Loving Modern Mercantile with Corrie Jones

Modern Mercantile by Lisa Dickinson is just incredible.  All of my favorite colors all together in one line.  I love the colorful softness to the whole thing.  It just makes me happy.  I can totally see myself hoarding it.  My favorite sheet of paper is this one...

I love the smaller scaled patterns.  Plus I LOVE having them all on one sheet that I can cut out.  It is so much easier to store.  I had already used a fair bit of this sheet of paper and decided to use it all up.  I think it is a much better idea than hoarding.

I used up my scraps of this by punching the whole thing up with a star punch.  I had little star confetti everywhere!  This is happy stuff.

I love how the colors of the papers were perfect matches to the colors in my photos.  Just soft and beautiful.

I cut the word star out on my Cameo from a full sized sheet of Modern Mercantile paper and was pleased that the different Jenni Bowlin letter stickers also matched.

This new line is so great!  I hope you get your hands on some of it soon!

Modern Mercantile with Megan Klauer

Lisa's new collection Modern Mercantile makes me dream of summer days and much warmer weather. So, I pulled out one of my favorite photos from a few years ago. One that I have probably already scrapbooked somewhere but this time the photo made me think about how quickly time passes and how my kids are growing. It is a simply designed page with just a few easy techniques I'll share below.

Using the Chewing Gum Paint Dabber I was able to add a small splash of pink to my page. I first blotted some on the back of a scrap piece of the pattern paper. Using a punch I then created confetti to use under the vellum that I stamped the Jar on. {The adorable jar stamp is available in the February Main Kit.}

I used it directly below the heart cut out on the "hello" piece as well as used it to stamp the heart next to my journaling.

And lastly,  I used a brush with the paint to pop the heart in the "sunshine" cut out. 

Have fun & paint something today!

Cards with Feather Tags & Printed Chipboard

Two of the most popular new items debuting at CHA last month were the Feather Tags and Printed Chipboard. Both are fabulous for scrapbookers and cardmakers alike! Today I'm sharing two card projects using these cute new products.

 

These softly-patterned feather tags add just a bit of dimension to any project and are perfect for layering. They will be available in the vintage patterns I've used on this card, as well as a printed kraft and red pattern.

 

And one of the most versatile new embellishments are the Printed Chipboard Bingo Numbers :

I can see them being used in Project Life to mark the date, in journaling lists, or as a sweet numerical notation on any page! The Printed Chipboard also comes in these tiny dominos and watch faces:

 

 

Our new products are shipping now, so look for them to arrive in your favorite scrapbook store very soon!

The Chalkboard Craze

I just love it!  When Jenni Bowlin Studio released their Chalkboard Easel last year, I thought it was brilliant.  The easel becomes a background for any project and if you wish, you can erase and reuse to your heart's content.

Now, I'm seeing the chalkboard motif in design and home dec everywhere and my easel is getting a lot of use.

My two boys recently went back to college and I felt I needed to remind them to "do good", so I placed  this decorated easel on our kitchen table as a not so subtle reminder.

Working on a chalkboard is so much fun because there is no "wrong" - you simply erase what you don't like and do over as you please.

There are a million ways to write on the chalkboard, but my favorite way is with stencils and artist's chalk.  Remember the chalk that was so popular years ago?  Take them out again, grab a stencil, and use a makeup applicator, q-tip, or other applicator to apply your design and text on the board.

I used the classic stencil text from the Mercantile Exclusive Stencil - Alphabet and a decorative stencil I had in my stash.

The heart was cut on my Silhouette using our new cutting file released this weekend: Floral Hearts:

This digital kit is on sale through Sunday midnight PT for only $1.87 !

Now that my boys are settled and hopefully doing well, I'm erasing my chalkboard to a clean slate and have my stencil ready for my next little display!

supplies used:

 Floral Hearts 

Chalkboard Easel

Mercantile Exclusive Stencil - Alphabet

twine, artists' chalk, decorative stencil (source unknown)

Why Paper Scrappers Need to Love Digital

Because of things like this ...

Remember this paper from Jenni's Red/Black Extension 4 release?

School Dress : A Side

B Side

I LOVED this paper.  The front print is adorable, sweet, and timeless all at the same time.  And I love the adorable icons and type on the B side.

I guess I wasn't the only one who loved it because it sold out real quick.  And I mean FAST.  I think I cried.  And that may have been the first time I realized that in the scrapbooking manufacturing world, there isn't an unending supply of new releases - a release gets released and then it's pretty much done - you gotta move fast if you like something.

The JBS Team liked it so much, it became the background to our message board.  And Doris used an altered form for the background for her personal blog.

Well, this is why I'm crying no more because I can have an unending supply of my fave paper in the form of digital.

The Red & Black 4 Collection has been released!  It's 25% off the entire weekend.  Can you hear this hybrid scrapper scream?!

Here's how 2 of our Creative Team members used this kit to make hybrid layouts.

Roelien van den Berg printed out sections of the papers and journaling cards, applied them to her background, and added brads, buttons, and a sweet banner:

Van Nguyen used the A-side and B-side of that much loved paper to create this wonderful Reading Journal for her daughter.  I am so lifting this idea for dear neice!

See how Van created this book on her blog here: http://likethecar.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-reading-journal-jenni-bowlin-stuidos.html

Van even created stickers for her daughter too!  amazing!

So paper scrappers ... do not fear ... your favorite paper is here ... in digital form!

It's a Super Weekend at JBS!

Not only do we have new February Kits released today, a new Flea Market release,  a new Mixed Media Kit, new Flea Market "Collections", and a new Mini Album Project Kit that is 100% adorable and PACKED with goodies, we also have 2 new digital kits released today!

whew!

We have Floral Hearts, a digital cut file just in time for Valentine's Day projects:

Since this is reveal day, this kit is 25% off and only $1.87 through the weekend!  

The next release was one of my absolute faves when it released as paper.  Here's the Red & Black Extension IV Collection:

If you are a paper scrapper you must remember this!   If you're a digital scrapper, you're in luck that this gorgeous kit is now available for you, too.  Paper Scrappers!  Stay tuned!  Tomorrow you'll see how our creative team used this collection to create hybrid projects!

Today, I want to show you some beautiful digital creations!

Audrey Tan used the collection with stylish shapes and stitching:

Chef In The Making by Audrey Tan
Showcasing Red & Black Extension 4
Supplies:
Jenni Bowlin Studio: Red & Black Extension 4, Souvenir Embellishment Kit, Rhinestone, Buttons & Bows
Anna Aspnes: Stitch by Anna Border Brown No2 (stitch border)
Fonts: Xerography & Traveling Typewriter

Anja De Dobbelaere layered beautifully with digital doilies.  The background pages she used are my favorite from this line!

Made with Jenni Bowlin Studio Red/Black Extension IV, Rhinestone Buttons&Bows, and a doily from Mye De Leons A Mother's Heart collection (recoloured)

and from Susie Moore, a gorgeous blocked layout.  I love how Susie focused on the sweet girl and bunnies in one of the patterned papers for a square.  That's what's so great about digital.  You can do things like that easily!

Yes, it's a SUPER weekend!  Stay tuned tomorrow and Sunday.  You'll see projects created with these kits that will have you running to our JBS Digital Designs Shoppe and to our JBS Mercantile, too!

JBS Mercantile February Reveal!

Are February Papercrafting Kits and Design Team Gallery featuring Modern Mercantile are now available!

And don't forget to check out the latest Flea Market Finds!