After all the requests for simple layouts and the feedback from our idea to show you how to start with simple and take it a few steps further, we're back with Step it Up! this Friday!

The team has shared lots of the little details that give their pages that special 'something'. 

Let's take a look!

Flytta/Moving
 Mahlin Wiggur

Here is the simple version of Mahlin's layout.  Perfectly beautiful but...

Look what starts to happen as she layers on more embellishments, paint and glitter!!

Here a couple of close-ups:

Bo Bunny Supply list :
The simple version:
Patterned Paper: Blaze, Cut outs/ Forever Fall, Front door, Picket Fence /Welcome Home.
Combo Stickers: Welcome Home
Noteworthy: Welcome Home
"12 Chipboard: Et Cetera, Welcome Home

What she added:

Rubons: Welcome Home
Buttons: Forever Fall, Welcome Home
Trinkets: Blitzen
Project Kit: Welcome Home
and some paint and glitter...

My sweet girl
Michele Beck

First, this is the simple version, papers, title/journaling/date and photo. Perfectly adorable!

When Michele outlined everything on her layout with a white pen corrector, look how it makes the layout brighter:

And finally, she added some embellishments like ribbon, brads and chipboards.

Here are a few of Michele's close-ups:

Bo Bunny Supplies Used:

Patterned papers: Sweet Tooth Indulge; Sweet Tooth; Sweet Tooth Delish; Blitzen Die Cut
Brads: Sweet Tooth
Chipboards: Crazy Love 12x12
Ribbon: double dot ribbon decaf ribbon spool
Stickers: Sweet Tooth CS stickers; Sweet Tooth Combo sticker; Welcome Home CS sticker; Blitzen CS sticker; Et Cetera combo sticker
Jewels: Ad Lib
Alpha: chunky chips alpha clear

Picks of the Patch

Robbie Herring

I couldn't resist pulling out my Whoo-ligans for this cute pumpkin patch picture.

Quick, simple and prefectly acceptable.

 Now add some strands of embroidery floss as extra borders and around the picture. 

Next, stitch with purple thread around the Noteworthy.

Really add some impact with big flowers and buttons. 

The last little detail is the dots done with slick paint.

Here are a couple of close-ups:

Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Whoo-ligans Madness, Monsters.

Double Dot Cardstock: Citrus Dot
Double Dot Ribbon: Orange  Citrus

Cardstock Stickers: Whoo-ligans Combo and Batty for Candy

Noteworthy:  Whoo-ligans

Bo Bunny Buttons

We hope you are inspired to try some of these ideas!  Just a few extra steps can add so much to your layouts!

Don't forget there is still time to participate in the ongoing challenges!

Have a great weekend!

Get to know... Michele

Hi guys ! This is Michele from France !

Wow ! i am lucky to be part of this amazing team since a year now ! a year to scrapbook with awesome products, in the most generous and talented team ! I can't believe it...
And here i go for another new year, am i dreaming ?!

Maybe most of you don't know me, i am the little frenchie of the team (so please, forgive my English ! i am working on it, i swear, i spend all my free time watching TV shows !!! hehe I'm kidding... am I ?)

Let's talk about my life... I met the perfect guy at work (how original is that, right ?) when i was 20. I just look at him, and i saw something in his eyes, and i knew. I knew he was the one, the man of my life (please don't cry, he wasn't a vampire ... lol)

(You see ? he's not sparkling ! hehe)

12 years later, we are now living in Savoie (in the Alpes, just a few kilometers from Italy) with our 2 daughters, Camille and Melany, our dog, Elysa, and our fish, Nemo (yeah, we are so original ! hehe)

People use to tell us our daughters really are alike, even if there is almost 3 years between them.
But i can tell you, they are very different.
I find some of myself in them, and it's really fun and ok frightening too, to watch them growing up.

I am a stay at home mum, i decided to be . It's not easy each day, but it's my choice.
As you might know, being a stay at home mum is the most difficult job in the world (it's like our day never end, right?) but now i am able to do things just for me, without feeling guilty !
I read (a lot !), I write (not as much as i'd like to!), i go to the cinema, i watch my favorites TV shows, and of course, i do scrapbooking !!

What i like in scrapbook, except the side of memories of course, is to make my own embellishments. I love making flowers with different papers and ribbon for example...

My style ? i don't think i have one in particular... i don't like being in only one case, life would be so boring, don't you think ?

one day i can make something soft and girly, the other day it can be more rock and roll... just like me !

And just like Bo Bunny ! I think it's the most important reason why i love so much Bo Bunny... they always challenging themselves and at each new collections, they do better than the previous one...

Again, i want to say a huge THANK YOU to every one here, especially the amazing Bo Bunny team, what a honor for me to have the opportunity to be here with you !

Now, i'll stop talking and let you with some of my favorites Bo Bunny layouts !

Focus on:

Stamps can be used in so many wonderful ways on your projects.  The design team girls put together an awesome sampling of the many ways stamps can be used, from framing your whole project to using the stamped image as an embellishment that can be cut out.  Use a little embossing ink and powder and take your stamp work to a whole new level!  Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy some stamping inspiration!

"Vacation Enjoyment"

by Agnieszka Piskorz

Designer Notes:  Agnieszka combined stamps from two collections ~ Barefoot & Bliss and Liberty to create a beautiful flourishy finish around the border of her fresh and lovely beach layout.  Try stamping in colors to compliment your layout as Agnieszka did here using green inks.

Supply list:

Barefoot Stripe
Barefoot Stamps
Liberty Stamps
Barefoot Dimensional Stickers
Barefoot Jewels
Barefoot Combo Stickers
Barefoot Cardstock Stickers
Barefoot Chipboard
Barefoot Noteworthy
Barefoot Layered Chipboard
Barefoot Word

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Card: "Family Reunion"

by Patti Milazzo

Designer Notes:   The Liberty flourished star stamp was stamped with embossing ink and white embossing powder onto the Dot (reverse blue side) pattern paper. I adhered punched stars in the center with adhesive Foam.
Supply list:

Liberty Clear Stamps
Liberty Pattern Papers – Dot, Liberty and Freedom
Liberty Cut Outs
Liberty Family Times Cardstock Stickers
Liberty Noteworthy Die Cut
Liberty Brads
Other: Fiskars Twinkle, Twinkle Squeeze Punches

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"Why be Sad?"

by Janis Medina

Designer Notes: The Zoology stamps are my new fave!!! I especially love the two ones that I can use for making instant borders/margins on my layouts!!!

Supply List:

 Paper: Double dot designs (Orange citrus journal, Wasabi Stripe, Chiffon dot), Layered chipboard (Zoology), Noteworthy and Combo Stickers (Liberty), Stamps (Zoology, Barefoot & Bliss, Cambridge, Ad Lib), Bo Bunny buttons.

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"Beauty Blooms from Within"

by Michele Beck

Designer Notes:  Michelle used her Vicki B. floral stamps to create cut blooms to embellish her page along with Gabrielle stamps to frame her sweet photo.

Supply list:

Vicki B papers, chipboards, brads, buttons, Trinkets and jewels; Vicki B and Gabrielle Stamps