November Reveal at MCS

Hello friends! It's time for another reveal over at My Creative Scrapbook. Today I'm sharing with you my projects created with November's Main kit which features the Welcome Home collection by Bo Bunny with some My Mind's Eye papers thrown in for good measure.

My first layout is titled 'You Are My Home'. It includes a photo taken recently of my husband and kids while apple picking. I did lots of masking here with lots of lace included in the kit.

My next page's 'Happiness is Homemade'. I did more masking here and I punched a few butterflies and trims using my Martha Stewart punches.

I love Liquid Pearls and I used it here in baby blue to enhance the butterflies.

The following LO was created with the MME papers included in the kit which I love! The prints here are so beautiful so I mixed them all together.

Lastly, here's another Bo Bunny page featuring the Dusty Attic frame included in the kit which I painted with brown and blue acrylic and rubbed some Stickles on it.

Here's a picture of the beautiful Main kit.

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit today. If you want more inspiration, swing by MCS DT gallery to see the other gorgeous creations made by our talented girls.

Preschool Mini Album

It's hard to believe summer is almost gone! Spending the entire day with my kids has been great, we've had so much fun! I'm kind of dreading the arrival of the fall because it means that I will go back to work and the daily hour-long commute that comes with it! Most importantly, Emily will be starting first grade!!! It seems hard to believe but kids do grow by the minute!

With that said, I thought it was about time I finally scrapped Emily's preschool photos so I created a mini album. Because most photos of Emily's preschool years I have include lots of other children, I photographed the mini before including those photos.

 

I used the Learning Curve collection by Bo Bunny along with a few bits from Cosmo Cricket, Maya Road and 7Gypsies. The cover of the album is a small three ring binder by Close To My Heart I had in my stash for ages. I thought I'd keep things simple so I can actually get it done before Septembe, not too many frills here!

Thoughout the book, I included a few pockets and envelopes with cute library cards inside for journaling or photos.

The yellow double mat above opens to reveal space for two more photos.

The striped Bo Bunny trim frays like crazy so I burned its edges with a lighter.

The cute pockets are by 7Gypsies. They are such and easy way to include some interactive fun to your minis!

I removed part of the adhesive of my chipboard pieces with baby powder. This will allow me to slip a photo on the mat later. Good tip to remember whenever you're making a mini without photos.

I plan to photograph Emily's diploma and graduation ceremony program and print them onto cardstock so I can store them in this cute Maya Road craft envelope.

Ever go home with a few too many pencils from Ikea? I sure do, here's what I did with them! The trifold next to the pencils opens up to provide space for four photos where I'll have Emily's pictures with her teachers.

I have three journaling cards here which I adhered with an eyelet to be able to swivel them and have more space to journal and place photos. The little report cards are by Kaissercraft and I thought they would be perfect for writing the names of Emily's best friends.

The adorable light bulb charm (along with the two others in the front cover) came from an Industrial Chic set from Michael's.

That's all for today! I hope I have inspired you to scrap some back to school memories. Happy scrapping!



Celebrate Freedom

Thanks so much for all your sweet congratulatory words yesterday about me joining the Glitz Designs DT. I'm really excited!

I hope you all had a great 4th of July holiday. We sure did! We were able to catch our town's fireworks display right before getting away to visit the Crayola Factory, Hershey Park and Chocolate World. It was a blast!!! Now that I'm back I couldn't resist playing with Bo Bunny's layout challenge which asked us to create a layout inspired by an ad. This is what I came up with...

In the spirit of the holiday, I drew inspiration from this ad...

 Love it's grungy appeal which goes perfectly with my style of scrapbooking. All the distressed blues and reds with a touch of white immediately reminded me of Bo Bunny's Liberty collection and I knew I had to scrap this awesome photo of Emily last year right before the fireworks display.

Here are a couple of close-ups:

Does the design look familiar? It probably does as so many people are playing along Nadia's fun sketch challenges twice a month over at Once Upon A Sketch. I was honored to be featured last week and couldn't resist using another of her sketches, they're so easy to put together and beautiful! Here is the design she provided:

Thanks Nadia for another amazing sketch to play with! And thank you for taking the time to stop by today. Have fun crafting!!!

Wish

Hello there! I'm back to share with you another layout I created using the gorgeous Gabrielle collection by Bo Bunny. The sweet photo is of my daughter making a wish while throwing a coin into a fountain in Cinderella's Garden in Disney World, Florida last year.

This week's layout challenge in the Bo Bunny blog was to create a layout inspired by a piece of clothing or fabric. I was inspired by the halter top Emily is wearing in the photo. I tried to recreate ruffled edges all around my page to mimic the ruffles on the front of her top. I also thought its color coordinated very well with the teals and browns in this beautiful range.

I was also inspired by another wonderful sketch designed by the talented Nadia Cannizzo from Once Upon a Sketch blog. Please check her out, she's not only super creative and gifted, but also absolutely sweet and friendly!

Because I love this paper so much, I decided not to add as many layers as I normally do, instead, I made a slit on the paper and tucked a punched trim in between. I'm very pleased with how this turned out. Here's a closer look...

The gate behind the photo is a Dusty Attic chip piece I bought from Vicky Alberto's etsy store, another super sweet and talented crafter. To get the old patina look, I first sprayed it with Tattered Leather Glimmer Mist, then lightly brushed a thin layer of turquoise blue acrylic paint and followed with another layer of Glimmer Mist. I call this, 'easy peasy patina squeeze'! I know, so corny! LOL!

I hope you have enjoyed my post today. If you like to play along with this beautiful sketch, head over to  Once Upon A Sketch, the deadline is June 15th.

Hugs,

Jolaine

Precious Time Together

Happy Sunday friends! It feels like forever ago since I last blogged but I have a good excuse, pneumonia! Ugh! It was so bad I couldn't even hold my head up! Not good at all but I'm feeling better now. I just couldn't wait to go back to scrapping and use some of my new scrappy supplies.

Here's a layout I created using the new Bo Bunny collection, Timepiece.

The photo was taken a couple of weeks ago when Emily's Girl Scouts troop held their annual Father-Daughter Spring Dance. They were so cute walking hand in hand and wearing their formal outfits. And did you notice Emily's toothless smile? I can't believe she lost two teeth already! For my design, I used Bo Bunny's layout challenge sketch by Juliana Michaels.

I had lots of fun designing with this collection, the theme make it perfect for heritage and family photos. I used a black and white photo and a color print of the same shot to highlight a timeless memory. Here are a couple of close-ups.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoy the rest of this beautiful day!