Leaky Shed Studio and BoBunny Team Up: Naughty or Nice????

Leaky Shed Studio and BoBunny are teaming up the entire month of December to bring Holiday Inspiration to your home.

Are you a list maker?  I am, especially at Christmas--here I've created some Naughty Or Nice notebooks for little gifties for my friends.  The Bo Bunny Candy Cane Lane papers + Leaky Shed Studio chipboard 6x6 Bracket album = perfect for SIX sweet pressies!

First, I chop each large chipboard album page in half, leaving one hole in each half.  Next, adhere some of the gorgeous coordinating Bo Bunny paper to one side--allow to dry, cut out, lightly sand any rough edges smooth, and repeat on the other side of the notebook cover with a coordinating Candy Cane Lane paper. 

Now let's make it pretty--add some Bo Bunny Pebbles Cream Chalks and Pearlescent Chalks around the edges?  Oh yes, thank you, I believe I will! 
A LSS Merry Christmas Tree, 

and some LSS Snowflakes, too.

Oh and plenty of glitter--Bo Bunny has a decadant Gold Glitter Paste, SO rich and sparkly, and easy to work with, too.

Well, my bloggy friends, I'm cutting you off at two Christmas goodies this post--don't forget to add some list-making paper to the little books.  I tied mine with a little bit of tulle:



Check back with us all month for more inspirational Holiday projects. We have a BoBunny Prize Pack to give away to one of our lucky commenters, so check out our blog and FB postings!
If you are on Pinterest, check out the special Pinterest Board that we have created for this swap.  Re-pin some of your favorite projects for an extra chance to win our BoBunny Prize Pack!  

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!
:)trisha

Transforming Christmas Tree Branches into Coral

It's Tracey back to share a layout I recently created featuring gorgeous Leaky Shed Chipboard.

Vacation trips are always fun to remember. In 2012 Gary and I took a trip for our 30th anniversary to Baltimore Inner Harbor. We spent a day at the National Aquarium where I took this shot of the coral reef exhibit. The coral and fish are so colorful and vibrant. I enjoyed extending the feel of the reef onto the layout. I like to get creative and transformed the Leaky Shed 9 inch Christmas tree into coral. 

"Beautiful Reef"

Tips and Techniques

Often, I look at my chipboard pieces "outside the box." Here the coral pieces are cut from the branches of the Leaky Shed Studio chipboard Christmas tree, painted with Lumiere gold and green metallic paint. I painted and then bubbled the paint with a heat tool in several layers to build up the paint to achieve a coral-like appearance. I adhered these pieces with Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive. 

A close-up of the background which was stenciled with molding paste using the Prima Scales stencil then misted, stamped, splattered with thinned gesso, and doodled. I've also scattered some crystals around the page.

Another flower cluster featuring more of the Leaky Shed chipboard "coral."

Leaving you with one final photo.

Leaky Shed Studio Products
Leaky Shed Studio ~ 9" Christmas Tree

Other Products
Prima ~ Sunrise Sunset - Collection
Prima ~ Sunrise Sunset - Alphabet Stickers
Prima Flowers ~ Cottage Blossoms, Soubrette - Blue/Green, Metallic Iron, Divine Vine - Yellow, Guava Peony Brahms, Calypso Tin - Teal
Prima ~ Say It in Crystals - Circles Iridescent, 560577
Prima ~ Clear Stamp Script, Build-A-Frame Collections 1 & 2
Prima ~ Stencils - Static, Scales
Ranger ~ Distress Ink - Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain
Ranger ~ Archival Ink - Jet Black
Golden ~ Light Molding Paste
Liquitex ~ Gesso
Heidi Swapp ~ Color Shine - Mustard, Chartreuse
Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Mist - Cork, Dragonfly
Lumiere Paint ~ Bright Gold, Halo Blue Gold
Pigma ~ Micron 05 Black
Prima ~ Distress Tool
Ranger ~ Heat It Craft Tool
Darice ~ Heat Tool
Liquid Scrap Dots
450 Quick Dry Adhesive
Premium Craft Glue

I hope you've been inspired to get creative with some Leaky Shed Studio Chippies!

Be sure to stop back to tomorrow to be inspired by a magical layout by Juliana Michaels!

~ Blessings ~
Tracey

Christmas Tree Outdoor Layout

Hi Everyone!  It's Robbie today, sharing an outdoor layout that I did with the Leaky Shed Studio Christmas Tree.  I love this Christmas Tree, but I chose to use it on this layout of our sweet puppy Bella.  She loves the freedom of being outside and running around.  You can't see the butterflies in the photo, but she was having a ball trying to catch them.

 I thought about leaving the tree alone and having it being craft colored, but decided that I wanted it to stand out more. I inked it dark brown  and then misted it to make it darker and added a few little pearls for added detail.

 I chose a copper colored mist to go with the metal shaped frame that I added to the top. I used a foam dot to add the little bird to finish it off. 

I added the floss to frame the layout and the picture.  Instead of stitching every stitch, which would take a long time, I did it the quick way.  I just stitched at each corner and then pulled the floss across the page. 

 

 Supplies: Leaky Shed Studio Christmas Tree

Chestnut Roan Chalk Ink

Glimmer Mist

Thanks for stopping by the Leaky Shed Studio Blog!

Hanging Christmas lights...

Hi friends it's Kris today,

One of my favorite things about Christmas is the lights.

They are just magical!  I love outside lights, inside lights, candle lights & lamp posts.

They add that romantic feel that makes Christmas special.

Today I want to share some fun chipboard pieces on day 1

of my December Daily album.  (I know, we're on day 10... ssshhhh)

I just love this Leaky Shed Christmas Tree and had to share it with you.

 For the tree.... 

~I left most of it the bare chipboard and then randomly painted

it with brown acrylic paint.  Then I globed on white gesso to make it look

like lumps of snow on the tree.  Then of course some green bling to represent

the shiny lights. 

I also used white acrylic paint and stickles on these cute Leaky Shed Snowflakes.

I covered my Leaky Shed 'H' with a green dot from the 

Countdown to Christmas collection from Bazzill Basics.

For the darling Leaky Shed Crown, I used black acrylic paint and a little glitter & bling.

I love the character and dimension that chipboard adds to my projects.

Supplies used:

LSS Snowflakes

LSS Fancy Cap H

LSS Crown Set