NEW Jenni Bowlin for Ranger Colors in Action!

Today Dina Wakley brings us several lovely projects featuring the NEW Jenni Bowlin for Ranger colors in action: Weather Vane (grey), Speckled Egg (aqua), and Lavendar Sachet (lavendar). Thanks for the inspiration Dina!

Butterfly Stamping with Michelle McCord

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Today's beautiful butterflies are brought to you by Michelle McCord who writes, "I created this wall art for my scrapbook room using the butterfly theme. JBS has soo many clever ways of using the butterflies, it's one of my very favorite things to use!"

"I used the JBS butterfly stamp and my Chewing Gum Paint Dabber to create the butterfly on the corner of my wall art. I love the way the dabber ink works with the stamps. It gives the stamps more texture and depth for me."

"This time I used the Chewing Gum Dye Ink Pad on the butterfly stamp and applied it to some vintage sewing pattern paper. Try using your stamps on other paper besides just cardstock or patterned paper for different looks. Stamping on the thin pattern paper makes it look almost see through."

One Million Yellow Butterflies

Loved making my first canvas! I wanted to recreate a memory I had with my brother when we were younger. I love the result!

The Story: My brother and I were on a bike ride in Vermont. I was trailing behind him and as we started down a big hill, it looked like he was going to ride right through a bunch of leaves on the road. As he approached, I could see that those leaves were in fact Swallowtail Butterflies that all took off into the air as he rode through. Since I was behind him, I was able to see the incredible site of one million yellow butterflies rising from the ground and flying into the sky around him.

Supplies used:

Jenni Bowlin for Ranger Dabber in Lemon Drops and Stick Candy.

Jenni Bowlin for Ranger Dye Ink in Fountain Pen.

Yellow and Black Butterfly Banner Stickers and Butterfly Chipboard.

Yellow Butterfly Rub-on Single

Mini Chalkboard Alpha Black

Mercantile Exclusive Chalkboard Alpha Yellow

Gesso, Gel Medium, Mod Podge

A lot of the technique I used on this canvas was learned from an Art Journaling class taught by Dina Wakley on Get It Scrapped!

I covered the canvas with gesso and then gel medium.  I made impressions into the gel medium with silk flowers, and container tops.

After the gel medium dried, I worked the paint into the canvas and sprayed it with the Fountain Pen dye ink in a mister.  You don't have to be an artist to get a great title and journaling on canvas.  I used Jenni Bowlin Studio letter stickers and love the look I got.  Rubons applied to the canvas easily also.

I applied some of the butterflies onto the chipboard and some I adhered directly to the canvas. After everything was placed where I wanted it, I covered it with a layer of Mod Podge to seal it.

The beauty of using the JBS paint and ink products with other JBS products is that the colors coordinate and blend with each other so well!