A little BoBunny Inspiration

Hi Everyone!
Today I have something distinctly unfeminine to show you, not my usual style and its very bright so get your sunglasses out :)

Not that long ago BoBunny brought out a really bright funky boys range of paper called On the Go! It is full of bright oranges, yellows, greens and blues, with trains, planes and automobiles decorating it. Absolutely perfect for the car crazy boys in our lives :)

I was asked at work if I could make something for a former colleague of ours who had just had an awful time giving birth to her little boy at 29 weeks. Thankfully both he and his mum are doing really well but it made me really want to not do the wooden letter that was suggested but go a bit further. Instead of one letter I decided to do his whole name - Alex.

I needed slightly smaller letters than usual and found some at Warehouse Stationary, and the canvas as well, which 10 x 30". I've painted along the edges of the letters with gesso.  Once I had adhered the paper, I inked the edges with pinecone ink - I spyed a new supply of these when I was in the shop yesterday ;)

Ive used three sheets of paper and a few of the chipboard stickers for decoration, and some old BG buttons.

With every range BoBunny puts out they always have one sheet of paper with four different designs on it. Usually I cut that up for cards but this time I thought it was time to try some else, so that is how I created the background, - four squares turned on the angle - so simple but pretty effective. You could also cut around the outside of the inner border of each square and distress along both edges for a completely different look, before putting them back together again.

Thanks for popping by!
Megan

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Using Websters Pages fabric ribbon

Hi everyone!

I hope your new year has started off well. Already we are half way through January - time is certainly flying by! I think my mojo flew with it, I have had none for about six weeks now which has been very frustrating :( then finally I had some inspiration!

My DT kit this month included some Websters Pages. I love Websters about as much as I love Prima and Graphic 45 so this was a great kit! I was wanting to create something different with the fabric ribbon and inspiration didn't hit until Monday afternoon, and then I had to rope in my bff to help. I decided to decorate a plain calico apron I'd had for some time in my OTP stash, but I can't sew for the life of me - I certainly didn't pick up mothers creative prowess in that department :) so thank heavens Rebecca lives just round the road from me!

Fabric ribbon comes in a pack with 5 different designs each 18" long.  I took two of them, the blue script and the floral strip, cut them in half to create a long piece and sewed two of the ends together, creating a length of 36" which we then gathered. The blue was sewn on top of the apron and the floral was sewn on underneath with a layer of gathered tulle in between.

I've then embellished the pocket with a mixture old Prima flowers from my stash, BoBunny flowers, and even one from the accessory shop Diva. I've also grabbed a Prima mask and used paint to dab the design on. The same goes for 'create' - this was a very old foam alphabet stamp with paint. The trick to using paint on fabric is once its dry, to heat set it with an iron.

And yes after I'd finished I then decided to pop in some Websters pins :)

So there you have it - something a bit different with fabric ribbon instead of only using them for layouts - I wonder if I've converted anyone over to the dark side of OTP with this project ;)

Thanks for dropping by and may the power of mojo be with you :)
Megan

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DT Inspiration - Bo Bunny Detour.

This is my last post for 2012!  Gosh, hasn't this year just flown by... I hope you have finished all your Christmas shopping and you are relaxing and enjoying a nice holiday break.

I have my last layout to share with you using the Bo Bunny Detour Range - it honestly was the perfect set of papers to do a layout on our major GPS fail when it sent us on a back road that was closed on our road trip from Brisbane to Sydney a couple of years ago now!

This layout is all about recording the memory... the road we ended up on was just horrendous and almost completely washed out in places.  It was one of those 'should we believe the GPS' moments or should we trust our gut instinct and not go the way it said we should. Over an hour round trip later... we shouldn't have trusted the GPS at all.   I created a border around my Kraft cardstock using the globetrotting patterned paper.  I then accented my photos using the chipboard pieces, fussy cut out the detour sign and finished off with some shipping tags which I just love for journalling.  

I have really enjoyed using the Bo Bunny Detour Range.  If you have some travel photos to scrapbook it is definitely one to have a look at in the shop!  

That's all from me for the year... I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a relaxing New Year!

//Michelle

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Bo Bunny Detour Collection

Hi,

It's Michelle here, tonight I'm going to share with you another layout I have created using the Bo Bunny Detour Collection.  

To create this layout I first sprayed with Granite Glimmermist and then I have used the tags and circle pieces from the reverse of arrow patterned paper below to create layers beneath my photo.  I just love how easy it is to fussy cut out the shapes and it really made creating my simple layout easy but still interesting to the eye at the same time.  

Thanks for stopping by the blog today and I hope you have enjoyed seeing another layout using the Detour range.

Have you checked out the massive storewide online sale?  You can get lots of products including whole of the Bo Bunny Detour range at 40% discount.  What amazing value!!   

Take care
//Michelle

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Bo Bunny Detour DT Inspiration

Hi everyone,

Today I have a layout to share with you that includes some of the fabulous Bo Bunny Detour Collection .

This collection fits perfectly with all things 'travel'  from that overseas holiday to road trip adventures  around NZ.  I had a few ideas of layouts that I wanted create with this collection but it was only after starting to work with it did I realise how it could easily be used for fun boyish layouts as well.   

My first layout is some action shots of my family on the log flume ride at Movie World.  I really like how the pop of the colour red and blue work really well with the neutral tones in my photos.  I couldn't resist adding some texture paste with my new mask from Crafter's Workshop and adding a fun accent 'awesome' cut using the Cameo.  

Products used:

Bo Bunny Detour - Destination 

Bo Bunny Detour - Globe Trotting 

Bo Bunny Detour - Arrows 

October Afternoon - Sticky Keys Alphas

Amy Tangerine - Remarks Alphas

Basic Grey Basics White Label Stickers 

Crafter,s Workshop Mask - Awesome/Arrows

Silhouette Cameo - Title Awesome

Studio Calico - Wood Veneer Stars/camera

Small details:

That's all from me for November but I have some more DT inspiration coming in December using the same collection.

Have a great weekend !
//Michelle

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Thursday Inspiraton - BoBunny & Butterflies

Hi everyone!

Today I'm sharing some very bright and fun inspiration using the BoBunny Vicki B collection. This gorgeous range has a nice summery retro feel with its bold, bright patterns and funky shapes. I love using bright bold colours so this collection was right up my alley.

I've kept my first card quite simple using a solid colour as a backdrop to the cluster of butterflies. Each butterfly shows a different pattern from the Vicki B collection. To lift the background a little I stamped a polkadot background and used clear embossing powder to give it a little shimmer. I finished the card off with a simple sentiment and some tulle detail.

For my second card I've used one of the Vicki B cutout shapes as the base of the background. This gave me some nice movement and curve to the card. To complement the curves I made 2 rosettes and paired them with a butterfly for a nice cluster. To tie everything together I added a nice sentiment and some ribbon.

For my final card I used another Vicki B cutout and added some faux stitching detail to really make it pop. Now I'm not normally a flower girl but I thought I'd attempt to use them on this card and I must say I'm really pleased with the result. What do you think? For a bit of added texture I added a little tulle behind the flower cluster. It's such an easy product to work with and adds a really cool dimension to your project.

I hope this got your creative juices flowing. I can't wait to see what you create. Do share!

Supplies used: BoBunny Vicki B Collection, Kaisercraft Pearls in Plum, Tulle Butterfly, Various flowers, Bazzill Cardstock, Prima Alphabet Stickers.

x Lana

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Product Focus Friday - Journalling Cards

Hi Ladies and welcome to Product Friday.

This week i wanted to show you how you can use Journalling cards as embellishments and not just for journalling! I was given a Jenni Bowlin tag booklet to have a play with and came up with a layout and a card using some of the different journalling tags in the pack. Each pack is great value for money - my pack was called Diecut Journal Pad Vintage and had 6 different tags and you get 6 of each tag so 24 in total which would last for quite awhile!

For my layout i went with a vintage theme to match the tags- i cut out the border from one of the tags and used as an embellishment on the top left of my page- i thought it looked kind of like a sign and hung a timepiece from it. I cut out the centre of the tag and did actually use it as journalling - tucked behind my photo. The other journalling tag i used as a base in my embellishment cluster on the right side of the photo.




Here is my completed layout... i loved cutting around the window and adding a diecut behind it..




I also made a card using the same gorgeous Bo Bunny papers and a journalling tag. My first card!



I hope that you will try some ways of using tags as embellishments on your pages too

Happy Scrapping
Francine

Products Used

Jenni Bowlin Diecut Journal Pad- Vintage
BoBunny Timepiece paper- Villa
Timepiece- Petals
Timepiece- Dots
Timepiece- Numbers
Tick Tock
Basic Grey Curio Paper
Lace
Prima Transparency
Buttons
Brown Bazzill
Kaisercraft Chipboard
Jenni Bowlin Tag and twine

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