Looking for Some Inspiration? Bo Bunny has it!

Today's assignment for some of the Bo Bunny girls was rather a unique and fun one.  They gave us a photo to use as inspiration for a project.  (see photo below)  I loved the fresh summery look of this photo and it made me think of the pretty colors in the Bo Bunny 'Country Garden' collection.  I picked out the soft blues, buttery yellow and the fresh greens to make up my layout. 

Planting season is here and my whole family likes to get in on it.  My oldest daughter Chloe (now 14) has always loved to do the planting with us, so I chose to scrap a photo of her when she was about 8 years old, helping plant the blooms in front of the house. (I'll have to get some new pic's this year when we do our planting). 

Most of the products on this page are all from the Bo Bunny Country Garden collection with the exception of three Dusty Attic Chippies, the Scroll #7 (below), the Topiary Trees #1 (above) and the Grass Cluster #1

Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Country Garden (Stripe, Garden Seed)

Cardstock: Bo Bunny Double Dot (Clover)

6x6 Paper Pad: Country Garden

Noteworthy: Country Garden

Rubons: Country Garden

Country Garden Card Kit (for title rubon)

Jewels: Country Garden

Trinkets: Smoochable

Chipboard: Country Garden

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  

Truly, Madly, Deeply....In LoVe :)

Yep, it's that time again....we are celebrating our 31st wedding anniversary in a few weeks, and every year I like to do a little l/o just for us.  So how perfect that I got all my Webster's Pages 'In Love' design team goodies a couple of days ago!!  I LOVE this collection, such pretty papers and the embellishments (sigh, oh those cameos!)   I came up with the page design after playing with the Websters Pages digi stuff.  I was making little 'signature' designs (see the bottom of my post)...and I was kinda fond of the design I came up with for my signature line and used the design for this page!..... 

I was also so happy to have a chance to use one of the newest Dusty Attic chippies on this page.  Isn't that Heart Flourish chipboard lovely?  The finish I gave it was pretty simple.  Just a coating of white Gesso, a touch of pink chalk ink and a coating of Glossy Accents. (close-up above) 

TIP:  I've mentioned this one before, but in case anyone missed it.  I always love to save the baking from my ornate style stickers.  This is a piece from a Prima felt strip.  I just lay the piece on my page and then use a make-up sponge to dabb over it with some pink chalk ink. 

When you lift off the piece of paper, this is the left behind result. (below)  The backing piece has a waxy/shiney finish on one side that wipes off the ink nicely, so you can use the piece over and over. 

While I had out my bits and pieces of  the 'In Love' collection, I decided to make up a couple of cards too!  I have some Weddings and Wedding Showers coming up so I thought these would be perfect for some cardmaking! 

The chipboard fram here is another yummy new piece by Dusty Attic (these are a really nice size for cardmaking!)  ATC Frame Set #1 

  Websters Pages has something new out that they call 'Perfect Motifs" ....you know all those beautiful images we like to cut out from the Websters Papers? Butterflies, dressforms, hearts & blooms?  Yep! they now make this wonderful paper pad just filled with these images, just made for cutting out!  I did this with the little dressform I added to the card, as well as the butterflies. 

And here is one more card I made, again using the In Love collection papers, mini pade papers and the Journaling cards! 

Well, I'm off to bake for my nephew (and his fiance's) bridal shower (Jack & Jill) this weekend.  Hmmm, now which card shall I use this weekend? :) 

Oh! Good Golly!! Bo Bunny's Awesome Mid-Season releases!!!!

Ohhh!! Be still my heart!!  Have you seen the NEWEST mid-season releases by Bo Bunny??  This week they are showing their 3 newest collections and they started it out with this heartstopping collection!!  I'm in love!!  Here is a little peek at just some of the papers in the collection..... 

...And of course this collection comes with all the fabulous embellishments you've come to enjoy with Bo Bunny collections!  Check out this cute stamp set! ....

And if that isn't enough to absolutely delight you.....check it out!  Super cute embossed blooms to coordinate with the collection!!  Yipppeeee!! 

 ..........So, do you want to see more? Go check out the Bo Bunny Blog, and be sure to leave a comment to be eligable to win the whole collection!! Make sure you check out the posts for Wednesday and Thursday as well!

Websters Pages Everday Poetry & Some Guest Designer Inspiration!

It's our pleasure as the Webster's Pages design team to do a project each month based on design inspiraton from our Guest Designer for the month.  This month our Guest designer is the fabulous Nic Howard!  I've been a longtime fan of her gorgeous work so it was an honor and a pleasure to create a page inspired by her work!  For my page above I used the horizontal linear design that Nic used on her page 'This is our year' and also picked up the use of corrugated cardboard and kitchen twine, as Nic used on her page. 

I used a variety of the Classic and the Clean & Simple papers from the Websters Pages Everyday Poetry Collection to make up this page.  I also added just a touch of my favourite chipboard to the page, Dusty Attic's Flourish #5 to the page.  The finish I gave it is one I often like to use, painting it white, lightly inking the edges with some brown chalk ink, stamping a scripted word design on it and then coating it all with a crackle finish (Tim Holtz's Rock Candy).... 

I also used just a little piece of the Wrought Iron Fence Border from Dusty Attic to add a fun design element to the Websters Pages door design.  This I just inked with some black chalk ink and added dabs of bronze 3D paint and some turquoise paint. (below) 

NOTE:  My friend Vicky just informed me that she has just this past weekend restocked her etsy shop with loads of the newest Dusty Attic goodies, so if you are looking for a good source to get your Dusty on you can find it HERE... 

To see more of Nic Howard's work, be sure to drop by the Websters Pages Ning site, and you can also see what the rest of the design team created using Nic's work as inspiration! 

Siblings! Gotta love them!

Here's a layout I recently made using a photo I took of my two girls at an apple festival we went to.  Although my girls are 3 years apart, I love that the two of them get along (most of the time :) and have fun together.

I used another pretty  Dusty Attic Chippie in the corner (Scroll #7) 

 Hope everyone has an awesome weekend! xx 

Summery & Whimsical Dusty Attic!

I had some fun playing with a bunch of my Dusty Attic chippies over the weekend!  I used a whole bunch of them both older and brand new ones!  I really wanted to used the new ornate door design so I used the words from a really sweet song "I hope when one door closes another opens"  ...My Wish for You.  I used the NEW Door chipboard design as well as the Door Handle Plates, the brick wall pieces, the topiaries, the vine and the wrought iron fence.

~ Door #3

~Door Handle Plates

~Topiary Trees #1

~Brick Wall Panel

~Vine Border

~Wrought Iron Fence Border 

For all my Dusty Attic pieces I first gave each of them a coat of white Gesso (you could also use white craft paint), this allows the ink colors I used on them to show up better.  To tint my chipboard I simply ran shades of green, brown or terracotta of chalk ink over the edges of the chipboard, allowing the color to fad towards the center....this gives the pieces a more natural effect.  After I glued on my pieces I gave the bricks a little extra dab of dry brushed white Gesso to give them an aged effect. 

I created a cute little 'door knob' (above) for the door handle panel using a large copper brad.

Did you know that Dusty Attic now has BLOOMS??? How cool is that!!  I was so excited to recieve a complete collection of their blooms a couple of weeks ago....here is a pic of some of them....

I used one of the white packets of blooms for my layout.  What I love about the white blooms is that you can tint them up to match the layout you are working on.  For my layout I wanted a two toned effect so I used a paint brush and some green ink to tint the centers of my blooms.... 

The result is this two toned bloom below..... 

I hope everyone had an amazing long weekend!  (ours is still on, the girls have a 4 day weekend here in Canada, so we've got family up visiting today :) 

Sketch Layout for Bo Bunny! And a Sprinkle of Dusty Attic!

I made this layout with this cool sketch that was provided by Sketchy Thursdays.    The sketch called for 3 photos and I had these pic's I took of our pup when we first got her, I'm sure she thought her name was 'Zoe-No!' because that is what she heard all the time! lol!  Nothing was safe around her, I'm sure she has wrecked hundred of dollars worth of shoes, cloths, rugs, blankets......and **sigh** is still at it....hmmm, might be time for obedience school!)  This was my take on the sketch (I tend to take sketches I work with very literally and pretty much just follow the design without too much improvisation....all I really added was a little corset stitching between the strips of paper)  I used the soft and pretty Bo Bunny 'Country Garden Collection" for this one.... 

I also added one of the lovely new flourishes (Corner Flourish #2) by Dusty Attic.  While I normally add some sort of paint or inks to my chipboard pieces, this time I like the color tone the natural chipboard had so I just kept it unadorned. 

Here is the sketch I worked with from the Sketchy Thursdays blogspot....If you would like to try out this sketch and have a chance and a lovely Bo Bunny Prize be sure to link you layout to this link BO BUNNY SKETCHY THURSDAY~ You have until May 2nd to create your layout and link it!  Hope to see you there!  And hope everyone has an awesome long weekend! xx

Something NEW & EXCITING for Websters Pages!!

   

Journals have become a new and exciting way of scrapping!  And Websters Pages is bringing out a new line of Journaling books called 'Blueprints'!!  There will be various themes (for example the one you can glimpse in the photo above is themed 'A Mother's Love'.  This is a wonderful tool for all types of scrappers but most especially for those with very little time to scrap.  We all lead busy lives weather we are working women or stay at home moms and these journals are a perfect solution to helping you scrap your photos and stories!

To find out more about this awesome new release from Websters Pages check out this link and earn yourself a chance at winning one for yourself! ~~ Blueprints