On the Record with Jenni Bowlin Studio

Hello and welcome in !

It's time for another beautiful color challenge over at

This week, we are using focusing on 'natural' colors with

Cappuccino . . . Slate . . . Burlap

I took a little walk down memory lane as I created this card.

When I was growing up, my dad owned his own fence company.

I can barely remember a time when he wasn't putting in fences

somewhere.  In fact, I am fairly certain I can still remember

all the steps to installing a chain link fence !

 This was beFORE computers, so my dad would hand-write all of his

estimates & bills of sale.  These stamps from Jenni Bowlin Studio

{this week's sponsor} were just perfect to re-create what I

used to see on his office desk.

I used this week's colors by creating an 'inked' border and underneath

that, I used the 'Notebook Edge' punch from EK Success.

On top of that, a little 'Charcoal' baker's twine from The Twinery.

The ledger cover has was over-stamped onto washi tape from MME.

On the ledger sheets, I wrote in a few of the entries I would

see on his sheets, such as the cost of materials, labor & estimates.

I thought it would be fun to include the birth dates of 

my daughter Mallory (1984) and son Alex (1988) 

as the due dates for payments/discounts.

We had a lot of fun this week creating projects using stamp sets from

Jenni Bowlin Studio.  They are this week's sponsor of the challenge.

We have a super surprise for you over there as well !

A variety of the JBS Design Team have joined in the inspiration

and have created some of the most beautiful projects

to inspire you to play this week.

I'm so glad you could stop by !

Please say hello before you go  : )

Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: Indie Chic by My Mind's Eye

Stamps: Ledger by Jenni Bowlin Studio

Embellishments: washi tape by My Mind's Eye, brads by Recollections

 baker's twine in Charcoal & Natural from The Twinery

Tools: Notebook border punch by EK Success

The Best Day Ever

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It's the final day of our New Release Previews from

We have two final fabulous sets to share with you today
one of which is our FREE GIFT w/$50 purchase.


The first set was designed by Kaitlyn Ord
and I decided to go total *spooky* with it . . .

The banners & sentiment come from this fabulous set called 'Good Times'
The paper, tag & brads collection is brand new from My Mind's Eye called
'Lost and Found Halloween'.  I love this BIG spider punch from EK Success!
It was the perfect fit for the spider web.

Now for something completely different . . .

The beautiful new set designed by Karen Baker
'Golden Days'

This is our September Gift w/$50 purchase.

I love the sentiments that Karen designs and this set
contains a variety that will be perfect for your autumn cards.
I created the wreath using a Sizzix EF and simply adorned it with
pearl flourishes from Want2Scrap and topped it off with
a sweet pumpkin from yesterday's featured set 'Fall Blessings'.

Make sure you pop by

 The Craft's Meow Blog

and check out the fabulous-ness

from all of the designers.

TCM is giving away each new release

each day, so make sure you leave a comment

on the blog for a chance to win!

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Gina K Designs & Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Lost & Found Halloween by My Mind's Eye
from StopandScrap.com 
Stamps: Good Times & Golden Days
both by The Craft's Meow 

Embellishments: tags & brads from My Mind's Eye
pearl flourish by Want2Scrap
Tools: spider punch from EK Success, Big Shot
Wreath EF by Sizzix

Guest Designing at ScrapbookSteals.com

It's been a really exciting week for me here at The Open Window

and it continues today as I am the guest designer over on the
ScrapbookSteals.com Blog  !

There are terrific 'steals' over there each day and today,
the featured product is from Pebbles.

It's called the 'Hip Hip Hooray' collection and colors are fab!

For this very dimensional card, I used Pebbles Dimensional Flowers & Banner Kit to create a colorful focal point on this card.
The patterned papers called WooHoo, set the base for all the fun.  With a stamped sentiment, a few additional embellishments
and fun border punched at the bottom, it's sure to make someone have a 'Happy Day'.

'Make a Wish' is another another colorful card!  Using Let's Party Patterned Paper as a base, the sky's the limit with how
you can design with this collection.  Placing the bright yellow Dimensional Flowers on top of a die cut really makes it 'pop'!

A handmade banner from cardstock with distressed edges creates more texture.  Add the perfect stamped sentiment, and it's
ready to go!

Last but not least, the ultimate celebration card!  I cut out individual sentiments from the Surprise Patterned Paper
and layered each one on top of the Let's Party base. Top with banners of your choice from the Banner Kit, add a little bling and Celebrate!

 I absolutely loved working with this collection. If you love color, 

whimsy and just plain fun, I think you will too!

To get THIS DEAL just click HERE!

A BIG thanks to ScrapbookSteals.com for the invite!

Project Recipes:

All patterned papers, embellishments

Hip Hip Hooray Collection by Pebbles

Additional Embellishments: 
 baker's twine in Honeydew from The Twinery

Tools:  Standard Circles & Lacey Circles die by Spellbinders, Big Shot

Lattice Arch border punch by EK Success

May the Force be With You

It's the start of a new week and that's means ....

If you've come by way of the

EAD Designs Blog

you are in the right place to get started.

If not, it's just one stop back to get on the right

track to be eligible for this week's prize.

Today is my oldest grandson CJ's 9th birthday and he

loves Legos & Star Wars, so imagine how excited I got

when I learned that EAD has a set created for just such an occasion!

Sunday was CJ's party and he seemed quite happy to get a handmade card from
Mema Julie.

He loves to make art himself and is such a creative guy.

The paper is from Echo Park's This & That collection called 'Charming'.

I used two different designs for my background and punched both with

the Radiant Circles punch from EK Success.

I used Lemondrop baker's twine from The Twinery for the seam

and layered the 'Galaxy Warriors' & 'Birthday Sentiments' Stickerz 

from EAD Designs.

Here are the sets I used today...

Galaxy Warriors

Birthday Sentiments

Before I send you on your way, I'd like to share a few 

of the party photos with you.

CJ loves to roller skate, so we spent the afternoon at Skateland.

One of the many, MANY Lego Star Wars sets he has now added

to his collection.

Saving the best....for last!

So glad you came by today.

I'd love to see YOU win our prize this week, so make

sure you hop along, leave a comment on each designer's blog

and enjoy!

Time to head over to our March Guest Designer's blog

Jenny at PaperCut Creations.

Project Recipe: 

Cardstock:  American Crafts

Patterned Paper:  Charming by Echo Park

Embellishments:  Lemondrop baker's twine from The Twinery

Galaxy Warriors, Birthday Sentiments Stickerz by EAD Designs

Ink: Old Paper Distress by Ranger

Tools:  Radiant Circles by EK Success

Happy .... Happy!

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Happy March 1st!

It's a great month to celebrate as it's  

National Craft Month

but even better it's.........

The Craft's Meow's 

1st Birthday!

To kick off the celebration, we are welcoming one of the

most talented designers I know to our wonderful list

of stamp illustrators

Karen Baker 

If you don't know her, you will and I know you are going

to love her style!

It's also the beginning of a new Sketch Challenge at TCM

This beautiful sketch was designed by the lovely Nina Brackett

and I just love it!

To honor my dear friend Lisa, who is the owner of TCM,

I used this month's sketch to celebrate the anniversary.

This card features the stamp set 'I've Got Your Number'

using beautiful patterned paper from Momenta.

How about the fonts on this set??!!!  They are so bold and I love

having the ability to use large numbers and letters.

Lots of die cutting, decorative punching and layering all in one card!

I am a huge fan of greens and dark blues together.

I started by making my own over-sized banner.  Underneath is one of my

favorite border punches from EK Success.

I cut the Beaded Ovals die from Spellbinders out of white cardstock

and sponged the edges with shell pink ink from A Muse Studio.

I then cut Fancy Tags Two {also from Spellbinders} out of a

textured green cardstock and layered that on top.

The little daisies were punched using a Fiskars punch and embellished with

a small pearl in each.

I hope you will make plans to play in the challenge at some

point in the month......and I hope you will visit TCM often

because we have celebrations galore all month long!

Thanks so much for popping by!!

Project Recipe: 

Patterned Paper: Family Forever by Momenta
Stamps:  I've Got Your Number from The Craft's Meow  
Embellishments: pearls from Recollections

Tools: Beaded Ovals & Fancy Tags Two die by Spellbinders, Big Shot
Arch Lattice border punch by EK Success, Daisy punch by Fiskars

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Today is one of those days that I get to post whatever I want!

LOL

I love working for all my teams and who wouldn't?  To get to 'play'

with so many fabulous images and embellishments and of course,

you know me.  My passion is working with developing teams and

the social media that goes with building businesses.

So today, I do that behind the scenes on my laptop.

Last night I spent a couple hours playing with some new

'stuff' I picked up on a trip to Archivers during the day.

Paul and I had a daytrip out and it was a beautiful day.

How ridiculously cute is this line from Imaginisce?! 

It's called Sole Sisters and it's perfect for those girly-friend cards that we all

need to make once in awhile.  The pattern that I created the arched border from

is actually the backside of the shoe pattern in houndstooth.

I added tiny pearls to each of the shoes and to the marquis.

Here is another CAS card using the same theme of 'Girls Night Out'....

There's that houndstooth which in fashion, is uber-timeless!

I love the colors in this collection and the embellishments are AdOrAbLe!!

Tiny  pearls always bring a little somethin'-somethin' to a card.

I hope you enjoyed your visit today.

A BIG thanks to Imaginisce for featuring this card in the weekly

 

I've been working on a lot of cards in between my DT work, so I have

bunches of things to share, so I hope you'll stop by again soon.

Have a GREAT day!!

Girls Night Out Project Recipe Includes: 

Patterned Paper & Die Cuts: Sole Sisters by Imaginisce

Embellishments: pearls by Recollections

Tools: Lacey Circles & Standard Circle by Spellbinders, Big Shot
Lattice Arch border punch by EK Success

Sentimental Journey

I love these colors together...

 and with this stamp design, it really works well. 

Welcome to another New Release Preview for

 Today is the first of a two-day blog hop, so if you've come

here from the Sweet Stamp Shop Blog, then you are

in the perfect place.  If not, it's just one stop back and if

you visit each of the designer's blogs & leave a little

love on each, you could win the new releases!

 

 

This new release is called 'Sentimental Birds'.

I love the simplicity of the silhouettes.

This particular stamp is actually a straight branch of birds, but I like the idea of

the curved lines, so I simply 'bent' them slightly when I placed them on the 

acrylic block and got the affect I was looking for.

The rest of the elements here 

(with the exception of the baker's twine from The Twinery)

came from the January kit by Paper Made Bakery and includes

beautiful Bazzill cardstock and paper from Authentique's 'Blissful'

collection.  The beautiful seam binding and the matching button

really gave it a nice accent.

I really am happy you came by today and hope you enjoy

the inspiration that you find along the hop today.

Before you go, here is the 'fine print' that I need to

remind you of and THEN it's time to send you on your way....

To be eligible for stamp set a day:

**Make sure to visit each blog on the hop.

There are only 9 blogs each day, so it's a very 'do-able' hop!

**Leave an 'original' comment on each designers' blog.

(no copy and pasting, please)

**Be sure to follow the Sweet Stamp Shop blog and while you're at it,

our designers would love for you to follow them as well

For additional entries:

**Like our FB page

**Share our giveaway & blog hop with your friends

and leave us a note either on our FB page or on the SSS Blog

It is now time to send you on to my very talented friend, 

Savannah O'Gwynn

Have a great time on the hop!

Project Recipe: 

Paper Kit: Paper Made Bakery
Stamps: Sentimental Birds by Sweet Stamp Shop

Embellishments: Bakers Twine in Buttercream from The Twinery
Tools: Arch border punch by EK Success

All the Merry Best...

I've got just a quick post to share with you today!

Our Thanksgiving prep is under full steam and I

can't be away too long.

 

You know I love designing for 

The Craft's Meow

and this week, they are sponsoring the

newest sketch challenge over at

Here is the sketch...

...and here is my interpretation....

I turned the sketch on it's side and had fun with

this whimsical set designed by Kaitlyn Ord

for TCM called 'The Merry Best'

I used lots of my very favorite yummy inks

from A Muse Studio

in Slate, Ocean, Grass & Bubblegum

{Check out my special offer if you order HERE}

I embossed the card panel with Swiss Dots from

Cuttlebug and embellished the diagonal layer

using black checked cardstock also from A Muse Studio.

The punch border is from EK Success.

I apologize for the poor lighting...still getting used to

the new light tent and I'm finding white on white is

the hardest to figure out.

Hope you will take the challenge over at Lily Pad Cards 

because you'll have

a great opportunity to win some fabulous stamps

from The Craft's Meow.

Hey!  Just a quick reminder that 

is having an open design team call until the

end of the month.  I hope if you are considering

applying, that you give it a go!

We are looking for all kinds of:

crafters

party-planners

scrapbookers

cardmakers

mixed media...

you name it

as long as you incorporate bakers twine!

For all of the details, visit The Twinery.

So great to have you stop by today!

I know it's a busy time, so I sincerely appreciate it.

Project Recipe: 

Designer Paper: Black check by A Muse Studio
Stamps: All the Best by The Craft's Meow
Tools:  'Swiss Dot' by Cuttlebug, Big Shot

Arch Border Punch by EK Success

Embellishments: Gems from Recollections