My Kind of Messy :) :) :)

Heeeeeello Hello :) :) :)

What an awesome month for creative shares!!! I so so love the brief 'Get Messy'! Like I would say no LOL :)

With the layout I am sharing with you today I have used heaps of glorious product from the Mercantile! all the information is listed at the bottom of the blog post :).

To create my background I used one of the awesome Dina Wakley's masks; the 12 x 12 Boulders stencil. I have sprayed the stencil with both a white and grey mist and then stamped the mask on to the cardstock background, its as simple as that!!!!!

I have added extra splats of colour with Jenni Bowlin paints; which I applied with a small soft bristle paint brush :)

Aaaaaaand so would you like to know fabulous Jenni Bowlin Studio products I used???

Click on the image to link directly to the Mercantile :) :) :)

These flatbacks are sooooo TDF!!!! :)

What is not to love about these?!!!!!! :)

Well that is it from me for the Mo! I do hope you enjoy all the messy technique fun that will be on the blog this month!!!!!

Cheers and Happy Creating!!

Louise :) xx

New Product Focus: Wood Veneer & Sequins

I am loving all the new wood veneer designs and sparkly sequins in the newest JBS release! I knew they'd be the perfect embellishments for a page about our recent trip to Mexico, so I gathered up my favorites and got to work!

To create a beachy feel on the background, I lightly brushed it with Speckled Egg ink that I watered down.  Once it was dry, I used the Plus One Stencil with aqua acrylic paint and added some of the cross-hatch texture over the top.  I then cleaned out the stencil and used it again with a teal fine-tip marker to trace additional plus-signs around the painted areas.

I layered a few paper scraps down the center of the page and then arranged my wood frames vertically as well. I sized my four photos to fit inside the Insta-Frames, which will perfectly hold 2x2-inch prints. Adhering them with foam dots helps to pop them up off the wood a bit.

I used the Speech Bubbles stencil to trace shapes onto white cardstock. Then I cut them out with small scissors and used them to hold my journaling strips (also brushed with water down Speckled Egg ink.)

Finally, I sprinkled several of the wood veneer clouds, clear sequins, and flower sequins around the page. They add the ideal finishing touch to this vacation page!

The wood veneers, stencils, and sequins are now available online and in scrapbook stores. We'd love to see what your create with them!

Happy Scrapping!

JBS & PDCC..'look down'

Hello, did you join in with the Play Date challenge? What a lovely lot of inspiration from the JBS DT and Ambassadors during the week...I'd like to also share my take on the challenge today..

for the background of this page I firstly added some gesso with a palette knife and once dry placed the exclusive stencil over it and created the pattern using a weather vane paint dabber

I've also used a couple of new stamps on this page including the one below which came in the exclusive 'canning jar' stamp set. I've stamped it out several times onto white paper and then cut it out and added a bit of journaling in one..the white paper makes the journaling stand out and also allowed me to move them around until I was happy with the placement before sticking them down..

How cool are the new flatbacks range? I've used one from the 'icons' set along with a piece of the packaging behind the photo for contrast.. 

the other new release stamp is from the 'dictionary' set and I've just inked up a small amount of the text stamp and pushed it down with my finger rather than using a stamp block..

thanks for stopping by and happy creating!

xox

moving in circles..

Hi everyone, Gina here to share a layout using some cool JBS cut files. I'll admit I don't actually have a digital cutting machine so thanks to the lovely Natalie for coming to the rescue :) I've used the backdrops 1 cut file on this page..

I've used the circle and stars from the file and featured the circles in 3 different ways.. Firstly I added a bit of a random pattern over the background by dabbing some 'malted milk' paint through the circle die-cut. Next I sprayed a section of the diecut with aqua ink spray and reverse printed near the paint circles by pressing it ink side down onto the cardstock

Also I cut a couple of strips from the inked circle die-cut and layered them above and below the photo

From the star die-cut section which is in the same cut file, I've hand cut several stars and placed a red star from the apothecary sticker set inside a few of them.

The paint splatters have been made using a 'seed packet' paint dabber and few drops of aqua mist..

supplies: 
back drop 1 cut file
hear ye banner stickers candy stripe
red/black mini pattern sheet
magpie mini pattern sheet
wren mini pattern sheet
skinny alpha - red
skinny alpha - black
mini chalkboard alpha
printed tags kraft flag
vintage sew on buttons - cream
apothecary stickers - red
ranger jbs paint dabber - seed packet
ranger jbs paint dabber - malted milk
vintage labels

thanks for stopping by and happy scrapping! x

Boy Meets Girl. Girl Meets DieCut Machine.

Natalie here, and I have a confession to make. I love my diecut machine. I may have declared my adoration, out loud, on more than one occasion. I'm not quite sure how I managed to scrap before it came along.

And I couldn't have been happier when I heard JBS started releasing cutting files with their kits, and over at Jessica Sprague. I've eagerly collected each one, and I use them all the time, even on my non-JBS projects. They're just so versatile and there's tonnes of ways to use them. Let me show you what I mean.

For a start I used the stars from the 'Holiday Backdrops' as a stencil to mist over. When the mist was dry I kept it in place and selectively painted in a few of the stars with the JBS Paint Dabbers. Again I waited patiently for it to dry before outlining the stars in black pen. Lastly I popped up some of the original cut-out stars with dimensional tape and put them back in their place.

On a simpler note I used my favourite Whimsy Girl as an embellishment in the bottom corner with only the addition of some glitter to add pizazz!

Of course, you can use your diecuts for cards too because they scale to any size you like. And on this colourful card I haven't had to use much else. They do all the hard work for you.

I must have cut a few dozen of these feathers already to use for different projects and I know they're a huge hit with the rest of the DT too. But the real star of this card is the 'Love' word and Stencil Numbers. I chose '19' because that's the date of the wedding I plan on giving this card away at. But that's the beauty of die-cuts right? It allows you to personalise anything and you only have to cut what you need!

So I hope I've left you inspired to check out the huge range of cutting files JBS have got to offer.
xxx

Layout Supplies:

JBS Red/Black Collection 2012 Red Cross Stoves	JBS Christmas 2012: Christmas Ribbon	JBS Vintage Whimsy Digital Kit	JBS Cuts: Holiday Backdrops	JBS Vintage Mini Deck Identify General	JBS Apothecary Stickers	JBS Border Stickers
JBS Star Banner Stickers	JBS Shadow Sticker: Green/Red	JBS Hear Ye Banner Stickers: Candy Stripe	JBS Paint Dabber Lavender Sachet	JBS Paint Dabber Speckled Egg	JBS Stamp: Writer	JBS Stamp Pad: Fountain Pen

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Card Supplies:

JBS Red/Black Collection 2012 Mini Pattern

JBS Red/Black Collection 2012 Boy Meets Girl

JBS Cuts: Feather Stencil

JBS Kit Cuts: Stencil Numbers

JBS Kit Cuts: Peace Joy Hope Love

German Glass Glitter

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