BoBunny Essentials

It's our last reveal day for the summer release, but we have plenty of goodies to show! These all work perfectly with yesterday's Double Dot post.

These are just so fun to work with! We are loving getting into mixed media! What great textures you can add! Do you guys like getting a little messy with your paper projects? And what's your favorite item from today?

Leave us a comment for a chance to win some yummy new products!!

And thanks for playing along! We'll announce the winners tomorrow, Monday the 28th!

Designer Showcase - Juliana Michaels

Hi all! Juliana here with my turn for the Designer Showcase. I have been with Bo Bunny for 3 years now and it has been such a blessing in so many ways! Bo Bunny has consistently created collections that are both beautiful and inspiring to create with. They also have the best selection of embellishments to choose from including stamps, rub ons, jewels and stickers! I don't know about you, but I usually have a hard time limiting my use of their embellishments on my layouts!!!

The layout I am sharing with you today is an "ALL ABOUT ME" type layout. I decided to create a layout about me and some of my thoughts on my life and where I am right now. I recently celebrated my 39th birthday and my DH took this photo of me. The colors I was wearing made it easy for me to pick the perfect collection to work with...Little Miss!

Me At 39
Juliana Michaels

 

I created the larger flowers using the Little Miss Petals. I lightly misted the Petals with water and then wrinkled them. Once dry, I opened them up and adhered them together using Glossy Accents as my adhesive. 

The pink flowers and pink centers where created using a punch and the same technique. I then added the crocheted flower trinkets and brads to further decorate the flowers before adhering them to my layout. 

Another fun tip I have to share is that I cut the little sayings from the patterned papers (Jamayka and Allie), glued them to scrap chipboard and then trimmed off the excess. I then adhered them to my layout. This technique gives them more dimension and makes them more stable.

Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Jaquoya, Allie, Hannah, and Jamaka/Little Miss 
(I used 2 pieces of Hannah)
Stickers: 12 x 12 Combo Stickers/Little Miss
Trinkets: Little Miss
Brads: Little Miss
Petals: Little Miss

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed the layout that I shared with you as much as I enjoyed creating it!

To alter or not to alter???

There really is no question.  We say ALTER AWAY!!
Today, our amazing Design Team has altered all kinds of fun projects for you to join in and try... 

 Christmas Home Decor
Designer: Agniezska Piskorz 

Supplies: Noel iCandy Chipboard, Noel iCandy Brads, Noel Chipboard, 
Noel Cheer, Noel Ornaments, Holly Berry Wraps

 I {heart} You Frame
Designer: Sarah Eclavea
Tip: Buy an unfinished frame and paint with acrylic paint to match the colors in your papers.
Supplies: Tutu dot Cardstock, Crazy Love Stripe Paper, Crazy Love Chipboard, 
Crazy Love Brads, Crazy Love Dimensional Stickers

Holiday Magic Frame

Designer: Christiane Muller

Supplies: Noel Memories, Noel Holly, Noel I Candy Brads, Noel I Candy Chipboard Stickers, Noel Chipboard, Cambridge Clearly Stamps

  
 
 Altered Box & Mini Album
Designer: Tomoko Takahashi
Hint: I stamped the paper flowers with Crazy Love Stamp, crumbled them, and put together with a brad.


Supplies: Crazy Love Conversation, Crazy Love Dot, Crazy Love Happy Together, Crazy Love More Than Words, Crazy Love Story, Crazy Love Stripe, Persuasion Blooms, Crazy Love Cut Outs, Crazy Love Noteworthy, Crazy Love Chipboard, Pink Rose Wraps, Pink Parfait Petals, Crazy Love Rub-on,
Crazy Love Layered Chipboard, Crazy Love Brads, Crazy Love Stamp

Other Supplies: Tim Holtz Keyhole, Prima Flower, Mod Podge (Glitter), Butterfly Stamp, Stickles (Waterfall), Rhinestones, Pin, Pearls, Glossy Accents, Lace, Acrylic Paint (Pink), The Cinch Bindering Tool, Wire Binders (White), Scallop Scissors, Rose Accent, Ink(Black, Brown)

Treat Bag
Designer: Janis Medina
Supplies: Whoo-ligans Stripe, Whoo-ligans Monsters, Whoo-ligans Spiders, Whoo-ligans Batty
Whoo-ligans Boo, Whoo-ligans Combo Sticker, Batty for Candy Cardstock Stickers, Bo Bunny Ribbon

 Lollipop Hearts

Designer: Debbie Sherman

Supplies:Bo bunny Crazy Love Collection 6x6 Paper Pad, Kisses, Stripe, Happy, Together, More Than Words, Dot, Conversation, Layered Chipboard, Crazy Love Chipboard
Bo Bunny Tutu Dot and Chocolate Ribbon, Bo Bunny Flowers - Alissa and U Bug Me, Buttons

Additional items
Shelf Decor, Adhesive Pearls, Butterfly Punch, Modge Podge

 Winter Angel

Designer: Robbie Herring

Designer Tips: This was made with a paper mache tree topper cone. 

To make the wooden head stay on well, I cut the top off to give myself more of a base to adhere it to.

The arms are paper that is draped and glued over two pipe cleaners to help hold it's shape. Give your paper a very light spray of water to shape the curve of the arm and then hide the ends behind the wings on the back. Use hot glue to add the boa to the edges of the 'sleeves'.

To make the floral 'arrangement' that the angel is holding, I adhered everything to a circle of paper and then glued it all at once where her hands would be. The chipboard snowflakes are held to the ribbon by using two that are the same size and sticking them together with the ribbon in between.

Supplies Used: Winter Joy Bundled, Winter Joy Brrrr, Winter Joy Magic, Winter Joy Stripe, Winter Joy iCandy Brads, Winter Joy Chipboard, Winter Joy Purple Pom Pom Wrap, Winter Joy Green Scrunch Flowers

Other Supplies Used: Michaels Ribbon, Feather Boa, White Tulle, Tulip Dimensional Paint, Martha Stewart Glitter

Altered T-shirt
Designer: Mahlin Wiggur

Supplies: Secret crush Petals, White rose trim, Green scrunch, assorted bo bunny buttons

Mahlin said: I went shopping for clothes the other day and I realize that there are alot of scrappy -looking flowersbeing popular in fashion right now.. and I got this bright idea to alter my top by myself using the gorgeous trims and petals. I just sewed them on.. Both the trim and the cute petals are so easy so stitch down.


Thanks for stopping by and make sure you share your altered projects with us!  We can't wait to see what you come up with!

A fun tutorial from our Cute Guest Designer Romy!

Do you know those dull, white frames?
You've got the most amazing picture to put in it,
but the frame just isn't worth it to showcase that wonderful picture you have.

I got that same feeling when I found this ugly frame in my room. I wanted it to be girly and pretty, so that it would fit in my nieces room perfectly. I had a lot of fun altering this frame and would love to give you a look 'behind the scenes' and share this little tutorial with you about how you altered it.

1) I started with covering up the white edges of my frame with the Crush rub-ons. They were the perfect size to fit on my frame.

2) I also wanted to use some pretty flowers on my frame and attached this large pink petal to the upper right corner of my frame, using Tacky Glue.

3) To create my own handmade flower I took a part of a Bo Bunny wrap.

4) I stitched the edges of it together, so that I got this 'circle'. As you can see one side of the flower (the one that the stitches are in) looks pretty ugly...

5) But that is no problem at all, as you can see on the picture above. I just placed that ugly side of the flower under the large pink petal. Nobody will get to see it anymore, LOL! As a finishing touch I added a brad to the center of the flower.

6) After putting these two flowers on my frame, I took the flower, that comes with one of the Bo Bunny wraps. I cut the tulle backing away and then placed it under the two other flowers.

7) I also took three flowers and four hearts from the Crazy in Love chipboard sheet and attached them to my frame as well.

8) I love a bit of glitter on my projects and couldn't resist giving the chipboard shapes a shiny feel using Stickles (glitter) and Liquid Pearls.

9) I used Stickles on the edges of this small flower as well.

10) And this is what my frame looked like in the end. Pink and girly and a perfect way to showcase this picture of my niece and aunt.

Supplies used: Crush Pink Ruffle Wraps, Crush Rub-On, Crazy Love Pink Rose Wraps, Crazy Love Brads,
Crazy Love Chipboard, Crazy Love Pink Parfait Petals

Romy, thanks for the fun tutorial!

What's FALL like where you live???

Today, we asked our Design Team to make a project portraying what FALL is like where they live.....

Autumn
Designer: Luzma Bruna

Luzma describes fall in Chili.....

"Here Autumn is not so cold,we have some sunny days and cold ones too.Cold and rain begins in June.We have four seasons and never extreme temps."

Supplies: Olive double dot paper, Chiffon double dot paper, Olivia Mums paper, Olivia Honeydew paper, Olivia Baby`s Breath paper, Chocolate Ruffle wrap, Olivia Chipboard
Other supplies: Vintage photo distress ink, Burlap,
Glimmer Glam, Chalkboard Glimmer mist, felt, MS punches

       Fall Wristlets

         Designer: Christiane Muller

Christiane describes fall in Germany...

"Fall in the northern part of Europe is almost rainy and cold.

I'm a fan of warm clothes and I love knitting.

The wristlets are hand-knitted and felted in the washer.

The BB petals and trims were the perfect icing on the cake!"

Supplies: Bo Bunny Black Tulle Petals, Bo Bunny Purple Rose Trim

                    Don't Worry Be Happy
              Designer: Carole Janson
                   
                     Carole describes Fall in Australia...
                     " it is summer nearly always here in
                      Queensland - Australia"


     



                

Gratitude

Designer: Irene Tan

Irene describes Fall in Malaysia

"Fall here is just liked everyday here. Malaysia is not a seasonal country.

We have summer whole year round."

Supplies: Olivia Ambrosia, Olivia Baby's Breath, Olivia Moonlight, Olivia Nectar, Olivia Combo Sticker,

Note Worthy Olivia, Grateful Heart CS Sticker, Olivia Rub-Ons, Olivia iCandy brads, Olive ribbon,

Bo Bunny rub-ons, Bo Bunny blings

Others: glimmer mists, distress ink, thread for stitching, Tombow

Hockey 101

Designer: Samantha Wright

Samantha describes Fall in South Africa

" I had to really think because we have such a mild autumn. This is the time of year though when the mornings are crisp and the sun is warming. It is also time for our hockey season."

How fun are these layouts and projects? 

So, we're interested in knowing....

What's fall like where you live???

Thanks for stopping by!  We love our BB friends!

BoBunny's new petals

One of the new products we released this CHA was our new and improved petals.

They are so stylish and so fun, and can be used in so many different ways.

Check out what our design team has created with them.

Winter Joy Mini Album

Designer: Tomoko Takahashi

Supplies Used: Winter Joy, Winter Joy Dot, Winter Joy Peace,

Winter Joy Stripe, Winter Joy Snowfall, Winter Joy Snow Angels,

Winter Joy Magic, Noteworthy Winter Joy, Winter joy iCandy Dementional Stickers,

Winter Joy Rub-ons, Winter Joy Combo Sticker, Winter Joy 12" Chipboard,

White Rose Trim, Cream Gardenia Petals

Other Supplies: Distress Ink, Mist, Ribbon, Book Ring, Acrylic Paint, Gliter

Daddy

Designer: Gabrielle Pollacco

Supplies Used:Cambridge iCandy Brads, Noel Wraps, Wine Double Dot,

Cambridge Crown Die Cut, Cambridge Crest, Camgridge Post,

Cambridge Cut Out, Charcoal Knit Petal's

Other Supplies: Chalk Inks, White Gel Pen, Stickles, Crystal Flourish.

Designers Tip: I just love a nice piece of 'journal' paper like the Cambrige 'Post' paper.

I like to use it for all sorts of things. On this page I punched blooms from it and tinted

them with a little ink (I'll be posting a tutorial on making blooms coming up this month)....and

I like to change up a neutral paper like this with a little ink and masking. For my Circle

design on this page, I cut a circular piece of the 'Post' paper. I then cut out a few

floral designs with my die cutter. You can use a flower punch or even hand-cut a simple

flower design for this. The grass I just cut from some plain white paper with scissors.

I attached it to the paper with some removable sticky tape. Then just dabbed on a variety of chalk inks.

Here I used a dark brown & green chalk ink. I then removed the pieces of paper (discarded them)

and I'm left with the floral design. To dress it up a little more I lightly brushed the flower

design with some Wheat color chalk ink and some Rose color ink....and the leaves with a

touch of bright green. Don't worry about being exact, the colours melding into each

other gives the piece a nice water-color effect.

Sugar & Spice

Designer: Mireille Divjak

Supplies Used: Olivia, Olivia Strip, Olivia Nectar, Olivia Cameo Die Cut,

Cream Gardenia Petals, Olivia iCandy Brads, Olivia 12" Chipboard,

Olivia Rub-Ons, A Mothers Love Cardstock Sticker

Other Supplies: Punch, Ink, Stickles, Glossy Accents

Designer Tip: I added some curls for extra dimension under the flower.

These are actually very simple to make. Cut a very small strip of paper and

wrap it around a needle. Gently pull and adhere the last part under the flower.

Tittut

Designer: Mahlin Wiggur

Supplies Used: Olivia 12" Chipboard, Olivia iCandy Brads, Olivia Cream Gardenia,

Olivia Chocolate Ruffle Wrap, Chiffon Double Dot, Buttercup Double Dot,

Learning Curve Cut Out, Whooligans iCandy Chipboard, Whooligans Dot, Whooligans Rahh,

Whooligans Stripe, Whooligans Combo Sticker, Whooligans Chipboard,

Winter Joy Green Scrunch, Winter Joy Bundled, Winter Joy iCandy Stickers

Designer Notes: I just love mixing things up and for this layout I've used products from

no less than 4 of the new collections. That is one of my favorite things with BoBunny,

every single collection is so well co-ordinated but they are also so easy to combine with

each other...Just look for the colors you love.

Tittut translates to Peekaboo and the journaling reads; Playing peakaboo has

been one of your favorite things to play since you were real little you still love doing it.

Moments

Designer: Tomoko Takahashi

Supplies Used: Olivia, Olivia Ambrosia, Olivia Cashmere, Olivia Dot,

Olivia Honeydew, Olivia Moonlight, Olivia Mums, Olivia Nectar,

Olivia Stripe, Olivia Cut Outs, Coral Double Dot, Olivia 12" Chipboard

Cream Gardenia Petals, Olivia iCandy Stickers, Olivia iCandy Chipboard,

Olivia iCandy Brads, Chunky Charms, Assorted Flowers

Other Supplies: Alphabet Stickers, Sewing Needle, Alcohol Ink (Gold),

Little Glass Bottle, Other Flowers and Leaves, Grungeboard,

Pearl, Stickles, Wepia Accents

Puzzle Time

Designer: Samantha Wright

Supplies Used: Learning Curve Stripe, Learning Curve Letters, Learning Curve Dot,

Learning Curve iCandy Dimentional Stickers, School is Cool Cardstock Sticker,

Learning Curve Combo Sticker, Learning Curve 12" Chipboard, Harvest Double Dot,

Double Dot Ribbon, Assorted BoBunny Buttons

Other Supplies Clipboard, Chalk Ink, String

Best Times

Designer: Frances Sylvia

Supplies Used: Olivia Moonlight, Olivia Baby's Breath, Olivia Stripe,

Olivia Ambrosia, Olivia Cut Outs, Olivia Combo Stickers, Olivia 12" Chipboard,

Olivia iCandy Brads, Almond Double Dot, Antique Lace Petal, Chiffon Chunky Chips

"Witching You..." Treat Box

Designer: Patti Milazzo

Supplies Used:Green Scrunch Petal, Whoo-ligans Dot, Whoo-ligans Spiders,

Whoo-ligans Monsers, Whoo-ligans Boo, Whoo-ligans Wrap,

Whoo-ligans iCandy Brads, Whoo-ligans iCandy 3D Stickers,

Whoo-ligans 12" Chipboard, Boo Crew Buttons and Bling

Other: You cand find the shoe template on the "Skip to My Lou" website here

Original shoe template design is by Ellen Hutson

The Bride

Designer: Janis Medina

Supplies Used: Olivia Cameo Die Cut, Olivia Ambrosia, Olivia Mums,

Olivia Baby's Breath, Olivia Nectar, Olivia Stripe, Olivia Stickers,

Olivia 12" Chipboard, Olivia iCandy Brads, Olivia Rub-Ons,

Olivia Wraps, Olivia Cardstock STickers, Cream Gardenai Petals,

Antique Lace Petals, Assorted BoBunny Flwoers

Designer Notes: I placed BoBunny Petals on the center of my Gardenias

for some pop of orange on my flowers. I outlined my Olivia Cameo Die Cut

paper with gold paint. Instead of air drying, I heat gunned it for a more

textured look. I also applied Opal Dust on the edges of my Gardenia Petals and

Mica Flakes on my Swirl Chipboard for added shimmer and texture

Life

Designer: Luzma Bruna

Supplies Used: Chiffon Rose Trim, Olivia iCandy Stickers, Cream Gardenia Petal,

Olivia iCandy Brads, Olivia Dot, Olivia Moonlight, Olivia Ambrosia, Olivia Nectar,

Olivia 12" Chipboard, Chiffon Double Dot

Altered Paperback Book

Designer: Robbie Herring

Supplies Used: Olivia Stripe, Olivia Honey Dew, Olivia Cashmere,

Olivia Dot, Clover Double Dot, Cream Gardenia Petals, Olivia 12" Chipboard

Other Supplies: Florists Foam, Glimmermist,

Tulle-Copper Shimmer, Royal Coat Decoupage Finish

Designer Note: To add an overall antiqued look, simply give

your entire project a few light sprays of Glimmermist

So lets hear it. Whose inspired?!?! I know we are.

Hope you have a great Wednesday and thanks for stopping by!