Mini Book and a Pop Up Card by Connie

Connie Mercer joins us on the blog with a purposeful mini book and adorable pop-up card.


Hi everyone~

I have a stack of vintage photo album pages, ephemera, labels, old canceled checks, ledger sheets, blank receipts and more!!  It looks like this~

I wanted to put it all together in a book. A book that I could keep adding to.  A book that I could take things out and use if need be.  So I did~

 Look real close and you will see all kinds of flea market goodies .  I named it  "junker. @ heart"~  It's true!!!!

Here are the inside pages~

I used the JBS stickers and Paper Tape.  Used my Bind-It- All to put it together!

I was recently introduced to pop-up cards.  I love making them.  So I thought what about a Jenni style pop-up card. So I did~

Remember with a pop-up card,  it's not what is on the front that counts, It's what is on the inside that counts:):)

This is the front~

Jenni makes an awesome pop-card:):)

The pop-up dies are by Sizzix and the brain child of Karen Burniston.  They are very addicting.

 

Thanks for stopping by~

Connie M

Re-purpose and Reuse

Hi everyone, Connie here with a  re-purposed item from the JBS Mercantile.   I started with a suit sample binder:

and I made it into a nature book of our ranch~The pages are material so I just stapled my items on the material samples.

 

Connie used our popular Wren Paper line with this fabric book to create her creative album:

Christmas Tree Lapel Pin

Hi everyone just a quick post to share with you a fun and fast JBS project.  I used the Banner Mini Chipboard Pieces pieces and turned them up side down {starting to look like a tree:):)}and then covered with my favorite JBS pattern paper.  On mine I used Wren.  The tree trunk is made from a thickers letter.  I laid the tree and the tree trunk on felt and hot glued the pieces to the felt.  Then I cut around the tree and glueing the lapel pin on the back.

The tree star is the new Rhinestone stars.  They come in three colors silver, black and red!!!

These Christmas Tree lapel pins would look great on a special Christmas card or tag.

Have fun making them, they go together fast!!!! by~C. Mercer

Christmas Gifts and more!

Hi everyone~Connie here with some quick and easy gift ideas.  These do not take much time to make at all~so the good news, you still have time to craft!!!!

I used the super cute Silhouette mini deck of cards, to hold my lapel pin.  It is put together using the doily flowers {one of my faves}, old buttons, {JBS buttons} and a lapel pin set.

This is how the back looks!  I hot glued most of it!!! 

The next project~

I bought these adding machine key pieces from Jenni when I met her in Austin.  All I did was use a JBS Vintage Sew-On button and hot glued a tack to the back of it~ like this.

The packaging is a re-purposed container that I covered with JBS Christmas 2012 paper, and tied it up with twine and super cute!!  I'm thinkin' I'm gonna put my name on this one:):):)

Next up~

I used the Silhouette mini deck and the Die Cut & Perforated Paper - Tag Sheet and made some gift tags or they look pretty cute on the tree!!  I added some trim and the Vintage Christmas Chipboard Buttons also.

This one is for all you junkers' out there like me~old door knob {I added inka-gold to the knob to make it shine}, wire~ heavy is all I can tell you, ribbon and Postage Stamp Cardstock Stickers, button and Vintage Christmas Chipboard button.  Once the wire is twisted and put through the JBS button holes, hot glue it in the center hole of the door knob. 

The last project took the longest, but you still have time:):):) really, not that long!!!!

On these Christmas trees you need the Tim Holtz rosette dies or snowflake die and some cool JBS paper.  I used the Wren Collection for these!!  The embellishments are all JBS!!!  I have enjoyed sharing these holiday projects with you and wish you and yours a very merry happy holiday!!

by~C. Mercer



Hotel Key Holder : Christmas style!

Hi everyone ~ Connie here with my first blog post for Jenni Bowlin Studio (whoop!!)  I have made a Perpetual Calendar, for the little peeps in my life,  using the Hotel Key Holder, which you can get now at a special reduced price!

The flower Rosette's are made using the Tim Holtz die.  The paper is from the JBS Christmas Collection 2011 and 2012.  I also used lots of JBS embellishments to decorate with!!!

You still have plenty of time to make this~stay inspired!!!!!

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