Bingo Card Challenge!

Hello! This week's challenge is to use bingo cards. Bingo cards make excellent foundations for cards and mini-albums and provide a variety of options as page elements on layouts such as photo mats and titles. Don't feel like you have to use them as they come either. Keisha has cut a the month of a large calendar bingo (available exclusively in our monthly papercrafting kits) for her title here. Share your project inspired by this piece in the JBS Mercantile Customer Gallery and mention "Sunday Star: Bingo Cards" in the comments section. We'll pick a winner on Sunday, March 13th and that winner will receive a $10 gift card to spend at JBS Mercantile. Happy Scrapping!

Vintage Inspo Challenge Winner!

Congratulations to Sandra Bowen our Vintage Inspiration Challenge Winner! I love how she converted her photo to black and white to give it a timeless quality that went well with this challenge. The December Papercrafting Kit went so well with this challenge. Sandra, email me at doris.sander@gmail.com and I'll get your gift card sent!

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We have several Sunday Star Challenges currently open; you can see them to the right on the sidebar. A new challenge is posted every Sunday. Post your work in our customer gallery for a chance to win a $10 gift card to JBS Mercantile!

Winners!!!

Our Inspiration Blog winner is:

Linda said...
fantastic stuff...gotta have it!
February 7, 2011 5:09 PM


On Twitter:

@jbsmercantile new follower winner is @gudrik

@jbsmercantile retweeter winner is @ajsevall

@jennibowlin follower winner is @scrapbookfrenzy Abby


On Facebook:

Our comment winner is
Tina McCall OHHHHH!!! I love it ALLLLLL!!! Thanks for the chance to win.
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Our new follower winner is Laura Gedeon


Our JBS Mercantile Message Board Winner is "little nat"
Ooh I hope its me, I love JB stash! Off to hop now!
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And don't forget to check the design team members' blogs for more winners!

Winners . . . please email me at doris.sander@gmail.com and I will get your gift cards sent!

Be Mine by Ranjii Malhotra

I have been wanting to use my Jenni Bowlin for Ranger Acrylic Paint Dabbers on fabric for some time and I recently found a stash of needlework fabric I had from my cross-stitching days. You can purchase this type of fabric in most craft stores. I simply cut the heart shape using pinking shears and then covered the fabric hearts with the dabber paints in Cough Syrup and Chewing Gum. Allow the paint to dry completely. If you're impatient like me, you can use your heat gun to speed drying. If the heart curls up or warps, you can iron it flat (on the side without the paint, on a low setting very quickly - don't apply too much heat and don't iron for too long. Then attach the heart to your card base. If you like, you can stamp a sentiment on the heart. I stamped the Be Mine sentiment (Northwoods Rubber Stamp) using Papertrey Perfect Match Hybrid Ink in Fresh Snow. I I added embossing powder in white and embossed the sentiments on to the fabric. Add a few stick pins, JBS labels, seam binding and vintage buttons and you're done - simple and lovely valentines.

What a sweet technique! Thanks for the inspiration Ranjini!

JBS Mercantile February Gallery Updates!

The February Gallery has been updated and it's is wildly exciting! There is new stuff from almost everybody! If you're a mini-album enthusiast, you're in for a real treat as there are five new mini-albums and no who are even remotely similar. Check it out!

Sparkle Video by Shimelle Laine

A sweet wedding layout by Shimelle Laine featuring a lovely Soap Powder Paint Dabber border with tiny butterflies, buttons, and flowers. I think her journaling makes this perfect, "Hilariously there are no photos of our wedding rings on our wedding day, because we forgot them. But really, I still smile when I look at my own hands."

And of course, Shimelle is always thinking of fun and innovative ways to share her scrappy skills with us. She's installed a camera above her workspace and has a timelapse video of creating this layout to share with us today. So fun! Thanks for the inspiration Shimelle!

P.S. Check back this evening for gallery updates!

A Home Full of Memories from Danielle Flanders

Continuing Jenni Bowlin for Ranger spotlight month with a charming card by Danielle Flanders . . .

I painted the postage stamp chipboard frame with the Seed Packet Paint Dabber by Ranger, then I ran a little bit of the creme paint dauber over the top to shabby it up and tone down the color just a bit. The red chipboard heart is painted with the Cough Syrup Paint Dabber, and I used one of Jenni's frame stamps also with Cough Syrup Ink to ground the little house, so it wasn't floating on my card. It also adds another nice little touch of red to the bottom of the card.

Supplies: Jenni Bowlin for Ranger paint daubers - Seed Packet and Cough Syrup, ink - Cough Syrup, and the JBS Mercantile February Papercrafting Kit.

Gorgeous! Thanks for the inspiration Danielle!

P.S. Our big giveaway is still open!