Gold, Silver, and Bronze Level Prizes!

We hope you all are as inspired by the Summer Games as we are!  We thought we'd add a little fuel to the fire by announcing the Gold, Silver, and Bronze level prizes today.  Check our message board for details on how to enter.

Our Gold Prize Winner will receive a prize package containing our entire CHA Summer 2012 Release to include the following: 5 Christmas 2012 Pattern Papers, 3 Clear Stamps (Perf Marks, Typewriter, Fill-in), 3 Diecut and Perforated Sheets (Label, Tags, Fancy Checks), 2 Packages of Wire Feathers (Printed and Vellum), 2 Packages of Mini Chipboard Pieces (Hexagon and Quilted Stars), 1 Package of Mini File Folders, 1 Naked Chipboard Journal, 4 Sheets of Postage Stamp Stickers (Stencil Numbers, Air Mail, General Store, Labels), 2 Packages of Printed Flags (Kraft and Vitnage), 3 Packages of Rhinestone Stars (Red, Black, Clear), 4 Sheets of Skinny Alpha Stickers (Black Grey, Red, Sage), 3 Packages of True Vintage (Buttons, Labels, Milk Caps), 4 Sets of Vintage Mini Decks (Animal Trivia, Lotto, Silhouette 1, Silhouette 2)

Our Silver Prize Winner will receive a prize package containing our CHA Summer 2012 Embellishments to include the following: 3 Clear Stamps (Perf Marks, Typewriter, Fill-in), 2 Packages of Wire Feathers (Printed and Vellum), 2 Packages of Mini Chipboard Pieces (Hexagon and Quilted Stars), 1 Package of Mini File Folders, 2 Packages of Printed Flags (Kraft and Vitnage), 3 Packages of Rhinestone Stars (Red, Black, Clear), 3 Packages of True Vintage (Buttons, Labels, Milk Caps),


Our Bronze Prize Winner will receive a prize package containing our CHA Summer 2012 Paper Products to include the following: 5 Christmas 2012 Pattern Papers, 3 Diecut and Perforated Sheets (Label, Tags, Fancy Checks), 1 Naked Chipboard Journal, 4 Sheets of Postage Stamp Stickers (Stencil Numbers, Air Mail, General Store, Labels), 4 Sheets of Skinny Alpha Stickers (Black Grey, Red, Sage), 4 Sets of Vintage Mini Decks (Animal Trivia, Lotto, Silhouette 1, Silhouette 2)

JBS Summer Games: Running

One of my favorite Olympic sports is the running. Sprints, 1500m, the marathon, it doesn't matter. I love watching them all. It is amazing how fast these athletes are. My daughter is a runner and she watches these men and women in awe and tells me they look like they are flying!

This is where I got my inspiration from for this month's Olympics here at Jenni Bowlin - the runners look like they could fly!

So running fast reminds me of flying, which reminds me of butterflies, which reminds me of how fast time flashes by me.

This seems like it was only yesterday!

Anyway, make sure you check out the JBS Forum for more fun. I hope you play along with us this month.

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Corrie

JBS Summer Games: Archery

Welcome to another round of summer game inspiration . . . today's performance from Doris Sander . . .

When we decided to focus on the summer games for our blog posts this month, I immediately knew which event I wanted to take my inspiration from . . . archery! I mean, Jenni's Target Practice Patterned Paper from the Playdate line is perfect for archery, right? My title was pulled from the archery theme as well . . . "Pierce My Heart" . . . who can stand to watch her baby cry and not be able to do anything about it. Sniff sniff. I tell you . . . as soon as I finished photographing the wedding he was right back in my arms where he belongs.  Sweet baby.


Supplies:
Target Practice and Snack Time Patterned Paper from Playdate
A Red Rose Patterned Paper from Red/Black Extension IV
Gather Patterned Paper from Magpie
Wheatgrass Patterned Paper from Wren
Shadow Alpha Stickers - Green/Red
General Store Postage Stamp Stickers
Plain Chipboard Elements - Hearts
Woman Silhouette
Glitter

JBS Summer Games: Gymnastics

All month long, we are celebrating the Summer Games with our own festivities! As the team shares projects inspired by Olympic events, we'd love to see yours, too.  In true Olympian style, we'll be presenting gold, silver, and bronze awards at the end of the month to those who enter their projects on the JBS Forum. Let the games begin!

One of my favorite summer events is gymnastics. I am amazed by the flexibility and fearlessness of gymnasts. In fact, my earliest Olympic memory is that of watching a gymnast (I'm pretty sure it was Bart Conner) on the rings. I admired him so much that I decided to face the rings on the playground and finally learn how to do a somersault. I may never have mastered the monkey bars, but to this day, I still get a rush just thinking about those rings.

It's pretty easy to guess, then, which event I decided to focus on as inspiration for this layout:

Using my circle cutter, I cut a bunch of circles and rings from papers in the Jenni Bowlin Studio Wren collection as well as from a few sheets of JBS die-cut paper. I even emulated a few pizza pies by using the new Stitched Grid stamp, stamping a square one way using Fountain Pen ink, and then angling the stamp to create "slices." This layout also gives you a peek at the new Red Skinny Alphas and one of the postage stamp label stickers. 

Deep dish pizza and rings galore -- this is how I like my Olympics.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Don't forget to check out the JBS Forum for more fun!

JBS Summer Games

To celebrate the summer olympics, we've got bonus inspiration from the design team all month long!  And of course, we're asking you to play along and we have gold, silver, and bronze level prizes!  Check out our message board for more details and stay tuned here for weekly scrappy olympics posts!

Schedule of Events:

All Month Long - design team inspiration from the summer games and a challenge for YOU!

August 10-17 - Four Woman Relay Challenge (with prize)!

August 24th - Team JBS Tennis Match

August 31st - Closing Ceremonies

A New Hybrid Kit at our Digi Shoppe

We have a new hybrid kit released today at our Digi Shoppe at JessicaSprague.com .

You can mix and match the customizable digital supplies provided and add your own embellishments to create an unlimited number of unique Vintage Postcard Folders.

Use these as mini albums to house your photos and memories from vacation, set them on display in your home, or give them away as gifts.

Have fun creating with this new hybrid kit! Don't forget to show us what you've made over at the galleries at JessicaSprague.com and our JBS Gallery.

JBS Mercantile August Reveal and Flea Market!

Have you had a chance to stroll through this month's Design Team Gallery?  You're in for some brilliant inspiration with this month's kits like this page from Betsy Sammarco following this month's challenge of using the Main Kit plus dimensional paper techniques.

There's also a delightful mini-album from Doris Sander that doubles (or triples actually!) as a reversible banner - one side for boys and the other side for girls.

And if you love vintage treasures as much as we do, don't forget to swing by the Flea Market.  Jenni's dropped off a few new treasures there.