A Bit of Americana with Wren

Betsy Sammarco used our Wren line to celebrate a favorite American town, Cooperstown New York.
The perfect shades of reds, creams, and blues make this line a great choice for your patriotic layouts and projects.

We hope you all had a very happy 4th of July!

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Stamp Paper - Beautiful in Kraft

Wilna Furstenberg used the Die Cut and Perforated Paper "Stamp" as a background for this lovely page.  Wilna writes, "I took some maternity pictures of my friend and these JBS papers and embellishments were the perfect combination to make her a page. I embossed the hearts with a purple glitter emboss and punched a whole bunch of butterflies using the Jenni Bowlin butterfly punch. The letters were cut with my Silhouette Cameo."

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Making Wren the Star

Corrie Jones created a grid of stars using a variety of patterns from Wren.

Add a few vintage accents and this layout really sparkles and shines!

Just another great example of using Wren to document your summer fun!

Wren Details by Waleska

Waleska used Wren so sweetly in this patriotic layout.  She added simple but lovely details, as in this banner made from the Mini Pattern Sheet  ...

and the hand cutting of the doily image on the B-side of the Bird pattern sheet ...

Thank you Waleska for showing off Wren for us in this lovely way!

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Hotel Key Holder

One of the exciting new products at stores now is our solid wood Hotel Key Holder.  Did you know that Jenni designed this product from a large vintage piece in her own home?   Just beautiful!

Connie Mercer shows just how versatile this piece can be!  She purposely added embellishments that could be easily removed so she could change the look of her piece when she wished.

In this arrangement, Connie hung the Key Holder from a vintage hanger.  Her embellishments are both made from the new Wren line and favorite vintage  pieces.  The vintage "5" card?  That's for her 5 grandchildren!

Connie then created another very special arrangement:

This one contains pieces that have a lot of sentiment and memories associated with them.  For example, Connie gave the earrings displayed on the banner tag to her grandmother Mary, and the large lock belonged to her great-great grandfather who was a preacher.  Every piece is tagged and labeled with its meaning.

Connie showed us how this one beautiful piece can be altered to give different looks!  Thank you Connie - these are not only beautiful, but meaningful too!

Is your mind spinning with ideas on how to use this?  I know mine is!

Pretty Patterns and Tilting Your Grid

Lisa Dickinson used our Wren line, Kraft Die-Cut and Perforated Papers, and vintage bits and pieces to create this layout.  What a great idea to tilt a grid, and what fun to lay out  your squares and get busy decorating each one!

Want to get even a closer look at the fun detail?  This layout is posted in our Printing Press above. Just click on the title and view it full size!

Wren has arrived!

and what better way to welcome it in than with a BANG ...

as this layout does from Corrie Jones!  She uses many of the patterns from our striking new line!

Click on any icon below to see the patterns up close:

Soft vintage colors and feel, accented with beautiful blues and reds make this line a perfect one for summer themes.

Stay tuned for more inspiration using Wren!

Die-Cut Stencil Sheet with Corrie Jones

Corrie Jones used our new Die-Cut and Perforated Stencil sheet in Kraft to create her title and accents in this adorable layout.  She cut out the letters she needed and outlined them using a black marking pen.  The "T" and the "E" were created by laying down the stencil letter and scribbling inside the stencil with a Pigma Micron 01 black pen by Sakura.  What a perfect technique for a layout about a child!

She also debuts our new bold line Wren!

supplies:

Die-Cut and Perforated Stencil Kraft
Wren Mini Pattern Sheet
Wren Typing Lessons
Chalkboard Alpha Stickers
Vintage Sew-on Buttons
JBS for Ranger Paint Chewing Gum and Malted Milk

Die-Cut and Perforated Papers: Stencil

Our Die-Cut and Perforated Paper line has been extremely popular! I'd like to show you how two of our design team members used the Stencil Sheet on their layouts:


                               

This one's from Briana Johnson. Briana made the paper do most of the work here by slicing it and placing the two pieces on her page so the gap directs your attention to the delightful photo of her daughter.  She then added depth by misting on the cardstock behind some of the letters and then backing others with Mini Pattern Paper from Red/Black Extension IV.

The great banner at the bottom was created by layering pieces of Perforated Receipt Paper and patterned paper from the Red/Black Extension IV line with a sticker from the Memo Hodge Podge Sticker Sheet.  This layout is so fun and fabulous! 

The next layout is from Dina Wakley.

Wonderfully crazy stitching and painting gives this layout a great artsy feel.  Dina polished off this one with some misted Chipboard Tiny Tabs, Vintage Printed Tags, and a few bits from the Perforated Stamps Sheet with her title stamped with our Clear Alphabet Set.



Jenni's versatile Die-Cut and Perforated Papers are available in both a manila finish and a kraft finish. You can find them here!