Go Team with BoBunny Game On

Hello there!  I have a couple of layouts featuring one popular team sport, Soccer with two of my favorite companies:  BoBunny & FotoBella.com!  My youngest daughter started playing soccer when she was two.  A very informal team that basically gets the kids running the field and learning the basic concepts.  Man do I have some cute photos from that! Soccer and sunglasses go hand in hand for this cute little girl out on the soccer field!

            

A couple of close ups of how I implemented journaling.         

The layouts are made with BoBunny's Game On! Collection from FotoBella.com  I designed both layouts separately, but may decide to match up in the album as a double layout.  That may involve a little tweaking of the pages later so that they are a good match.  But that's all part of the fun of designing and crafting :)

As you can see the design is consistent with the soccer ball print paper and torn edge of the blue paper.  Inked the edges with dark brown ink (Quick Quotes Java) and added the dark blue rhinestones along with a few pearls.  There's alway a way to add the glam factor :)  

Here you can see the pennant banner is accented with rhinestones.  

A mixture of the chipboard stickers and pieces from the Noteworthy packet make up the embellishment collage.  And on the second layout I again added journaling to the Noteworthy pieces as well as creating a journal box below the collage with doodling.  BoBunny has created the perfect collection for highlighting your children's sport photos.  You should check it out at Fotobella.com.  You'll find that it will work for many sports, not just soccer.  

Thanks for stopping by today and have a fabulous day!  

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Bo Bunny Dear Santa Christmas Card Layout

What will you be busy doing once you finish carving up that Thanksgiving turkey?   Christmas shopping? Holiday cards? Spending time with friends and family and holiday paper crafting!?!  I know I'll be doing all of the above!  

Bo Bunny's Dear Santa Collection from FotoBella is a great way to persevere those memories you create during the holidays and make some fabulous Christmas projects.    Every year I send out Christmas cards with family photos and I keep one from each year so that I can scrapbook them.  I'm sharing this layout today with our family Christmas card from 2010.  

I wanted the card to be the focal point of the page, and used a variety of papers to layer behind it to pick up the colors from the card.  

I chose the dear, arrow and holly berries from the Bo Bunny Dear Santa ephemera pack for embellishing.  

I added a cute border along the bottom of the card that comes in the I Want It All bundle.  This layout is really very simple in design and only takes a short time to make.  

Visit FotoBella.com and get your Dear Santa I Want It All bundle right away!  You need it to get your Christmas craft on!  Hurry, these bundles sell out quick!  I've missed out on a few myself, so go, go go!  

Have a fabulous day!

December Stories with Bo Bunny Dear Santa

The holiday season is fast approaching and I've been busy crafting with the  Dear Santa Collection by Bo Bunny at FotoBella.com.  Let's be honest, the holidays are always arrive, before we are ready and are over in a blink of an eye.  This layout I'm sharing today is one I had to play "catch up" with from a Christmas past.  

Dear Santa is a bright and colorful collection that partners perfectly with some Christmas photos of mine from 2009.  I had started a layout with these photos awhile ago but the layout needed it's second page before going in the album.   

Papers used from the collection:  Dear Santa, Wonderland, and Festive.

Photos Sizes used:  (2) 4x6 and (4) wallets.

I created the large shape using my Creative Memories Large Bracket from their cutting system.  The same thing can be done with your Silhouette, Cricut, Super 8 punches, etc.  Use your favorite shape and matte with a solid color cardstock to make it pop!  If you want to get a lot of photos on one page, creating a collage, like I did here, is a great way to do so.  

I kept the embellishments simple for this layout, since they are a lot of patterns in the paper.  The star border along the bottom is from the layered chipboard pack as well as the "December Stories" banner at the top of the collage.  

Preserve your memories of Christmas past or present with the fun BoBunny Dear Santa I Want It All Bundle from FotoBella!  You will love this collection as much as I do!

Have a fabulous day!

Dear Santa Double layout with Bo Bunny

The Christmas season is fast approaching and it's time to get busy making Holiday crafts!  What better way than with Bo Bunny's Dear Santa I Want it All Bundle from FotoBella.com.  Are you ready for all this holiday cheer?  It's Apryl, FotoBella Design Team member with a cheery holiday double layout to share with all of you today.

Paper used to make this layout:  Dear Santa, Advent, Season, Snowfall and Festive.

There's a couple things I fell in love with right away in this collection.  One was the bright colored striped paper and the second was all the fun squares.  I hand cut out all the squares, inked the edges and used a couple for journaling.  

This came out such a fun and bright layout.  Perfect for holiday photos. 

Visit FotoBella.com to get this fun I Want It all Bundle for yourself!  

Have a fabulous day!

Trick or Treat Layout

Do you like tricks or do you like treats?  My Mind's Eye Something Wicked Bundle from FotoBella.com has just what you need for tricks or treats.  Apryl with the Design Team here with my latest layout featuring photos of a buffet of Halloween treats.  Scary, gory, creepy treats.....it's okay, the Something Wicked's skeleton says "Eat, drink and be scary"!  Boo!

This is such a fun collection and I've been dying to use the paper with the stylin' skeleton.  I think he approves of all the spooky treats!

I used mostly embellishments to make this page.  The chipboard stickers, puffy stickers, sticker labels, mixed bag, and flair are all on this layout.

If you like all the treats you see, it's no trick that FotoBella.com has them all in the My Mind's Eye Something Wicked I Want it All Bundle.   Head over there and check it out for yourself!  

Happy Halloween!

Zombie Invasion and My Minds Eye Something Wicked

Finally, it's October!  And with October brings Halloween, and what does Halloween bring?  Ghosts, goblins and ZOMBIES!  My latest layout for the FotoBella Design Team is made with My Mind's Eye Something Wicked I Want It All Bundle from FotoBella.com.  Last Halloween I dressed as a zombie for the costume theme at work and actually won for scariest costume!  See the costume in my "Something Wicked Layout" blog post. 

There are a ton of great papers in this collection.  I love this plaid pattern and it has a fun black glitter stripe that runs through it.  

The mixed bag of embellishments have some great choices for embellishing.  The pointing finger is one I was trying to use on every layout I made, ha!  Finally made one that it worked with.  

And this flair with this happening skeleton in cool shades?  So cool and creepy at the same time!

Hope you found some spooky inspiration and visit FotoBella.com for your very own Something Wicked My Mind's Eye bundle.  

Have a spooky day!

EEK It's Something Wicked!

It's spectacularly spooky at our house now!  My Mind's Eye Something Wicked has a little bit to do with that!!  It's such an awesome Halloween collection and FotoBella.com has the I Want It All Bundle just waiting for you!  

One of my obsessions this year has been the DIY marquee lights from Heidi Swapp.  I couldn't not wait to make a set to go with my Halloween decor, complete with orange and purple lights!  These letters are a piece of cake to do and fully customizable.  

It comes with the letter template so you simply trace cut and paste the letter shape into the marquee, add the lights, and decorate the outside edge if you please. 

The outside of these letters I covered with black glitter tape.  It really makes the letters pop!  EEK!  

Get ready for Halloween with Something Wicked!

Layout Techniques with Basic Grey Barista

Trying new stuff is what crafters do, it's how we thrive.  I've got a tutorial on FotoBella's blog today featuring several techniques using Basic Grey Barista I Want It All Bundle.  

If you like layering, stamping, doodling or Stickles, this is the tutorial for you. 

Get yourself the Barista Bundle from Fotobella.com, stamping ink, a pen, and some glitter glue and head over to the blog to follow the tutorial.

Have a fabulous day!

Happy Times Layout with Basic Grey Barista

Basic Grey Barista Bundle from FotoBella.com is the latest bundle I got my hot little hands on to work with.  It's a great collection with neutral colors.  The yellow patterned paper and turquoise sequins make for a fun pop of color.  It's always fun to sift through my photos to see what will work with my latest FotoBella bundle.  In this case the Aspen Wedding ceremony photos were a perfect match.  

I added some fun to the page by fussy cutting the leaves and just letting them fall on the page for a natural look.  I did the same thing with the sequins.  And if they fell on the photo, that's where they stayed.   I like the look it created.  

This truly was the perfect day. The weather and venue couldn't have been more beautiful for this amazing wedding.  

Bo Bunny Juliet Card

One of my new favorites (I seem to have a lot of those :) is Bo Bunny's Juliet collection.  Thanks for FotoBella.com this was the bundle that I received for Design Team projects this month and the collection is really amazing.  I recently made a card and the full tutorial is featured on FotoBella's blog if you want to check it out.  

One thing to note about this card, it is made almost entirely with the Ephemera pack that come with the Juliet collection.  The paper, embellishments with two exceptions are right out of the Ephemera.  The key and the layered chipboard sticker are the exceptions.  

    

Here's a detailed closeup.  The colors and flowers are really beautiful, don't you think?  

You can get your own Bo Bunny Juliet I Want It All bundle at FotoBella.com

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Bo Bunny Juliet Layout

I must confess....I'm in love with Bo Bunny's Juliet collection.  Have you seen it?   The I Want It All Bundle from FotoBella.com is packed full of fabulous stuff!  I especially adore the roses and fleur de lis in this collection!  

Today I'm sharing a layout for FotoBella's Design Team using this collection of me and my hunny from when we were in Aspen, CO for a wedding.  

There are a lot of layers in this layout.  Each layer has a torn edge and all edges are inked so that they stand out against each other.  I kept the colors light so that the eye would be more drawn to the photo in the center.    

I took some gold twine and laid it down between some of the layers, fussy cut the roses and "My Beloved" sticker for the embellishments.  

A few things that aren't included in the bundle but found it's way on this layout are Stickles and sequins.  I used the Stickles to add sparkles to the roses and randomly glued the sequins throughout the layout.  

Check out the Bo Bunny Juliet I Want It All Bundle at FotoBella.com so you can get started on your own fabulous projects.

Have a fabulous day!

Stars of the Show Bo Bunny Carnival Layout

Welcome to the blog today!  I've got my last circus layout on here today designed with Bo Bunny's Carnival I Want It All Bundle from Fotobella.com.

At the end of the circus my kids were dying to meet the Stars of the Show and didn't mind waiting in line at all to get their autographs.  My son definitely wanted to meet the clown and my daughter was all about the Trapeze artists (my favorite also!).

I matted the two photos side by side, first on white yardstick and then on the red curtain patterned paper.  The background paper is amazing.  The paper with the giraffe is the backside of the "Big Top" paper, and I added and  piece of the "Levitation" paper on the right side of the page.  The "Levitation" paper was perfect for this layout, featuring all types of circus stars and acts.  

Some of the embellishments on this page include the pennant flag banner which I fussy cut out, chipboard star stickers, top hat, shooting stars and Sideshow tab.  I added some Diamond Stickles to make the stars shine.  

Thanks for visiting today and hope you enjoy paper crafting with Bo Bunny's Carnival Collection as much as I did.

Have a fabulous day!

Lots of layers Bo Bunny Carnival layout

Do you love seeing a lot fun layers in a layout?  If so, this is the layout for you!  Get the Bo Bunny Carnival I Want It All Bundle and head over to Fotobella's blog to see the full tutorial on how to make this layout.  

I didn't hold back when it came to using a lot of patterns and layers.  

**This has a lot pieces to layer, but I promise you this layering is worth it!

I journaled around the circles and traced the blue lines with Stickles.  

Poolside foam thickers were used for my daughter's nickname "Kiki".  

And here is the final result of all of that hard work of layering and stickling away.  

Supplies Needed:  "Calliope" paper, Ephemera pack, Chipboard Stickers, "Funhouse" paper, yellow polka dot ribbon, Red & Blue Stickles, Cardboard, White card stock, 4x6 photo, Big Bite, Paper Trimmer, Scissors, Adhesive, Blue Pen for journaling, Poolside foam Thickers for Title.  

Don't be afraid to use a lot of pattern paper and layers, it really does result in a great look.  Love this layout?  Love this collection?  Bo Bunny Carnival is at FotoBella.com and treat yourself to the "I Want It All" bundle.  Because we all deserve to have it all sometimes :)

Have a fabulous day!