National Homemade Cookie Day ~ FotoBella DT

     Grab a glass of milk because today is National Homemade Cookie Day! I love cookies so much my mom used to call me a cookie monster when I was young. Lol! But now I only like homemade ones, so I decided to scrap a photo of some lemon sugar cookies that I made, using the Stamperia Lemons Stencil and the Bo Bunny Serendipity Paper Bundle from FotoBella.com.

     The title was cut with my Cricut Expression, and given a coat of Yellow Stickles to match the sugar on the cookies. Then I used Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink with my Blending Tool around the edges of the background leaf paper, before machine stitching it.

     The leaf border on the green paper was stamped with the Prima Marketing Garden Fable Stamp using permanent green ink.

     Then I applied Prima Marketing White Gesso to the Finnabair Doily Stencil, smooshed with some Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink, to place my cookies on.

     I also applied Prima Marketing White Gesso to the Stamperia Lemons Stencil, let it dry, and reapplied the stencil again to color with Dyan Reaveley's Dylusions Paints (Lemon Zest, Pure Sunshine, Fresh Lime, Cut Grass, Dirty Martini, Black Marble, and Melted Chocolate).

     Finally, I tore a page from an old dictionary with some lemon words on it, and inked the edges again with Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink. Then I gave it a light coat of white gesso, adding the flower from my stash.

     Thanks for looking, and happy National Homemade Cookie Day!

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Challenges Entered:

Crafty Creations Challenges ~ #375 Anything Goes

Country View Challenges ~ Plant-tastic

Serendipity Art Journal ~ FotoBella DT

     Happy International Scrapbooking Day! The FotoBella Design Team is celebrating today with some fabulous projects found here, with supplies from FotoBella.com. I made another page in my art journal using Bo Bunny's Serendipity Collection, and some mixed media, including Distress Spray Stains.

     I started by layering some papers from the Ephemera, along with a torn dictionary page, to the center. Then I applied Prima Marketing's Heavy White Gesso to the background using Dylusions Diamond in the Rough Stencil with Bo Bunny's Palette Knife. Once dry, I spritzed it with some Distress Spray Stains (Twisted Citron, Lucky Clover, and Fossilized Amber). After that dried, I stamped some text with Prima Marketing's Garden Fable Stamp.

     Then I used my fingers to apply White Linen Dylusions Paint around the bible quote from the Ephemera to create a cloud.

     I took out my Serendipity Noteworthy and Chipboard Packs to add the birds, butterflies, nest, and banner.

   
     The rest of the stamping was embossed with Emerald Creek Onyx Frost EP. Above the banner I used Bo Bunny's Stitches Stamp and Prima Marketing's Garden Fable Stamp for the sprig of leaves.

     It's faint, but under the nest of eggs, I used the doily from Prima Marketing's Vintage Emporium Doily Stencil with Emerald Creek Soft Fallen Snow EP.
   

     I also used the Vintage Emporium Doily Stencil to make the cross with Emerald Creek Onyx Frost EP.

Thanks for stopping by, and shop FotoBella.com for these supplies and more!

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Challenges Entered:

Emerald Creek Dares ~ Easter Delights

Art Journal Journey ~ Spring

The Artistic Stamper ~ March Stencils and Masks

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Bo Bunny Serendipity 2 Pager ~ FotoBella DT

     Happy Thursday! Today I have a 2 pager to share with you using Bo Bunny's Serendipity Collection from FotoBella.com.

     These beautiful photos of my sister and nephew were taken by my talented cousin, photographybyreginamarie.com. I was inspired by the quote and colors, based on the October 2 Page Sketch Challenge @ Scrapbook.com.

      

     I fussy-cut one of the photos, so I could place them in front of the door, (inked with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink) cut from a sheet a paper found in the Ephemera.

   
      For some sparkle, I applied Bo Bunny's Wasabi Glitter Paste to the green flower, (found in the Ephemera), and along the punched border. Then I added the circle Chipboard piece to the center.
   

     Before attaching the punched border, I used it as a stencil over the dark blue paper with Glitter Paste, to shine with the Bo Bunny Double Dot Blue Hues Flourish Jewels.

     The wooden shutters were cut from the same sheet of paper that I cut the door from, and inked along the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink. Then I creased the centers, using them to frame the large 8 X 10 photo.

     Always getting so much in the Ephemera, were these green laces. I love how they look with the distressed edges, (made easy with the Tim Holtz Paper Distresser) and the machine stitching!

     Thanks for looking, and shop for everything Bo Bunny at FotoBella.com!

World Card Making Day ~ FotoBella DT

     Today is World Card Making Day, so I joined the FotoBella Design Team in making a card for the occasion using Bo Bunny's Serendipity Ephemera from FotoBella.com. The rest of the team did a wonderful job using different products, and their cards can be seen here. 

     I'm such a fan of Bo Bunny's Ephemera packs! They're always packed full of embellishments and papers that are perfect for card making! Like the clocks, all fussy-cut from the papers in the Serendipity Ephemera, and embossed along the edges with Ranger's Silver and Vintage Photo Distress Embossing Powders. I popped a couple of them up, adding brads from the pack to the centers of some of the clocks. 

     To the cream background paper, also from the Ephemera, I added some Weathered Wood and Frayed Burlap Distress Inks with some water to create some texture. Then I used Prima Marketing's Salvage District Clock Stencil with my Mini Blending Tool to apply Walnut Stain and Ground Espresso Distress Inks. 

     I used my old Ranger Alpha Mask with Weathered Wood and Vintage Photo Distress Inks on one of the clocks to mask "46"years of marriage for my parents. Then I added some sparkle to the flower below it, with Silver Stickles.

     The sentiment was embossed with Vintage Photo Distress Embossing Powder. Then I used fibers from my own stash to the Chipboard Clock Button, also found in the Ephemera. Finally, I distressed the paper edges with Tim Holtz' Paper Distresser,  and finished them off with machine stitching. 

     Thanks for looking, and Happy World Card Making Day from all of us at FotoBella! 

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Challenges:

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Blog ~ Challenge 31 Anything Mixed Media Goes 

Try it on Tuesday ~ Time or Clocks

The Card Concept ~ (I took inspiration from the colors and silver metal clock using the Shabby Chic and Vintage Style with some Mixed Media thrown in.)

Anticipation Bo Bunny Serendipity Layout ~ FotoBella DT

     Hello! I'm back with another layout that I scrapped with one my favorite photos of my sister, while she was pregnant and absolutely glowing, using Bo Bunny's Serendipity Collection from FotoBella.com.

     I started by combining some of the papers from the paper pack with ones from the Ephemera. The background and wood papers were inked along the edges with my Blending Tool using Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink. Then I used a large punch along the top and bottom of the leaf paper, and inked the edges with Broken China and Pine Needle Distress Inks, which I also used for the titlework, in addition to a coat of Sprinkled Sugar Stickles.

     From the Chipboard, I used the large flourish, butterflies, and tab on top of the photo where I added the date. 

     To the smallerBo Bunny Blossoms (Clover Dahlia). I added a spritz of Broken China Distress Spray Stain.

     I used my Tim Holtz Paper Distresser along some of my paper edges, and finished them off with machine stitching, which I also did in between the green laces from the Ephemera. The brads are also included in the Ephemera.  

     Thanks for looking, and shop FotoBella.com to get this collection, with a huge selection of many others found here! 

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Challenges:

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges ~ #363 Floral Embellishments

     

     

   

Serendipity Princess Zara Art Journal ~ FotoBella DT

      Hello! I'm back with another page done in my art journal, using Bo Bunny's Serendipity Collection featuring the Princess Zara Stamp from Prima Marketing for the FotoBella Design Team!

     It was so fun and relaxing coloring her with my Prima Marketing Watercolor Brush/Pen and Distress Inks, along with the woodgrain stamping done with Bo Bunny's Rough It Up Stamp from FotoBella.com. 

     For a step-by-step tutorial on how this page came together, visit the FotoBella Blog. Thanks for looking!

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Challenges:

The Artistic Stamper ~ September Take a little Color

More Mixed Media Challenge ~ Anything Goes with optional Brown

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Blog ~ #30 Anything Mixed Media Goes

You are Amazing Bo Bunny "Serendipity" LO ~ FotoBella DT

     Hello! Today I have a layout to share of my niece using Bo Bunny's Serendipity Collection from FotoBella.com.

     I started with the photo by tearing the edges along the top and sides, and coloring them with Tattered Rose Distress Ink using my Blending Tool. Then I fussy-cut her dress and feet along the bottom so I could place her on the nest that comes in the Noteworthy pack. 

     Right behind the photo is one of the larger pieces of paper that comes in the Ephemera, and from one of the smaller pieces, I cut her name out with my Cricut Expression. Then I used my blending tool again to color the bottoms of the letters with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink, and gave them a coat of Cotton Candy Stickles. The tag that it's on was cut from a sheet included in the Bonus 12 X 12 Paper Bundle.

     Then I used the banner from the Layered Chipboard as my title. 

     Most of the embellishments on here are from the Noteworthy pack, including the flowers, butterflies, and arrows. For some dimension, I decided to curl the flowers, butterflies, and feather on the large arrow.

     I gave the butterflies some antennae with the Bo Bunny Flutter Stamp.

      Along the left side and over a couple of layers of distressed papers, I used Prima Marketing's Doily Stencil with White Gesso and some glitter. And of course, I finished off the distressed edges with some machine stitching.

     Thanks for looking, and shop FotoBella.com to get this collection and so much more!

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Challenges:

Try it on Tuesday ~ Stitch it