Imagine how thrilled I was when Jenni released her Acrylic Paint Dabbers this summer at CHA. I must tell you the paint colors match her paper lines perfectly. So when I was asked to create a project for her blog the first thing I did was grab her paints and get to work. I painted the outer cover of my binder using Lemon Drop and Malted Milk and the inner cover using Chili Powder. I then accented the edges using Fountain Pen. As you can see these colors work perfectly with her Family Tree Mini Papers and other JBS embellishments.
JBS Products Used: Acrylic Paint Dabbers – Lemon Drop, Malted Milk, Chili Powder, Fountain Pen
Family Tree Mini Papers
Family Tree Journaling Cards
Old School Alpha Minis – Black, Red
Butterfly Stickers – Black, Red, Yellow
Plain Chipboard Elements - Butterfly
Red Memo Book
Self Adhesive Pearl Buttons – Orange, Red, Yellow
Stick Pins – Garnet, Cream
Lisa Pace is the author of “Delight In The Details”a technique based book that incorporates a variety of materials, from simple paper and fabric scraps to glitter, ink, modeling paste and of course vintage finds. She is presently the Special Projects Coordinator for Maya Road. In May of 2007, Lisa was picked as one of 5 master scrapbookers in Martha Stewart’s scrapbooking contest and August of 2007, was chosen as a 2008 Memory Makers Master. Her work has been published in magazines such as Memory Makers, Scrapbooks etc., Better Homes and Gardens and Scrapbooking & Cards Today as well as numerous idea books like Holiday Home, Scrapbook Trends, Paper Trends, Paper Creations and Scrapbooking & Beyond.If you would like to see more of Lisa’s work, check out her blog “It’s In The Details” at www.lisapace.com
Gorgeous! Thanks for the inspiration Lisa!
Hi, all! I’m from Oahu, Hawaii, where I live with my husband Rob and daughter Zoe. I was born and raised here, though being blonde-haired and blue-eyed, I often get odd reactions when I share that. I don’t look “local” but I grew up speaking pidgin with everyone else here. Fo' reals! By day, I am an English teacher, surrounded by students' papers, and by night, you will most likely find me surrounded by patterned paper. I started scrapbooking over seven years ago out of curiosity, and although it took me a long time to shake off the fear of “messing up,” I kept at it, and I’m glad I did. When it comes to trying to explain why I scrapbook, I always quote Robert Frost. He was referring to poetry, but I think the same holds true for scrapbooking: it is “a way of remembering what it would impoverish us to forget.” The ultimate inspiration can be found in the desire to do just that. It’s a sense of play that ignites and motivates my creative process. I can’t create with an “I-have-to-do-this” attitude; instead, I approach each page with an “I wonder what might happen if...” attitude. One of the most satisfying things about the process of creating is that "click", that moment when everything comes together and you just know. 
"From the Desk of a 13th Year Newbie" is my favorite October JBS Mercantile layout. This is my thirteenth year of teaching, but it is also my first year at a new school. That transition has been challenging and gratifying, affirming my belief that teaching is a vocation, a calling. It is difficult and wonderful and important work, but because it can be so personally demanding, a teacher must constantly make a choice to answer that call. On a constant basis -- each year, each quarter, each week, each day, each period -- I say "yes" to teaching. 
One of my favorite photos right now is a shot I took of my daughter at Bellows this summer. It was early in the morning, and the whole family had gathered on the windward side of the island for breakfast on the beach. Every time I look at this photo I marvel over the blue of the ocean, the wide expanse of sky, and this child, opening her arms to take in the wonder of it all. It's an endless ocean before her, but she moves toward it. It reminds me of e.e. cummings: "It's always ourselves we find in the sea." 
Keisha Campbell
Doris Sander
Betsy
Lisa
Kerry Lynn
