Boo Bouquet by Kerry Lynn Yeary

i love crafting for the holidays almost as much as i love taking traditional scrapbook supplies and altering them into a vintage inspired home decor piece. One of my newest favorite holiday scrap supplies are the jbs halloween chipboard buttons; the vintage images are so sweet.

for this project i used some vintage crepe paper to create mini rosettes and hot glued them to floral stem wire and adding some jbs orange vintage buttons and halloween chipboard buttons to create a tiny halloween inspired bouquet.

the base is created by covering a small wooden block with a scrap piece of the jbs "vintage black branch" paper and a mini "boo" bingo card {cut from the back of the large halloween bingo card packaging} and then hot gluing the stems of the flowers inside a mini wooden sewing spool. add some orange seam binding {from the playdate seam binding set} tied in a bow.

jbs supplies used : halloween chipboard buttons, vintage orange buttons, playdate seam binding, vintage black branch pattern paper, mini bingo card {from large bingo card set packaging}.

Delightful! Thanks for the inspiration Kerry Lynn!

Silly Bandz with Betsy Sammarco

I just had to make a layout about my niece and the new Silly Bandz craze! The JBS digital paper was downloaded from ScrapHD.com and used in an Ali Edwards layered template from Designer Digitals. That’s what’s great with the manufacturer digital paper at ScrapHD – you can use it with any digital project you’d like!

I decreased the opacity on the background paper so the photo would really pop. I made Crepe Paper Ribbon corners, a Crepe Paper Ribbon flower, and added some Silly Bandz of course! The chipboard buttons are tied with Silly Bandz, too!

Thanks for the inspiration Betsy!

And don't miss out on Betsy's FREE crepe paper flower class!

NEW "Dime Store" Kits! Giveaway!

Introducing a new quarterly kit we are fondly calling the Mercantile "Dime Store" Kit. Each quarter this kit will be packed with classic JBS products at a special price - 25% off of the total retail value! And. . .best of all, it comes with a project idea and basic instructions to get you started. Find this kit in the Limited Edition Kits section at the site. This premier edition is perfect for your upcoming July photos and blends perfectly with the June papercrafting kit. It's a Win! Win!

Also, did you know that you can combine shipping of your monthly kit orders and a la carte JBS items? Read more about it HERE. Since this kit is quarterly, you could add it to next month's order with very minimal additional shipping charges.

We're so delighted with our little kit debut that we'd like to give away several of these cuties to our loyal readers. Check out the design team members' blogs listed below and leave a comment on each for your chances to win! Contest ends Thursday, June 10th at 8 p.m. CST.

Cheryl Ametewee

Keisha Campbell

Lisa Dickinson

Danielle Flanders

Amanda Johnson

Ranjini Malhotra

Michelle McCord

Becky Novacek

Betsy Sammarco

Doris Sander

Dina Wakley

Butterfly Tutorial by Danielle Flanders

Happy Easter! Danielle here with a little tutorial on how to create a butterfly with the crepe paper ribbon strips by Jenni Bowlin as shown on this little Easter card!

Jenni Bowlin supplies:Front Porch Mini Papers MP396 (background), Spring Picnic Theme Journaling card JC123, Vintage Style Sew On Buttons - White VB467, Multi Dotted Label Sticker SK 504, Kindergarten Alpha-Turquoise RO232 (rub on letters), Crepe Paper Ribbon - Pink RB271, chipboard butterfly.

Other:White embroidery floss, Queen Bee frame stamp – Pink Paislee, Honey stamping ink – Close to My Heart, seam binding sprayed with Lemon Zest and Candlelight Glimmer Mist, glitter – Diamond Dust by FloraCraft.

1. Cut 3 strips of the Jenni Bowlin crepe paper ribbon about 2" long each. Layer the strips on top of one another. I used the pink polkadot crepe paper ribbon for my butterfly.

2. Accordian fold them. Tie a piece of embroidery floss in center into a knot.

3. The 2 long ends will be your antennas. Tie a knot in each antenna and cut excess floss.

4. Round the 2 ends with scissors.

5. Carefully unfold the layers of the wings and fluff up the butterfly. You can even crinkle it up for a fun look. Attach to your project with a glue dot.

P.S. the Homespun Giveaway is still open until about 2 p.m CST this afternoon!

Welcome to Jenni Bowlin Studio Inspiration!

We're so glad you've stopped by and hope you'll come visit often. We're planning on keeping this blog loaded with lots of inspiration fresh from Jenni Bowlin Studio.

Today's offering is this charming springtime card. To create it, I first applied tape runner adhesive to the back of a large polka dot chipboard button. I then gathered crepe paper along this adhesive to make a sweet ruffle. The flowers were completed by layering more chipboard buttons with rhinestone buttons for centers. The leaves are just another chipboard button cut in half. A large bingo card makes the foundation while a label and new mini rubons make the title. Easy, fun, and cute!

FYI . . . did you hear that Jenni's gone digi? It's true! All the makings of the delightful banner above (thank you Paula!) can be found HERE!