JBS Mercantile January Kit...

Hello! Wilna here! I live in Canada (yes, it's very cold right now) and this month there was a few factors working together (weather, postal service, family) and a long story short, i only got to share my pages today! I totally adore this month's papers and embellishments. If someone asks me to describe my scrapbook style, i always say it's lyrical... meaning romantic with lots of words. This months kit is super romantic and i always know it's a good sign when i open the box and feel slightly anxious and have palpitations from excitement.
  This first page is actually my first scrapbook page of the year. Every year i pick a word that sits right with my heart for the coming year...in a way it serves as both my expectation and determination for the coming year. This year I chose the word MIRACLE. 2011 is the year when my husband and i turn 40 and we would have been married 20 years. Our girls also turns 10, 12 and 14. (lots of 2's and 4's and 0's).

Ali Edwards have a fabulous class called "One little word" and i signed up this week. This page is for the first assignment. Let me just say that i love the fact that the class is for 12 months... Ali will keep us inspired and mindful of our word right through the year. love that.

This page is Valentine inspired. Can you believe it's almost Valentine again? I used Jenni Bowlin's cute Calendar cards (February) as a starting point. My title was done with the Making Memories slice. Just one more note about one of my favorite techniques: I use my hot glue gun so much lately... and that's one way to achieve lovely dimension. Especially for titles: Just lay down a strip of hot glue and adhere the title on top.

This last project are actually 4 cards. Last year, i took lovely pictures of my 3 girls for Valentine. I decided to make a card for each of them and of course for the husband : ) For these cards, i just layered papers, words and some of the exquisite embellishments from the kit + one tiny picture using mainly my hot glue gun. I always love layered effects. I am going to South Africa for a quick visit to my mom and dad and I plan to take these with me and mail them from there, as a little surprise.

Thank you for letting me share these pages and cards with you. I would love to know how you describe your scrapbook style? leave a comment and let us know!

love and a kiss

JBS Goes to Gift Market!

Jenni, Jared, and Melissa are braving the icy streets of HOTlanta to take JBS to Gift Market this weekend! Here are a couple charming little gift wrapping ideas they are taking with them. Jenni already has our all new Bingo Placecards posted on her blog and I'll share our new Custom Gift Tag Kits tomorrow!

And remember . . CHA peeks start on Monday, but Jenni already has a tiny little sneak posted on her blog!

Victorian Valentine by Ranjini Malhotra

The idea for this card came from the Feb 2010 copy of Victoria Magazine. They featured cameo cards created by their artist in residence Olivia Kanaley. They provided the silhouette images from the artist in a download, which is available at www.victoriamag.com/article.aspx?id=6796
I simply downloaded and cut out the cameo image. Then I mounted it on a JBS scalloped journaling card. I added the JBS crepe paper trim to create a medallion by applying adhesive to the back of the journaling card and folding and pleating the trim around the card. I mounted it on a card created with JBS patterned paper and added some black seam binding. The miniature brass heart pendant was from an old JBS kit and I added a bit of bling to form the necklace. I plan to give this to my Mom, but I think it could work for any one special!

Lovely! Thanks for the inspiration Ranjini!

Valentine Wreath by Michelle McCord

I created this wreath with some pages from a vintage book . All you do is fold the pages in half longwise, then fold in half again, wrap the folded page around a wire circle and hot glue into place. I embellished the wreath with some mini JBS chipboard butterflies sprayed with JBS chili powder dye ink. I also used my heart punch to create paper hearts and added some JBS vellum butterflies.

The middle of the wreath is created using two JBS chipboard Valentine buttons threaded with some vintage pink thread.

Sweet! Thanks for the inspiration Michelle!

JBS Mercantile January Updates!

The January Gallery has been updated! Check with Becky, Betsy, Danielle, Doris, Jill, Keisha, Kerry Lynn, Lisa, and Michelle for the new stuff. :)

Challenge!

Hello! Yes, I know Sunday has come and gone and I totally forgot to post this week's challenge. I just got so excited about our big Southern snow! Now that the holidays are past and 2011 is in full swing I wanted to be sure and jump right back in with our weekly challenges even though I'm a day late. This week's challenge is super easy. Use a grid! Yep, that's it! Here are several examples to get you started. Just post your project in the JBS Mercantile Customer Gallery and mention "Sunday Star: Grids" in the comments section. We'll pick a winner on Sunday, February 6th and that winner will receive a $10 gift card to spend at JBS Mercantile. Happy Scrapping!

Lisa Dickinson

Ranjini Malhotra

Michelle McCord

Keisha Campbell

Jill Sprott

Becky Novacek

Making Grandma's Snowflakes

Betsy has created a marvelous step-by-step tutorial for creating the gorgeous vintage snowflakes she shared with us last month. You can find the tutorial HERE. Thanks Betsy!