Have a "Hoppy" Easter!

With Easter quickly approaching, we thought you might have fun with our free, new printable cootie catcher - and you'll find it only here!

Click here to download your own cootie catcher in a print-ready PDF format. Instructions are included. This cootie catcher will be available for free download until April 30, 2020. [Edited: We're sorry, but the cootie catcher is no longer available for free download.]

Please abide by our terms of use that are within the document and enjoy this fun fortune-telling game with the children in your life.

Easter ephemera for your crafts

While you're here, take a look at some of our Easter-themed printable ephemera available at KB and Friends' Etsy Shop.

Valentine's Day Albums from Priscilla Circelli-Gibbs

Even though Valentine's Day has already passed, we couldn't help but show off some Valentine's Day journals made by Priscilla Circelli-Gibbs.

They are exquisite, and she sells some of them directly from her Instagram page.

Naturally, we at KB and Friends are tickled pink that she uses some of our printable Valentine's Day ephemera to create her albums.

This first piece of art is an exquisite "paper bag" journal whose cover shines with a well-placed gold heart embellishment, a butterfly and a bingo card. Visit Priscilla's Instagram page to see the inside. It is packed with retro goodness.

These next two journals are among my all-time favorites. They feature "book covers" by KB and Friends and, like the first journal, are packed with fun, retro Valentine's Day ephemera. We made this set of book covers large enough to be used as actual covers, but the covers also come in a smaller size for those who want to use them as cards.

Thank you, again, to Priscilla for such inspiration!

Inspiring Junk Journals from Luci and Loley

This week's inspiration comes from Gina Gilliam, who turns trash into treasure by making junk journals. She sells them at Luci and Loley. 

For those of you who are new to junk journals, they are handmade scrapbooks made up of reused vintage paper items such as a greeting cards, receipts, textbook pages, flashcards and other ephemera like that sold at KB and Friends. 

Gina is a KB and Friends' customer who combines our printable ephemera with odds and ends that she has collected to create an eclectic and eye-catching look to her works of art. 

Below are pages from a junk journal that she created using our newest cooking-themed, retro kitchen graphics. This kind of two-ringed, tabbed journal would make the perfect holder for recipe cards. The guest check, tickets and milk carton top are really fun embellishments that help give this journal a dose of nostalgia.

Here are the KB and Friends' products that she used for the kitchen-themed journal:

Moving on to more eye candy from Gina, here are some of her other latest and greatest creations. Buy them from  Luci and Loley or get inspired to make your own with printables from KB and Friends.

One fun technique is to use lunch-size paper bags as a base. Paper bags are one of those readily available household objects that give junk journals a truly vintage vibe. That's how Gina created the next three junk journals.

The next two journals feature one of our favorite binding methods: wire binding. You need a special machine, such as a Zutter Bind-it-All, to do this, but, as you can see from Gina's examples, it really gives the junk journals a finished, professional look.

We hope that these junk journals have sparked your imagination! 

Valentine's Day Eye Candy

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, we thought we'd share some gorgeous creations by Cherry of Cherry's Jubilee Cards.

Her cards are so eye-catching that we hope you're either inspired to buy her products or purchase some of the printables from KB and Friends that she used to craft her lovely cards.

And here's the retro Valentine's Day printable ephemera kit from KB and Friends that she used to create these works of art:

I hope this got you in the mood for Valentine's Day! 

DIY Bingo Card Mini Album

It's easy to make a bingo card mini album using printable bingo cards from KB and Friends.

Bingo cards: The winning ticket for your paper crafts

They are cropping up all over the scrapbook scape: bingo cards!