Welcome to the Bo Bunny blog hop! If you just happened to stop by my blog please make sure you start at the beginning on the Bo Bunny blog so that you can follow through for your chance to win a fantastic prize from Bo Bunny. Bo Bunny is going to randomly choose one blog hop participant that leaves a comment on each of the designer's blogs and if you "LIKE" the Bo Bunny Facebook page. You see, Bo Bunny is trying to reach 10,000 "LIKES" on their Facebook page. So when you are done hopping, head over to the Bo Bunny Facebook page and "LIKE" our page. Make sure to leave a comment that you "LIKE" us for your chance to win. If you already "LIKE" Bo Bunny, let us know that too! You have until next Tuesday (February 1st) 10 PM Mountain time to hop, leave your comments and "LIKE" us. The winner will be announced on the blog on Wednesday.

Now for some Bo Bunny scrappiness! The project I created for this hop came together so easily using the Winter Joy collection! I have to admit, I was recently inspired by one of my fellow Bo Bunny designers (Kathleen Glossop) to throw in a contrasting color (in this case the red) for a little added pop of interest. The Bo Bunny chipboard and wrap worked perfectly and I placed the red in a visual triangle to help draw your eye toward the focal photo.
Here you can see how I used the wrap. I used thread to create a running stitch along the top edge of the wrap. I then pulled the thread tight to gather the wrap and create the pleats. Once I was happy with how much gathering I had created, I tied the end and then hot glued it to my layout. Oh how I love my hot glue gun!!!
The chipboard letters where already brown, but I used some ink to make them a darker, richer brown. I then mimicked the white dot design on the flowers using a Signo white gel pen.
You can see here how I created some "faux" stitching. I used the We R Memory Keepers Sew Easy to create the holes/pattern and then used a Signo white gel pen to create the stitches. I used some Stickles to add a little glitter and shine to this chipboard flower and used 2 different flowers and layered them.
Before you hop on to your next destination I want to share with you a little something as my way of thanking you for stopping by today and every day you stop by! I am going to be doing a little something new this year for those of you who follow and/or leave me a comment! Stay tuned for more info on that! Now on to the important stuff...
I have included a ton of Bo Bunny products including paper, chipboard, stickers, brads and rubons! I will also be including some papers and embellishment from one of the Summer or Fall releases (the winner will get to choose which one) with the products below!
If you would love a chance at winning this package of goodies, please let me know as you leave a comment below. If you are already a follower let me know and if you are not please become one. You never know what might happen in the future! ;) I will throw your name in twice if you do all of this! I am going to leave this open until Tuesday (February 1st) at 1o PM Mountain time. Good luck and thanks again for stopping by!


HAPPY HUGS!
Juliana

HAPPY HUGS!
Juliana

So who set goals for 2011? I usually think about them and at times in the past I have scrapped them. I will admit however, that I might not have written them down this year if I had not had this as an assignment for Bo Bunny. The past few months have been busy and with focusing on settling into our new home, new town and new job this was kind of one of things that had gone to the back of my mind. I am glad I had this assignment because it allowed me to get these thoughts down and I now want to keep this layout in view as a reminder of things I want to accomplish in the coming year. Some of these are quite personal, but they are what they are!
And I have chosen a "word" for this year....HAPPINESS. This is something I want to focus on this year in a very different way than I have in the past.
I have a little Gypsy action going on here and I thought I would share the files with those of you who are interested.
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I had a lot of fun creating the butterfly "chains" with my sewing machine! All I did was run them through my machine and left a few stitches between each one to create the chain. I then attached them to my layout in a kind of flowing motion to mimic them flying around!

Just a quick reminder before I go, there is a Bo Bunny Blog hop going on right now. I am not a part of it this week, but it started on January 5 and will be continuing until January 12. Stop by the Bo Bunny blog to get started. This is the first of a series of Bo Bunny Blog Hops that will be going on all this month!

Happy Hugs and Happy New Year!
Juliana

I know, a bit of time has pasted since my last post! Including Christmas! Christmas was great and my husband (who is the bestest ever) suprised me with a new Droid Incredible! I am now officially up to date on technology. (I had one of those ancient flip phones! LOL!!!) I really love my new toy!!!
As for the lack of posting, that will be changing this month! I promise! I have been working to get ahead and I actually have a few posts already scheduled to post later this month! Watch out world, Juliana is getting even more organized!
I saw the inspiration for this project at a trendy home decor store months ago and I knew that I wanted to try to create my own version of it. I also knew that some Jillibean Soup goodness was going to be my paper of choice! This clock now has a prominent place in my scrappy room and I can't wait to use it to inspire how I decorate my scrappy room once we have a new house.
I used paper mache book boxes from Hobby Lobby and just covered them with patterned paper. I attached the clock findings to the inside of the large book box and then adhered the other 2 books to it. I was tempted to add more "stuff" to the clock, but I thought that a more simple style would fit more with my home decor. All in all, it was a rather easy project to put together!
HUGS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Juliana

The move, along with the super nasty virus my computer recently had, have put a major damper on my online life! I have felt so disconnected from the scrappy world and I really don't like it! This feeling also made me stop and wonder if I have some sort of addiction! LOL!!
I am hoping this disconnectedness will end soon and I can start hopping around once again a bit more.
I also realized that it has been WAY TOO LONG since I shared some scrappy projects with you! (I also realized it has been way too long since I did something else, but more about that later!) This is a long post with projects from Jillibean Soup and Bo Bunny, the new Cricut cartridges. and some news about GCD Studios. Let's just say "You have been warned"!
First up I have some Jillibean Soup Christmas happiness to share using the Chestnut Soup Collection. I created this shaker ornament by re-purposing the sugar picks packaging. Before I glued the plastic top back in place, I filled the inside very carefully with the little beads. This was a tad tricky, but I finally got it to work!This is a card I created using the new Chestnut Soup Collection as well and the Santie image is from the Cricut Gingerbread Seasonal Cartridge. And don't you just love those mini jingle bells?!

My last Jillibean project is this altered frame I made. This was super simple and easy using the Chestnut Soup Collection and the Cricut A Child's Year Cartridge.
I also wanted to share with you about Hello Thursday. On the 3rd Thursday of the month you get to see previews of newest Cricut cartridges that will be coming your way. For those of you who are members of the Cricut Circle, you get to see them on Wednesday on the Cricut Circle Blog and in the Circle PDF magazine. Yesterday we had an amazing post on the blog showing incredible creations using the 9 upcoming cartridges.
Here I am lifting up the ornament to see the message below it!
Here is how I fastened the cord to the inside of the card. Just some simple tape will do the trick.
I wish I had gotten a photo of this hanging on the tree, but the day I took these photos I was in a hurry and just wasn't thinking! Can you forgive me?! LOL!!!
Next, a card with tons of fussy cutting (not sure if that is what I feel like I am doing when I cut things out, but that is what everyone seems to be calling it these days!!!) Anyway, lots of that and layering with my fave double sided foam tape...Scotch 3M. I seriously can not live without this stuff!
My final project for today is this ornament I made with the Winter Joy Collection! Love the greens and purples in this line! I got the ornament at Hobby Lobby and it came already filled with the fake snow! I simply added the rubons and trim and it was ready to go!
My final bit of news is to remind you to stop by the GCD Studios blog to check out their CHA Winter releases! They are sharing images as well as having some fabulous giveaways. Donna Salazar has designed 2 new collections and Melody Ross has designed another one as well! All of them are fabulous!!!

HAPPY HUGS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Juliana

PS...If you have lasted this long you deserve to know that once I get settled into my new home, which will be some time in early January, I will be having a FABULOUS GIVEAWAY that you and all of your friends will not want to miss! So stay tuned!

HUGS AGAIN!!!