A Merry Christmas Card by Natalie!

I'm sure this is not news to you as JBS fans, but one of the things I admire most about the collections Jenni designs is that they're timeless. So even though this card is made with paper from what is called the "Christmas 2012" collection you would never know for looking at it right?

I've paired it with some newer products that aren't at all Christmas related and yet still look at home here such as the Silver Feather rubons, and the Happy Speech Bubble flatbacks. And that gold leaf? Well... I have to admit that just fell off our Christmas tree.. it's not a scrapping product at all! Just consider it upcycling - another thing Jenni is so good at ;-)

To satisfy the arty in me I've used some gesso through a star stencil  to add some background detail.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Christmas 2012 Paper - Christmas Ribbon - Now 50% Off!

Christmas 2012 Paper - Calendar - Now 50% Off!

Rub-ons - Feathers - Limited Edition Silver

Flatbacks - Speech Bubbles - Happy

Mini Chipboard Pieces - Quilt Stars

Skinny Alpha Stickers - Red

A Very Merry Christmas!

Two more pieces of inspiration as we celebrate Christmas!  Wishing you and yours the very best!

Home for Christmas with Leah

Popping in with a quick bit of inspiration on these last few days before the holidays! I'm in rush-around-to-finish-the-million-item-to-do-list mode. I thought I had cut back this year, but apparently not!! HaHa!

It was so easy to mix and match patterns from the various lines to create this classic Christmas palette. If you have a few extra moments next week, this would also add a lovely touch to a page about the holidays as well!

Supplies:
Embossed Cardstock: Poinsettia Posies
Red Damask Paper from the Red and Black Extension Pack
Green Diamond Paper from the Mercantile Exclusive Pack
Small Chipboard Bird
Mini Bingo Cards Christmas
Green Paper from the Mini Diecut Paper Pack
Mini Chalkboard Alpha Sticker in Black
Pearl and Rhinestone Charms - Garnet
Vintage sheet music Paper
Silk Seambinding ribbon
Green and Black cardstock
Rock Candy Stickles from Ranger
Home Accents Cricut Cartridge

Enjoy a wonderful holiday!

Leah

Hello December by Keisha Campbell

Today we have a lovely December card featuring Red/Black Extension IV from Keisha Campbell. Thanks for the inspiration Keisha!

Christmas Greetings from Megan Klauer

I hope everyone is enjoying this wonderful time of year! It's only a few days away from the "big day", do you need a last minute idea for a card or tag to stick on all those packages?

I like to start with a simple sketch, so I created this...

It made making my "Christmas Greetings" card pretty quick!



Supplies:
Christmas 2011 Accessory Sheet
Christmas 2011 Mini Pattern Sheet
Chipboard Buttons - Vintage Christmas
Printed Tickets - Frames
Bingo Cards - Calendar Set

I also used the same sketch to create these easy tags that I needed for my boys' teacher gifts...









Supplies:
Christmas 2011 Accessory Sheet
Christmas 2011 Mini Pattern Sheet
Printed Tickets - Christmas

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays everyone!

Merry Christmas from Becky

Hi and Merry Christmas! Becky here today sharing a Christmas card using itty bitty pattern paper pieces. I really enjoy using little bits and pieces, so to be able to stretch some of my favorite JBS papers makes me a happy girl!

The JBS Mini-Papers are my go-tos for cards and small projects. I keep all of my Mini-Papers together in a stack and I pull them out over and over when I'm making cards or small embellishments. You could use any combination of patterns and colors that you happen to have. I handcut the strips for the little Christmas tree and then used a small hole punch for my mini-garland. I stitched over the tree trunk several times to give it some substance and then just did a simple messy stitch for the garland.

The pretty oval stamp is a JBS limited edition that I believe is now sold out, but if you were lucky/smart enough to grab one when they were available, here's a great way to use it! If you didn't get this particular stamp, you could easily use the 3x3 Label Stamp or one of the JBS Classic Foam Stamps. I used the JBS Ranger Weather Vane Stamp Pad.
I also used the JBS Cream/Red Ledger paper from the Trendy Paper Pack for the sentiment. And the little star sticker is from the JBS Navy Apothecary sticker set.

I hope you are all enjoying this holiday season and making time to create some holiday pretties!

Home and Wreath Christmas Cards by Briana

With Jenni's new class, "Home for the Holidays," she's got me thinking about houses and decorations! Both of these cards began with wreath shapes, flower shapes actually as I'll explain. I had previously cut several layered flower shapes (nested_flowers_and_frames_set_C00141_21585) with my Silhouette from the November Project Kit that I didn't end up using on a page. I thought those little shapes looked like wreaths so that's where the idea for these cards was born. And how perfect are her little bow embellishments for these? Um . . absolutely perfect! The front of the card measures 4 3/4" wide x 7" high. I used foam dots under the triangular roof directly above the wreath block.

Supplies used for house card:

Christmas 2011 Accessory Sheet
Christmas 2011 Mini Pattern Sheet 
Be Our Guest Journaling Cards
Mini Chipboard Pieces - Star
Rhinestone Bow Embellishment - Red

 

For my next card I took more of those outlined flower shapes and layered them all together. I didn't try to get them perfectly layered. I wanted to be able to see in between some of the flower points to the layer below. In order to get the right scale for the bow on this card, I tied a little seam binding bow and layered Jenni's rhinestone bow on top. I cut banner shapes from her Inkwell Paper for ribbon tails. Finally I cut the Peace sentiment from the packaging from the large Christmas Card Bingo Set. The phrase "Joy to the World" from the Christmas Mini Pattern Sheet (used on the house card) works in that spot as well or type out any sentiment you like. The front of the card measures 4 1/2" wide x 6 1/8" high.

Supplies used for wreath card:
JBS Coredinations Black Magic Collection
Christmas 2011 Accessory Sheet
Red/Black Extension IV - Inkwell
Rhinestone Bow Embellishment - White

Wishing you a Merry Christmas,

Holiday Greetings by Mindy Miller

Happy Holidays! Today I'm sharing a card idea that's easy to create and replicate. It's also an idea that combines holiday-themed JBS products with other JBS products that you may have in your stash.

I used a kraft paper card base and a mix of circle products. Chipboard buttons, circles punched from patterned paper and cardstock, and a circle label sticker are my foundation pieces. The circles are embellished with doily flowers combined with pearl flowers, as well as a sentiment made from alpha stickers.

Here's a list of products:
Vintage Christmas Chipboard Buttons
Office Chipboard Buttons
Scarlett Wallpaper Coredinations Embossed Cardstock
Christmas 2011 Mini Pattern Sheet
Cream Doily Flowers
Maraschino Pearl Flowers
Red and Black Dotted Label Stickers
Black Mini Chalkboard Alpha Stickers

Enjoy the season!
Mindy

Happy Holidays from Waleska

Happy Holidays! Waleska here! If you're still (it's not too late but you better hurry :)) hoping to make some cards this holiday season here's my advice: keep it simple (but festive!).

I started with a blank card, covered the front with patterned paper, die cut a window, added patterned paper to the back and then embellished it with the rosette + doily. Finally, I added the brad, leaves and labels and that was it. Quick, easy and ready to spread some holiday cheer (I hope!).

Supplies: Christmas 2011 Carol Index, Accessory Sheet, Mini Pattern Sheet, Black Label Stickers, Doily Flowers - Red, Ranger JBS Dye Stamp Pad - Chili Powder

Christmas Tag by Dina Wakley

This little Christmas tag could be used as a gift tag, or even as a card. There's just something about tags that I love. They're easy and fun, and you can adapt them to many uses.

I hope this holiday season is happy and full of loving memories for all of you!

Dina

Supplies:
Inventory tag (from a previous JBS kit)
Vintage Bingo card (from a previous JBS kit)
Christmas Mini Pattern Sheet (I cut the song titles from this paper)
Christmas 2011 Accessory Sheet (I cut the cute little children from this paper)
Ribbon (from a previous JBS kit)
Delicate Brads
Mini Christmas Bingo Cards (I cut the "Noel" from one of the cards)
Vintage tickets (from a previous kit)

Vintage Snowflake Cards

I made a bunch of Snowflake Cards to attach to gifts this season.  They were very easy to put together and a lot of fun to individualize!

The Snowflake shape was created from the Christmas 2011 Mini Pattern cardstock.  Each sheet has 9 patterns on it, so you can make 9 cards from one sheet. The shape was cut from my Cricut using the Winter Lace cartridge.

The snowflake center is made from layering various vintage buttons and Jenni Bowlin chipboard buttons. Each one is unique, just like snowflakes in nature!

The front and back of the cards are attached with a paper hinge cut from the Fabulous Finds cartridge.  A ribbon is laced through the hinge.

I was inspired to make an extra special card by cutting out the snowflake from my favorite piece of pattern on the mini patterned paper sheet and layering a bunch of white vintage buttons for the center.  I may just need to save this one!

Supplies:

Christmas 2011 Mini Pattern Sheet

Chipboard Buttons

vintage buttons

cardstock

ribbon

Christmas Cards by Shimelle

There is still plenty of time to make some Christmas cards - or so I'm telling myself as I haven't made nearly enough yet! But good news: today you can make three cards in a flash, with your JBS stash!

Gather a mix of materials: I used the accessory and mini paper sheets from the Vintage Holidays collection, plus label stickers, buttons, star stickers and doily flowers. (I started with the big bingo cards too but didn't use them in the end.) You'll also need some card blanks.

You may also want some numbers or letters at the end. I just used numbers and mixed and matched various sizes and colours.

Start by selecting one 4x4 mini pattern and one large accent card for each card you will make. I inked all the edges with brown ink.

Arrange the paper and accent card side by side to create a landscape card and adhere to the background. You may want to trim a bit from the sides of the card so it will still fit in the envelope after more bulky layers are added.

Then assemble a group of small embellishments for each card. I cut the Season's Greetings sentiment from a border on the accessory sheet, then added a rectangle and circle label, a doily and a button to start, but this design will work with any collection of small embellishments you have to hand.

All those little things get layered onto a plain tag to dress up the card. I covered each tag with a layer of green tulle netting to soften the look, or you could add ribbon or fabric scraps. Then layer the embellishments, scraps of paper and number stickers until you're happy with the amount of embellishment and adhere the tag to the background when everything is secure.

By the placement of the embellishments, choice of papers and the mix of stickers, each card will look unique, but they all come together quickly by following the same process. For this day on the calendar, I think that's a win!

Have a very merry Christmas!

Love and glitter,

Shimelle.~*

Merry Merry!

Happy December! We are celebrating the holiday season here on the Inspiration Blog with lots of ideas for festive cards. Today I've got a simple design you can whip up in less than 10 minutes, which is ideal during this busy time of year.

Merry Card by Lisa Dickinson

Using a base of kraft cardstock, I stamped the word "merry" with the Clear Alphabet Stamps and Fountain Pen ink.  Then I added a punched scalloped border of red cardstock and colored in one of the "merry" words with a red pen.  I fussy cut a section of the Holly Stripe paper to add a festive touch to my card, topping it off with some Pearl & Rhinestones Charms in Garnet tied with baker's twine.

Happy Holidays!