Mixing Collections: BoBunny DT

Hello again :)

It might be winter but Im sitting here in sun as I type.  Its a gorgeous day here and about the only thing good that comes out of a frost!  

Today I wanted to share I gift I made for a friends new baby.  I was asked to do a single letter but the letter I is so bland, no matter what font I get cut from my letter man, so I decided to do something different.  The letters this time are from Typo, and they're perfect because they can stand on their own!

I've mixed together two different paper collections, Garden Journal and Heritage, using the creams, yellows and greys from each.  This was also the colour scheme of her bedroom.

I've kept the decoration simple, making flowers with my favourite Spellbinders die and a new leafy die from Joy.  The bird cage is from BoBunny's Romance Stamp set.

Here Ive double cut the butterfly and layered them on top of each other - its one of BoBunny's new dies!

A little closeup of the flower cluster on the L :)

Every gift needs a card!  I matched the card to the gift using the same papers and colour scheme, with a little lace around the circles.

To date I have only heard from one of the winners from the Scrapbook Adhesives Blog Hop so if you're keen on some BoBunny goodness :)  leave me a comment and I will pick a new winner and will post worldwide :)

Til next time, enjoy that sun!

Guest Designing for Berry71Bleu

Hi Everyone :)

Back in February my friend Denise asked me to Guest Design for her on the challenge blog Berry71Bleu.  At the beginning of each month they have a new challenge using a mood board - a bit like Scrap Around the World.  The difference though is that you can create whatever you like with the mood board -  layouts, cards, tags, ATC, or even OTP, whatever you like, as long as you use the mood board.  I can honestly say Ive never used one before but it was great fun!!

For the month of February, this was the mood board:

I decided to go OTP - no surprises there lol ;)   From the mood board I took, the flowers, lace, birds and from the words I focused on Happy Place.

I used a wide range of product and companies this time.  The base of my birdhouse is an old cardboard ribbon spool.  I covered the top with a doily I had cut using my Silhouette and layered my house and garden on top.  The bird house was actually a Christmas decoration I found last year at Kirkcaldie & Stains.  I sure as heck didn't want it on my tree but I knew I was going to use it for something scrappy at some stage!  The lamp is from Kaisercraft.  Ive gessoed it then inked and randomly stamped over it.

Around the base is a chipboard picket fence from 2Crafty that I have altered the same way as the lamp. Prima vines and flowers were draped around the birdhouse to create a shabby cottage garden for my wee house.

Of course a ladder was going to be required to get up there!  So, thats the other half of the fence I didn't use :)  I just cut off the triangular bit to make it look more like a ladder.  Waiting at the top are the eggs, waiting to hatch ;)

Around the middle you can see so BoBunny Kraft Canvas Pleated Lace, with some white lace peeking out from below.  Ive also fussy cut lots of flowers from BoBunny Madeleine collection and layered them amongst the vines.

And of course every house needs a key!

You can see the whole post here. 
This month theres a new board and some great prizes up for grabs again.

So, if you're looking for a different challenge this month, why not check it out?!!
See you next time :)

Winners are Grinners :)

Hi there!

I thought it was high time I announced the winner from the Scrapbook Adhesives Blog Hop ;)  and because its been awhile and you've been waiting so patiently I've popped together another kit of goodies!!  So two of you will now be receiving some BoBunny goodness :)
I left the drawing of names to Forbes and the winners are:








Mary Holshouser!!







Vicki Parker!!


CONGRATUALTIONS ladies!!!!!!

Please email me or comment and let me know your addresses so I can get these out to you :)

Safari - BoBunny DT

Hi There :)

Many of you possibly know by now my first love in scrapping, unlike most of you who hate it ;) is OTP.  Sometimes I might see something and immediately think I could alter that!  And sometimes it might sit there for a while, or quite a while!

This is what happened with this project.  I love trawling through junk shops, or second hand shops, there is some way cool stuff there just begging to be altered!  I found this one in a junk shop and in its original form it was a key holder with slots for photos on the front of it.  Its now become my own private zoo!

I have loads of photos I could have used for this project but there was one in particular I wanted to use.  Forbes and I had a holiday in Melbourne back in 2004 I think it was, and met up with his sister while we were over there.  This is also the day we went to Melbourne Zoo and there was a photo studio set up where you posed for a photo and then the animals were photoshopped into it.  You could choose which ones you wanted.  HAD to choose to the lions :)

On the roof of my zoo is my sign which I think was ScrapFx.  Ive gessoed it first and then applied Pearlescents rubbed in over the top - mixing Graphite and Butterscotch.  I then inked around the edges to make the letters stand out and randomly stamped with the It is Written stamp set.

Theres a piece of paper in the collections called Corrugated and I just love it!!!!  Ive used that to alter the sliding doors.  I wanted an old funky look to my zoo and I think I got it :)  I created the ornate door handles using Kaisercraft wood flourishes and again gessoed them before painting them with Graphite Pearlescents, and adding jewels for door handles.  Of course it needed a sign hanging from it indicating my zoo was open!

A close up of my zoo roof.  I fussy cut lots of leaves from the Palms sheet of paper.

The little monkey is part of the Noteworthy range - all the animals Ive used in this project were part of the Notworthy range and were not harmed in any way ;) but they were glued!

A close up of the door handles.

The doors slide across and my zoo is open!  The first exhibition you see is humans in the lion enclosure!!  ;)  I fussy cut us out of the photo and created our enclosure around us.  The back wall is made by layering pieces of Jungle - the bricks - onto Safari - the cream with the signs.  Our photo is mounted with foam to make us pop out.

Along the fence is a banner from the Chipboard range.  The fence is Dusty Attic that is again gessoed and this time Ive rubbed Graphite and Licorice Pearlescents into it, and then inked the edges.  Some stones, fussy cut leaves and sphagnum moss are added to finish the enclosure.

I love love love how this turned out!!
Thanks for popping by :)

BoBunny & Scrapbook Adhesives Blog Hop

Hi Everyone!

This whole week BoBunny have been blog hopping away with Scrapbook Adhesives and there has been some amazing projects, not to mention prizes being shared!

Lately I seem to have been obsessed with scrapping bright colours which is totally a new thing for me, and Im loving the change!  Forever Young is awesomely bright and Ive been working with it a lot lately.
If you've come over from BoBunny's blog you will have already seen my Farewell Mini Album.  If not you can hop back to it here.  :)

This time I have a layout to show you using the same collection, but gone for more of a mixed media background, using stamps, texture paste with the Love stencil, and Glimmer Spray.  Ive also used one of BoBunny's new Lattice frame die, but split the frame so as to have just a corner effect.

With the closeups you can see how I have faintly outlined the hearts from the stencil for a subtle effect, and randomly stamping over the top.

A few drops of Glimmer Spray and some brads add to the effect.  Again I have used Scrapbook Adhesives products - Foam Creative sheets, to 'pop' my photo and the Peace, Love & Hugs banner up. To help with positioning Ive used the Repositional Dots.  These are awesome for fiddling around with your composition until you're happy with placement!

Thanks for popping by and hopping along with us  :)  I have a wee prize for you for hopping here, and don't forget to hop on over to my friend Denise.

Prima meets BoBunny :)

Hi Everyone :)

When I was little my sister and I used to play with our paper dolls.  Do you remember them? - cardboard dolls with paper clothes that had tabs on them to connect them to the dolls?  We loved them and they're one of my favourite memories from my childhood.
Now Prima have brought out their Prima Dolls its almost like childhood all over again!  Ive been playing a wee bit with them, and had a lot fun, either colouring or paper piecing.  Heres a few to show to you.

Here Ive layered the top with foam adhesive to give a bit of dimension and given the wee fella I was sending this to was turning two,  I added the number to his top.

A little splattering with BB Glimmer Spray, some old Basic Grey rubons and some stamping created this wee card.

My first attempt at colouring, not too bad ;)  Again Ive layered the top layer of the skirt to make it look fuller.  The chipboard here is Blue Fern Studios, just gessoed, stamped and inked.

This was one of the first ones I made.  the background is created with stencils and texture paste, with random stamping in two colours.  To create the depth to the dress I separated it from the bottom ruffle and added in another ruffle.  Her 'wings' are a butterfly die split in half to cover her back.

Lastly, is this card -  one of my favourites :)  This time on her wings Ive painted some BB Glitter Paste.

Til next time, thanks for popping by!

Wildcard - BoBunny DT

Hi there!
February seems to have gone by in the blink of an eye and we're already half way through March!  Is it me or does time go faster the older you get?!  It sure seems that way :(  Ultimately February was a forgetable crafty month - I got nothing done, no mojo means no creativity.  I think the ply thing I got out of it was a degree in paper pushing! lol

Anyway, last weekend I went to retreat and scrapped up a storm, hard to believe I got so much done after such a previously dry month.
It would also appear that besides my addiction to dies and chipboard, I have thing for boxes!  And Typo ;) might have mentioned that before!  While I was pottering around in there last year, it was just before Fathers Day, I grabbed another wooden box, and then spied some pens shaped like tools and a plan started forming.  Course its taken til now to carry out said plan but there you go!

Ive painted the edges black and the insides as well, and layered Wild Card over the top.

The hinges are already on the box but the handles on the side I found at a shop in Rangiora called High Street Living - Im guessing you could find something similar in a recycling junk shop.

On the top on the box Ive randomly stamped with Stained Textures stamp to keep with the distressed look of the paper, before layering my tools on top.  Ive removed the nibs off the ends of the pens before  gluing them down.

The close up shows you some of the detail - that red bolt is actually a draw handle I found at High Street Living as well.  The number plate was a magnet I had found in the chuck out bin at a store.  And I bet you're wondering how I got it all to stick lol?! Helmar 450, brilliant stuff!

Heres the inside.  I wanted to keep this really simple so just covered it with "Bold"  and added some chipboard at the back.
The husband was very impressed and just quietly so am I ;)

Thanks for popping by, see you next time!