Then come join me in a Tropical Paradise.  The layouts for this weekend feature Bo Bunny's Paradise collection.  This paper collection is heavy on orange, yellow and blues and I love it.  It definitely reminds me of my few and longed for visits to the Carribbean.  I've been down there on 3 separate occassions and the blues of the sky and water and the sunsets are unbelievable.

However, you don't need to book that trip to the Carribbean to use this collection.  There are plenty of beaches around and if you're landlocked...well, there's always pool pictures.  All of them go great with this collection.  I've chosen pool pictures for my first layout and a beach sunset for my second one.

To start, we have my husband and daughter kicking around in the pool.  It was her first "real pool" and she had a great time.  Although, I'm not sure if she had more fun playing in the water or chewing on her ducky.  I drew and pieced together the sun and then decorated it with Liquid Pearl (Lemon Yellow).

To decorate the bottom half with the patterned paper, I traced the scalloped die cut onto a transparency sheet.  I cut the scalloped border on the transparency and then traced it onto my striped paper.  Cut it out and adhere right inside the scalloped border to keep that window effect of the die cut sheet.  I also grabbed the cream colored crab from one of papers and baked him in sun a la my Copic markers.  I think he came out pretty good.  The title tag is made from 3 different Spellbinder Nestabilities, with the inner circle inked with Distress Inks (Scattered Straw, Spiced Marmalade and Walnut Stain).


For the second layout, we head to the sunny or sunset-y beaches of San Diego.  My parent's were there visiting family and there's nothing like a California sunset, would you say?   I loved all the palm trees that accompanied this particular sheet of the Paradise collection and didn't want to lose them with all the pictures and punched strips on top.  So I pulled out my Swivel Exacto knife and cut just enough of the background palm trees to pull them forward to the front by slipping the circle and photo mat behind them. Pop up the palm trees for dimension.  The top two borders along the bottom are the Daisy Fan and Doily Lace Trim punches by Martha Stewart.  The bottom two scalloped border were hand traced with some scalloped packaging I salvaged from Scrapbooking supplies I received.


For the blue circle, I attempted to create a salty ocean effect by holding the circle at an angle and spraying Smooch Spritz on top.  I let the spritz run down the circle and then dried quickly with a Heat Gun.  I think it came out okay.  The edges of the circle and photo mat are dotted with Liquid Pearls (Lemon Yellow).


So, if you just aren't quite ready for that work week to start...why not scrap your summer fun.  We'd love to see what you scrap for summer.  Leave us a link in the comments section to your Summer layout so we can take a look!

It's Valentine's week and in celebration here is my last project using the Bo Bunny Love Bandit Deluxe kit. Now you would imagine from the photographs that clearly I live in a sunny, warm place since my girls are in shorts for a Valentine themed layout, but you would be mistaken. Having been pounded for the last week and a half with two record breaking snowstorms, I just simply could not scrap another wintery picture. Give me sun, give me warmth!!!

I picked up the Bo Bunny die cut sheet for the background of my layout. I love it's unusual scalloped pattern. I created the heart on the background using the "Quilted Background" technique, for which you can find a step by step tutorial here, on my blog.

For the ruffled edge of the heart, I did the following: I cut 3/4" strips and used my scalloped deco scissors along one side. I then pleated the strips at various intervals. It took about 4-5 twelve inch strips to complete the heart. After gluing the pleated strips around the edge, I added the faux stitching on top.

The title work, "You Melt my heart" was a free download from the Bo Bunny blog. I copied it onto transparency and cut out the words to put around my layout.

Here's a close up of the "Quilted Background" and ruffled edges. I created a two-tone "Faux Pearl Swirl" to coordinate with my layout colors and accented with some paper roses created from Love Bandit paper scraps. The "Faux Pearl Swirl" technique is on my blog, here.

How are you celebrating Valentine's this week?

Are you finished making your Valentine's yet? Here's some ideas using the Bo Bunny Love Bandit Deluxe kit. The cards you've seen before from the challenge a couple weeks ago. But now, I've created coordinating gift bags/boxes so I added them back in the photos for fun.

The gift bag below is a part of the deluxe kit. I used the Martha Stewart Deep Edge Daisy Fan punch to create the border. The tag is from the Love Bandit Tag page.

For my girls I made these adorable candy gift boxes using a template from My Time Made Easy™. For the first one, I used the Bo Bunny Double Dot sheet to create the gift box. The cardstock is so sturdy and is great for packaging uses.

I added some of the cute critters found throughout the Love Bandit line to decorate the sides. I picked up the heart border punched theme from the card and added it here to the box. The punch is the Deep Lattice Heart punch by Martha Stewart.

I added more punched hearts and a flower to the top for a cute finish.

Note: When attaching a flower to any packaging that opens at the top, remember to only glue one part of the flower to one tab. This allows for easy opening of the gift box.

I used one of the Love Bandit sheets for this gift box.

I picked up the pink background and fowl theme in the card to use on the gift box.

And another pretty layered flower for the butterfly closure at the top. Again, I only glued one portion of the flower down so that the box will be able to open.

Coming later this week....my last project with the Love Bandit line. Keep an eye out for it.

I'm so excited about the Caardvarks challenge this month. Not just because I got to dive into my Bo Bunny Love Bandit Deluxe kit below, but I now have all my cards done for my 3 sweethearts (my husband and two girls).

For my husbands card, I whipped out those deco scissors and made a patchwork with several of the papers (and yes, there is a bit of red in there). I made faux stitches all around, because honestly I'd never be able to get to my sewing machine. Some of the green trim, pleated into a circle, made a great center for my flower at the bottom.

The Bo Bunny tag sheet was perfect to pull from for my two kiddos. On this card, I grabbed my Deep Edge Lattice Heart punch and Doily Lace Edge punch from Martha Stewart to make the bottom part.

Finally for my littlest munchkin, another tag from the tag sheet, some faux stitching around the patterned papers and some handmade punched flowers from the paper in the kit. I topped it off with some more of the green trim and centered my flower with one of the fancy glazed brads.

Hello! My Name is Patti Weigel and I am so excited to be the newest member of Lil Lamb's Boutique design team! I'd had this picture of my daughter in my "need to scrap" drawer but could never find just the right paper. Then I received the Bo Bunny ~Persuasion~ Deluxe Scrapbook Kit and I knew I'd found it.

I just love the die cut paper and the cut out journaling cards in this kit. I used my Cricut Gypsy to weld the title "5 Things" and cut out some hearts from the Gypsy Wanderings cartridge. Embellished with some ribbon, Prima flowers and matching brads completed this layout! So simple when all the coordinating papers come in a kit!

After I finished, I wanted to see how many layouts I could get out of this kit. I completed three layouts! Number two came together so cute and has a completely different feel. At first I thought that these papers were too feminine to use for a boys layout, but soon found how wrong I was.

I just love this paper by Bo Bunny...St. Nick...I am still creating with the KIT that Tammy sent me!

I took some scraps and die cut the tags with Spellbinder Nestabilities, colored my image with Copics (can you see the glitter??? It's so hard to capture in photographs... That was drawn with a Copic Atyou Spica. My heart is all a-flutter when I use those. The glitter is micro fine! Here's a tip...all Copic's you can store vertical since they are air tight EXCEPT for the Spica! These need to be stored horizontal so the tips will not clog with the glitter!)


I used ribbon scraps from the kit, along with the Prima Flowers to decorate the top of my gift bag. I cut the green flower apart and used it as "leaves".

The bag is just a glassine bag that I embossed with an embossing folder :0)

Christmas is less than 100 days away! :0)

So Christmas is only 105 days away. I think I can get a few Christmas cards done this year....if I start NOW. :0)

Vintage Santa's are just my favorite images for Christmas, so when I got this Deluxe Kit from Lil Lambs Boutique, (from Bo Bunny, appropriatly called St. Nick )I had my inspiration!
I know most people love to make scrapbook layouts with kits...but I love cards, so I typically do my cards first...layouts later. But, you could easily make your layout first, then use the scraps to make a few Christmas cards!

I especially love the Prima bling! I cut it apart so I could use it for several projects (yes, you are allowed to cut things....)It's called Prima Holiday Lights Spray...and comes in the kit along with some beautiful lace...


Thanks for taking a peek :0)

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It must be Bo Bunny week here at Lil' Lambs Boutique. We have been rockin' the new lines out left and right. I think Bo Bunny really outdid themself for the last half of the year. Here are 2 more fantastic lines with excellent color combinations.

First up, we have the Delilah line. Tammy made a gorgeous kit of the month using this line and amazingly it sold out before I even had a chance to get my layout example done. But don't worry, there are still paper kits left for this line. Isn't the huge flower die cut paper gorgeous!

They also came up with an opposing similar line in their Gypsy paper kit. As you can see here, it worked great for my companion page and you can float each set either feminine or masculine, depending on your scrapping needs. They really are quite versatile.

The papers are all double sided, which I love, because I get twice as many choices. So get to it and let's see what gorgeous creations you make with your new Bo Bunny products.