Jacksonbelle Tuesday…….free for all!

A free for all…..any and all of your Jacksonbelle products together on one card. So here is what I came up with. ‘Sugared’ BG, prima corner stamps, Inkadinkado sentiment, dew drops, stickles. (and a bit of non-JBelle stuff as well)

 

 I have a friend who is due witha  girl in August, so I think this is going to go to her.

Sean and I went to a wedding this weekend and it was actually nice! I saw that because the thought of going to most weddings makes me cringe, but this was different. They had their own vows which actually didn’t sound cheesey, but they sounded sincere. And there were so many people to see and catch up with that the night flew by. Then Sunday I woke up with a migraine……..so there ya go. It totally made me feel like I have been out of the swing of things for months.

I have the CUTEST Sara K to share with you tomorrow! Be sure to stop by and check it out!

Here’s the links to all of the players:

• Amber Dawn - 
• Beth - 
• Broni- 
• Dee- 
• Erin - 
• Kissa -
• Laura
• Lila - 
• Lynda Benden
• Maren - 
• Lindsey-QB!!!!!!

Jacksonbelle Challenge Tuesday……

This week we were  given a partner and we each went into their galleries and looked around. My partner is Broni, dirty girl extraordinare! Just take a look at her fabulous gallery HERE. Ihad so much to look at and choose from I could have just spent a couple days looking at her gorgeous creations.

After touring her gallery I decided to CASE THIS card. I decided I wanted to keep the bird, branch and monochromatic feel to the card. So off I went to my craft room and whipped up my card:

It’s a sage base but the rest of the paper is from the Honey Pie Cosmo crickett pack, including the blackboard berry branch. The edges were all sponged in cranberry ink and the bird was highlighted with a sakura pen and white ink pen. Then I used twinkling watercolors to paint on the branch and around the bird. Finishing it off is of course some primas and dew drops!

I received some fun news today, that 2 of my cards were picked up for publicaiton! I was so excited about which one’s they were too, both MFT and Cosmo Crickett!!!!!! Plus I got an order of Bella’s that I’ve been waiting for.

Be sure to check out the other DT’s to see who they CASE and what they’ve come up with!

Details:

Stamps: Birds Galore, Chelsea Sentiments- Inkadinkado from Jacksonbelle
CS: sage, Honey Pie Cosmo Crickett - from Jacksonbelle
Ink: cranberry
Accessories: sakura pen, white pen, twinkling h20, Primas, cosmo cricket black board, dew drops- from Jacksonbelle

Jacksonbelle Challenge Tuesday……a sketch!

I was really fortunate today because I had a lot of time to create. I had to take my oldest, Ava to the Dr. for a follow-up appointment in the morning. (It didn’t go as well as I’d hoped, mainly just issues with her Dr., so we are looking for a new one) And later in the day I had an appointment, so Sean stayed home today while I was out with Ava so he could be here for the therapists and Audrey. Between the appointments I got a couple cards done, including the Jacksonbelle challenge card!

Now I usually take some kind of liberty with a sketch, and this is definately no exception. But I am surprised how many of the elements are represented, even if they are moved a little.

I have a couple packs of those SU sticky cuts letters and shapes and decided I should finally play with them. It was interesting, not bad and not quick. I was ever so thankful for the glitter cloth that I got from scor-pal, seriously picks up all that glitter.

Be sure to check out all the other DT’s blogs for some more inpiration on this great sketch!

I’ll definately have a few cards to show tomorrow and Wednesday. Thursday I am hosting the Unity Stamps project of the week, so prepare to have some fun!

I hope everyone had a great start to their week!

Details:

Stamps: Patterned bugs-Inkadinkado
Ink: bashful blue, chocolate chip
CS: bashful blue, PTI white, Daisy D ‘Chloe Marie’
Accessories: sticky cuts, glitter, punches, MAMBI rhinestones, ribbon, sponge, dimensionals, primas, buttons, dew drops

Jacksonbelle Tuesday- color challenge!

I have a lot to post today and I’m super late doing it so these will all be short and sweet. This weeks challenge was a red, black and bashful blue color challenge. They are great colors but I cheated a bit with the black and swapped basic grey CS as the base. You all know by now how hard rules are for me to follow! Oh and I finally used my little corner stamps on this.

Be sure to check out all the other DT’s blogs for great inspiration! And Lindsey has the C-U-T-E-S-T line in right now from October Afternoon…….go check out the super cute stamps and papers! I’ll be back soon with some more fun stuff!

Details:

Stamps: Birds galore-Inkadinkado/ Corner stamps- Prima from Jacksonbelle
Ink: memento black, basic grey
CS: basic grey, real red, bashful blue, PTI white
Accessories: white pen, spica pen, CB folder, ribbon, punches, rain dots, dew drops from Jacksonbelle

Jacksonbelle Tuesday………free for all!

Wooohooo! It’s Tuesday so you know that means the Jacksonbelle DT girls get together for a challenge. This week it was easy……anything you want! So I decided to use some of the last of my favorite pieces of cosmo cricket  on this, and some primas that I had been eyeing but not using.

There’s some sewing, lots of sponging, some spica pens, dew drops and lots and lots of primas. This bird set just gets me everytime, I love it.

For more fun and inspiration check out the other DT’s blogs and see what they have cookin:

Lyndsey

Deets:

Stamps: Birds galore-Inkadinkado
Ink: chocolate chip, basic grey, antique linen and tea stain distress inks
CS: basic grey, cosmo cricket ‘honey pie’
Accessories: sewing machine, spica pens, nesties, PTI ribbon, dew drops, primas

Introducing Chloe Marie……and some breaking news!

It’s Tuesday Jacksonbelle challenge time again, and this week I would like to introduce you to a sweet little gal named Chloe Marie:

Chloe Marie is a new line of paper, chipboard elements and rub on’s from Daisy D. It is so seriously sweet! I decided to use my Patterned BugsInka set to go with this as well as the chelsea sentiments set. I stamped the long butterfly trail in bayou ink onto the chloe marie. The sentiment is stamped in basic grey ink and the ladybugs from the patterned bugs set in purely pom ink. I added shading around the ladybugs with a stardust pen, then highlighted the flowers with a white pen and used a silver copic spica on the head and antennae. Sewing, distressing and paper piercing were added and then the wee, littlest buttons you have ever seen were added.  Primaswith more buttons and then white ric rac may arts ribbon with some paper piercing on either side.

Be sure to check out the other DT’s members blogs for more inspiring creations:

Lindsey
Amber
Beth
Broni
Dee
Erin
Kisa
Lila
Lynda
Maren

Details:

Stamps: Patterned Bugs & Chelsea Sentiments -Inkadinkado from Jacksonbelle
CS: bayou, pink, Chloe Marie by Daisy D from Jacksonbelle
Ink: bayou, boing grey, purely pom
Accessories: Sewing machine, distress tool, spica pens, white gel pen, buttons, Primas and white ribbon from Jacksonbelle

1. And now onto some extra EXCITING news!!!!! you may remember these cards

Well I had wandered over to the Stampavie website to see if I was missing out on new items. And I see a banner for DT submission.I believe this was 3 days before it ended, so I was cutting it close. I had such a hard mix of emotions about this because I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the styles of these stamps. They make me happy in a way few stamps do.But I realized that these stamps had a strong following in Europe and would have a lot of  peopel submitting their work. I know that when I submit to a magazine or even a DT call that it’s possible submissions are given from all over the world. But this was definately going to be open to a lot more people then I could imagine. And I almost didn’t want to put myself up for rejection. But 2 days before the deadline I sent it in and have been waiting for 9 days until this morning…….

The 2008 Stampavie DT:

Claudia Rosa (USA)
Christa Knegt (Netherlands)
Diane Zechman (USA)
Isabelle Norris (UK)
Jay Jay (Germany)
Kine Saatvedt (Norway)
Lenaik Duluc (France)
Michelle Oatman (USA)
Sandrine Vachon (France)
Sue Nelson (USA)

My name is on the list but I removed it because I wanted to give you the links to all the fabulous ladies! It has been an AMAZING month for myself and I can say that this was the most stressful DT call I have ever participated in. And simply because it was international and I had no idea what style they were looking for since this is their first DT call and team. I am amazed and want to pinch myself because I am a part of such talented ladies. Thank you for allowing me to gush about my excitement!!! I was jumping up and down in my pajamas this morning when I saw my name!

And now I’m off to watch my trusty “Golden Girls” I love them!

Some things are moving around on my blog, I need a better system for linking everyone and keeping it tidy.So far this summer is turning out fantastic for me, unfortch I can’t tell you just yet. But wait because things are really ONLY getting better! It’s been a very VERY good week.

Jacksonbelle Tuesday…..orange, brown & green

This weeks challenge did me in, I saw the word ORANGE and GREEN and panicked. Then there was a lot of talk about green galore and adding some less than stellar colors to the mix and my mind couldn’t get off the idea of BRIGHT. So when I set out to make my first card I was trying to do the orange very subtely.

There is a panel of mellow moss behind the bird cage and my orange is the collage primas. This is such a QUICK card, that stamp is just perfect for quick and beautiful cards. I LOVE it! And the collage primas are just too cool. I used the Hampton Crate Paper collection for this one and the Chelsea Sentiments set from Inkadinkado as well.

But when I made this card I felt like it was REALLY cheating so I thought I would make another one. But this one is kind of a cheat too, so I don’t know if I redeemed myself with this one:

See? His shirt is BRIGHT orange, lots of GREEN grass! And you can’t miss all that brown! Again I used the Hampton paper collection from Crate Paper.

Both of these cards are going in a gift set for my trainer. I want to give her a good variety of cards and I know she likes big dogs, so I thought of her when I saw this set. I will show you the gift box and cards tomorrow.

And now you can check out the fabulous creations from the other DT members who have made great samples with these colors!

Lindsey
Amber
Maren
Lynda
Kisa
Lila
Beth
Dee
Broni

Details:

Thank you card

Stamps: La Cage au Folles, Chelsea Sentiments both Inkadinkado from Jacksonbelle
CS: cocoa, moss, PTI white Hampton Crate paper from Jacksonbelle
Ink: memento black, antique linen, chocolate
Accessories: corner rounder, sponge, dimensionals, collage prima flowers from Jacksonbelle

Friends Furever card:

Stamps: Friends Furever- MFT
Ink: memento black, chocolate
CS: cocoa, Crate Paper Hampton collection from Jacksonbelle
Accessories: copics, silver HPH, dimensionals

A veggie hello~

I finally got to play with Jen’s sketch for you to try today, and I decided to use another Bella, veggie bella. She hadn’t seen ink before today and she is just so much fun! Actually this sketch is a lot of fun, a lot of possibilities!

I had extra time today so I decided to sew my layers onto the wasabi, I really should do it more often! The sentiment is from my Inkadinkado set, Chelsea Sentiments. It’s a great set with fantastic fonts and useable phrases.

I hope everyone had a great weekend and had some time to play, either inside or out. We had high 80’s weather, but thankfully it’s cooling off! I am in the minority of hating Summer. I like sunshine but hate super hot weather, good thing I live in Washington!

Details:

Stamps: Veggie Bella, Chelsea Sentiments- Inkadinkado from jacksonbelle
CS: banana, wasabi-SU,  PTI white,  Nana’s nursery-DCWV
Ink: wasabi, adirondack black
Accessories: copics, nesties, buttons, rain dots, sewing machine, Prima from Steel toe mary Jan paper kit from Jacksonbelle

Get ready for a Jacksonbelle color challenge!

Today marks the first Jacksonbelle challenge, and it’s a fun one a color challenge! These colors were right up my alley; pink, grey and green! I had just ordered a pad of that delicious sugared basic grey paper and it had all those lovely colors in it, so all I needed was basic grey card base curtousey of stampin up@

 I combined 2 inkadinkado clear sets, Patterned bugs and chelsea sentiments , which the more I look at them the more ideas I keep getting from then……so I’m mighty excited!

My mom gave me her sewing machine which is close to being vintage at this point, it’s definately retro! But I really love having a sewing machine so I owe my mom ……again! I also really love distress inks. I had been using the antique linen for a while and then decided to grab another one, tea stain. So far I’m really liking it!

The butterfly has accents of raindots, spica glitter pens, metallic paste and the new me and my big ideas rhinestones.

So you’ve seen the challenge; pink, green and grey thank you card. We would LOVE to have you play along! If you upload to SCS please use the keyword JBCC01. Or if you don’t have a gallery there you can link directly back to your blog as well.

I can’t wait to see what you create! Have a wonderful day.

Time to do the bloggers challenge!

So this weeks challenge was a graduation card which is SO VERY HARD for me! My girls are 2 and 4, so nowhere near graduating anything right now, lol. I have never bought a graduation type stamp or anything! Sooooo, here’s what I came up with:

I used the owl from Inkadinkado’s ‘Birds Galore’ set which I got from Jacksonbelle’s and paired it with the basic grey boxer paper. I didn’t find any sentiment that would work for a graduation theme so I printed out the sentiment from my computer. To make the little owl’s cap I cut a 1/2 inch square and topped it with a brad and some hemp! Pretty simple but it just has to do…….I wasn’t buying a special stamp for this one challenge!

Tomorrow is national scrapbooking day and Jacksonbelle is having a sale, 15% off your order! Here is a link to the thread where you can get the code, it’s good Friday through Saturday…..hooray!! And if you’ve never shopped with her before you’re in for a treat because this gal is one fast shipper! I place an order and in a couple of hours I always get the notice it’s on it’s way. I’m starting to wonder if she ever sleeps, lol!!!!

Have a wonderful Friday night! I FINALLY get to pick up my desk tomorrow and finish off my office and take pictures…..what a loooooooong process this has been!