May Jenni Bowlin kit…journal page bonanza!!

You all know about my love for Jenni Bowlin. First of all, she oozes talent. And she's adorable. And so, so nice. And she puts together such great kits.

I saw my box waiting for me when I got home from Australia. I'm fighting some killer jet lag, but I couldn't resist opening the box. I knew I wanted to journal, so I grabbed a few supplies and sat on my bed to create. I enjoyed the process immensely. It was a challenge to use only what I had with me, but I felt creatively inspired and I made SIX pages in the matter of about 2 hours. Seriously. I am going to share them with you over the next week or so and give you my thought process behind them.

Here's what I had with me to use:

• My JBS kits…the main kit, the Antiquarian kit, and the mini album kit.
• My box of Neocolor II crayons.
• A few Stabilo All pencils in various colors.
• Fudeball 1.5 black pen, and a Faber-Castell white pen (the big one w/ the bullet tip).
• Ranger glue stick. (BTW, I love the Ranger glue stick. It actually GLUES things down, unlike other glue sticks on the market.)
• Scissors
• A water brush filled with water.
• My vintage ledger journal. (Did you know that Jenni sometimes puts vintage ledgers up for sale in her "Flea Market" section? Check it often, they sell out fast.)

Nope, no spray ink and no ink pad. I did long for spray ink a few times, but I resisted the urge to go get it.

There's one thing you must know first. The main kit has a hand-carved feather stamp, done by the amazing and talented Louise Nelson. You need it. Trust me. I about fainted from excitement when I saw it.

This page started with the feather stamp.
Because I didn't have an ink pad with me, I
wet the stamp with my water brush and then
scribbled on it with the Neocolor II crayons.
It gave a very watercolor look to the
stamping. I added the yellow on the right
with the Neocolors, also. I scribbled first, the used the waterbrush to dissolve and pull the color. I did the polka dots with the white Faber Castell pen. Then came the
vintage image, which I couldn't resist
altering a bit. The red stars were a perfect
addition and gave the vintage image a strong grounding element. Last came my journaling. Colorful, and I love the message…to LEAP.

Look for another JBS journal page tomorrow!