This month's sneak peek brought to you by Cheryl! I see a little Pink Paisley shimmer and some Studio Calico hot off the press!
Hi, my name is Danielle Flanders and I currently live near Saratoga Springs, NY (home of the famous Saratoga Horse Racing Track) with my husband of 10 years and our 2 daughters, Taylor who is 10 and Kati is 4. I grew up in South Dakota and still consider myself a midwest girl at heart and miss the wide open spaces and slower pace. I do hope to move back some day! My style is somewhat girly and shabby, but yet with clean lines and color. Buttons, ribbons, stitching and the color pink are my addictions when it comes to scrapbooking! I guess that’s what happens when you have two daughters. Let’s see, what else…I have a degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology and also a K-8 elementary teaching degree, however I stay at home with my girls right now and love every minute I get to spend with them. My creative time seems to be late at night after it’s quiet…I’m definitely a night owl. I’m so thrilled to be joining the Jenni Bowlin team and amazing talent she has here!
I used to scrap in my dining room to be close to my family, but became sick of the mess and growing stash of scrapbooking supplies. Now I have a little desk set up in our basement and love to be able to have everything out and at my fingertips! I’m a VERY messy scrapper! It’s definitely a work in progress and I hope to get more shelving soon. I’m lucky to have a storage room nearby, so I have many things stored in there as well.
This is one of my all-time favorite photos. My husband works an hour away from home, so the girls are excited to see him when he gets home at the end of the day. I caught this one day when he had just gotten back from his commute.
I just received a new sewing machine and had to make a layout about it, because I love it so much. It says, “Sew many….stitches, so little time! I love my new Singer, it has 67 more stitches than my last machine! 1/10” I used one of the new stitch functions to create a border on the white and yellow paper. Jenni Bowlin supplies used: Chipboard heart, chipboard buttons, rub on circle, paper, sticker letters, star sticker, journaling sheet, ruler sticker. Other: doilies, twine, needle, machine stitching, black floss, Sweet Clover Glimmer Mist.
Welcome to the team Danielle! We're simply delighted to have you here!
P.S. Danielle says she gets those sweet doillies in the baking section at A.C. Moore. I had to ask her, because I think they're really cool. Oh hey! We should talk Jenni into getting them for a kit . . .
First up, Jenni has loaded the shop with lots of Valentine's treats! There are some limited edition vintage Valentine papercrafting kits like this little peek you see here . . .
Plus this Valentine necklace kit, as well as a few handmade (by Jenni!) Valentine necklace's. It will all go fast as there are limited amounts of each, especially the handmade necklace's. I just looked and there were only two of those left: this one and this one.
Okay, now more of the new release in action! These little gems were made with Jenni's new pewter pins! Can you believe it? Melissa (from the warehouse) made this pair for me to wear to show. I LOVE them!!!
She says they are easy to make if you have a little patience. Simply snip off the excess pin with a pair of wire cutters and then slowly and carefully bend the pin over to create the loop. That's it! The slowly and carefully part is important though. She says if you try to bend the pin too quickly it will break.
Next up, a couple sweet cards from Stephanie Howell featuring Homespun and the new embellished butterflies . . . 
And here are the much anticipated exclusives from the February JBS Mercantile kit! You're going to love it! It's full of soft blues and greens with a bit of vivid red and bold black and just a smidge of gold. Check back on the 25th for some layout peeks of February's kit!
And look! More from the January kit! Wilna dropped this treasure off just the other day. Doesn't it have the most gorgeous vintage vibe even though the pics are oh so new. They just look fabulous in black and white I think. FYI, Jenni says this months kits are now in single digits, so grab them while you can!
Stephanie writes, "everything about homespun makes me happy. ridiculously happy. the colors, the vintage vibe, the designs...the new goodies are just awesome. to make this design, i layered patterned paper (plaid), a mini paper (green check), and a journaling card (pink and red) to make a bright, happy collage.i cut flowers from journaling cards and layered them over the block in the upper right and lower left corners. rows of the new buttons and butterflies (TO DIE FOR!) finish off the design. i tied vintage twine through the buttons and backed them with circles punched from one of the mini patterned papers."
And what would a Jenni Bowlin release be without an update of one of her classics. This show we bring you more of the ever popular bingo cards. Sweet minis in springtime and sports themes plus a new full size alpha bingo sheet perfect for collaging. You can see this last sneak over on Jenni's blog today. Plus, don't miss out on more of Jenni's creations this month as she finishes her spot as Guest Garden Girl over at Two Peas in a Bucket!
Button Button Who's got the Button? Jenni Bowlin! Lots of them too! And available in six delightful colors . . . green, orange, cream, white, red, and pink!
Also, be sure to check Jenni's blog for another new release peek!
I used the Maya Road houses, grey polka dot October Afternoon (along with the compass, cut from another OA paper!) and the gray American Crafts letters from the December kit + some hand-cut scallops from the Studio Calico paper in January's kit + the JBS Victoria Die-Cut Paper, a sheet from the Victoria Paper Pack and one of the pearl flowers to adorn a house.
Today's PEEK . . . Banner Stickers with interchangeable alpha and Polka Dot Labels!!!
I have a challenge for you. Create a layout using a photo of a thing or things, not a person. I realized that I rarely document my own life. I document my feelings for my family, which is obviously super important, but I do want to document other aspects too. Then, dig into your classic JBS supplies and mix them together and create something all about you. This is something that I really enjoy about Jenni's designs/product....classic and timeless, and all the lines mix so well. So I challenge you to go create! AND, if you make something and post it on your blog or in a gallery, link it so we can all see! 
I thought these new gems were the perfect peek to go with Becky's gorgeous roses. Available in garnet, pewter, copper, antique gold, pearl, and shell. Stunning!
i also wanted to share a JBS layout i made. this layout just fell together.i love jbs products so much it's not even funny. i still feel like it's a dream that i was asked to be on the team!!these felt butterflies are one of my favorite embellishments jenni has made.
And now without further ado . . . we bring you Homespun! We hope you like it! Stay tuned for more exciting peeks this week!
I wanted to create something with one of the many empty ribbon spools I have sitting around, so I decided to create something that would divert my attention away from the frigid snowy Iowa weather and use the JBS kit to do just that. I created some flowers and a hand cut butterfly to adorn the top of the spool. This project is actually pretty kid proof since I hot glued everything onto the top for more durability. I measured the inside part of the spool to be approximately two inches wide, cut two strips of 2x12 patterned paper, and filled those strips with some snapshots of the last two months. I used my sewing machine to add some texture and more durability to the paper, adhered it to the spool, and now my kiddies can 'unroll' the snapshots and see the pictures.
Itied off the spool with some scrap fabric to keep the pictures secure. Whenever we would like to enjoy the photos, we just untie the fabric and look at the pics.
I used some of the exclusive JBS patterned paper that comes with the kit to mimic grass here. I just folded a 1/12 inch by 12 inch piece of patterned paper, sewed along the open end of the folded paper, and then used my smaller scissors to cut the paper to look somewhat like grass.
I left the bottom of the spool 'un altered' for these photos so you could get the idea of how this project was all put together. Using my machine to sew aroun dthe edges makes the paper almost impossible to rip as well so it is very 'kid friendly' for viewing. 
From Becky Novacek we have just the sweetest wedding layout ever. She says, "This is the 4th layout I've made using the January kit and i still have a pile of supplies left! I love it!"
And from Cheryl Ametewee, "I created this one using the January JBS add-on kit mixed in with the main one. The old fabric was some I already owned and the journaling talks about how i wish it were still tradition for all girls to learn to sew...I SO wish I knew how!"
