Subscription Sale!

Our 3 year anniversary subscription sale was so popular, we've decided to extend AND sweeten the deal!

Don't miss out on this deal, get your first kit, valued at over $35.95, at an amazing price!  Stop by our store to take advantage of this sweet deal!

Kit subscription sale!

Our 3 year anniversary subscription sale was so popular, we've decided to extend AND sweeten the deal!

Don't miss out on this deal, get your first kit, valued at over $35.95, at an amazing price!  Stop by our store to take advantage of this sweet deal!

The August kit is here!

Yes, that's right, it's kit premiere day - one of my 2 favorite days each month!  We've put together a beautiful kit for you this month, and we have some absolutely GORGEOUS inspiration to share from our Design Team!  So without further delay...

Sweet Summer Nights Kit

Ice cream sodas, poodle skirts, rock and roll... our Sweet Summer Nights kit will take you back to the 50's and forward into the summer of 2013 with beautiful collections from Fabscraps, Authentique, and Kaisercraft.  If you want to see the full list of what's included in the kit, just stop by our website or store.

Of course, when we have a new kit, we have a new sketch by Suepup!

And to give you a little inspiration... check out a few of the gorgeous things the ladies on our design team made with this kit!

Layout created by Lisa Novogrodski

Mini Album created by Renea Harrison

Layout created by Kathy Mosher

Layout created by Mandy Zimmerman

Layout created by Helena Johansson

Layout created by Nadia Cannizzo

Layout Created by Romy Veul

And I'd like to end this post with a big congratulations to everyone that made the BoBunny Design Team, and ESPECIALLY to our very own talented gals that made it:  Lisa Novogrodski, Romy Veul, and Agnieszka Bellaidea - we are so proud and happy for you!

Croppin' 4 Kids 8th Annual Crop

We are happy and honored to announce that we are sponsoring a wonderful cropping event!  It's called Croppin' 4 Kids, and benefits children with special needs.

Here's a little bit more about the event:

When: Friday, August 2nd - 9 AM until Midnight and Saturday, August 3rd  -   9 AM until 10 PM
Registration: Open now
Where:   Little Rock, AR
Classes are being taught by April Derrick
Croppin' 4 Kids Website:  http://www.croppin4kids.org/index.html
Info: 

If you have a passion for cropping and helping children with special needs, then you don't want to miss the eigth annual Croppin' 4 Kids! If you missed it last year, you sure don't want to miss Croppin 4 Kids 2013!

Cropping 4 Kids will return to Second Presbyterian Church to have a fun-filled time cropping. This year we will be raising funds for Helping Hand. Since 1990, Helping Hand has provided children with special needs Occupational, Physical and Speech Therapy Services on an outpatient basis (birth to 21 years) as well as the non-profit Learning Center which provides Day Habilitation in a preschool setting for 6 weeks to 6 years.


If you are in the Little Rock area, please consider joining in this fabulous event, there will be lots of fun and you could win our July Home Sweet Home Kit with the Patterned Paper Add On or one of many other great prizes that have been donated by the other sponsors!

~Melinda

Meet our newest Designer!

We have another exciting Design Team announcement today!

Kathy Mosher is joining our team!  Kathy has been a subscriber to our kits, and she is one of the nicest ladies you'll meet, and we just love her work, so we're thrilled that she's joining the team!

I am so honored to be chosen to be a member of the SOE Design Team. This is my first DT position and boy am I nervous!!! I've been married to the man of my dreams for 41 blissful years, have 2 grown children (boy and girl, 36 and 37) and 2 wonderful grandsons (2 and 4). My family is the center of my world. The best part is they all live here in Anchorage, Alaska near me. I love Alaska, and you will probably see me saying that over and over, it is a magical place to live, which is why I've lived here for 41 years. Before that I was a Navy brat traveling all around the country and overseas. I am a Federal career employee of 32 years and hope to retire VERY soon!!! 
I started scrapbooking about 10 years ago, and then got burned out. I have devoted the majority of my spare time to quilting. I've been published, an instructor and own a major long-arm quilting machine. However, the call of all those photos waiting to be scrapped last year brought me back to a passion I've developed for this highly evolved world of scrapping! Wow! Things have really changed, and I love every bit of it. Every time I do a layout, I try or learn something new, all the new mixed media techniques, distressing, you name it is a whole new ballgame for me. But, the best part is all the love, support and encouragement I have received from my sisters in the scrapping world. What a fabulous group of folks you are!

Kathy will begin designing with our August kit, and we can't wait to see what she does with it!

Gypsy Summer Sketch Challenge

Come join us for our Gypsy Summer Sketch Challenge!

Our July kit is out, and that means a new sketch, with a new sketch challenge. You do not have to use our kits to participate in the challenge, and you could win a great prize, so I hope you'll come play along!

Here's the beautiful sketch Suepup has created for us this month:

And here are the challenge rules:

1. Create a layout or project inspired by our Gypsy Summer sketch. (shown above)
2. You may use any of our kits, and/or any other scrappy supplies you want, it is NOT a requirement that you use one of our kits to create your entry.
3. Upload your layout/project into our gallery and in the sketch challenge post on our forum.
4. The winner will receive a $20.00 credit in our store.
5. The challenge ends August 14th
6. That's it.  Have fun scrapping!

And here's a little inspiration for you!  The gals on our Design Team created these layouts based on the Gypsy Summer Sketch:

Created by Kim Arledge

 Hope to see you there!

~Melinda

Ocean Background Tutorial

Good morning, and happy Monday!

We've got great little mixed media tutorial for you today.  Helena is showing us how she created the gorgeous background on this layout:

Here's what you need:

Paper Bo Bunny Prairie Chic, Laundry (from the July Home Sweet Home main kit)

Paper Pink Paislee Cottage Farms, Crate (from the coordinating paper add-on)

Cheesecloth (from the main kit)

Texture Paste

Lindys Stamp Gang mist, Baby Blue Eyes (from previous Color add-on)

Shimmerz Texturez, Tidy Widy (from the Color add-on) and Patina (from previous Color add-on)

First I cut out some of the pattern from the Bo Bunny paper and glued them on the Pink Paislee paper. I had a design in my head, so I knew how I wanted to place my photo and flowers. I cut the pattern so the blue paper pieces will show beneath everything else when the layout's finished.

Then I cut some pieces of cheesecloth and laid them on top of the blue paper pieces.

I then used texture paste as glue on the cheesecloth as you can see in the photo. Don't overdo this step and take too much, you want some of the cheesecloth as it is to get the "ocean feeling" :)

I used Lindys Stamp Gang mist, Baby blue eyes, and misted the entire layout. A fantastic color!

After I glued my photo and embellishment into place, I took out the Shimmerz Texturez (Tidy Widy and Patina) and applied this amazing medium with my fingertips. I just put some Texturez on here and there until I was satisfied. I used this on the chipboard pieces too, after I painted them with white gesso.

And here is my final layout: