Card #16 - Thank You with circles

Card #16 - Thank You with Circles

A circle punch can be a very hand tool - especially when you are trying to make a fast card.  The small circles were cut out using a punch, the larger circle was cut using a nestability.  I ran the small circles through my baby x to adhere them and used foam squares to really make my scalloped circle pop.  Then, I just ran a little ink around the edge of the card to dress up the plain white cardstock. The paper is by Bo Bunny.

Happy weekend to you!

natalie

Card #4 - Cheerful Happy Birthday

Card #4 - Cheerful Happy Birthday using Nestabilities to cut out the shape for the sentiment.  The circles were cut from Bo Bunny paper using a circle punch and adhered after being run through the baby xyron.

Birthday Wishes Greeting

Today we are leaving for Up North again! Just one more lake trip before summer is gone.

I made this quick card using papers from Bo Bunny's Kitchen Spice collection. The blue doily patterned paper is by October Afternoon. The hot air balloon and the "birthday wishes" are stamps from Papertrey Ink.

I'll be back on Friday!

Enjoy the rest of your week!

Joys Discovered Birthday Greeting

Don't you hate when you work on something and it's so adorable and then you take a picture and it doesn't do it justice? I'm a bit partial, since this is my card - but still.

I went to the 3 French Hens Market in Morris this morning with a couple of friends. That kind of stuff is great for inspiration. We stopped in a few shops and saw some really neat things.

Enjoy your Saturday!

Scrapbooking Layout - Swim, Bike, Run

This is the layout I made to remember last year's Naperville Triathlon. It was Carson's first year participating in it. Now, if I could only get myself motivated to scrap this year's triathlon!

I used Bo Bunny's Block Party collection.

TGIF!

Happy weekend!

Scrapbooking Layout - The House That Built Me

Here is a layout that I made with Bo Bunny's Mama-razzi about the house where I grew up. I used the title from Miranda Lambert's song, "The House That Built Me". I thought that this color scheme was perfect for my layout.

I am feverishly working on the wedding invitations!

Hope you have something fun planned for today!

Friends Are The Sunshine (and sometimes offer you a discount, too!)

Here is today's post. I promised a surprise that had something to do with my new favorite product - baker's twine. But not any baker's twine. This happens to be from The Twinery - and if you go there and use the discount code CRICKY25 at checkout, you can get 25% off your ENTIRE ORDER! So go to www.thetwinery.com and pick up some of this great twine. It's perfect for any gift or craft project! Special thanks to The Twinery for offering this discount to my readers! Hurry - the code expires August 4th!

I used the maraschino baker's twine in today's card which also features paper from Bo Bunny's Sun Kissed collection.

I know exactly who I am going to send this to!

Happy Tuesday!

Many Thanks

Today was a busy day! But, I am thankful for it. So, I made a "Many Thanks" card. I used a variety of papers from companies including JilliBean Soup, Cosmo Cricket and Bo Bunny. My new favorite product is the colored twine that I used to thread through the button.

Come back tomorrow and I'll have a surprise for you regarding this new favorite of mine!

Happy Monday evening. Time for a margarita out on the deck!

Hello and Happy Birthday

Just two quick cards today. The "Hello" card I made with papers from the Kitchen Spice collection by Bo Bunny. You can see all the papers in that collection here.

And in the masculine "Happy Birthday" card, I used paper from the Mama-razzi collection, also by Bo Bunny. You can see all the papers in that collection here.

Enjoy your Sunday!

SB Layout - Antiques and Garden Show

I posted a couple of months back about going to the Chicago Botanical show. Well, I finally got around to doing a layout of some of the great things I saw.

The paper and the chipboard stickers are from Bo Bunny's Sophie line. The lettering are American Crafts Thickers. They were originally covered with white fabric and I colored them with a sharpie so they would match the layout.

Housewarming Bucket

A good friend of mine moved into a new house a couple of weeks ago. I had dinner with her last night, and I took her this little bucket of goodies. It was so easy to make! I picked up the clear bucket at Michael's. Then I used some rub-ons from Bo Bunny's Kitchen Spice collection to decorate the bucket. That's a great use for rub-ons - decorating something clear. Then I made some quick confetti by cutting some strips of the Kitchen Spice paper and folding them and curling them.

I made my "home" tag by cutting a square for the house part and using a scalloped paper punch to create the "shingles" for the roof. The paper from the tag came from Bo Bunny's Delilah collection.

The last thing to add were the brownies!

Happy Friday! The weekend's here!

Sending You Happy Thoughts

Here is a quick greeting I made with paper from Bo Bunny's Sophie collection. I just love the vibrant colors. I embellished the design with magenta stickles.

Not complicated! Just easy peasy!

Have a great Thursday!

Grocery Bag Album

Finally, I have some projects to show. I have been creating and scrapping like crazy with all the pictures that I took from vacation and some other fun stuff that I had done months ago, but just hadn't gotten done.

Have you ever wanted to make an album or a book, but didn't have one handy? I created this album by cutting and folding a brown grocery bag to fit my needs. There are lots of ways to make an album, but I liked this way because I could use something that I already had in my pantry.

This album was to capture the memories from our trip Up North in early July.

I kept the handles in - they are actually nice to have and they keep the original functionality.

Most of the paper I used comes from Bo Bunny's Flower Child and Roughin' It collections.

There are not too many pages, but just enough to be able to fit the number of pictures I had. That's another great thing about creating your own album - you can customize it to fit your needs.

Inside front cover:

Next page where I journaled about when, what and who:

Page dedicated to the nature shots I took right outside the cabin door:

And, that unfolded into a whole new spread:

The next page was about what I read while on the trip:

And I "stickled up" the design of the paper:

And the last page was dedicated to Carson's water skiing abilities. He loves to ski; doesn't matter if it's cold, rainy, wavy - you name it, he gets in the water!

Hope you are having a great Wednesday! I'll be back tomorrow with some more Bo Bunny stuff!

p.s. - if you are interested in how I made my album, let me know. I might be able to throw together some instructions!