Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge!

We hope you all had a great start to your week. It is time for another fun Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge. This week the challenge is to make a project using only Black, White and 1 additional color! We'd love for you to play along with us. If you do, make sure you leave a link to your creation on this post and/or use keyword JBE074 when uploading to SCS and PCP.

Also...the storewide sale going on at Jacksonbelle has been extended until Thursday! It is a great time to stock up on all of the fun new products Lindsey has in the store...Stampavie, My Mind's Eye, Basic Grey, Prima and more. Get 25% off your entire order when you use promotion code FALL (all caps) at checkout.

Here is my card for today's challenge. I used some fabulous Jenni Bowlin designer paper and this gorgeous Inkadinkado rose stamp. I struggled with this challenge at first but loved how my card turned out in the end.

For more inspiration, check out the blogs of all of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars!

Tobi Crawford ~ Tobi’s Place

Stephanie Hargis ~ Steph’s Stampin’ Stuff

Jimmi Mayo ~ Stamping & Shopping

Bethany Paull ~ It’s Not All Black & White

Michelle Philippi ~ Inside My Own Private Idaho

Carly Robertson ~ Paper in Bloom

Shemaine Smith ~ Scraptastic

Lynda Benden: Stamp Act

Jill Dunn: Ink Genious

Lindsey Botkin: Embellished

Trudee Sauer: Follow Your Bliss

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a terrific day!

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge + a contest!

Before I get to this week's Jacksonbelle challenge, I wanted to give a huge welcome to the newest member of the Jacksonbelle Embellishments design team....Keri Lee Sereika! Be sure to stop by Keri's blog and give her some love today!

Our challenge this week is an easy one....make a project using one of the new products in the Jacksonbelle store. To see all of the NEW products, click HERE. There are so many cool new things in stock now...Prima, Jenni Bowlin, Inkadinkado, Basic Grey, Cosmo Cricket, Martha Stewart, Stampavie...and lots more! Don't forget that if you play along with the Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenges this month you'll have a chance at some aweseome prizes! The contest rules are easy...play along with one of the JB September Tuesday challenges and use stamps from either Stampavie, Inkadinkado, Prima or Basic Grey (all of these brands are carried in the Jacksonbelle store). For all of the contest details, click HERE. You could win a $50, $30 or $15 Jacksonbelle gift certificate!

Here is my card for this week's challenge:

This week's challenge was easy for me because I recently got a big box of fun new things from JB. My card uses a couple different Inkadinkado clear stamps. I also used 2 different Halloween Martha Stewart punches. The designer paper is the new Eerie collection from Basic Grey. I balanced out all of these new products with an old favorite, Angel Wings Shimmerz!

For more inspiration, check out the blogs of all of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars!

Tobi Crawford ~ Tobi’s Place

Stephanie Hargis ~ Steph’s Stampin’ Stuff

Jimmi Mayo ~ Stamping & Shopping

Bethany Paull ~ It’s Not All Black & White

Michelle Philippi ~ Inside My Own Private Idaho

Carly Robertson ~ Paper in Bloom

Shemaine Smith ~ Scraptastic

Lynda Benden: Stamp Act

Jill Dunn: Ink Genious

AJ Otto: The Willow Garden

Lindsey Botkin: Embellished

Trudee Sauer: Follow Your Bliss

Keri Lee Sereika: Pink Lemonade

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you are all having a great start to your week!

Jacksonbelle Embellishments Tuesday Challenge!

Welcome to week 3 of the Jacksonbelle September challenges contest! Up for grabs are a $50 Jacksonbelle gift certificate, a $30 Jacksonbelle gift certificate and a $15 Jacksonbelle gift certificate. The rules are easy...play along with the Jacksonbelle Embellishments September Tuesday challenges and use stamps from either Inkadinkado, Stampavie, Prima or Basic Grey. For the full contest details, click HERE.

This weeks challenge is a fun one...make a fall or Halloween card! Jacksonbelle has a ton of new fall and Halloween products in stock that would work perfect for all of your fall and Halloween projects...Inkadinkado stamps, Basic Grey designer paper, Prima flowers....Tons of fun stuff! We would love for you to play along! If you do, make sure to let use know and use keyword JBE071 when uploading to SCS or PCP.

I made a couple cards for this week's challenge. Both of my cards use the new Basic Grey Indian Summer designer paper. I am absolutely in love with this paper. It is absolutely beautiful! All of the stamps that I used are from Inkadinkado. I also used some Basic Grey brads and May Arts ribbon.

For more Fall/Halloween inspiration be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars:

Tobi Crawford ~ Tobi’s Place

Stephanie Hargis ~ Steph’s Stampin’ Stuff

Mitzi Koons ~ Stamps Jubilee

Jimmi Mayo ~ Stamping & Shopping

Bethany Paull ~ It’s Not All Black & White

Michelle Philippi ~ Inside My Own Private Idaho

Carly Robertson ~ Paper in Bloom

Shemaine Smith ~ Scraptastic

Lynda Benden: Stamp Act

Jennifer Buck: The Buck Stamps Here

Jill Dunn: Ink Genious

AJ Otto: The Willow Garden

Lindsey Botkin: Embellished

Trudee Sauer: Follow Your Bliss

Also wanted to let you know that GORGEOUS new PRIMA flowers are in stock at JB! Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge!

It's that time again...time for the Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge! We have a fabulous sketch challenge for you this week. We would love for you to play along with us. If you do make srure to use keyword JBE070 when up loading to an online gallery. Also, don't forget Jacksonbelle has an awesome contest running all month long for those of you who play along with our challenges. To see all of the contest details, click HERE.

Here is this week's sketch:

Here is my card:

All of the stamps I used are Inkadinkado and can be found in the Jacksonbelle store. I also used some Shimmerz paint and the Martha Stewart Halloween fence punch!

For more sketchy inspiration be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars:

Tobi Crawford ~ Tobi’s Place

Stephanie Hargis ~ Steph’s Stampin’ Stuff

Mitzi Koons ~ Stamps Jubilee

Jimmi Mayo ~ Stamping & Shopping

Bethany Paull ~ It’s Not All Black & White

Michelle Philippi ~ Inside My Own Private Idaho

Carly Robertson ~ Paper in Bloom

Shemaine Smith ~ Scraptastic

Lynda Benden: Stamp Act

Jennifer Buck: The Buck Stamps Here

Jill Dunn: Ink Genious

AJ Otto: The Willow Garden

Lindsey Botkin: Embellished

Trudee Sauer: Follow Your Bliss

Also wanted to let you know that the new Basic Grey is in stock at JB! Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge!

It is time for another Jacksonbelle Embellishments Tuesday Challenge. This week our challenge is to make a card that is any shape except for rectangle. If you decide to play along with us, please use keyword JBE051 when you upload to PCP or SCS.

After thinking my card last week really sucked, I really really like how this week's card turned out...
Supplies used: Stamps from Inkadinkado, Cuttlebug embossing folder, self adhesive gems, SU CS, Archivers scalloped note cards, SU DD glitter, black embossing powder, Prismacolor markers.

For some more shaped card inspiration check out the blogs of the other JB rockstars:

Melissa Bove (check out Melissa's awesome blog candy giveaway too!)

Jennifer Buck

Jill Dunn

Kimberly O’Rosky

Maren Benedict

AJ Otto

Kisa Peters

Shannan Teubner

Michelle Woerner

Taylor Usry

Lynda Benden

Beth Thomas

Lindsey Botkin

Stop back a little later today for my Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesday challenge card. Hope you are all having a great day!

1-2-3 Jacksonbelle Challenge!

It is time for another Jacksonbelle Embellishements Tuesday challenge. This week is definitely a challenge. Our fellow JB design team member, Michelle, challenged us to a 1-2-3 challenge...1 stamp, 2 embellishements and 3 layers (the base layer is included in the 3). If you decide to play along with us, please use keyword JBE050 when you upload to SCS or PCP.

This was a MAJOR MAJOR challenge for me. To be totally honest I think my card sorta sucks but given the restrictions this was my best of 3 attempts - the other 2 ended up in the trash. To try and give the allusion of extra layers I sponged the edges of my Pink Paislee DP with dark brown ink. I don't know that this gave the look I was intending but I guess it helped. As for the the 2 embellishements, I interpreted this as 2 types so I used some ribbon and some Kaiser pearls. The stamp I used is from Inkadinkado.

Sorry the photo is at a weird angle. The sentiment and ribbon aren't really as crooked as they look in the photo.

For some more (and I'm sure, much better) inspiration check out the blogs of the other JB rockstars:

Melissa Bove

Jennifer Buck

Jill Dunn

Kimberly O’Rosky

Maren Benedict

AJ Otto

Kisa Peters

Shannan Teubner

Michelle Woerner

Taylor Usry

Lynda Benden

Beth Thomas

Lindsey Botkin

Stop back a little later today for my Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesday challenge card. Hope you are all having a great day!

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge! It's Sketch Time!

Where does the time go? I can't believe it is already the middle of April. I also can't believe it is already time for another Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge. I feel like I just posted last weeks white on white card and now it is time for another. This week we have a sketch challenge. If you would like to play along with us please use keyword JBE049 when you upload to PCP or SCS (I know the sketch picture says JBE046 but it really should be JBE049).

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

Supplies used: Stamps from Inkadinkado, SU CS, Basic Grey DP, Prismacolor markers, self adhesive rhinestones, Joann's Ribbon

For more inspiration check out the blogs of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars:

Melissa Bove

Jennifer Buck

Jill Dunn

Kimberly O’Rosky

Maren Benedict

AJ Otto

Kisa Peters

Shannan Teubner

Michelle Woerner

Taylor Usry

Lynda Benden

Beth Thomas

Lindsey Botkin

Stop back a little later today for my Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesday challenge card. Hope you are all having a great day!

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge! It's Spring!

This is my 2nd post of the day. To see my Twinkling Tuesday challenge card please scroll down to the previous post.


This week's Jacksonbelle Embellishments challenge is to make a spring or Easter card. I had a hard time coming up with something springy. The closest I could come to spring was using some Basic Grey dp with flowers and a butterfly stamp. Hope you will forgive me this week.
I also have to apologize for the poor photo quality. Honestly, I have had my card done for 3 weeks and I waited until dark last night to take the picture. Not sure what my thinking was there.

Here is my card:

Supplies used: Inkadinkado stamps, Basic Grey dp, SU CS, May Arts and other misc ribbon, nestibilities, Cuttlebug die, Cuttlebug embossing folder, EK Success photo corner punch, Kaiser pearls, Prismacolor markers, foam dimensionals.

There are a ton of really cool new items recently added to the Jacksonbelle store. Check them out HERE.

For more spring/Easter inspiration check the blogs of the other Jacksonbelle Rockstars:

Melissa Bove

Jennifer Buck

Jill Dunn

Kimberly O’Rosky

Maren Benedict

AJ Otto

Kisa Peters

Shannan Teubner

Michelle Woerner

Taylor Usry

Lynda Benden

Beth Thomas

Lindsey Botkin

Hope you all are having a fabulous day! Thanks for stopping by!

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge! Prima!

This week the Jacksonbelle challenge is to use any product/s from Prima. If you want to play along with this week's challenge please use keyword JBE042 when uploading to PCP or SCS.

For my card this week I used a sketch challenge given by Heather from Heather's Heavinly Stampations. The sketch was made by her daughter Piper. Here is Piper's sketch:

For my card I used the new Monarch stamp from Inkadinkado. My Prima product comes in the form of "Say It In Crystals". I cut one of the flower crystals apart and used them in the corners of my card. The main image is colored with Prismacolor pencils and markers and then painted with Shimmerz Marigold.

Here is a better look at the Shimmerz on the main image. Supplies used: Monarch stamp from Inkadinkado, Basic Grey Ambrosia DP, Shimmerz Marigold, Prima Say it in Crystals all from Jacksonbelle Embellishments. I also used SU CS, Prismacolor pencils and markers, foam dimensionals, nestibilities, self adhesive pearls, SU Noteworthy, and SU grosgain ribbon.

For more Prima inspiration check out the blogs of the other Jacksonbelle Rockstars:

Melissa Bove

Jennifer Buck

Jill Dunn

Kimberly O’Rosky

Maren Benedict

AJ Otto

Kisa Peters

Shannan Teubner

Michelle Woerner

Taylor Usry

Rachel Baird

Lynda Benden

Beth Thomas

Lindsey Botkin

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a fabulous day! Stop by tomorrow for some DRS St. Patty's Day inspiration!

Color Throwdown #17

WOW, I can't believe the Color Throwdown ladies have been challenging us for #17 weeks already! I've been really busy lately and haven't played along in quite a while. I love this weeks Halloween color combo and just happened to need one more Halloween card for our neighbor so I couldn't resist joining in this weeks fun!

This was a quick and simple card. I think it took me less than 30 minutes which is CRAZY considering I think I average about an hour and a half for every card I make.
Here is a close up of the cat. I cut the cat out covered with glitter and popped up with foam dimensionals.Supplies used: Stamps from Inkadinkado and Studio G, SU CS, Debbie Mumm DP, Bazzil Bling CS, Nestibilities pinking circles, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Black Art Institute glitter, alcohol markers, Martha Stewart fence punch, MM silver bat brads (I dyed them with stazon black in and covered them with glitter)

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

OMG, OMG, OMG!!!!!

Remember all of those Jacksonbelle sketch challenges I have been doing the past month or so. Well, the sketch challenges were for a contest they were having and I won!!!!!!!! I am SO thrilled. I've honestly gone to Lindsey's blog like 10 times just to make sure I'm not totally crazy. I almost fell off my chair when I saw my name! Here is my winning card:

Check out the Jacksonbelle blog HERE to see the other winners!!

Jacksonbelle Sketch Challenge #4

In an effort to find my stampin mojo, I decided to work on this week's Jacksonbelle sketch challenge. I actually used this same sketch for yesterday's Thank You card also. Part of the challenge is you have to use stamps from Inkadinkado. As you have probably figured out, I'm a big fan of Inkadinkado. I have more Inkadinkado stamp sets than I care to admit (and there are a few more new ones that I REALLY REALLY want, LOL).

Here is the sketch:Here is my card:

Suppies used: Inkadinkado stamps, SU CS, Basic Grey DP, Michael's self adhesive rhinestones, American crafts brads, Signo white gel pen, nestibilities, Orange Sakura gel pen, SU dazzling diamonds glitter.

I hope you are all enjoying your Saturday! Thanks for stopping by!

Here it is

Here is my Thank You card for Cammie's blog candy giveaway. Because I seem to have lost my stamping mojo this is an almost exact case of a card I made a few months ago. I'm not totally thrilled with it and I actually think I will probably change the ribbon at the bottom to something else before I mail it out.

Supplies used: Stamps from Inkadinkado, SU CS, Cosmo Cricket DP, Koh-i-noor colored pencils, OMS, Shimmerz paint, Lion's Mane glitter from Art Institute, self adhesive gems from Michael's, May Arts ribbon.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Jacksonbelle Sketch Challenge #2

I did a little stamping last night to help me wind down from our crazy weekend! I decided to work on a project that I started early last week. I had the main background done but needed to finish it off with a main image. I had originally had a snowman image stamped for this card but it just didn't work for me so I decided to try out this bird. It is stamped on the white oval and then I stamped it a 2nd time on a scrap of white cs, cut it out and popped it up using a foam dimensional. I thought it worked much better than the snowman. I stamped the bird using Palette Moulin Rouge ink and then very carefully painted it with Burgandy Shimmerz paint. I highlighted the white areas using SU Dazzling Diamonds glitter. I am now caught up with the JB sketch challenges. I can't wait to see what they have in store for this week!

Supplies used: Bird stamp from Inkadinkado, Sentiment stamp from DRS Designs, SU CS, Debbie Mumm DP, Shimmerz burgandy paint, Rhinestones from Michael's and Amuse, Misc. ribbon.

I hope everyone had a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

Another Jacksonbelle sketch challenge

Here is another card I made for the Jacksonbelle sketch challenge contest. This time I followed sketch #3. When I started this card I had the birds stamped on white cardstock, used different dp and had a whole different color scheme completely. I actually had a complete card put together but after over an hour of putzing around with it, it just didn't look right so I pulled it apart and saved....the moon. Yep, that is the only thing I salvaged from the first card. I carefully cut the moon off of the first card and started new. I'm so glad I did because...I LOVE how this card turned out. For this card I stamped the birds with Brilliance Graphite Black ink on bashful blue cardstock. Once the ink dried, I painted over the entire piece with Silver Bells Shimmerz paint and then I sponged Night of Navy ink over that. I love the spooky look it gives! After that, I glued on the shimmery moon that I salvaged from the first card. I couldn't resist adding the cute MS fence too. Now to try and find time to stamp something for sketch challenge #2.
Supplies used: Stamps from Inkadinkado and Studio G, CS and DP from SU, Shimmerz paint - silver bells and bees wax, MS fence punch, MM bat brads, prismacolor marker.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you are having a great day!

JacksonBelle Sketch Challenge #1

I'm a few weeks late doing the JacksonBelle Sketch Challenge, but I thought I would share the card anyway (seems like I'm a few weeks behind in everything lately, or even months in some cases). Here is their sketch challenge from a couple weeks ago:Here is my card:

I've never really been much of a Halloween card maker but this year I have been sucked in by all of the super cute stamps, punches, embellishments, etc. For as much Halloween stuff as I have purchased lately, I wish Halloween was a year round holiday!

Supplies used: Clear stamp set from Inkadinkado, SU cardstock, DP is from DCWV (I think), Shimmerz paint - Silver bells, Martha Stewart bat punch, Glitter dots from Dress it Up, Misc. ribbon from Michael's.

I hope everyone is having a great day! Check back in tomorrow for another JB sketch card!
I have a bunch of DRS cards to share in the next few days too!
Thanks for stopping by!

A Sheet-Load of Cards & Some Blog Candy...

As promised, here are some pictures of the Sheet-Loads of cards that I made yesterday. If you aren't familiar with Sheet-Loads (I just recently found them thanks to Kurtis- he was the guest designer this month), you should definitely check it out. These cards were just sheet-loads of fun to make!
Here is a close-up of the first card I made. The birds are from the clear Inkadinkado set "The Flourish Pack" and the sentiment comes from PTI's "Birthday Basics" set. The designer paper is from this awesome pack I bought and SAMS club and the rest is non-SU cardstock.
Here is the 2nd card I made. The stamps used are from a SAB set from this year (can't think of the name off hand). It is embellished with a Prima flower. The flower center is a glitter dot that I got from the Gina K store. Designer paper is from the awesome SAMS club pack again and the rest is non-SU cardstock.
Close-up of the 2nd card
And finally...Some blog candy! Woohoo!! A couple days ago I made my 100th post (this is actually my 105th post today). To celebrate the fact that I started a blog and actually continue to post on it, I have some fun blog candy. The prize package includes: 2 adorable clear penguin stamps, some pink and brown grograin ribbon pieces, some self adhesive pearls, a package of magic mesh and a package of self adhesive rhinestones.
For a chance to win all you have to do is leave me a comment and tell me your favorite chick flick. Why, you ask. Well, I've finally, for the first time in a long long time, started to find time to watch some movies that I want to watch instead of watching Disney Channel constantly. Because I have been living in a Disney/Nick Jr. world for 4 years I'm a bit out of touch with what movies have been out there. I'm a total chick flick kinda girl, so I need some suggestions so I can add some movies to our Netflix queue. I will pick a winner on Friday morning from all comments left.

I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend! Thanks for stopping by!