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Designer: Jenni Bowlin

Hello everyone!  My name is Jenni Bowlin and I am so excited to have this opportunity to share a Fiskar’s Project with you this summer.  I am the owner (along with my DH) and creative force behind Jenni Bowlin Studio (www.jennibowlin.com)  – a papercrafting company with a vintage fresh attitude.  I love all things worn – anything that has a story to tell!  And just because I wasn’t busy enough with JBS, I also run a monthly kit club, Mercantile (www.jbsmercantile.com)  where my love of papercrafting, antiquing, and jewelry making merge.
I am huge fan of Fiskars products (and the people are pretty darn nice too)!  In fact, when asked in interviews what the one thing I couldn’t live without is, I always come back with my Fiskars Pinking Shears (and although they make a scrapbooking “decorative scissors” version, I’m talking about the “Big Gun” quilting version.  My mother-in-law gasps at the thought of me using them on paper)!  I can’t seem to create a layout without a little pinked border here and there (and if you have taken a class from me recently, we do the same thing in class with the Fiskars Decorative Pinked Edge Scissors).  I also love the Squeeze Punches – I don’t miss the days of using my heel on the floor just to get a flower!  What a brilliant idea!  Check out my project below with examples of both of these wonderful products in use.

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Instructions (Print version)

Supply List:
- Fiskars Large 'twinkle twinkle' Squeeze Punch
- Fiskars Pinking Shears
- Fiskars Apron LaceBorder Punch
- Lettuce Pearl Sticklers Paint, Ranger
- Rhinestone Buttons, Jenni Bowlin Studio
- Chalkboard Alpha Letter Stickers, Jenni Bowlin Studio
- Rub-On Singles, Butterfly Book Page, Jenni Bowlin Studio
 

Instructions:
1.  Punch several stars from scrap cardstock using the Fiskars Large Star Squeeze Punch.
2. Arrange punched stars on your page with a temporary adhesive.
3. Using a dabber, add paint softly over the stars, covering any other area of your choice as well.
4. Remove stars and dispose (and admire your clever masked area)!
5. Trace roughly inside stars with a black pen and add a self adhesive rhinestone button to each.
6. Add Rub-On Single background image to page as shown.
7. Add photo to page, flanked at the top and bottom with a thin cardstock edge cut with Fiskars Pinking Shears.
8. Adhere sticker title, sand, and trim with a Fiskars Border Punch piece using vintage ledger paper.