leafy layout..

Hi, Gina here sharing a Fall layout with you today..I love to get outdoors here in Australia and photograph the gorgeous Autumn leaves..so I've used them as my inspiration for this layout..

I've used the graphic leaf stencil and lots of bright mists to replicate the leaves in the photo..then stamped in between each leaf with the exclusive graphic feather..

the classic tiny dot alphabet stickers used in the title ink can be coloured easily with ink, and I've used a blue-green combination here..

adding also a scattering of bright green vintage buttons and sequins including the pot of gold and doily assortment..  Once again I've used a feather as a substitute for a leaf with a cardstock feather 

The border at the bottom of the page is made with layers of paper off-cuts, some stickers and paper tapes

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to share your Autumn/Fall layouts in the JBS gallery! xx

       

Summer nights!

Hello and Happy Sunday!

Tina here today with a fun layout that will hopefully bring back memories of those Summer Nights.

This photo is of my mother, circa 1960.  She was 18 and watching the sun set in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.  She is leaning against my {soon to be} father's car.  :)

I used stencils from both the July Papercrafting kit and the July Mini Album kit to create my colorful background.

I also used both the exclusive stamps and digital cuts from the July kit to make my own unique embellishments.  I stamped both with embossing ink for more texture.

I finished my layout off with some of my favorite JBS product:  Notebook Grid Paper Tape and fun Icons flatbacks.

I hope you enjoyed my share today.  Here's to summer nights and summer memories!

Another Elle's Studio and JBS project..

Hi everyone, it's Gina here sharing another Elle's Studio and Jenni Bowlin collaboration layout today. I really enjoyed using the Elle's Studio 'Cameron' line, and found that the fun, bright colors are suited to girls layouts too! And after seeing all the DT/Ambassador creations this week I'm sure you would agree that this line also combines beautifully with a range of JBS products.

I've used Modern Mercantile 'Novelties' paper for the background and added some gesso then spray inks to stencil through a section of stars from the Digital Backdrops 1 file. I've cut some of the left-over  misted stars out placed them around the page. These stars compliment the cute Elle's Studio star stamps too! A new JBS fave for me is this gorgeous delicate decorative brad

I've cut a 12" strip from the kraft die cut paper and added a few different Elle's Studio papers behind. I've also used some cute Tidbits and a Tiny Tag..

Further layers have been added using JBS paper tape, stickers and a green vintage button

Thanks for stopping by!

xox

Elle's Studio and JBS from Ashley

Hi everyone!
This is Ashley today, with a layout combing the fabulous new line Cameron, from Elle's Studio, and some of my all-time favourite JBS products. I love combining new, clean and crisp looking products with vintage look  items for a playful balance between new and old.  And using Elle's Studio papers and Jenni Bowlin Studio embellishments did this just perfectly!

Here I combined some fabulous Elle's Studio grid paper, yellow striped paper, and a bit of blue along with a cut-off strip for a layered background and garland accent. I used the JBS quilt star punch to make yellow stars and then ran them through my sewing machine for a quick and easy garland. I love the bit of bright that wonderful yellow adds to the page!

I layered Jenni Bowlin Studio grid washi tape, JBS tags, and a 5cent flat back pin together in the area under the photo. I created a fun little flag embellishment by wrapping a stick with some tissue and topping with a JBS star.

I love how happy those little yellow stars are, poking out from behind the photo and JBS scallop tag!

Scrapbooking with Washi Tape- The Golidlocks Technique

I am delighted that Jenni has added washi tape to her line of scrapbooking products, and of course her tapes are patterned with classic designs that will mix and match with ease.  I wouldn't expect anything less!  But this is extra brilliant considering a roll of washi tape - even used frequently - can last a long while.  All of the JBS tapes are great designs for that long-term use, and you'll never have to worry that they will go out of style.

If you're starting to collect washi more than you use it, try a trick for letting it help you embellish a page design.  Pick two tapes that work together for your page, and use three strips of each: one long, one short, and one in between.  Perhaps we should call this the Goldilocks Washi Technique!

Placing these three pairs of tapes on your layout then makes it easy to embellish things for a design that will always work.  I used the blue grid and whitewashed woodgrain tapes, and my smallest set is up at the top right corner, the longest across the middle of the page, and the middle set at the bottom.  Then it's just a case of choosing some embellishments you can repeat in those three locations, so I used a heart punch with the lovely blueprint paper from the Wren collection and a red doily.  Placing those three groups of embellishments and my photo first made it easy to finish the rest of the page because the placement was obvious: all that space to the left of the photo!  So that became a great place for journaling and some tags.  Of course, for a multi-photo page, you could easily replace some of the tags with additional pictures.  By keeping the three sets of tapes all on the horizontal and using them to anchor those repeated embellishments, the rest of the page comes together without worry.  Give it a try!

If you fancy more inspiration for your JBS washi tapes (and more red, white, and blue JBS goodness!), I have another project to share with you on my blog.  You can find this project here, designed as the facing page in my album.  These two pages aren't a double page spread in the strictest sense, but they have enough in common to certainly coordinate side by side.