Simply Beautiful with Bo Bunny Serenade

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas.  Today I am sharing my Design Team project with Fotobella.  This layout was made with the BEAUTIFUL Bo Bunny Serenade-I Want It All Collection found at fotobella.com.

Supplies: · Bo Bunny Serenade “I Want It All” Bundle · Paper: Cutouts (Side B), Dragonfly (Side B), Stripe (Side B), Garden (Side B), Poppies · Combo Sticker Sheet, Brads, Petals · Xmas Red Stickles · Gold Stickles · Pop Dots · Dark Red Ribbon · Black Ink

Photo Sizes: · 5”x7” Portrait Tools: · Lucky 8 Classic Wreath Punch (also sold at Fotobella) · Circle Cutter · Stapler · Paper Trimmer · Paper Piercer

1. Select BoBunny Serenade Collection. 2. Choose the following paper: Cutouts (Side B), Dragonfly (Side B), Stripe (Side B), Garden (Side B), Poppies. 3. Select the Dragonfly Paper and measure and mark it at 9”x9”.

4. Trim the paper down to 9”x9”. 5. Using the Lucky 8 punch Classic Wreath. Set the cut settings to “on” for the Outer Cut and the Inner Cut.

6. With the red side of the paper facing up, begin punching all four corners.

                          
         

9. Ink the edges of the shape with black ink.                                                       10. Select the Cutouts Paper Side B and your circle cutter tool.                              11. Cut out a circle that is 6” in diameter.

           

12. Matte your photo in white cardstock, matte with Poppies paper and then matte a third time with Garden Paper Side B. Place the photo on top of the Circle as shown.                                   13. Select a dark red ribbon and gather three loops together. Use a staple to secure the loops at the base (where my thumb is holding the ribbon). Do not cut the ribbon tails. 14. You will want to leave the ribbon long enough to place the Simply Beautiful Sticker on top with two ribbon tails showing on the left of the sticker. 15. Using pop dots, adhere the Simply Beautiful Sticker to the bottom left hand corner of your matted photo. 16. Select a small red and yellow flower, layer and attach with a brad. Using a glue dot, adhere the flower embellishment so that it covers the small red flower to the left of the word “simply” on the sticker.

17. Select the sticker that says “Cherished Memories” from the 12x12 sticker sheet. Using pop dots adhere the sticker to the top right had corner of the matted photo. Select a small black and red flower, layer and secure with a brad.

18. Embellish the layout with Xmas red and gold Stickles.

Hope you enjoy this beautiful layout you just made!

Have a very Happy New Year!

Handmade Gifts with Bo Bunny Serenade Collection

What's the big question that you get asked everywhere you go this time of year?  "Are you ready for Christmas?"  Well....are you?!?  Yikes it's only a few days away.... 

If you are looking for some last minute ideas for that perfect gift, something homeade and from the heart, well then you have come to the right blog!  I am featuring two projects for the Fotobella Design Team made with Bo Bunny's Serenade Collection that would make great gifts.  This collection can be found at Fotobella.com and you can get the complete collection by selecting the "I Want It All" Bundle. 

My first project is a beautiful bookmark, perfect for those avid readers I know!

 

I really loved this quote so I chose to place it at the top of the bookmark.I   wanted to place the quote sticker without interfering with the beautiful dragonfly.  I did that by cutting along the body of the dragon fly and the top edge of the wing on the right side with anXacto knife.  Then I slipped the 2 bottom corners of the sticker behind the slits.  I embellished it with gold stickles along the edge and a chipboard flower sticker.  I added a yellow rhinestone to the center of the flower. 

 

I love the earthy colors of this paper but I did want to add a little bling to it…I couldn’t help it!  So I used green stickles along the edges of the winds and embellished the body of the dragonfly with Icicles Stickles to give it some shine.  It worked perfectly.Just enough sparkle.

                                     

 

My second project is a Recipe Mini Album. Besides scrapbooking all the time, I also enjoy cooking and baking. I often receive requests for my recipes…and to be honest, I’m terrible at sharing them! I thought I could create this mini album and tuck a few of my most requested recipes and gift it to those who are always asking for them J

 

One of the sticker sheets in this bundle is all a cooking theme, which was perfect for this recipe book. For the cover I combined stickers, flowers, brads, chipboard sitkcers, rhinestones, trinkets and ribbon.

 

I made every page a different shape by experimenting with my Lucky 8 punches (also found at Fotobella.com) 

Hope this inspires you to make some creative handmade and heartfelt gifts of your own this holiday season!

Happy Holidays!

WOYWW 183

Wednesday Again?  Time sure does fly when your (I'm) having fun :)  Happy WOYWW!!

It's been a whirlwind of a week.  Busy with Christmas cards, shopping, get togethers and of course....SCRAPBOOKING!  There has been no shortage of that this past week.  Scroll down to my earlier post when you are through with this one and you will see what I've been up to.

Take a gander....and enjoy! 

Lots of stuff to spy this week...lol! 

By the way, I know my post says Tuesday...and this is for Wednesday.  I'm in Southern California, USA and sooo, WOYWW is ahead of me when it come to time zone...but it's Wednesday somewhere, right????

For more WOYWW go to www.stamping-ground.blogspot.com to see what 'What's On Your Work desk Wednesday is all about!

Thanks for stopping by!

Yuletide Sparkle & Shine Project Sneak Peek

Winding down from the holiday weekend?  I'll admit I spent a day or two in my jammies and stuffed myself sillly with turkey and all the trimmings :)  Hope everyone had a fabulous holiday with family and friends.  And how about that Black Friday shopping?!?  I had to partake in that also...lol!  Oh what fun!  Now the Christmas season is upon us. 

It's time for Deck the Halls, trim the tree and fa la la la la...

On that note, here's a peek of what fun Christmas projects I've been working on for Fotobella.com

 

 

If you love the We R Memory Keepers Yuletide collection....you can get it ALL at fotobella.com.  Add the "I Want It All" bundle and you too can create beautiful projects. 

Enjoy the holiday season!

Scrapbook Shopping Across the States

Yikes!  I’ve been gone awhile!  I’ve been traveling…internet access was SCARCE and so…no posts L  Now I’m back and I want to share what I’ve been up to J  In my travels the past few weeks, I thought it would be fun to pop in scrapbook stores along the way.  I frequented several Hobby Lobby stores in New Mexico.  Gosh I LOVE Hobby Lobby! 

The most fun I had though was searching for scrapbook stores when I passed through big cities.  In Flagstaff, Arizona I came across this really cute store called About Memories and More. 

I was fortunate to come across a great deal on a Xyron machine!  I was exicted J There are a lot of cute project inspirations throughout the store and some really great product. 

 

The crop room in the back is fantastic!  There was a class going on when I was there, taught by the store owner.  She's super nice and although she was busy teaching she also took the time to make sure I got the help I needed while shopping.  This was a great stop and I recommend it to anyone in the area or if you are just passing through like I was, to stop by and say hi, take a look around and see what goodies just have to have!  For more info, go the website http://www.aboutmemoriesandmore.com/

Another great stop was in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

 

 Scraps Galore, this is an awesome store.  I’m a Quickcutz fan and let me tell you, this store has a vast selection of die cuts.  They have TONS of great product ,definitely a lot of my favorites like Simple Stories, Basic Grey, Bo bunny, Quick Quotes, Echo Park, Authentique just to name a few.  And can you believe I had the dumb luck of showing up on Sale day!  Woohoo!

 

 I picked up a bunch of great stuff, new dies, paper, embellies, etc.  The staff is really nice and super helpful.  The crop room is amazing also.  I was there on a Friday night and even inquired about doing a drop in crop…sadly they weren’t offering one that night.  Bummer. I would most definitely come back to this store the next time I’m in town!  Check out their website for more information http://scrapsgalore.com/

Thanks for such a fabulous shopping experience!

Well, another weekend is upon us.  With Thanksgiving rapidly approaching I know many of you are busy planning, cooking, etc.  I hope you can still find some time to be creative J

Happy Thanksgiving!