Simple Stories, Bo Bunny...

I used a real mix of products on this page.  Papers are from a couple of different lines. Some pink vellum layered in there too.

And some close-ups...

Title is canvas letters by Making Memories

I'm still finding places for the adorable wood frames.  There are quite a few in the package. Some say FUN and some say LOVE.  I think every one of my Mexican holiday layouts so far have one!

The flowers are Prima. Stickers are Simple Stories.

Fun with paint

I started out with plain cardstock.  Layered striped paper on the top half and glued down strips of the black/grey BoBunny patterned paper.

I splashed some shimmery turquoise Making Memories paint across the page and spread it with an old credit card.

 

 

I use vellum a lot on my pages. For this layout I punched leaves out of a strip of white vellum. Some of those leaves I tucked back in.

The remaining punched leaves I used to accent my title. I also used a little wood camera (Kaiser) some stamping (isn't that owl adorable?) and a Prima bloom.

I've added washi tape in strips beneath my photo matting. Stamped bird, wood camera and Prima bloom.  I like to group my embellishments.

The dots are rub-on. An old rub-on so they didn't go on evenly, but I don't mind the random look. I stamped another little bird beneath the Prima hydrangea. Kaiser jewels in the center of the flower.

Colour challenge ~ Be Merry

I had the perfect photo for the Scrap Friends colour challenge this month. The photo is of Butchart Gardens last winter.  We always visit their 12 Days of Christmas display at night when the coloured lights are glowing magically. 

Here is the Colour Challenge. Gorgeous pinks, grey and yellow.

 

I started with this Simple Stories paper.  Check out the entire line in Unforgettable Memories.

I used my number stencil and white texture paste.  Then I painted it with pink Maya Roads glimmer mist.  I swiped yellow Making Memories paint across my background and splashed droplets of darker pink Glimmer Mist.  I got pretty messy with it.

 

I added random pieces of text Washi Tape, lots of bling and some black rub-ons from my stash.

 

The title is underlined with a couple of 6" bling strips.  Unforgettable Memories has all different colours of these bling strips. Very pretty!

 The yellow and pinky/purple paper strips are plain glossy paper I've covered with alcohol inks. The stickers are from the Echo Park sticker sheet I used on my last layout.  It was still on my desk and some of the designs were grey and black which worked with my colour scheme.

I hope you'll pull out those paints and inks and make a mess.  ~ Heather



Echo Park and Bo Bunny boy layouts

 Who had a great time at the Blueberry scrapbook crop last weekend.  I sure did.  I managed to get five double page layouts and a couple of single page layouts completed.  That was my goal for the weekend so I was happy.  I also managed to eat way too much good food.  It is always delicious and this year was no exception. 

No distractions; just eat, sleep and scrapbook. 

 

Can't wait for the next one!

 

This first layout I completed is built on white cardstock.  I misted with green Mr. Hueys mist over a letter diecut. Then I randomly splattered some brown walnut ink and rubbed green ink around the edges of my page. 

 

The tan coloured cardstock was also plain until I stamped a text stamp all over it.  The great thing about scrapping with a big group is anything you forgot ~ like a text stamp ~ you can always borrow.  Scrapbookers are friendly people.

 

I used lots of stickers and chipboard on this layout.  I even used the negative from the chipboard sheet on the right hand side.  It made perfect little spaces for embellishments, names and dates.

 

The next time you are in Unforgettable Memories be sure to check out the latest Echo Park line. It's called For the Record 2 and it is perfect for boy pages. I used loads of papers, stickers and chipboard from the line, on these pages. Great colours and designs.

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A third boy layout from the weekend. I started with green cardstock and drew in brown lines to make it look a little rustic.  I didn't take a brown pen with me to the crop so I used the edge of my ink pad.  Love how it turned out.  Not as perfect and straight as it would be if I had used a pen.

I used my mask letters to create the title.  Green and brown ink were misted over the letters before they were removed.

 

 

The brown patterned paper is BoBunny 'apple cider' line.  I scrunched up a couple pieces of 7Gypsies tissue paper.  Used a couple of tags stamped with leaves and tied with brown jute. Layered some stickers and strips of paper along the left and right edges of my page.  There are lots of bits and pieces from my stash on this page. 

 

Now I need to scan the rest of my pages from the crop and get them down to the store. I can't wait to see what new product has come in over the last week.

Shopping at Unforgettable Memories.

I love browsing through Unforgettable Memories fondling all the fun stuff.  My kids groan when my car automatically turns into the parking lot as we drive down 100 Street. So convenient, as it's always on the way home.  I have to bribe them with Blizzards or McFlurries, to let me go in and they still complain because my "10 minutes tops" is always longer then their 10 minutes.

So last week, when I was in picking up photos ('just 5 minutes kids, promise'), I came out with a bag full of goodies.  I started playing as soon as I got home and this is the layout I ended up with.

The paper is Karen Foster from her graduation line. I scrapped on the yellow paint with a credit card. 

Seen it done, never tried it, now I have.

Will do it again.

I have my journaling on the 'favourite quote' piece from K&Co's Smash line. It pulls out with the 'ma' stuck to it. 

Some of my purchases from my shopping trip are the Studio Calico film strips.  They are called FabRips and are sticky backed fabric.  I also picked up the gorgeous matching butterflys and flowers by Prima.  Aren't they rustic looking?  Love them.  And I bought a package of the Petaloo flowers.  Love this size.  They will work on so many layouts and there are lots of them in the package.

I also bought the Prima jewels on my last shopping binge.  It was one big branch with a bird on it.  I cut the branch up and the bird I'm saving for another layout. And finally, I bought a package of the Prima white flowers.  I only used one on this layout and there are lots in a package so they'll be on future layouts.

The Family Cat

Have you seen the Basic Grey pet lines in the store.  I picked some papers and embellishments up last week and put together this layout.

The photos are of our cat, Turbo, playing in the Christmas wrapping paper after we were done opening presents, this year. He is such a fun cat.

I started with a couple sheets of white Bazzill and painted a big blue circle in the middle, because Turbo is always going in circles... fast. I splattered some yellow paint.  The yellow vellum is crinkled and torn to look like the yellow tissue paper Turbo is playing in.

The word paper is from the Basic Grey pet line as are the epoxy clips.

I used some scraps of Daisy D from a few Christmas's ago(red pp) and some BoBunny(cream pp).

Here are some close-ups...

Those felt birds are Maya Rd.  I bought a tin of them a couple years back and they are on many of my layouts.  I love it when they package unique little embellishments in big packs so I can use them again and again.

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The butterfly is Prima. My title is BoBunny (family) and Flair (le Chat metal tag). The Santa ticket is Jenni Bowlin.  Did you notice the Basic Grey clip?

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 I used 3 of the big blue Bazzill brads on this page.  And the yellow twine again (I used it on my last couple layouts)  It's a tangled mess because that's how Turbo does it :)

I just had some puppy photos developed so I will be picking up some of Basic Greys puppy dog line.
Can't wait to play.

Fun with glitter.

There are so many sparkly embellishments available. I love them. When I picked out the glittery Prima butterfly to go on this layout I decided I needed more glitter on my page. This is what I used...

1. Glue Pad.
2. A tin with the right circumference for the circle I wanted. (This one is a Maya Rd tin; I think it had felt birds in it.
3. Glitter. I used Making Memories glitter in a copper colour.

I laid out my page and then used the tin and a pencil to lightly mark where I wanted my circle.

I dipped the edge of my tin into the glue pad; just like you would a stamp.  After I moved the photos and mattes out of the way I stamped down with my tin on to the pencil mark I had made earlier. After lifting the tin off the paper I sprinkled a good thick layer of glitter over my circle.

This is how my pages looked after I shook off the excess glitter.

And here is the completed layout.

I think the circles really add to the finished page. And it was a really quick easy addition to create.

CHA Arrivals - Day 1

The goodies that Lynette ordered at CHA have started arriving. We will be showcasing a different section each day. Today we are covering paper.


Some people have been asking for some purple paper so we got in these too beautiful sheets. One is from BoBunny and has a glimmer/glitter look to it.


We got some of Karen Fosters new Christmas paper in. The snowmen and Santa's are really sweet but my favourite is the Christmas lights. I know some people say its too early to think of Christmas but how can you not be in the mood with this paper?


The new BoBunny Peacock line. This beautiful paper is double sided and has rich purples and teals. We also have coordinating stickers to go with it.



Baby paper. The paper on top is new from Karen Foster and has some great quotes on it. We also have some sweet Sock Monkey paper in.




School and Hunting Paper. Some of Karen Foster's new hunting and school paper. These great sheets have so many details that there is sure to be something for someone.