with it. 

I thought it would be fun to place this frame on their wedding gift as a little bonus.

To start, I coated the frame with some cream paint. Once dry I traced the frame shape and trimmed the paper to fit. I stitched around the paper giving myself enough extra space to sand the edges. I traced the heart from the back of the paper and carefully cut it out and adhered my paper to the frame with some Mod Podge.

I sanded all the edges and then dry brushed some of my cream paint on the very borders. I rubbed some Sugar Pearlescent around the heart edges, then brushed a very light layer overall and set aside to dry.

The That's Life Wood Shape chevrons are altered with Pearlescents. The small chevrons are base coated in Silver and then brushed with some Frost. The middle chevron is base coated in Sugar and then dry brushed with Frost.

I collaged the chipboard and used my wood shapes to accent my design. The Elegant Border Die was cut and I folded two segments together to create my flourish heart that is tucked in behind the Layered Chipboard. Some simple stamping and drops of glimmer spray and jewels completed the frame.

How do you like to alter your wood shapes?

BoBunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Notebook / Garden Journal
Wood Shapes: That's Life
Chipboard: Layered Chipboard, Chipboard / Garden Journal
Buttons: Garden Journal
Stamps: Distressed Textures, It is Written and Stained Textures
Stamp Block Set
Pearlescents: Brilliant Blue, Silver and Sugar
Glimmer Spray: Bronze, Frost and Sugar
Ink: Licorice
Jewel Flourishes: Glaze
Jewels: Double Dot Blue Hues
Die: Elegant Border Die

Mixed Media & Wood Shapes....WOW!

Hello All!  For this month's project, I am featuring the BoBunny Elegant Wood Shapes.  These gorgeous shapes are indeed elegant, featuring flowers, flourishes, and frames.  They are a perfect match for the Garden Journal collection.

To start, here is a look at how I decorated my 12x12 Misc Me Kraft binder:

At First Sight by Keri Babbitt

For my smaller binders and mini-albums, I like to add lots of dimensional layers, but since I store my 12x12 albums in a row on a shelf, I like the cover embellishments to be flat layers.  Here, I created a custom background with stamps, glimmer spray, pearlescents, and ink.  The rub-ons and stencils add interest and beauty, but without the bulk.

The spine of the album, however, was a great place to add a wood label frame, that will show up prettily, while the album is shelved:

This effect is a combination of Island Mist Pearlescents, over sprayed with Silver glimmer spray and then blotted.

And now, here's a look at my 2-page spread:

I used the Garden Journal Misc Me contents pack, and then embellished with chipboard, die cuts, and of course more wood shapes.

The Elegant wood shapes were given a Shabby Chic makeover, with some Island Mist Pearlescents, Silver Glimmer Spray, and Blush Glitter Paste.  The Elegant frames are the perfect little spot to showcase another small embellishment inside.

BoBunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Carnival/Calliope
Stickers: Garden Journal Stamp Stickers, Head Over Heels Combo Sticker, Somewhere In Time Combo Sticker, Woodland Winter Combo Sticker
Noteworthy: Garden Journal
Brads: Garden Journal
Foil Transfers: Alphabet Gold, Filigree Gold
Chipboard: Garden Journal Chipboard, Garden Journal Layered Chipboard, Sweet Life Layered Chipboard
Stamps: Floral, Flutter
6x6 Paper Pad: Garden Journal
Misc Me Binder: 12x12 Kraft
Misc Me Contents: Garden Journal
Wood: Elegant Wood Shapes
Dot Jewels: Tuxedo
Pearlescents: Blush, Gold, Island Mist
Ink: Blueberry, Licorice, Sugar
Glimmer Spray: Gold, Sugar
Glitter Paste: Blush, Sugar
Dies: Elegant Border, Flourish, Flutter
Stickable Stencils: Cascade

Elegance With Foil Rubons!

Hello everyone! The Garden Journal Collection is the perfect collection to create a mini album for the gardener, to display the wonders of a floral garden. The Gold Alphabet gives the album the old world richness of leather covered books embossed in gold. The Gold Alphabet rub-ons allowed me to create that look. 

    Gatefold Mini Album featuring Alphabet Foil Gold Rubons and Garden Journal

 The  gold rub-ons are so rich that they look like gold leaf embedded in the paper. They are so easy to use and rub on with perfection. To enhance the gold, I created a jeweled closure using gold jewelry finds and seam binding, that were strung  through pink wide eyelets that were set in the cover. I also edged the album with Gold glitter paste.

No garden is complete without butterflies. On the back of the album, I used modeling paste with the stencils doing floral corners and the 3 smallest butterflies down the middle.

On the inside of the album there are 6 large envelope/sleeve pages that each contain a journaling card that slips into the sleeve. On a few of the pages as in this one, there is a pocket on the sleeve itself that holds tags and additional cards. I used the Gold rub-ons to spell the word "flowers." The gold throughout the album is a little treat to add to the elegance.

This is a closeup of one of the cards in the album that feature the Gold rub-ons. 

 

These are 2 of the 6 cards that were pulled from the sleeves. The lined pattern on the Delight paper was perfect  as you can use these cards to journal on. The opposite side of the cards have patterned paper and plenty of room for photos. They slide easily back into the sleeves.

The top of each fold on the cards I placed a button. Once the button was adhered to the fold, I used my Cropodile to punch a holes over the existing holes and placed  a piece of string through and tied a bow.

 Thank you for joining me today. I hope that you are inspired to use the Foil rub-ons to add that special elegance to your next project.

Lisa

xo

BoBunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper 12x12: Airy, Garden Journal, Bloom, Wonder, Stripe,Sketch, Gratitude, Journal, Delight /Garden Journal

6x6 Paper Pad: Garden Journal

Glitter Paste: Gold

Blossoms: Blush Pansy

Buttons: Garden Journal

Stickable Stencil: Love
Alphabet Foil Rub on: Gold
Chipboard: Garden Journal
Dies:Flutter

Blog Hop Day 4!!!

Hello and welcome to day 4 of the Blot Hop! I have a fun project to share with you today featuring the new Garden Journal collection and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L! Don't forget to scroll down to the bottom of the page for your next hop!

Spring Frame Tutorial by Kaori Fujimoto

Step 1

Use the "EZ RUNNER" for Adhesion.

They contain a small cut, and are easy to break.

Step 2
Adhere some "3D Foam Squares" on the back side of the paper.

It was layered with seven foam squares.

Step 3

Use the "Dodz" for flowers.

To use Black foam, it doesn't have to stand out.

When you make something with three-dimensional projects, 3L product is very useful!

BoBunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Garden Journal, Airy, Bloom, Freehand, Notebook, Post Card, Sketch/Garden Journal

6x6 Paper Pad: Garden Journal

Buttons: Garden Journal

Noteworthy: Garden Journal

Chipboard: Layered Chipboard/Garden Journal

Sticker: Combo Sticker/Garden Journal

Jewels: Frosting Jewels

Bloom: Blush Zinnia

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Dodz Permanent Adhesive Clear Medium

3D Foam Squares Black

EZ Runner

Hop #2: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Hop #3: Lynn Shokoples 

Hop #4: Beth Pingry

Pearlescent Tutorial!!

Hello Friends! There are many ways you can use BoBunny Pearlescents, with a wide range of colours too, you can co ordinate them with many of your projects.

Remember This by Tracee Provis

 I am here to share with you how I created this simple but effective background on this card.

Lets start by gathering up our supplies, I used papers from the Garden Journal Collection along with the Butterflies stickable stencil and the new Flutter Stamp set. Other supplies needed are a palette knife (or similar for spreading the Pearlescents) paintbrushes and a Journaling pen.

Cut a piece Gratitude paper slightly smaller than the size of your card blank. Lay the stencil down the centre of your patterned paper, don't worry if some is overlapping the top and bottom.

Squeeze some of the graphite Pearlescents onto your palette knife and drag across the stencil to give a border of approximately an inch, allow to dry for about 20 - 30 seconds and lift off your stencil. Wash off your stencil and when you are done your background should be dry.

Make sure your stencil is dry and then lay back down on your patterned paper as close a match as you can (it doesn't have to be exact), draw around the stencil with your journaling pen and take the stencil off and place back on its protective sheet.

Use a brush to paint Coral Pearlescents over the butterfly part of your card, after this is dry then paint some Sugar Glitter paste over the top of that for some sparkle.

Stamp onto card stock one of the butterflies from the Flutter Stamp Set paint with Coral and Island Mist Pearlescents then cut out. Adhere to the front of your card.

Mount the patterned paper onto a dark cardstock, I used Charcoal Chevron Double Dot, add a sentiment if you wish, then mount the whole thing onto your card blank and your card is complete.

BoBunny Supplies:
Patterned paper; Gratitude/Garden Journal
Cardstock; Charcoal Chevron
Stickers; Combo Stickers/Garden Journal
Pearlescents; Coral, Island Mist, Graphite
Glitter Paste; Sugar
Stamps; Flutter
Stencils; Butterflies

Mixed Media LP...A Must See!

Be You by Agnieszka Bellaidea

Today's project with Mixed Media, uses Pearlescents and Garden Journal collection.

I had several ideas what to create and finally I settled on altering an old LP. I collect them and still use them but this one was damaged  and I had two of them so let's see what I did with "Sound of Music". If you would like to see all process visit me HERE , I had many step by step photos. I liked this idea a lot and I am thinking about new class where we will alter old LP's.

I used several elements from Garden Journal collection and mixed them up with stamped roses and wooden roses.

Roses stamped with black ink were painted later with glitter paste in green and pink colors.

I aslo used Washi tape and pearls . New stencils with a nice clock are my favorites now.

At the end I used Pearlescents to create dots.

BoBunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Garden Journal / Notebook, Sketch, Bloom
Double Dot: Garden Journal
Noteworthy : Garden Journal
Chipboard: Garden Journal Layered Chipboard
Stamps: Floral Stamp
Wood: Shapes Elegant
Pearlescents; Licorice, Brilliant Blue, Coral, Blush
Double Dot Jewels : Tuxedo
Ink Pad:  Licorice
Glitter Paste: Wasabi, Pink Punch
Stencils: Borders