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

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

Sassy Flowers & Jbelle Tuesday!

Making our own flowers...that's our Sassy Cheryl's Challenge for today! You should play along with us...just use a Sassy Cheryl's digi and link to the challenge blog. You could win a $5 gift certificate ya know!

I used Triple Star Bear and colored her with Copics. I sponged the edges with Distress inks. The stars have Sakura glitter pen on them and she has a few white gel pen accents.

That sweet paper is My Mind's Eye from Jacksonbelle Embellishments. Don't forget, Jbelle is closing her virtual doors and right now everything....EVERYTHING is 50% off!
Through the month of June the Jbelle Rockstars are using their favorite products.

I used these 3 Spellbinders dies for my flower, one piece each. This is the flip side of the plaid.
*cheater tip* I cut the "flower" out of the plaid layer..the Top Note layer hides the holes and saves cutting into another piece of paper! 
I cut a wedge out of each of the 3 pieces, sponged the edges with Distress ink, then snipped down between scallops. (I thought of taking the picture AFTER they were glued together! duh..., but you'll get the idea). I snipped off the pointy bottoms too, and curled the petals with my fingernail.
The cut out wedges end up being the flower center.
Just nest the layers, largest to smallest, gluing as you go along.

I added some Martha Stewart punched leaves that I ran through the Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots folder...just because. 

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

AND

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

 

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Summer Time! YIPPEE!!! A Triple Combo

We're still featuring our faves over at
Jbelle Embellishments 
and don't forget to stop by the store where everything is 40% off!

Our Sassy Cheryl's challenge #15 is to emboss any old way.

AND....

I also did the challenge for Paper Sundaes, make a Summer card.

That yummy paper is My Mind's Eye, Flutter. I'm eeking out what I have left till my package arrives from Jacksonbelle Embellishments!
I bet it comes today!!

This is one of Sassy Cheryl's new releases, No More School. Oh boy, do I ever remember those days as a kid!

She's colored mostly with Prismacolor pencils blended with OMS, masked and airbrushed with the Copic ABS. Her skin is about the only Copic used on the image, the rest is the pencils. The background is embossed with the Textile folder.

I used my Marvy wet markers on her glasses and buttons then clear embossed them.

The sentiment, by Kolette Hall, is also embossed (versamark/black ep) then I added some wet marker to the flowers and clear embossed.

Be sure to check out the new releases today too at Sassy Cheryl's

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

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

 

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

A Challenge...A Thank You...A Grad Card...and Some Jbelle News

I needed a thank you card, a graduation card for a party on Saturday, I didn't do the Sketch Challenge yesterday on Splitcoast and I wanted to do Angie's challenge ....soooo, I *ahem* (sorry Mr Eagle) killed 2 birds with one stone so to speak!

First Angie's challenge for the Stamping In Time: On Assignment, ODBD blog.... Create a Scene! SNTODBD11

I wanted a special thank you for Randy, the guy that let us use his cabin in Gatlinburg. It needed to be, well, "MOUNTAINY"!

I used the sketch from yesterday. Believe it or not, this was a super quick card to put together! Sponge some clouds, mountains, punch some trees and color the eagle.........and slap it together! I split up the "thank you" by inking it separately and using my stamp positioner.

I highlighted the eagle with my Sakura white gel pen. ACK! Seeing this close-up reminds me I forgot to go around the cut edges with a black marker! It gives a nice "finished" touch!

The black layers are "fauxed" using a ruler and marker. The clouds are my homemade cardboard template, the mountains just a piece of torn copy paper used in the same manner.

*Afterthought*...it would have looked nice with a torn paper river running under the trees....oh well, next time! LOL

stamps: on eagles' wings, friendship- our daily bread designs

paper: gp white, prism

ink: memento tuxedo black, ranger distress pumice stone, walnut stain, brushed corduroy, tumbled glass, stormy sky, weathered wood

other: copics, sponges, martha stewart tree punch, foam mounting tape, sakura white gel pen, sharpie black marker

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One of my 4H kids, Levi, is graduating and having his party on Saturday, so I had to make him a special card.

We had fun doing his senior pics. I took this one when we were at the Fiber Festival last month. Tuesday we took more....now, if I could just get Jared (MY son) to realize we NEED to take some of him!

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This is Frantic Boy Graduate from Sassy Cheryl's, colored with Copics. The sentiment is from As You Graduate, ODBD. The brads are "faux", punched black cardstock with some white gell pen accents then Ranger Glossy Accents over top!
I thought this paper from Jacksonbelle Embellishments was perfect!
Speaking of... Lindsey (Jacksonbelle) is having a Going Out of Business SALE! *sniff sniff* Everything is 30% off right now.

HAHAHAHAHAHA....just now looking at this... I should have made his shirt PLAID!!!

stamps: sassy cheryl's digital, our daily bread designs

paper: gp white, black,  jacksonbelle embellishments

other: printer, copics, spiral punch, sakura white gel pen, foam mounting tape, ranger glossy accents.

Hope your day is going well!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Jacksonbelle Tuesday!

Our Jacksonbelle Embellishments challenge is to use our Favorite products...what's yours? I enjoy the vast array of designer paper Lindsey carries in the store. I used Pink Paislee today. I'm trying to use up some of my stash so I can order MORE!! LOL! I also love the new MFT Pure Innocence. Keyword JBE108

Here's my card... another tent card from the TLC on Splitcoast yesterday.

I colored the image with Copics then cut out the girl and mailbox separately. She is suspended between the oval layers with mono-filament thread. The inside is sponged with Distress inks and cloud template, then I drew in some more grass... the sentiment was sponged 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

 

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

A Sassy Jacksonbelle Combo..and a Chance at Being a Sassy Guest Designer!

Our Sassy Cheryl's Challenge #12 is to use buttons, and our Jacksonbelle Embellishments Challenge is a sketch. JBE106

As you can see, I flipped the sketch to accommodate my adorable new digi image, Birthday Cake Desire, from Sassy Cheryl's. It's water colored with Adirondack reinkers, highlights with a Sakura gel pen. The cake has Liquid Pearls an Stickles on it.

Basic Grey Origins, from Jacksonbelle Embellishments, went just perfectly with my colors! (I rarely choose my paper first...but, color the image THEN pick my DP!)

I went around the edges of both rectangles with my black Copic, then threw some Magic Mesh behind just because! I like how it turned out! I threaded my buttons on dental floss (no, it wasn't used floss! ewwww, I ran my black Copic over it first!).

 

In addition to Sassy Cheryl's random pick for a $5 gift certificate, we are looking for a Guest Designer from this week's entries.  Sassy Cheryl and the Sassy Girls will be selecting their favorite entry, and that person will join us in a Guest Designer Spot. How exciting is that!

The winner will be on the Sassy Cheryl Design Team for the week of June 1st and will receive three free digital images from Sassy Cheryl's store.

So, if you ever wanted to be part of a Design Team here's a chance to try it out and get some experience. We hope you will play along.

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
Christa Knegt Judy Kreucher

AND

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

Julie Lacey  Heather Pulvirenti Windy Robinson
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

Jbelle Goes Clean and Simple!

Our Jacksonbelle Embellishments Challenge today is to make a Clean and Simple (CAS) card. Keyword JBE105

The sketch challenge last week on Splitcoast was a good one for CAS, so that's what I used! I colored this cute MFT image with Copics, and sponged with Distress inks while still in the Spellbinders die. She's layered on Making Memories Flutter dp.

stamps: mft

paper: prism ss, making memories flutter

ink: memento tuxedo black, ranger distress bundled sage, tumbled glass

other: copics, sakura white gel pen, daubers, spellbinders nestie, cuttlebug/embossing folder

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

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

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Jacksonbelle Tuesday...Inspired by a Cake!

It's funny that both my posts today are "Inspiration" challenges!

Heather's wedding cake photo is our challenge today. Keyword JBE104

I thought Cosmo Cricket's, Garden Variety, made a nice wall! I simply took the colors and flowers from the cake for this card. The images are from Innovative Stamp Creations, Nature Silhouettes. I colored the flower image with Zig markers, spritzed with water, and stamped it.

stamps: nature silhouettes-innovative stamp creations

paper: geogia pacific white, cosmo cricket, prism

ink: stormy sky distress

other: zig markers, water spritzer, martha stewart punches, spellbinders, corner rounder, dimensionals

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

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

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Jacksonbelle Tuesday...getting Krafty

Our challenge today is to use get "Krafty" and use Kraft cardstock. Keyword JBE103

Be sure to stop by the store and see what Lindsey has on sale!!

I have 2 cards to share today...
I didn't start out to make 2...
but...

My first card is a sneak peek at a new set from Our Daily Bread designs, For the Graduate, being released May 1st! I had the card ALL done, then read what our challenge was!!! DUH... use KRAFT!

All I had in mind was the product feature this week, October Afternoon cardstock!!

So, I cut my card down and put it on a base of Kraft!

It's colored with Copics, with airbrushing for the sky. I added some white gel pen flowers and used Marvy wet markers and clear embossing powder for the flowers.

Now............this is where it gets fun! Our power had blipped off for a brief second this afternoon. I didn't think too much about it since it came right back on. A little while later I got a *reminder* email from Heather saying she needed my card for tomorrow's post since I was one of the featured designers. *GASP* I forgot!! No problem, I could just send her the one I had done...

BLIP!

The power went
.................off!................
and stayed OFF!!

Isn't it nice that you can still stamp without power?! (provided you have enough light...thankfully the sun came out!)

Since I hadn't really done much with Kraft, I started another card. Hoping the power would come back on before blogs had to go live! LOL!

I love coloring with Prismacolor pencils on Kraft! So, that's exactly what I did!

More October Afternoon with this cute MFT image.

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

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

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Favorites

Before I get into the challenge...Lindsey just put Basic Grey in the pre-order category...it'll be shipping soon!! Oh, my, have you seen the Cappella and the brads that match? You better shoot on over and put in your order! =)

Our Jbelle challenge today is to use our favorite Jacksonbelle Embellishments  product. Easy right? I mean, what's not to love...I WANT IT ALL!!! 
Keyword JBE102

I went with this darling Pure Innocence by MFT, using some more of that fun Making Memories Flutter paper. MFT is the product feature this week too!

She's embossed and colored with watercolor crayons as is the nestie layer she's on. White gel pen for accents.   For more inspiration,
be sure to check out the blogs
of all of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars!

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

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Jacksonbelle Tuesday...Taxes Done?

Our Jbelle challenge is centered around tax time...the color of money, crunching numbers...etc.
Keyword JBE101

I chose to use this darling Bernadette, from Stampavie, the product feature this week. She's thinking about what new plants she's going to add to her garden with her tax refund.

That fun paper is Cosmo Cricket, Garden Variety. 

She's colored with Copics.

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

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

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Jacksonbelle Tuesday a Sketch & Pink Paislee

My second post for today, if you're looking for Sassy Cheryl's...it's after this post.

Jacksonbelle Challenge today is a sketch.

Keyword BJE100

It's been a busy few weeks for me, so this card is about as simple as it gets! Pink Paislee, the product feature this week, and some Basic Grey rub-ons. I punched some Martha Stewart..added some K&Co chipboard atop a scalloped piece of Copic'd cardstock.

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

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

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn