Jenni Bowlin + Fiskars = Sweetness!

How about a layout from our very own Jenni Bowlin featuring our very own Jenni Bowlin for Fiskars line of punches?! Hot off the press! Keep your eyes peeled! They'll start appearing at a retailer near you just after the holidays! Can you pick a favorite?

The line includes four squeeze punches, 3 lever punches, and 3 border punches.

Jenni Bowlin "Tab" Large Squeeze Punch

Jenni Bowlin "Scalloped Banner" Large Squeeze Punch

Jenni Bowlin "Flight" Large Squeeze Punch

Jenni Bowlin "Blue Ribbon" Large Squeeze Punch

Jenni Bowlin "Grandma's Doily" Medium Lever Punch

Jenni Bowlin "Frame" Medium Lever Punch

Jenni Bowlin "Jenni's Butterfly" Medium Lever Punch

Jenni Bowlin "Jester" Border Punch

Jenni Bowlin "Main Street" Border Punch

Jenni Bowlin "Ticket Please" Border Punch

The Great Pumpkin Challenge from Ranger

If you're into fall decorating this week, you'll definitely want to swing by the Ranger Ink Blog for their Great Pumpkin Challenge. Every day this week they'll have pumpkin's decorated by some of your favorite artists in the crafting world. Our very own Jenni Bowlin is featured today, along with the fabulous Claudine Hellmuth.

Keisha Campbell inspired by Jenni Bowlin

Today's post is brought to you by Keisha Campbell who writes, "I love the way Jenni keeps things so simple-but I still feel like there is so much to take in. Her work is vintage gorgeous, and I have come to really love using her vintage finds on my pages. Especially those old checks & ledger papers!"

Lisa Dickinson inspired by Jenni Bowlin

Sixteen by Jenni Bowlin

There's no doubt Jenni has an elegant, timeless style that's inspired many of us!  I adore the way she can effortlessly combine paint, ink, rub-ons and more in creative and unique ways.  On Jenni's page above, she used the Classic Foam Stamps with Weather Vane Paint Dabber to make little homes for all her page elements. Then she stamped the Cabbage Flower over one, and applied the Receipt Rub-on over another to add lines for her journaling.  And how sweet are the feminine touches of a butterfly and Doily Flower?

Two by Lisa Dickinson

Inspired by Jenni, I took her cue and used a foam stamp with Fountain Pen ink to create three frames.  I topped them with a rub-on butterfly before adhering my photos.  On the bottom half of the page, I used a bold stripe paper from the new Red & Black Extension IV, and topped it with a thin strip of ruler paper and a red chevron ribbon (all of which are included in November's Papercrafting kit!)  As a final touch, I added a label for my journaling and one of the new flash cards from the Vintage Number Set.

If you're inspired by Jenni as much as I am, hop on over to the Mercantile Forum and take a look at all the challenges the design team has issued for ScrapFest!  You've still got time to create a page for these prompts (pages are due Sunday, October 30, at 3 p.m. CST) and be entered to win a $10 gift card to JBS Mercantile.

Becky Novacek inspired by Jenni Bowlin

Hi everyone, Becky here. I have to tell you, I jumped on the chance to lift one of Jenni's projects! I went through her blog and so enjoyed revisiting the beautiful things she has made over the past couple of years. I chose a vintage frame design that she posted on her blog in February of 2010. I converted my idea to a layout, but stayed pretty true to her embellishments around the photo. Instead of a glitter butterfly, I used the new JBS butterfly stamp with JBS weather pane ink. I also included the new alterable alphas and chipboard heart with Speckled Egg Paint Dabber. The tissue flower is made from JBS crepe paper ribbon that I have been hoarding, but I'm happy to say, is still available through the mercantile. Thanks for taking a look today!

Waleska Neris inspired by Jenni Bowlin

Today we have Waleska Neris inspired by our very own Jenni Bowlin!

On the chipboard piece Waleska combined Jenni's perfect vintage + rub-on mask techniques."
She wasn't sure where she wanted to locate the butterfly rub-on, so she first transfered it to a piece of vellum and was then able to move it around without getting messy :)

Supplies: Rub-Ons - Butterfly Red, Damask Background Silver + Chipboard Die-Cut Book Set- Small + Mini Bingo Cards-Vintage + Doily Flowers - Cream + Decorative Brads - Rhinestone + Die Cut Journaling Cards- Turquoise

Megan Klauer inspired by Jenni Bowlin

As I sat and looked through Jenni's beautiful blog, I was of course inspired by her love of all things vintage. The way she uses old photographs that have long begged to be put on a scrapbook page. Her use of rub-ons and this amazing technique tutorial; which became the starting point of my page.

I began by applying the Transferware Flowers rub-on onto the backside of the Be Our Guest - Tea Towel paper.

I then in true Jenni style added a thin layer of Jenni Bowlin for Ranger Malted Milk Paint Dabber to "vintage" it up a bit. Followed by the paint technique as shown HERE on Jenni's blog.

I trimmed it down a bit and added it to the bottom right hand corner of my page.

I also used the remaining portion of the rub-on and the same technique with the paint and tape on top of an old manilla tag.

Thanks for the inspiration Megan! And we have a layout from Waleska to look forward to tomorrow following this same technique!

Sunday Star - Lift Jenni!

This month the design team is putting the spotlight on our very own Jenni Bowlin by gathering inspiration from her lovely and heartfelt creations. We'd love for you to participate too! Simply cruise through Jenni's blog or her old galleries and find a piece of her art that inspires you. Share your creation with us in our customer gallery along with a link to what inspired you. We'll choose a winner next Sunday, October 23rd and that winner will receive a $10 gift card for JBS Mercantile.

Briana Johnson Inspired by Jenni Bowlin

Kudos to Doris for coming up with the best blog assignment EVER . . . to make something inspired by Jenni Bowlin! I was so excited to do this! I really took my time and enjoyed looking through Jenni's blog and all of her project kits and posts here on the inspiration blog. She's amazing! I know, we all know, right? : ) Jenni has been one of my absolute most favorite designers for as long as I can remember! When I think of "Jenni Style" I think of a strong design but never heavy looking, confidence in white space, little vintage details, and a bit of shine or sparkle whether it be German foil trim or glitter.

The above layout was inspired by her in many ways. The main way is the patchwork area on the right. It was inspired by this project of Jenni's:

From this post, from August 2010, on her blog. I used a 1" square punch and did the exact same thing but in different proportions. I've always loved the way she cuts up vintage labels and uses them as support in her design, not using the entire piece. Amazing attention to detail, perfect example.

 

So the yellow banner paper on my layout was actually an accident. I intended to do more of a cream on cream look and use the other side but I dropped the paper and it landed on the yellow side and a light went on in my mind. I really thought that brought the attention on and grounded the page well. I try to remind myself that it's okay to use a color not found in the photos at all because it allows the colors that are found in the photo to contrast and stand out against the paper. And since yellow and purple are complementary it worked out well.

Another way this page was inspired by Jenni was the color combo of red and lavender. You can see her page here. So I added just a few hints of red for my third color. The Cabbage Flower (damask) stamp is one of my all time fave stamps so I used it here to create my own patterned paper with Jenni's new Lavender Sachet Ink (thank you, Jenni, for Lavender Sachet, I am IN LOVE). I tried to embrace some white space like Jenni does, and like the picture frame above, with the thick cream border all the way around the page.

The last way I used a Jenni touch on my page was the placement of the star. I got that idea from her page posted here. See all that lovely white space? My chipboard star is covered in vintage cigar box trim.

 

I painted one of the cream doilies with a Lavender Sachet paint dabber. I've really enjoyed having the matching paint and ink (mist too if you want to make it from the re-inker). I layered the doily with a vintage rhinestone button, one of Jenni's chipboard milk cap buttons, a punched and glittered flower shape, then the star.

I had a great time with this! Can you tell? I love this page and I plan to hang it up in my house in a 12 x 12 shadow box frame.  Thanks for stopping in today!

Products used:
Chipboard Stars, Large, 4", and Mini
Mini Papers: Be Our Guest, Trendy (not available but the red pattern in Be Our Guest would work as well)
Cabbage Flower (Damask) Stamp
Ruler Border Stamp
Speckled Egg and Lavender Sachet Ink

Lavender Sachet Paint Dabber

Cream Doilies
Mercantile Exclusive Black Damask Paper
Core'dinations Cardstock: Grandma's Rocker Crosshatch (back side) and Row of Cherries 
Printed Tickets: Punctuation, Name, Baby Girl
Blue Label Stickers
German Foil Medallions Borders in Silver

Banner/Alphabet Stickers Playdate

Chipboard Buttons - Milk Caps

Mini Bingo Cards 

Other vintage items used: cigar box trim, advertising label, dictionary paper, sheet music, heart charm, and vintage buttons 

  

No Tricks! All Treats!

Our Vintage Holidays Halloween Line is now available for sale at JBS Mercantile. Just in time for the holidays, of course. You can find it in the General Store under New JBS Product or conveniently packaged in the September Project Kit. All the fun projects here were created from the project kit, including this fun canvas by Jenni Bowlin herself.

Halloween decor by Mindy Miller

Happy Halloween by Jill Sprott

Halloween 2009 by Briana Johnson

Beautiful Butterflies by Jenni Bowlin

An oh so sweet layout from Jenni Bowlin featuring a flock of JBS butterflies. The row on the right was stamped with the new Butterfly Foam Stamp using Lavendar Sachet Paint then overlaid with the Butterfly Clear Stamp using Weather Vane Dye Ink. The butterfly on the right is a Silver Butterfly Rub-on Single cut out and inked with Lavendar Sachet Dye Ink. The new stuff will be shipping to a store near you in just two weeks!

Happy Halloween!

How about some Halloween in July today? First up is a layout and pair of cards from Doris Sander. What you are going to love about this Halloween line is the just how usable it is. It is, of course, based on traditional Halloween colors, but if you look closely, you'll also see some navy and hints of red and yellow. This really makes it work well with all those Halloween costumes that are in non-traditional Halloween colors!

Love these little cuties! And do you see the "cobweb" in the corner? You guessed it! More of those super versatile NEW Doilies!

Here's another alterable number, this time done with cough syrup. And notice how well the NEW Delicate Brads coordinate with this line.

A pair of cards showing off the Vintage Halloween Accessory Sheet. Love how well the NEW Shadow Alphas and Alterable Chipboard Alphas coordinate.

Here is a sweet Halloween layout from Jenni Bowlin that showcases the fun Jolly Jack patterned paper.

And a detail shot with more bits from the Halloween 2011 Accessory Sheet.

Here are a few party items from Jenni. Notice how our Vintage Style Wooden Spools are perfect for holding the treat label cards.

If you love seeing Jenni's booths each show, Jill Sprott found lots of great photos of it on Shopping Diva's Photo Stream. Thanks Shopping Diva!