Welcome to the JBS Team! Celeste Smith!

We are very excited to announce that Celeste Smith is joining the JBS team! She brings flawless design skills, fabulous storytelling, and boundless energy. We think she's an amazing addition! This is her very first JBS Mercantile layout . . . from the February kit, of course. She'll have lots more ready for the big reveal at the end of the month. Welcome to the team Celeste!

JBS Mercantile February Peeks!

The February Kit will bring a warm rush of spring to your door even if you're still snowed in! Becky says of this kit, "Such a great mix of papers and embellishments! The contrast of colors and textures work so well together!" The design team is really loving working with it and we know you will to! Remember, the big reveal is Monday at midnight. Here's a sampling to tide you over . . .

Becky Novacek

Jill Sprott

Keisha Campbell

Michelle McCord

Tiny Tart Tin Pincushions by Kerry Lynn Yeary

when i received my packet of the new jbs be our guest release and the project foundations my heart skipped a beat when i saw these vintage inspired round tart tins. i knew instantly hat i wanted to create a few pin cushions with them with some scraps of a vintage cutter quilt that i had been hoarding.

to start i cut a round piece of the quilt and then stuffed it into a circle over a wadded up piece of old batting. i stitched along the edges, which are hidden underneath {inside the tart tin} to form a nice tight ball. then i used hot glue to attach the quilt ball into the tart tins.

after putting it all together i hand-stitched along the quilt seams to add some dimension and then added a little hand-stitched heart to one as well. the pins are a mix of handmade, the paper hearts and flag pins as well as some jbs garnet rhinestone stick pins.

happy tuesday!

Seasonal Sightings

Snow is in the air for most of the design team! Here are a few seasonal sightings for you from the January Gallery . . .

Ranjini welcomes winter with a lovely vintage stamp collector's sheet that she found in our new Vintage Paper Packs.

Michelle made a gorgeous layout that reminds me of an old barn thanks to her much loved Chilli Powder Dye Stamp Pad.

Charming white cardstock snowflakes falling down Lisa's page . . .

More snowflakes from Doris using a Martha Stewart punch . . .

Still more snowflakes from Doris plus a handcut title from the Vintage Paper Pack . . .

Even more snowflakes from Ranjini using the January Add-on . . .

and Betsy created her snowflakes from that same die-cut paper that Ranjini used.

And if you made resolutions this year but haven't scrapped them yet . . . hers an awesome bit of inspiration from Lisa!

CHA Winter 2011: Index

Isn't this just the most adorable little photo display? Ranjini is so clever and talented! I hope you didn't think all the excitement was over now that we've shared all of our CHA Winter 2011 release . . . we've got lots more fun and inspiration planned for you! Along with our regularly scheduled posts this week we'll also be sharing more projects created with the new stuff PLUS Jenni has the most amazing new show booth . . . we hope to show it to you this weekend.

Here's an index of last weeks posts introducing our new products in case you missed one or just want another peek:
Be Our Guest: Papers, Die-cut, Mini Papers, Journaling Cards
Embellishments: Bows, Blue Ribbons, Charms
Project Foundations: Hodge Podge Mini Albums, Tart Tins, Wooden Spools, Chipboard
Acrylic Stamps: Pennants, Pinked Circle, Blue Ribbons, Receipt, Butterfly, Labels
The Basics: Flag Stickers, Mini Chipboard, Rub-ons, Mini Bingo Cards

Dabber Challenge!

This week's challenge is to get painty! We just love our new Jenni Bowlin for Ranger Paint Dabbers . . . here are a few projects to get you inspired to break out your paints and play!

Kerry Lynn Yeary used our Mini Chipboard Butterflies and her favorite colors to paint a rainbow (from top to bottom: Chewing Gum, Cough Syrup, Lemon Drops, Stick Candy, Spice Tin, and Brown Sugar).

Get artsy like Dina Wakley did with December's Kit . . . experiment! It's fun!

Use the Dabber's foam tip to make a great grid design like Lisa Dickinson did with Malted Milk.

Paint a frame behind your photos like Wilna Did with October's Kit.

Another Lisa Dickinson design . . . this time plaid using Stick Candy and Lemon Drops.

Dina loves to add extra color to her kits. Here she's heated up the January Kit with a little splash of orange.

Danielle Flanders used the lace die-cut from Dina's layout above as a stencil and dabbed a little Malted Milk onto her thank you card.

Doris Sander used masking tape to make fun stripes.

Michelle loves to add a subtle touch of color to her projects with our Dabbers. Here she's added Chicken Feed to the doily overlay.

One of Jenni's favorite techniques is to use our Rub-ons to create a resist to the paint like she did with November's Kit.

Share your painty project in the JBS Mercantile Customer Gallery and mention "Sunday Star: Get Painty" in the comments section. We'll pick a winner on Sunday, February 20th and that winner will receive a $10 gift card to spend at JBS Mercantile.

We have two more challenges currently runningn too! Click on the images under the Challenge header to the right for more information! Happy Scrapping!

CHA Winter 2011: The Basics

Here we are! The last day of peeks! Just a few more basics to round out the collection . . .

Adding to our banners, butterflies, and stars . . . flag banner stickers!

Plus coordinating Flag Chipboard!

As well as stars to go with our previous release!

Mini Bingo Cards now available in Pet and Greetings!

And finally, a new collection of Rub-On Singles! (Lady and Gentleman also available in black).