Mixed Media & Marvelous Jewels!

Hello, fans of BoBunny! It's me, Maria Potapovich (mellpellmell), here for you today.

And today I'm going to show you how I made a green-eyed beautiful woman!

Of course, so you can make any portrait, but then first you have to draw the outline of the face, and then be a little more neat than I was.

So, first we need a sheet of white paper (or colored, but monotonous!), PVA glue, thread (of any color, but the contrast with the color of the paper).

Soaking thread in the glue, we can easily lay it out on paper, repeating the line of our sketch (I did not do a sketch - I did not need accuracy, because it is not a portrait, but just an ordinary woman's face image)

Looking a little closer, you'll see how the threads formed, and it is also seen that sometimes glue dripped onto the paper - it's not scary! Then you can remove the drops, and small droplets after drying hardly be seen!

In fact, at this point you can stop if you're a fan of minimalism...

But if you like a bit more brightness and color, then proceed to decorate with me!

At first we should add the lady's eyes and earrings.

 I think these earrings are well suited to the color of her eyes. Is not it?

Now I will add a little blush, lipstick and a flower in her hair.

String of beads - it is always elegant! Let's add it!

For lovers of mild extravagance I can offer to add color her hair with a suitable spray!

Now you only have to insert the portrait into the frame and gave it to the prototype!

P. S. A little secret: making someone's portrait, you can not draw a sketch, but print it using the printer with thin lines!

BoBunny Supply List:

Blossoms: Wildberry Zinnia
Jewels:  Double Dot Emerald
Glimmer Spray: Mint, Tutu 
Pearlescents: Island Mist 

Gorgeous Glitter Paste Banner!

Greetings to all fans of the new brilliant Glitter Pastes by BB!

I do not know about you, but I love the copper Glitter Paste!

You could easily understand it, if you see all my past work - it is in almost every one!

As you know, I've used a minimum of materials as always - base, spray, paste and masks - and that's it!

 And the result is the same as always - saturated color, volume ... and yes, this banner to hang on the light colored wall!

Color of the letters is the color of the background of the Autumn song's mini-album.

I did not get to photograph the way like spray's and paste's shine looks good . In reality, the banner looks rich and a bit mysterious - you'll just have to take my word!

BoBunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Feather/Star-Crossed 
Stickable Stencils: Brocade, Alphabet
Mini Album: Autumn song
Glimmer Spray: Bronze

Glitter Paste: Copper 

Wonderful Water Stamp Card!

Despite the fact that I have a positive temperature outside, I'm still preparing for the most important winter holidays - Christmas and New Year!

Most importantly, it's time to make, to inscribe and to mail the cards for grandma, favorite aunts, brothers and sisters, who live in other cities and countries.

Of course, I can not as well forget my friends!

In general, a huge number of cards!

Today I'll show you a simple but my favorite technique of "water stamp."

I have prepared a small tutorial where you can see how easy and gentle looks outcome.

Here are some photos of the result:

I've used the Leaky Shed Studio laser-cut chipboard as an additional border - it is very beautiful in color, so I did not paint it, but merely added a little sparkle by using the Glitter Paste.

As you can see, the water - a great tool for prints! ;)

BoBunny Supplies:

Patterned paper: Cold Snap/Altitude

Combo Sticker: Altitude

Doilies: 4in Small 

Blossoms: Denim Blue Zinnia

Glimmer Spray: Frost

Glitter Paste: Silver 

Kraft Canvas Pleated Lace

Buttons: Altitude

Stamp:  Stitches

and

Leaky Shed Studio laser-cut chipboard

Hope you like this simple technique and will start playing with it. Have fun!
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Misc Me Mix & Match!

Hi! It's Maria Potapovich here for you today.

Well, now finally I could not resist too! Yes! I also began to do "diary about the days that have passed". In fact, this is important - remember little details that made your day, week, month ....

Today I'll show you a few pages from my BoBunny Misc Me binder in which simple memories of autumn days will live.

Here are two pages from the first spread.

 As you probably noticed, I used the letter, which was written headline "BoBunny" to make the sign of my country - BY - Belarus.

And there are two pages from the second spread.

To add interest to the background, I've made a few barely visible prints with the stamp "Happy Day".

On these two spreads will remain few photos that were taken in two different Sundays - the September and November. Great relaxation and walks in parks made these two days pleasant  for memories... Why should not I save them?

BoBunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Souvenir/Souvenir, Tiles/Madeleine, Creepy/Fright Delight, Stripe/Elf Magic,Wonderland, Naughty Or Nice/Candy Cane Lane, Periodical/Enchanted Garden 
Stamps: New Inline Alpha, New Captured, New Romance 
Misc Me Binder: Black 8x9 
Misc Me Page Protector: 8x9 Page Protector Variety Pack
Ink Pad: Emerald, Licorice, Wildberry

Creating Cards with BoBunny Stamps

Did you enjoy the reveal of all of the new amazing BoBunny products coming your way very soon? What is your favorite? If you missed out on seeing them, make sure you check out all of the blog posts from last week.

This week, our design team is sharing fun ways to use our BoBunny Stamps.  Today, we are sharing how to use them on cards for every occasion you can imagine.

Parfum Astris by Romy Veul

For this card I used the gorgeous It is Written stamps on my background paper. I stamped with embossing ink and sprinkled white embossing powder on the stamped image, which I embossed with a heat tool. This will give your card just a little extra.

I used the gorgeous Enchanted Garden Layered Chipboard and some Noteworthy die-cuts to embellish my card. With all the pre-made embellishments that come with each collection it becomes really easy to add details to your project.

Bo Bunny Supply List:

6 x 6 Paper Pad: Enchanted Garden

Patterned Paper: Periodical, Fairies/ Enchanted Garden

Chipboard: Enchanted Garden Layered Chipboard

Noteworthy: Enchanted Garden

Stamps: It Is Written Stamps

Hello by Romy Veul

I don't make masculine cards very often, but the gorgeous Somewhere In Time collection is just perfect for making them and made it really easy to come up with a card for my friend very quickly.

I used lots of layers of embellishments on this card and used the gorgeous doilies from the Stitches Stamps to add eeven more circular shapes to my card.

On this card I also heat embossed the stamped images, but this time I used brown instead of white embossing powder to create a more bold look. The beautiful doilies stamps suit the vintage theme perfectly, so they complement the Somewhere In Time collection really beautifully.

The 'Hello' text was stamped with the To The Point stamps. 

Bo Bunny Supplies:

6 x 6 Paper Pad: Somewhere In Time

Chipboard: Somewhere In Time Layered Chipboard

Noteworthy: Somewhere In Time

Stamps: Stitches Stamps, To The Point Stamps

You're Invited card by Maria Potapovich (mellpellmell)

You know, I decided to use a simple materials for this card I've made for the card stamped project...
Why not? This card is an invitation for a "horror party".  I've used only kraft paper, stamps and a little bit of inks.

When the gates are opened, card looks like this.

Bo Bunny Supply List:

Stamps: Stitches Stamps, Gateway Stamps, Fright Delight Stamps

Meeeow... Card by Maria Potapovich (mellpellmell)

This time I also tried to minimize the materials used in this card. However, here I have added some more gesso and patterned paper to the kraft background. Creases on the paper added a little volume.

Bo Bunny Supply List:

Patterned Paper: Cat Nap/Happy Tails, Woodland Winter

Kraft: Gift Bag Chevron

Stamps: Stitches Stamps, Gateway Stamps

Sunshine card by Keri Babbitt

I love stamping on cards, because the small size is a great backdrop for any of the BoBunny stamp sets.  Here, I used the Stitches stamp set to create a fun sunburst background for my card.  I used shimmer spray for stamping the long stitches, and permanent ink to layer stars over the top.  The medallion in the middle has been fussy-cut after stamping a doily shape onto patterned paper. 

The sunburst pattern is easy to create, by rotating the stamp block around the center point 8 times.  You could use the same stitch stamp each time, or alternate patterns like I did here.  I love the added summer-shimmer effect I achieved by lightly brushing the spray ink onto the stamp with a foam brush before each stamp.

BoBunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Best Day Ever, Cream Pop/Lemonade Stand

Cardstock: Sugar Dot

Stickers: Lemonade Stand Combo Sticker

Brads: Lemonade Stand

Stamps: Stitches

 Hello Summer by Keri Babbitt 

The stamping idea for this card was inspired by the lovely Megan Hoeppner, who created sno-cones out of geotag clips.  Here, I created ice cream cones by combining two stamps from the To The Point stamp set - a geotag and a striped triangle.

I used both opaque and glitter embossing powder here, to give some variety and shine to my creamy treats.  The dimensional adhesive helps their shape to pop.  For the "hello" sentiment I used a tone-on-tone technique.  I stamped the washi tape stamp with brown, and then the hello stamp in the same brown, but darkened and glossed-up with embossing powder.

BoBunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Best Day Ever, Staycation/Lemonade Stand

Cardstock: Chiffon Stripe, Sugar Dot

Stamps: To The Point

Somewhere In Time Scrapbook Pages

We are truly amazed at the versatility of the Somewhere In Time collection. Today, some of our BoBunny Designers show even more themes that can be scrapbooked with this collection including heritage military photos, children being children and vacation photos to Paris!


A Moment in Time by Megan Gourlay

Somewhere in Time is one of those versatile collections that can be transformed into anything from soft feminine projects, to timeless masculine ones and that's what I wanted to share with you today.

This photo is my father-in-law taken during his military service training in the NZ Army Medical Corp - it was compulsory in NZ to join the services and complete military training from 1949 until 1972; such a controversial decision by parliament that it divided the country and the Labour Party at the time.

I've taken my background paper and grunged it up with distressing, misting, texture paste and ripping into it to give the feel of an old tattered piece of paper. Some of the cogs I have used from the Noteworthy pack I have cut in half to save for another project and some have been cut from the paper. The wooden cogs I have inked and 'aged' with bronze pastels.

BoBunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Imagination, Chrononaut, Keepsake, Timeless /Somewhere In Time
Jewels: Modern Miss
Kraft: Wooden Cogs
Washi Tape: Kraft, Black & White
Trinkets: The Avenues
Noteworthy: Somewhere in Time
Stamps: To the point



You Don't Understand by Maria Potapovich (mellpellmell)

You know that the older we get, the less we understand in this life! The smartest - kids ... well, they're being quite sure about.

In this LO I used a lot of paint, gesso, ink pens (as usual). Nice that this paper allows me not to be afraid to use different media on it! Stamps made ​​it possible to soften the bold background pattern.

BoBunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Imagination, Keepsake/Somewhere In Time

Kraft: Gift Bag Chevron

Washi Tape: New Kraft Wood Patterned

Combo Sticker: Somewhere in Time

Stamps: To the point, New Stitches 



Parijs by Romy Veul

This spring I went to Paris with my boyfriend and we took some photos of each other in front of the Eiffel Tower. As soon as I saw the gorgeous Somewhere in Time collection I knew I wanted to print the photos in sepia and scrap them with these beautiful papers. These papers are definitely timelessly beautiful and perfect for any occassion!

I used a mixture of yellow, black and beige papers on this lay-out and choose mainly blue details to add a bit of contrast On the background I did lots of stamping with the brick stamps from the Large Stamps series.

I created two clusters of embellishments on my lay-out, which consist of Noteworthy die-cuts and some layered chipboard stickers. They are definitely my favourite embellishments. I think they add some beautiful dimension to every creation. To add even more dimension to your creations you can even layer several chipboard stickers on top of each other, like I did with the flowers and clock on this lay-out.

Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Somewhere in Time, Anquity, Balloons, Beauty, Chrononaut/ Somewhere in Time
Chipboard: Somewhere in Time Layered Chipboard Stickers
Noteworthy: Somewhere in Time
Doilies: 6.5in. Medium Doilies
Kraf Wood Shapes: Elegant
Large Stamps: Wall To Wall Textures Stamps, Stained Textures Stamps