leafy layout..

Hi, Gina here sharing a Fall layout with you today..I love to get outdoors here in Australia and photograph the gorgeous Autumn leaves..so I've used them as my inspiration for this layout..

I've used the graphic leaf stencil and lots of bright mists to replicate the leaves in the photo..then stamped in between each leaf with the exclusive graphic feather..

the classic tiny dot alphabet stickers used in the title ink can be coloured easily with ink, and I've used a blue-green combination here..

adding also a scattering of bright green vintage buttons and sequins including the pot of gold and doily assortment..  Once again I've used a feather as a substitute for a leaf with a cardstock feather 

The border at the bottom of the page is made with layers of paper off-cuts, some stickers and paper tapes

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to share your Autumn/Fall layouts in the JBS gallery! xx

       

Sequin ♥

Hi, Gina here today to share a couple of layouts using some brand new JBS goodness!

I've gone for a soft look on this layout and misted the background using the exclusive trellis stencil and spray inks. Another great way to add detail on the background is with the exclusive ink spots stamp and inks to match your chosen spray inks..

I've added in the chipboard clock, vellum butterfly, perforated labels and sage skinny alpha from previous releases..

I think my absolute fave new release product would have to be these pretty doily sequins with such lovely colour variations and texture! I wanted to feature them here so have stitched a few in place across the page...

For this layout, I've used a few of the gorgeous and exclusive papers designed by Lisa Dickinson including this background paper which was perfect for the theatre theme of my page...

Other new products include the "pot of gold" and "classic" sequins, tiny trims gold rub-ons and mini-deck cards. I've also incorporated some vintage dress pattern from my stash 

it's hard not to include a few all time fave items from previous JBS lines too..such as stickers, digi-cut file stars, and a few paper scraps

thanks for stopping by and happy scrapping! x

         

CHA Summer New Releases

I'm so excited to see the new JBS products already appearing in several online and local scrapbook stores! If I had to pick only one of the new supplies as my favorite, I think it would be these lovely gold doilies:

I loved this doily shape in the Wren collection paper, as a stamp, and now, I love them as these beautiful rub ons!  They truly apply like butter - no tearing or cracking.  I mixed them in with some of the other new releases on this simple page:

 

The new sequins (that come in four different varieties) and flatbacks mix perfectly with the gold rub ons that I scattered diagonally across my page.  I used one of the new Vintage Flashcards as my title, which comes as part of this set:

 

For an easy photo matte that requires no patterned paper, I simply stamped the Dictionary page repeatedly across the cardstock with red ink and layered my photostrip on top:

 

 

Be sure and check your local scrapbook store for the new JBS releases! And we'd love to see your projects using them!

 

Summer nights!

Hello and Happy Sunday!

Tina here today with a fun layout that will hopefully bring back memories of those Summer Nights.

This photo is of my mother, circa 1960.  She was 18 and watching the sun set in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.  She is leaning against my {soon to be} father's car.  :)

I used stencils from both the July Papercrafting kit and the July Mini Album kit to create my colorful background.

I also used both the exclusive stamps and digital cuts from the July kit to make my own unique embellishments.  I stamped both with embossing ink for more texture.

I finished my layout off with some of my favorite JBS product:  Notebook Grid Paper Tape and fun Icons flatbacks.

I hope you enjoyed my share today.  Here's to summer nights and summer memories!

JBS Mercantile Kits for July | Lisa Dickinson

Hi JBS fans!  Today I wanted to share one of my layouts from the July Mercantile Papercrafting kit. It's filled with lots of Basic Grey's new line, Carte Postale which is perfect for documenting summer travel and outings. There's also lovely papers from Crate and My Mind's Eye, as well as two exclusive papers that I designed especially for the kits:

I adored the bold chevron kraft pattern from Crate Paper and knew it would be perfect for an outdoorsy layout about my son and his grandpa's fishing trip:

 

I used snippets of the Basic Grey ticket paper and some of their perforated stamps, as well as a tag and mini envelope to matte my photos.  I also tucked in some seal stamps (from the kit exclusive stamp set) that I imprinted on transparencies and punched out with a circle cutter.

 

The chevron stencil in the kit was perfect to add a tiny bit of detail on my background. I just traced the stencil using a fine tip Sharpie, adding a row of chevrons to each side of my photo.

 

My title is a combo of a die cut word (using the teal cardstock in the kit) and the Basic Grey Micro Mini Alpha stickers. I added a tiny bit of baker's twine and a little hand-cut fish to finish it off.

If you haven't grabbed a Papercrafting Kit yet, be sure to hop over to Mercantile and get yours.  The Artisan Add-On, Historian Add-On and Mini Album Kit (designed buy Jenni herself!) are still available and we'd love to see what you create with them!

 

JBS & Fiskars : Perfect Combo for this Mini

I'd like to show you the process I used to create one of my favorite types of mini books.  If you use a selection of Jenni Bowlin clear stamps with the Fiskars Easy Stamp Press, you can create unique book after unique book with these supplies and the "origami poem" folding method.

The book is based on folding a piece of paper to make an 8 page mini book.  You can see the instructions for folding this little album at Origami Poems Project at this link.  You can also see how I used the same folding technique to make a mini from a 12 x 12 sheet of paper here.

Here we go!

At winter CHA, Jenni released a great collection of book style clear stamps. 

which coordinated with the Composition Book clear stamp from a previous release:

Other stamps that are approximately the same size can work also:

The various stamps are arranged on the Fiskars Easy Stamp Press to create the mini album and can be rearranged, mixed and matched to make different albums each time.

1.  Arrange the stamps on the Press in the configuration shown below.

(I arranged my stamps as shown a little different than in the linked video - there are a couple of different ways to arrange - you just need to fold so the cover is in the front)  

Note that one side of the Stamp Press needs to have stamps arranged upside down.

2.  Ink your eight stamps.  You can ink them all the same color or ink them different colors.  A tiny edge of 2 of the stamps on the edge will hang over the press.  You will just need to make sure you ink and press these edges.

3.  Turn the press over and place it over the paper you want your mini to be stamped on and simply press down on the station.  Make sure to press the stamp edges that are hanging slightly over the press.

4.  You can rearrange and change up the stamps on the press to create different combinations for the mini books.

5.  Cut out your stamped image making sure to cut even margins all the way around.

6.  Score and fold in between each stamp to create folds as in the Origami Poems video.  Make one cut to the mini also as shown (cut is on the red line).

8.  You can now embellish your stamped image as you wish.

I made a mini album using a photo of my grandmother and some of my favorite white buttons that belonged to her. I used punches, rub-ons, chipboard, and bling to embellish.

Supplies:

Fiskars Easy Stamp Press

JBS Clear Stamps

Modern Mercantile Patterned Paper

Feather Rub-ons

Fiskars/JBS Pinwheel Punch

Feather Chipboard Pieces
Star Chipboard Pieces

Seam binding

More Jenni Bowlin and Fiskars!

I am loving all the inspiration with the team up of Jenni Bowlin and Fiskars!  So much awesome-ness.  Today, I am going to show you a little fun with Jenni Bowlin stamps and the Fiskars Easy Stamp Press.  I think I am a not such a good stamper, but this thing made it way more fun to play with stamps.

Okay, I pulled out 9 different stamps so I could make a grid background for my page.  And I used the stamp press to line it up.  I just eyeballed it, but still each image stamped more straight than ever before.

No measuring.  Just kept on going.

I am so excited about this!

Here is my page finished.

I love the grid and the custom made background.  And all the new Jenni Bowlin goodies like the flatbacks and the feather tags.  Well, and the rub on letters are incredible.

That's all!  I hope you enjoyed my stamping adventure!  Come back tomorrow for more inspiration!

~ Corrie