Vintage Gold Sale Today!

Ha! Did I get your attention! Well, there is Vintage and there is Gold on sale ... in our Digital Shoppe!

JBS-Vintage Bingo Card Kit only$1 today!

JBS-Gold Crowns  50% off today!

The crowns do come ready in a gold hue, but are so easily recolored to any color of the rainbow!

Isn't this digital layout, Heart Melting, by Carrie Arick beautiful?  How sweet that she documented a heart shaped patch of snow on her roof!  She used the "Adore" bingo card from the kit to really make a statement of her sentiment for the subject.

Other supplies:

Jenni Bowlin Studio: Vintage Bingo Cards, Vintage Cream & Black Papers,

Wren Collection, Edges & Headings, Soda Water Paper, Date Labels,

Rhinestone Buttons; Fonts: Waverly, Pippy by Darcy Baldwin

I used the Vintage Bingo Card kit along with the Pet Bingo Card kit for this hybrid project:

You can see my process for making this photo display at this link.

One Buck Wednesday Sales are good through midnight PT today!

Back to School: Math

Though math has never been my strongest subject, I've always has a fascination with numbers. I loved the concrete, definitive answer that results when an equation is solved correctly. Of course, in my case, that was a fairly rare occurrence, but there was no better feeling when it did!

Inspired all things mathematics, I put together the layout below, challenging myself to incorporate the element of numbers as many times as possible.  Though many numerical items appear, I focused on the number "two" for the obvious reason that the subject of the page is me and my husband:

"Two" by Lisa Dickinson

It was fun sorting through my stash to find any supplies that might represent the idea of "two." And when I finished the page, I had incorporated seventeen different numerical elements. (Can you find them all?)

There are so many JBS supplies that work perfectly for this theme! Using the Magpie papers as my base, I added lots of other "twos' in a variety of forms and materials. I even found quotes to add as journaling that incorporate the word two. 

 

In addition to the stuff I used on my page, here are some of my other favorite JBS products that feature numbers:

1. JBS Bingo Cards        2. Clear Protractor Stamp      3. Vintage Number Card Set

4.  Clear Ruler Border        5.  Clock Rub-On         6. Alterable Chipboard Numbers

7.  Bingo Chipboard Buttons      8.  Flag Banner Stickers    9.  Multiplication Paper

Having math serve as an inspiration source for a scrapbook page might seem a bit odd, but when all the elements of a layout design come together perfectly, it's much like solving an equation. And who isn't inspired by that?

New in the Digi Shoppe and Personalizing those Bingo Cards

New today - one of my FAVORITE Jenni Bowlin products!

Sports Bingo Card Kit

Margje at JessicaSprague.com used the kit to create this triumphant page!

She also used papers from the Classic Labels Collection as part of her background.

I'm going to use these Sports Bingo Cards to make my son's High School Baseball Album.  I'm using pocket page protectors for this album and by using the digi kit, I'm able to print the cards out in various sizes to fit the pockets:

I also made matching cards for each high school year by altering one of the cards from the set:

This is easier than it looks!  I'll show you how I did it using PSE in this video.  I think I talk with my hands, because my cursor is jumping all over the place as I speak! sorry 'bout that! One day I'll get the hang of this!

Supplies:

Jenni Bowlin Studio Sports Bingo Card Kit
font: Impact
font: Sun, Moon, & Stars

Do you have a sport enthusiast in your house?  If so, you just may need this versatile kit.  Whether you digi scrap or do traditional scrapbooking, this kit is a "must have"!  And today it's 25% off!

Be My Valentine (All Year Long)

Happy Valentine's Day!  

It's Jill here, with a mini-album that celebrates love and JBS all year long. 

Using binding tape and the large Bingo card calendar set, I compiled an album to document a photo a month of my husband and me, along with a few thoughts about the little "anniversaries" that occur each month.  We don't take enough photos together, and this album will prompt us to do so at least once a month.  So far, we're on track with January and February!

Each of the layouts in the mini pulls together collections of JBS accents, such as journaling cards (above) and printed tickets (below)...

envelopes and labels...

chipboard pieces...

punched patterns...

rub-ons, paint dabbers, and stamps...

(this was actually stamped with the end of a spool)

chipboard buttons...

label strip stickers...

alphabet stickers...

number stickers and reinkers...

and buttons.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today, and have a wonderful Valentine's Day! 

A Piece of Cake for Valentine's Day and Don't Forget the Fork

Why not surprise a friend with a cake this Valentine's Day? This one was made using a variety of old jewelry boxes.

I covered the bottom of the boxes with the sweetest little paper from the Town Square Collection. The tops were covered with a very fine glitter. The boxes were stacked and each box glued to the top of the next box.

I topped my cake with a Jenni Bowlin Chipboard Heart painted with Chewing Gum paint and sprinkled with glitter. A "chocolate" vellum butterfly finishes it off.

Why not "serve" your cake on a vintage plate with a vintage fork?

Wouldn't it be sweet to fill your cake with a variety of vintage surprises? My cake is filled with vintage buttons, a vintage heart pin, old keys, and a wonderful sampling of JBS embellishments.

Speaking of vintage forks ... I've admired the ones I've seen in shops that have been altered to create easels.  I had a few vintage forks on hand, and tried this myself.

I curled the tines with a pair of pliers.  Vintage silver forks are softer and are easier to bend than the everyday stainless steel forks.  This fork had 2 decorative holes in the top which were perfect for threading some seam binding through.  Next time, I'll protect the tines with a rag when I bend them. Because they are fairly soft, they scratch easily.  

The fork easel holds my Valentine display so beautifully!


To create the display, I used a JBS Valentine Bingo Card for my base. I covered it in tulle and added a pretty piece of mini pattern paper from the Baby of Mine collection.  A scalloped notecard is placed on top of that.  I cut out the frame center from the Homespun journaling card, fit our wedding picture underneath, and sewed that onto the notecard.

The paper foil is from a past Mercantile kit and I used a Malted Milk ink pad to give it a creamier color.  The sweet little embroidered flower is from the lace found in the Flea Market section of Mercantile.  

Jenni's products bring such a classic and timeless look to Valentine's Day projects.  And it is amazing how her different lines work so well together.   Keep watching the blog as more of the design team posts their creations!

A Handmade Halloween

One of my favorite Jenni Bowlin products are the Bingo Cards!  You can find them in many themes in classic Jenni Bowlin colors.  I've used them as embellishments, as mini books, as banners ... the possibilities are endless!  The classic colors work beautifully with all JBS product like the Halloween Bingo Cards and the new Vintage Halloween 2011 line.

In this layout, Jenni's Halloween Bingo Cards fit into a pocket in the layout and are used to hold my photos and my journaling on the back side.

I used the charming sheet of Starry Night cardstock and cut it to form the pocket. Foam tape is staggered inside the pocket so the Bingo cards stagger when placed inside.

The Bingo Cards make great little layouts themselves! The little "bee" accent on the Boo Card is made from a Cream Doily flower that was painted with a JBS Lemon Drops paint dabber and cut to form "wings".

The banner is made with the mini patterns from the Halloween Mini Pattern Sheet and vintage dictionary pages. The Doily flowers are beautiful accents for the banner and can be cut to form scallop shapes.

Supplies used:
Starry Night cardstock
Halloween 2011 Mini Pattern Sheet
Orange and Black Shadow Alphabet Stickers
Black Doily flowers
White Doily flower
Decorative Delicate Brads
Vintage Sew-On Buttons
Seal Clear Stamp
JBS for Ranger Lemon Drop Paint Dabber

Easter Decor with Bridgette Truong

Hi Everyone! Bridgette Truong here and I'm back with another Shadowbox layout! (you can see my October one HERE and December one HERE.

I decided to do things a bit different this time and use all the mini bingo cards from a pack, instead of just one in the center. There aren't any pictures of it hanging in the shadowbox with cute easter accents on the shelf below because we just moved a few months ago and I have yet to hang a few things up.
I have to admit that this shadow box was a bit difficult to do, as I am not the best at mixing. I took the 'baby girl' print from a mini paper pack and inked it with the chewing gum ink so you wouldn't focus on the fact that it said 'baby girl'. LOL I used a butterfly die and punch to make some butterflies. I topped the larger butterfly with a yellow butterfly sticker and folded the wings up to make it dimensional. Now, I know a frog seems a bit odd for an easter shadow box, but my oldest son adores frogs, and there isn't a store I have gone in to that hasn't had a stuffed frog with bunny ears in their easter stuff. So frogs are spring-y. For the frog, I used a light green cardstock inked with stick candy to make it stand out a bit more from the grass underneath.

I used a punch and cream cardstock from this pack for the basket and eggs, and inked the eggs with chewing gum, soap powder, and lemon drop. I added a few mini butterflies, and also used my butterfly punch to punch out one from a yellow banner sticker. I used a variety of banner stickers on baker's twine for the "Happy Easter" and the rhinestone bows to finish them off. I have to say, I think this is my favorite one yet. Thanks for having me!

Happy Easter everyone! and thanks for the inspiration Bridgette!

Garden Journal by Keisha Campbell

Today Keisha Campbell shares a stunning mini-album that has the makings of a beautiful garden journal. How beautiful it will be to watch her garden (and children) grow in here. Thanks for the inspiration Keisha! And don't forget to swing by Write.Click.Scrapbook today for more inspiration! P.S. Tomorrow is Give.Away.Day here and there! :)

Supplies: Grow Bingo Card, Large Die-cut Book Set, Mini Die-cut Circle Label Papers, Die-cut Mini Paper Pad - Dots, Die-cut Mini Paper Pad - Calendar, Flag Banner Stickers - Red/Black, Family Tree Patterned Papers, Family Tree Journaling Cards, Journaling Pad - Orange, Rub-on Single - Butterfly Book Page, Vintage Style Sew-on Buttons - Cream, Label Stickers - Red Dot, Label Stickers - Black