Highland Skies Inspiration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today the Jacksonbelle Embellishments team has an inspiration challenge for you from the Hanna Andersson website. The above dress (Highland Skies Sweater Dress) is the piece I chose for my inspiration. I had these great Pink Paislee papers and I thought they’d be just perfect. What do you think? Want to play along? Check out the challenge at the store blog. More inspiration awaits you at the lovely design team’s blogs:

Bethany

Carly

Heather

Jimmi

Keri

Lindsey

Lynda

Michelle

Shemaine

Stephanie

Tobi

Trudee

Don’t forget, ANY ORDER PLACES NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 30TH WILL BE ENTERED TO WIN A HUGE GIVEAWAY VALUED AT OVER $100!! DETAILS/PICTURE ON THE STORE BLOG!!

MARTHA STEWART and INKADINKADO are 40% off until the inventory is gone!

Paper: Pink Paislee (Reindeer Games and Santa’s Workshop), White, Bordering Blue, Bravo Burgundy(SU!)

Ink: Bordering Blue, Bravo Burgundy(SU!), Ranger Walnut and Tea Dye Distress ink

Stamp: Inkadinkado

Accessories: Pearls, Buttons, Ribbon, Pop dots, Scalloped scissors, Nestabilites labels dies, Twine, Sponge

Take care!

Plum Perfect

I love purple so I thought I’d play along with the current Moxie Fab World challenge, “Plum Crazy”. Make sure you check it out here.

Plum seems like such a rich and opulent color to me so I wanted to capture that with a really decadent sort of card: lots of rhinestones and sparkle here, but tastefully done (I hope) and not too over the top. I sponged the edges of my patterned paper to give it more richness and depth. I think the sparkly ribbon and the thin line of silver cording are nice finishing touches.

I’d love to hear what you think.

Paper: My Mind’s Eye (Penny Lane, Purple Flowers) and Pink Paislee (Twilight, Eclipse) patterned paper; Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant (Stampin’ Up!)

Ink: Perfect Plum

Accessories: Monogram Rhinestone “H” (Crystal Stickers by Mark Richards), Nestabilities circle die, Scalloped scissors, Silver cord, White twinkle ribbon, Rhinestones, Sponge, Pop dots

Take care!

Merry Wishes Deer

It’s Jacksonbelle Tuesday. This week we  are creating holiday projects for gift giving—bags, tags, wrapping, etc. pretty much anything to celebrate the upcoming Holidays will do. If holidays aren’t your thing, just make any gift item: bag, tag, or whatever. Lindsey has some new alterable notebooks in her store if you are interested. I know I love altering notebooks for easy little gifts and for my compulsive list making. ;) Keyword JBE079.
This bag uses Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses paper, a Basic Grey button, ribbon, a tag and a stamped sentiment. The deer is outlined with white gel pen and then cut out of the patterned paper and adhered to the bag.  For more details on the challenge check out the store blog.  Oh, and don’t forget, all Inka and Martha products are still 40% off.  Go treat yourself to an early Christmas present ;) and then come play along with us. Need more inspiration? Check out these fabulous blogs:
Bethany Paull
Carly Robertson
Heather Lee-Reppen
Jimmi Mayo
Keri Sereika
Lindsey Botkin
Lynda Benden
Michelle Phillipi
Shemaine Smith
Stephanie Hargis
Tobi Crawford
Trudee Sauer
And here’s a closer up picture of my project so you can see the detail a little better. Thanks for stopping by. Take care!

Call for Help!

I know everyone is so busy at this time of year but I couldn't not share this information.
A little boy from South Lyon, Michigan, Noah Biorkman (age 5) is in his last
stages of a 2 1/2 yr. battle with Neuroblastoma Cancer. His family is
celebrating Christmas next week and Noah has requested to get Christmas cards in
the mail. Lets see how many cards we can get to this precious child. His address
is:
Noah Biorkman

1141 Fountain View Circle

South Lyon, MI 48178

You can read about him in the news here.
I have a five year old and I cannot imagine life without him. My heart goes out to his family. I’ll be getting a card in the mail tomorrow morning and hope that you all will join me in spreading the word and making this last Christmas a special one for this little boy.

I will probably make a special card tonight but I do have some in my stash I can choose from if I don’t get a chance. Here’s one I made a long time ago for a little inspiration if you need something to get those creative juices flowing.

Once There Was a Snowman

It seems a little weird to me to be making Christmas cards—especially ones featuring snowmen when it’s in the 70s here. I am loving the glorious autumn weather! Know what else I’m loving? This cute snowman stamp from Inkadinkado and these adorable patterned papers from Basic Grey. And this fun sketch that the Jacksonbelle Embellishments team has for you to play along with today. Make sure you check out the blog for details and make sure you check out the design team’s creations as well:

Bethany Paull

Carly Robertson

Heather Lee-Reppen

Jimmi Mayo

Keri Sereika

Lindsey Botkin

Lynda Benden

Michelle Phillipi

Shemaine Smith

Stephanie Hargis

Tobi Crawford

Trudee Sauer

While you are doing all that checking, check out the store too! There are still lots of great Martha Stewart and Inkadinkado products on sale for 40% off. Hip hip hooray!

Thanks for dropping in. Take care.

Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses

Stamps: Inkadinkado

Ribbon

Pearls

Breast Cancer Awareness Blog Hop(e)

Michelle at Inside My Own Private Idaho had a wonderful idea to host a blog hop(e) in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We all know someone (or at least someone who knows someone) who has had to deal with this disease. It has taken two people that I love, so I thought it would be a good idea to do my part to raise awareness about it in any small way that I could. 

Here’s my creation. It is in memory of my Grandma Cassidy and Connie.  I love you both! You are missed.

Now make sure you hop on over to see what Molly Ritterbeck has created.

And, here’s to hope!

Take care!

Easy as 1-2-3!

  Happy Tuesday! Today the Jacksonbelle Team has a fun little challenge for you—it’s a 1-2-3 dealio. One stamped image, two embellishments and three layers. I used one Inkadinkado Christmas stamp (all Inka is on sale now—40% off), lace and a button for my two embellishments and Kraft, White and Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses patterened paper for my 3 Layers. I also used a paper piercer and corner rounder for tools but there were no rules about how many tools you can use so I’m calling it good. :) I like it!--sweet and simple. I’m leaning more and more towards that style lately. It’s what works with my insane life. Make sure you check out the store blog for more samples and details about the challenge and don’t forget to make your way around to the other design team members’ blogs:

• Bethany Paull
• Carly Robertson
• Heather Lee-Reppen
• Jimmi Mayo
• Keri Sereika
• Lindsey Botkin
• Lynda Benden
• Michelle Phillipi
• Shemaine Smith
• Stephanie Hargis
• Tobi Crawford
• Trudee Sauer

Sorry I haven’t been around much lately but you should see my calendar! It’s ca-RAY-zy. We just recently had our annual “Trunk or Treat” at Church for which I was in charge of the decorations. I am glad to have that out of the way. We also decided to enter the family costume contest this year so we went as a roller coaster. I realize the costume is not super fancy but you would be amazed at how long it took to put it all together—a good chunk of the night Friday and all day Saturday (well that and carving one of our pumpkins). Anyway it was fun and I’m glad we don’t have to worry about that anymore. ;) We’ve got more going on this week too, so I’m going to go ahead and wish you a Happy Halloween in case I don’t get a chance to post again until after. Have fun and be safe!