I Love You Because by Waleska

Hi everyone!  Just in time for Valentine's day I created a simple 'I love you because...' mini album. A little something to let my boys know how they are each so special to me :)

I started with a 6" chipboard heart, covered it with burlap fabric then added the 4" chipboard heart, doilies, buttons and twine.

I traced the 6" chipboard heart onto vellum, filled it with confetti (made with punched hearts and circles from several patterned papers), then sewed all around the edges to make this fun insert.

Finally, I added different journaling cards with titles, pictures and notes. Quick and easy (and perfect for our little v-day party :))

Supplies: Chipboard Hearts, Die Cut Journaling Cards- Red, Memo Book- Red, Stick Pins- Cream, Pearl Buttons- Cream, Alterable Alphas- Graph , Cough Syrup Stamp Pad, Mini Chipboard pieces- hearts, Speckled Egg Paint Dabber, Star Banner Stickers- Multi Colored, Papers: Inkwell, Letter Chart, Vintage Red Bookprint

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Halloween Mini-Album by Doris Sander

How about a fun little Halloween Mini-Album? This one is super simple, super easy, and super fun with a super short supply list. Happy Halloween Scrapping!

Supplies: Chipboard Circle Mini-album, Vintage Holidays Halloween Mini-Paper and Accesory Sheet, Orange/Black Shadow Alpha Stickers, Black Doily Flowers, Orange Pearl Buttons, Black Charms, small silver jump rings.

The September Gallery is Live!

The September gallery is now live! We have lots of lovely eye candy there from September's Mercantile offerings including this touching mini-album from Betsy Sammarco. We are also pleased to debut our design team page! Thanks Betsy for all your hard work on this project. It is a delightful read, so grab your morning coffee (or Coke!) and settle in for an enjoyable morning at JBS Mercantile. :)

eta: We also wanted to let you know how amazing our designers are! Most of our West Coast girls just got their kits two days ago since we were waiting for all the new CHA product and several of our East Coast girls are dealing with the big storm, but still we miraculously have creations to share. Betsy even scrapped by candlelight! All that is to say we will have many more scrappy shares with our September kit. Look for a special gallery update the evening of the 5th (Labor Day!) in addition to our regularly scheduled gallery update on the 10th.

DeLovely "By the Sea" Mini-Album Update

I finally got my beach mini up to date this weekend and I thought I would share just one more thought about it with you here. If you'll recall, this mini album chronicals my son's tri-annual trips to the beach where I grew up. I think this is a wonderful way to get a glimpse of how he's growing and changing before my eyes.

Since it is a work in progress and I plan on adding more years to it, I have prepped my product to do just that. I created the album with the DeLovely Kit. As I mentioned before, I really like consistency in my mini-albums, so I want to continue to use the same product throughout.

Instead of leaving big sheets of paper and bulky embellishment sheets clogging up my stash, I went ahead and trimmed down the paper to fit in the album. I also went ahead and punched enough seaweed (martha stewart large snowflakes punch) and coral flowers (martha steward hydrangea punch) to last and collected just the bits of chipboard, stickers, and paper labels that I thought I would use. I thought about including the rest of the buttons as well, but I know that I always have buttons in my stash and so decided not to have those bulking up my embellishment bag. I've now just attached the embellishment bag to the back of the mini-album with masking tape and I'm ready to add a page quickly the next time we visit Florida.

You can find links to the rest of this mini-album HERE. I hope it inspires you to document your vacations. - Doris Sander :)

Vacation Mini with Michelle McCord

It's another vacation mini-album, this time from Michelle McCord chronically a family vacation with baseball at its center! Michelle writes, "I used the JBS Look Hodge Podge Mini-Album to document our trip to Saint Louis last week. All items in the mini-album are JBS or vintage items. Love the feel of the different sized pages!" Thanks for the inspiration Michelle!

Fair Mini-Album by Keisha Campbell

Nobody does the mini-album quite like Keisha Campbell. Today she shares with us one she's been working on to document her family's trip to the local fair. Now I can't wait for our county fair next month! Thanks for the inspiration Keisha!

Supplies: Hodge Podge Book - Read, Faded Label Stamp, Cabbage Flower Stamp, Die-Cut Mini Paper Pad - Polka Dots, Flag Banner Stickers - Red/Black, Mini Chalkboard Alpha - Black, Tiny Circle Alpha - Reverse Black, Haven Accessory Sheet, Haven - Dictionary

Amazing Mini Tutorial by Betsy Sammarco!

I used this method to create my “Down on the Farm” mini album using the Mercantile June Papercrafting kit and Atrium Add-on.

A video illustrating how to make this mini-album can be found on youtube at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZYu3ahRd7c

How to make the 9-square Haven Mini Album

This mini album is made from one piece of Haven Mini Pattern Cardstock. These directions will show you how to score, fold, cut, and re-fold a single sheet of cardstock to make an adorable mini album with a cover, back cover, 6 interior pages, and 2 pockets for tags.

Directions:
1. Place the sheet in front of you so the B-side of the Haven Mini Pattern cardstock is facing up. This is the side that will form the mini album.
2. Cut off the bottom name strip.

3. Score along the 9 mini paper designs. Fold along the score lines to make nice creases.

4. Make 2 small cuts as shown.

5. Holding the B-side towards you, fold the bottom row of squares underneath and to the back of the cardstock.

6. Fold the middle row in on itself so the “Album” page is in front to form your cover.

7. Fold the remaining 2 pieces towards you to form a back cover. The page you fold last will become the back cover of the album.

8. Fold the back cover down behind the album.

You now need to adhere pages together to form the front pocket and back cover:

9. Glue the right side of the front cover together so you form a top-loading pocket.

10. The second page has a pocket already and no gluing is necessary.

11. The Dictionary patterned page can be adhered to the page behind it.

12. The back pages are glued together so you have one back cover (made of 3 squares).

You now have the base of a mini album created from a single 12x12 piece of cardstock. Have fun adding photos, tags, and embellishments!

Guest Star Cheryl Waters!

Today we have a gorgeously detailed shabby chic mini-album from designer Cheryl Waters. Thanks for the inspiration Cheryl!