Happy Halloween with Keisha Campbell

We at Jenni Bowlin Studio hope you've had a fun-filled October!

Now Keisha Cambell's offering up a little more inspiration to get those October photos scrapped.

Thanks for the inspiration Keisha!

Waaay too Cute! by Amber Scurlock

Today we bring you a darling engagement layout by Amber Scurlock. Isn't the button collage at the top just darling? I think it matches the fun couple in the photos so well.

Check out Amber's blog for some great approaches to scrapping those two pagers. Thanks for the inspiration Amber!

Welcome Guest Designer Betsy Sammarco!

I took a great Big Picture Scrapbooking Class from Jenni this year and won a guest design team spot for this month! Thanks so much Jenni!

I loved working with the kit – the colors are gorgeous and there is new product in there that just blew me away! It was hard to choose a favorite layout so I asked my son which layout was his favorite and he picked this one! Of course! The minute I saw the bottle cap, I thought of my son. My Big Bite punched the hole in it without a problem!
I wanted to share a piece in my scrap area that I love. I found an old trunk years ago at a huge flea market in Brimfield Mass. I just loved the red worn color. Years later, as I started scrapping and accumulating tons of cardstock, I wanted to find a place where I could keep the paper out of the sun and out of sight. I asked my handy husband if he could do something with the trunk to hold my paper. He installed a couple of heavy duty brackets that could hold 12x12 Cropper Hopper file folders and put the trunk on wheels to make it easy for me to move it. I use a lot of old pieces to hold my scrap stuff, and this is a favorite piece for sure!
Thanks for the inspiration Betsy!

Trick-or-Treat Bags by Anabelle O'Malley

Anabelle O'Malley made these sweet Halloween treat bags and graciously agreed to share them with us here on the JBS Inspiration Blog. Aren't they just delightful? And think about the possibilities with other JBS Bingo Card options . . . Christmas ornaments, Valentine's Day gifts, baby shower favors . . . thanks for the inspiration Anabelle!

JBS + Core'dinations!

Jenni has teamed up with Core'dinations Cardstock to bring you embossed, distressable cardstock in four of her signature patterns and her signature colors of red, black, and cream!

repeat performances

I did quite a bit of scrapbooking last week, mostly with old Mercantile kits. They really just seem bottomless, don't they? I think my last five or six month's worth of kits are still bagged in case I want to make just one (or two) more layouts with each. Here are my latest creations . . .

#7 for October.

#5 for August (This one is from the project kit with a little German foil mixed in).

August #6.

August #7.

Last May was my all time high with eight layouts completed. I think that's a good goal to shoot for! What do you think?

JBS Mercantile November Exclusives

And don't forget that this month's kit will also include lots of Jenni's new fall release!

Ink Anyone?

Dina is sharing her scrappy talents with creative souls in Europe this month, but she sent us these fabulously inky layouts before she left. She is one talented chica! You too can take a class from Dina and bask in her brilliance. Her online class Art Journaling 301: Graffiti of My Life begins on October 27th. Don't miss out on the inspiration!

October Gallery Updates

Becky Novacek

Jenni Bowlin

Michelle McCord

Doris Sander

Halloween Mini-Album by Tracie Claiborne

Tracie Claiborne made this delightful mini-album from a set of Halloween bingo cards. It's the perfect little place to house all her favorite October photos. Thanks for the inspiration Tracie!

Congratulations to Betsy Sammarco!

Betsy Sammarco was Jenni's Big Picture Scrapbooking contest winner, so we wanted to share her lovely work with you. Congratulations Betsy and thanks for the inspiration!

Kit Bowling

I (Doris) finished layout number four! I'm having so much fun with this kit! It's the perfect color combination for this time of year. It really has me in the mood for fall.

I had a major DUH! moment when I opened the October kit for the first time. See, I save every tiny scrap of each kit until I'm 100% sure I'm done creating with it. I don't even throw away the product packaging! You never know what you might need, but you can see how this would became shall we say . . . messy. Not this month though! This month I came up with the idea of kit bowling! I found this lovely Jenni Bowlin yardsale bowl in my kitchen and dumped all the kit embellishments into it. Then as I made each layout, I just kept throwing all the bits and pieces back in the bowl. Everything stayed neat and tidy and I only lost one tiny flower that the cat stole off a layout in progress.

This is how the bowl looked after I finished the first layout.

This is how it looked after I finished the second, and can you believe it's still that full after finishing #4 up there? I love it! Can't wait to get started on #6. (Yep. I did #5 already, but I'm holding it in reserve for the mid-month reveal on the 15th. Sorry, but you'll have to wait.).

Lucky by Paula Gilarde

Jenni Bowlin Studio plus Core'dinations Cardstock plus Paula Gilarde equals Fabulous!

Thanks for the inspiration Paula!

6 Months with Amber Ulmer

We were so inspired by our September guests that we just had to invite a few more in October. Today Amber Ulmer shares her creativity with us.

She says, "Now that Josephine is 6 months, I don't want to forget every little milestone that happens each month. So Im going to start doing a monthly layout of a photo of her and write down what she was doing by that month! I am going to try and go back and do the past months as well. I don't want to forget all these special milestones in her life!"

Thanks for sharing your inspiration with us Amber!

The JBS Mercantile October Gallery is loaded!

We wanted to update you on changes to our monthly calendar here at JBS Mercantile . . .

25th of the month: A few peekies!
last day of the month: new gallery loaded!
15th of the next month: gallery updates (this is new)!

Yes! Each month we will be bringing you even more inspiration with a mid-month gallery update, so check back on October 15th to see what else we've created!