Jacksonbelle.....Down to Our Last Goodbye

What can I tell her
That I haven't told her
That would change her mind
Cause she heard that line before
Now all that's left for me
Is just the memory of all
Those happy days gone by
Now we're down to our last goodbye

Well, this is it, Lindsey known to many as Jacksonbelle is closing her cyber doors. *sniff sniff* I got to meet Linds several years ago, what a sweetheart. I wish her the very best in whatever the future holds for her!

Many of you might also know she is a Willie Nelson lover!! LOL
Us girls on the DT have said our "goodbyes", sent cyber hugs, and now we're here at our last blog post! So, I found this song by Willie. and took this part...HUGS LINDS!!!

She still has some items left in the store at 75% off.

I used this Flutter DP by Making Memories. The image is a digi from Sassy Cheryl's, I Pledge Allegiance. It's colored with Copics and sponged with Distress ink. For the pink nestie layer, I used my craft knife and carefully cut around the die then colored the edges with a Copic to match. The out-of-the-box flag is popped up on a foam dimensional.

Please stop by and leave some love for the girls...we could all use a hug!

Julie Lacey  Heather Pulvirenti
Stephanie Severin Amy Tsuruta Pam Varnell
Lynda Benden Tobi Crawford Jill Dunn
Heather Lee-Reppen Shemaine Smith Lindsey Botkin

thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Sassy Yankee Doodles Ride!

Our Sassy Challenge #18
is a color challenge!
(don't forget, you can play along and win a gift certificate!) 
Light Blue, Peach and Kraft.

I had started another image earlier today, but when Cheryl put up the new images....I knew I had to do one of them instead! This is Yankee Doodles Rides. Where does she come up with this stuff..is this just the cutest or what!!! I'd love to be a fly on the wall and watch her when she gets an idea and starts drawing!! LOL

Anyhoo...it's colored with Copics, masked and airbrushed while still in the die, and I colored the the cs to match the "peachy" color of his feather!

I like how the airbrushed Copics made it look like the horse is kicking up dirt! LOL

For more sassy fun be sure to check the other Sassy Girls.

Ann English Cathy Edgar
Heather Huggins Chrissy Le
Jackie Mooney Jodi Ann Lee
Kim Rhead Peggy Marsh
Tracy Jackson Alina Meijer
Judy Kreucher

It's A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood...

It's a beautiful day for a neighbor...
won't you be mine.

Good old Mr Rogers! It IS a beautiful day so far today, although it promises to get warm and humid later...ugh! We've had several days of absolutely gorgeous weather though.......with NO rain!

Today is sneaky peeks at a couple of new sets coming July 1st from Our Daily Bread designs.

This one done for the Inspiration Challenge on Splitcoast, The Bicycle Muse. I managed to find this Barrel Bag and used the picket fence for my inspiration.

This is Bless This Home, done in a Shadow Box. It's colored with Copics, masked and airbrushed.

Highlights with Sakura white and glitter pens, also some Marvy Embossable marker for the door wreath and flowering bush.

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Here is another set, Our Daily Bread. I used the embossable markers on the wheat.

Hope your Saturday goes well and you get all accomplished you set out to do!!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

A Special Thanks...and a Sneak Peek!

The Lord Bless You and Keep You

If you remember back to some of the graduation pictures, you'd see one with the choir director, Mr. Wilbur...this is for him!

For as long as I can remember he's had the kids sing this song at their final concerts, graduations, and the kids themselves always got together in the hallway at the end of the musical, held hands and sang it. It always brings a tear to see the seniors all holding hands as they sing one last time together at graduation before heading out into the big old world!

So, my choice of stamps was a no brainer! Our Daily Bread designs From Me to You, God Loves You and Scripture Series I.

I used a shipping tag, Tim Holtz style. You know.. drop some reinkers on a craft mat, spritz with water and drag your tag through it. Then I embossed the verse, using Distress Black Soot and clear ep.

I also stamped the flowers with Black Soot and embossed them, colored with Copics and fussy cut with my craft knife.
I sandwiched the cording between the tag and a piece of cardstock cut to fit.

 

Two of the larger, popped up flowers are from the God Loves You set.
The edges are sponged with Distress Pumice Stone.

When it was all done, I gave it a good spritz of Glimmer Mist, Pearl and Honey Dew.

Thank YOU Mr. Wilbur for your dedication and wonderful song choices throughout the years!

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Now, for the peek!

Tomorrow, Innovative Stamp Creations, will be releasing some fabulous sets! I'm tickled Betsy asked me a while back if I'd do some freelance for her. (shhhh....I even have several ISC being published in a book, due out in Aug!! shhhhh)

Today's sketch challenge on Splitcoast was perfect for Take Flight.

It's colored with Copics, cut out of the box and sponged with Distress inks in the background. I gave the butterflies a little pizzazz with some Shimmerz. I used Martha Stewart's Garden Trellis deep punch back to back for the horizontal panel.

For once I started out with my paper to guide me my colors! Usually I color away THEN pick my DP! LOL! This is SEI Jocelyn.

 

Enjoy your day...it promises to be HOT & HUMID here today..ugh!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Jacksonbelle 75% off and a Sneaky Peek!

You read that right! 75% off everything in the store. Lindsey will close her cyber door June 30.

We're still showcasing our favorite products, today I'm using Basic Grey.

This a new set called Wonders of Nature, being released from Innovative Stamp Creations this week! It's colored with Prismacolor pencils blended with OMS. There is a little Copic on the flowers and small leaves.

I split up the sentiment for the 3 blocks and sponged Distress ink (Wild Honey) while still in the die.

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

Julie Lacey  Heather Pulvirenti
Stephanie Severin Amy Tsuruta Pam Varnell
Lynda Benden Tobi Crawford Jill Dunn
Heather Lee-Reppen Shemaine Smith Lindsey Botkin

 

As always, thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Shiver Me Timbers...A Sassy Birthday!

Our Sassy Cheryl's challenge today, #17, is to make a birthday card.

This is Pirate's Booty, is this cute or what! I colored it with Copics, made a mask and airbrushed the background with the Copic Airbrush System. A piece of scrap paper torn into "wavy" lines was used for the "ocean". And, actually, the same piece was used for the clouds!

The sentiment is computer generated. Avast ye is from the Dutch term for 'hold fast' and means "Stop and pay attention." Freebooter from the Dutch for 'free' and 'plunder', reference to a pirate.

For more fun be sure to check the other Sassy Girls.

Ann English Cathy Edgar
Heather Huggins
Jackie Mooney Jodi Ann Lee
Kim Rhead Peggy Marsh
Tracy Jackson Alina Meijer
Judy Kreucher

 

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Butterflies, Berries & Ben....oh my!

A card with butterflies...
a cobbler with berries...
and my grandson Ben then and now!

Today's challenge on Splitcoast is a Magical Marquee Card. Jan Tink has a great video on her blog -------> here. It might take some fiddling if you change shapes and sizes, but it will work! (ask me how I know!) LOL!

This is a peek at one of the new sets from Innovative Stamp Creations, Beautiful Butterflies III, being released this week. I did several kinds of emboss resist. I stamped the butterflies in Versamark and used Pebbles chalks over them. (you can see the colors IRL). Then, using my stamp positioner, I stamped them again and clear embossed them. I started at the top and sponged Distress Wild Honey, flipped it and sponged Chipped Sapphire from the bottom up to meet the Wild Honey, overlapping a little to blend.

Here it is totally opened. I sponged the inside with what was left from the Wild Honey on the dauber. That STARK WHITE was just icky!

I stamped 2 of the butterflies, colored them with Copics, smeared them with Versamark and clear embossed them. This really makes the colors POP and they're so much easier to cut out!
The proscenium (Prism Twilight med.) is dry embossed with Polka Dots (Cuttlebug).

I didn't like the Candle Glow marquee (the curtain pieces that slide apart) just being naked, so added the butterfly. I had to cut it apart because when it was opened the one wing hid part of the sentiment! I drew in the antenna, they're too fiddly to cut out!
I just used a Martha Stewart 2-way glue pen to put the glue where it was needed so it wouldn't stick to the curtains as they pulled apart.

Before it was entirely assembled, I marked where the sentiment would go, stamped it and sponged the area with Wild Honey. Then like a watermark, I inked up the butterfly, stamped off and stamped over the sentiment.  

Can't even tell...pretty cool huh!

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I made this cobbler for dessert yesterday. It's a recipe a friend gave me some 30 odd years ago! It works great on any fruit! You can add a little cinnamon if you use apples. Oooh, it's so easy and ever so yummy! Recipe follows...

Of course I started with fresh picked raspberries! Some of those reds are bigger than the first joint on my thumb!

Then the batter goes over the berries....then you pour a sugar syrup over that and bake!

I actually could have doubled the batter for the amount of fruit I had, but it turned out good anyway.

I was trying to catch it bubbling as it was fresh out of the oven...but you can't tell! Mmmmmmmm!

Here's the recipe: Batter Cobbler   Bake 350* for 1hour

• fruit in a 9x13 baking dish
• 1 stick of butter, melted
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup milk
  combine and pour over fruit
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 cup sugar
  combine and pour over batter

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And finally... about four and half years ago my son brought home this cute little puppy. A Jack Russell/Boxer mix. It was to be HIS dog...he has since left home, BUT, Jack still lives here! Why wasn't I surprised?

Anyhoo...here is a picture of Benjamin with the "new" Jack then...

AND with Jack........now!

He still thinks he's a lapdog!!

Hey, thanks for stopping by today!

Dawn

Congratulations Jared...Graduation 2010!

Our "baby" graduated from High School last night! Whew! We're done!!

It was a different graduation simply because they couldn't use the HS building because of construction, so the class of 2010 got to "walk" at the Nutter Center, Wright State University!

  Pretty cool huh!

Friend to Friend, Heart to Heart

The Lord Bless You and Keep You.
This one always makes me cry and especially this time...the last graduation AND Mr. Wilbur singing with them!

The DIPLOMA!!!

AND THEN THE FUN BEGINS!!
I was so caught up in the moment, I totally missed them throwing their hats in the air!

What would graduation be without
silly string and beach balls!

Jared, Charles, William
Congrats Boys!!!