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It's all about...

We are really excited to show you the new designs from Banana Frog. The new collection is called It's all about... and takes key elements such as hearts, stars and scallops and turns them into journaling spots, borders and embellishments. Each set measures 8x6" and so the stamps are great for scrapbooking, cardmaking and all papercrafts. They are all you need for your project, and oh my do we love them!

Let's look at each set in a bit more detail.

It's all about...Scallops has some fantastic journaling spots and borders. The rectangle journaling spot is 4.5x2.5" so lots of room to journal and the polka dot scallop border measures a whopping 5.5"!

It's all about...Circles is all about retro goodness! Gorgeous borders and corners, and also a place to journal. The yummy swirled circle border measures 4" and looks fantastic as a photo edge. The journaling box is 3.5x2.75" of loveliness!

It's all about...Hearts is perfect for adding that loving touch to your creations. Show your big heart with a journaling spot measuring over 4" wide and the gorgeous dropped heart border measures 5" for the large and a super cute 2" for the small.

 

It's all about...Stars are ideal for both boys and girls -tough enough for the big or little man in your life and yet still girlie enough for a princess! We love them. The journaling spot measures 3x2.5" and the super retro star/circle combo measures a funky 3"!

It's all about...Elegance is super stylish in a very glamourous yet understated way. Pure class! The oval frame measures 4" across and the doily border measures 5.5" of beautifulness!

It's all about...Flourishes is full of super swirly goodness because you can never have to many swirls right?! The journaling spot is 5x2".

It's all about...Arrows is a set chock full of arrows of all sizes. It is a really useful set. The large journaling arrow is 4" long and the scribble arrow measures 2".

It's all about...Documenting is just as it says, all about documenting! You can make sure that you always know the where, why, when and what as you tell the story!

So, there you have the new designs. We hope you love them as much as we do. They will be available in shops from the end of February, and in the meantime the design team will be giving you lots of ideas on how you could use them.

Project of the day :: Hedgehog love!

It's Nat here, welcoming you to your Friday project of the day with what I love making the most - a card! :o)

I just had to feature some cuteness and bold, fun colours to kick off that TGIF feeling! And what's cuter than those little hedgehog stamps in the Greenwich Park set?

  

I love the tree stamp in this set, but really wanted the hedgehog and greeting to stand out. So I stamped and coloured those in on high-quality paper, cut them out, and mounted them on 3D foam for extra pop!

 

And where's the greeting and little heart from? Have you checked out the Tag It set? It has some great little motifs and words that are also perfect for cards.

Have a happy and creative weekend everyone! :oD

Project Of the Day :: Aint it Cute layout

Hello to our fellow blog readers. This is Anthea, and I am from Australia. This is also my first post for the Banana Frog blog and I am so excited to be here!! =) 

Today I wanted to post a layout that I created using Banana Frog stamps. Here I have created some hand made embellishments and a little masking too. 

For the embellishments I used the gorgeous Greenwhich Park stamp set. First I stamped the solid shapes onto cardstock and then stamped over them again using the outline stamp that matched that shape, I then hand cut the stamped images out. With my Tree I stamped this image twice, once on to Kraft cardstock, and a second time on to green cardstock, I then handcut both out and used foam tape under the tree top to make it pop and then placed these on the layout.

I also did a little masking, as usual I didnt plan this layout out and wanted to do some stamping where I had already attached some patterned paper. This is a easy and quick technique and what I did was very basic     I took some scrap paper and then placed it over the area that I didnt want the stamp to end up on. I then placed my stamp on my acrylic block, here I have used Round in Circles and stamped my image 

I wanted to stamp again with 2 more smaller circles from the same set, so I used the masking technique again.

The title of this layout is Pharmacy and since playing around with this stamp set I have found out that it is also perfect for journaling too.

Up the top of the layout I placed some masking tape and then stamped over it using the Sewing Kit set.

So there you have it, my first project for Banana Frog.

Thankyou for popping by and dont forget to say 'Hi'

Anthea 

Project of the Day:A different take on a Baby Album

Hello, all, Molly here from the beautiful state of Hawaii. :D I know, I know, I should say that too loud, now should I? ;)

Today, I am showing a project I made for a friend who is due to have her baby girl any day now. Well, her due date isn't until the 5th of February, but you never know! So I made her a 12 month baby calendar using the Take Note stamp set to write anything important about the photo she will be using, the Pharmacy Alphabet Stamp Set for the months, and I used the Sewing Kit on one of the layouts and also used the Paper Chain set on another one of the layouts.

So, here it is, Emma's First Year.

 

And this is what I did with the months. I didn't want to 'jinx' when she would be having baby Emma, so I put them in a clear envelope on the back of the calendar. This way she can them affix them where they need to go, and then use the envelope throughout the year to hold precious little things of Emma's.

So that's my project! I do hope that you all like it. And that everyone is staying warm where it is cold and staying cold where it is very warm. Till next time!

Aloha,
~M

PROJECT OF THE DAY: P.S. I LOVE YOU

As it's getting close to Valentines Day  & I'm jetting off without my husband I thought I'd make a little reminder of how much I love him.
I started with a plain coaster book and edged it all in black ink. I worked in black, white and lime green cardstock.

I used the Pharmacy Large for the "U" the Dear Joe IV Upper for the "me" and the ampersand was from the Big Punctuation set. This was great to use as it's so solid, I triple embossed it on the lime green cardstock and on the last heating I inked up a gorgeous corner flourish from Fanciful in white and pressed it into the hot embossing, cut it out and mounted it on.

Other stamps I've used on this project were Simple Greetings and Dear Joe IV Lower
 

I added pockets to the album and popped photos in them.

Don't forget to tell someone you LOVE THEM with BANANA FROG STAMPS

Thanks for looking

Marion xx

Project of the Day::Photo Stand

My first Project of the Day for 2009! I wanted to make a little something that I could sit on my desk with a picture of my gorgeous nephew Daniel, and I came up with this photo stand. Really simple to make - would make a nice pressie for Grandma too!

I started with a page from a Basic Grey 6x6 chipboard mini album as a template for the cardstock base (I used this a LOT for my Christmas Journal 08, I have certainly had my moneys worth!). I just drew round it in pencil and then cut it out, adding two squares of patterned paper as backgrounds (I used Basic Grey Mellow). To fix the two sides together I simply used a co-ordinating piece of 4x4 cardstock, scored down the middle and attached to either sheet at the back with DST. 

I used the hearts from Paperchains as an embellishment on the photo side, and then Willing Race for Daniels name on the other side stamped onto little scalloped squares I cut on my Cuttlebug. I finished off using the oval frame from Take Note to write a couple of details into.

 

Enjoy! 

Trish x

Project of the Day :: Altered Picture Frame

For today's project, I created a cute picture frame for my son, featuring him and his best friend: 

   

I made use of Heidi Swapp mega card as the base and this was covered with patterned papers from Sassafras. Then I stamped various diamond shapes, from Diamond Forever set, on a Little Yellow Bicycle patterned paper and cut it out. This was then arranged randomly as a border. I further stamped a cupcake image, from That Takes The Cake set, and a bird image, from Greenwich Park set. These were coloured using watercolour pencils. The cupcake was decorated with tiny beads to add dimension. These will be used as embellishments.

Arrange the photo as desired and place the embellishments accordingly. The title was created using Teen alphabet set. Finally, punch two holes at the top and add a beaded wire as a handle. Viola, that's it!

~Audrey~

Project of the Day :: Thanks! Card & Tag

 

Hi

This is my very first 'Project of the Day' and I've chosen to make a simple(ish) card and tag.  One of my plans for this year is to stop using white card stock as the base for my cards so, starting as I mean to go on, I've chosen a kraft tone for the card and a co-ordinating green for the tag.

The stamps are Willing Race and the patterned paper is from my all time favourite Basic Grey range 'Scarlett's letter' - its one of those papers that I don't really want to use on any projects because then I won't have it any more to just sit and look at!  But use it I shall - and I've used it on these pieces so you too can enjoy its loveliness! Along with the loveliness of the stamps of course!

To create the card (6x6in) I cut a 4inch circle from the Basic Grey paper and postioned it in the centre of the card.  I stamped 'thanks' around the edge of the circle.  Banana Frog stamps are clear which means you can see exactly where you are positioning them - which makes them ideal when you want to stamp close up to something or around an unusual shape like the decorative paper circle on this card.

 Add some paper flowers, a button and some bling and its done!

 

Take care,

Jo

Project of the Day:: Stamping - Safari Style!

For this project I used three designs from the 'Backgrounds' stamp set to recreate the patterns on some of my favourite fashion accessories at the moment: my animal print bags and my wooden heeled shoes!

To contrast with my pale 12x12 backing paper I made a richer timber effect using the woodgrain stamp and some metallic Brilliance inks:

The leopard-print pattern of my titling is a combination of a further two 'Backgrounds' stamps. I first stamped a series of the polka dot stamps onto white cardstock,then went back over the image to stamp the circle designs over the top.  Finally I stamped a title in black using the 'Steelfish Outline' alphabet.

Adding a few naturally coloured buttons and lots of safari print ribbons completed my theme and my layout ...but then I started thinking. I also have some animal print accessories in 'non-natural' colours so I'm inspired to try these techniques again, only this time using pink, silver or orange to create some wild yet girly greetings cards!

If you make something 'wild' and wonderful with any of these ideas I'd love to see them - just give me a shout.

You know where to find me.

Julie :D

Wearable Banana Frog...

We all love Banana Frog right? Well why not show your love to the world by wearing some of favourite stamps...

   

These cute brooches were made using some odd chipboard flowers I had in my stash, covered with paper and stamped with Funky Flowers, Pattern Blocks and Circus Stories.

  

Then I simply embellished each flower with some gems, buttons and sparkly bits, attached a brooch pin to the back and ta-da! a bit of Banana Frog guaranteed to jazz up any outfit.

Enjoy

Hannah

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