Bo Bunny "Family Is" Layout

This month I got to work with "Family is" from Bo Bunny for The Scrapbooking Studio.  It is such a fun, eclectic line!  I love the colors of it and all the sassy sayings it brings in.  This first layout that I am going to share is out of my normal style, but I had a lot of fun playing around with techniques and fussy cutting on it!

The paper I used consisted entirely of speech bubbles.  I wanted to find a fun way to use it but also incorporate a place for a title and some white space.  So I trimmed out a few areas with my paper trimmer and backed it with red cardstock.  I rounded a bunch of corners to add some visual interest.  I fussy cut some of the blank speech bubbles out and then added a picture of each family member to it.  I then doodled a black outline to draw more attention to them as well as adding buttons and wood pieces for dimension. Ended up being a kinda fun and funky look!

Supplies Used: Bo Bunny paper

Maya Road Arrows

Studio Calico wood diamonds & circles

American Crafts Thickers

Mitered Edges Tutorial

I love mitered edges!  And after being asked several times how I do them I thought it was time to make a little tutorial up.  For my layout today I used the border strips that come at the bottom of patterned papers from several different companies.  Mine today are from American Crafts, Pebbles, and Studio Calico.

You can make this work with any width of strips...I've done it with much larger ones than you see here.  First off you need to line up your strips to form a right angle.  They should be overlapping each other.

Then use your scissors to trim from the inside of the angle to the outer corner.

And that is basically it!  Now you just line them up together and adhere them down.  I do this for all four pieces before I attach them just to make sure everything is lining up!

If you are interested in checking out a couple other layout I have done this on, you can find one feautring Bella Blvd here and one featuring Echo Park here.

Supplies Used:

Stickers from SRM Stickers & Pebbles

Paper from American Crafts, Studio Calico, & Pebbles

Flowers from Maya Road

Pebbles Seen & Noted Mini Album

Have I said how great 2012 was for me and my scrapping?  Got published multiple times, got to design for two wonderful manufacturers, got to design for an amazing local scrapbook store, made tons of new friends...but hands down one of the biggest highlights was getting to spend two days at Summer CHA!  I decided it was such a special time I needed to create my own mini about it.  That mini will be used for a sample piece at The Scrapbooking Studio.





I used the Pebbles line Seen and Noted, some SRM Stickers, and some Maya Road Kraft embellishments.  The Library Pockets hold my journaling and are also pages in the album.

I won't be attending the Winter CHA...but someday I hope to get back there again!

Sneak Peek

I had some leftovers from my work for The Scrapbooking Studio for this month and threw together another card with those.  Since triangles are so popular right now, I decided to play with triangles!

 

 I worked with the Everyday Eclectic line from Echo Park and absolutely loved it.  I can't wait to share the layouts I came up with from that!  I also used some wood buttons from Maya Road.  I also picked these up at The Scrapbooking Studio and have used up the whole pack...I will be getting more!  The sentiment and the scallop border are both from SRM Stickers and the ribbon beneath the sentiment is from Martha Stewart.

Be Merry!

I'm working on several Christmas projects and wanted to play with some of my Christmas SRM Stickers.  I was using POW Paper from American Crafts for another project and decided to use a piece of it for a card as well.  Since the diagonal look seems to be trending I decided to give that another go.

 

I also used some Snowflake transparencies from Maya Road.  They aren't the easiest to photograph but they sure are pretty!  Are you starting to work on Christmas projects too?  I know it's early but I love it!

Supplies Used:

Stickers by SRM Stickers

Paper by American Crafts

Snowflakes by Maya Road

Gems by Queen & Co.