Follow Your Bliss…

Over the years, I have amassed MANY, MANY cards. Tucked away in plastic storage bins, they aren’t putting a smile on anyone’s face. I am slowly uploading photos of them to my Facebook Album HERE.  Many of these cards have been featured in online galleries as well as some magazines. They are priced at $5 each. If you would like to purchase any of them, please email me.

Thanks so much! Hope you are all having a good week!

Hello everyone!

I’m starting a Facebook page for this blog. I’ll be adding things to it little by little, so please join me *HERE*! Hope this makes it easier for you to stay in touch with me.

Hello! I hope you all have been doing well. I have been busy working on more designs for the NEW Stampendous catalog which will be released at Summer CHA. In the meantime…

I have another design to share with you from the 2010 Stampendous catalog. As with most of these samples, I used Bazzill cardstock, Copic Markers, Copic airbrush system, Stampendous glitter, Spellbinders dies, Memento black ink, and Ranger Adirondack colored ink.

I could totally eat all of those sweets, don’t you agree? This design features three Stampendous stamps: Tiers of Treats(M162), Graceful Birthday(L186), and Dream Text (R105).

Thanks for visiting! Hope you are enjoying Spring, wherever you may be.

Well, Winter is still alive and well here in the mountains of North Carolina. Today’s storm dumped 9 inches of snow before moving out this evening. I have always loved snow, and this year has truly been a treat. In the ten years I have lived here, we have never received this much snow!

I thought y’all might get a kick out of this video I shot today of my three goofy Labradors. Their actions convey the feelings I have inside when it snows. Pure joy. I hope it brings a smile to your face.

The Changito line of stamps from Stampendous is one of my all time favorites. That little monkey makes me smile every time I see him! I was thrilled to receive a few of these stamps to use for the samples in the 2010 Stampendous catalog.

As with all of these cards, I used Bazzill cardstock, Copic markers & airbrush, Spellbinders dies, and Memento black ink. Mr. Changito monkey is having fun on his tire swing. I mounted the focal image at an angle in hopes it would add to the feeling of the swinging motion. What do you think?

The upper half of the card features another fun product from Stampendous: Class A’Peel stickers. These stickers come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and themes. For this card, I used the holographic pink jumbo circles with silver border. I think it adds a fun, interactive element to the card. You can’t help but hold the card and tilt it from side to side to enjoy the holographic shine of those circles.

Some fun dotted ribbon and a bit of piercing complete this happy little card. I hope it brings a smile to your face, too! Thanks for visiting today! You’ll want to be sure and stop by again this week, as I think it’s time to have a little giveaway.

Sometimes when you are asked to do design work, you are pushed “out of your box”. I typically do not create cards quoting scripture, but that doesn’t mean I can’t, right? It just means I have to push that creativity out of my safe little comfort zone.

As promised, here are a few spiritual cards I created for the Stampendous Spring 2010 catalog. All cards were created using Bazzill cardstock, Memento black ink, Ranger Adirondack colored ink, Stampendous glitter, Copic markers, and Spellbinder’s dies.

This is a very simple design, using the Music Score background (I can’t seem to locate it on the website, but it’s item R103) and Psalm 96:1. The black “sugar coated” brads are by Doodlebug.

This one is my favorite. I just love the “pop” of that yellow Fresh Bloom flower against the clean, turquoise card base and simple inspirational message. The bling used in the center of the flower is by Prima. More “sugar coated” brads from Doodlebug.

Another simple design using Romans 8:28 scripture and Agapanthus flowers. A bit of glitter, and a couple brads add a bit of visual interest.

Thanks for stopping by today! I still have several more cards to share, so I hope you come back to visit soon. Wishing you all a beautiful day.

Well hello there!

I hope the new year is bringing good things to all of you. (How the heck is it almost March already?!) I am doing well. Still currently unemployed (since June), but actively looking for full time work again. Banking and lending are pretty tough markets right now! Of course, I would love to land a full time career in the stamping/papercrafting industry, as well. If you hear of anything, let me know! I am open to possibilities.

Now, on to that good news! Back in the Fall, I had the honor of receiving an email from Stampendous. They were looking for designers to help create projects for their new catalog being released at CHA. How could I possibly say no? I have loved Stampendous products for a very long time. I am pleased to announce that I am on their Design Team! Over the next several days, I will be sharing some of the designs I created for their catalog.

In case you didn’t know, Stampendous has several interesting videos on YouTube. Here is a great video from CHA:

I think you will truly enjoy visiting my blog to see the all of the wonderful products Stampendous has to offer. See you soon!

On the 3rd day our challenge was to make an ornament!

I bought two of these glass ornaments at Michael’s a year or two ago. I knew I’d use them some day! HAHA!

This was fairly simple to create, but a bit time consuming. In order to get the paper to fit properly, I laid the paper over the top of the ornament, and ran my finger around all the edges and the center. This gave me a guide, then I had to trim a bit more to make it fit. The Cosmo Cricket paper was adhered to the back of the ornament with sparkly Mod Podge (pattern facing out). Since this left the back of the ornament white, I repeated the process in order to decorate the back.

After the paper was dry, I ran a line of Stickles around every edge of the ornament, both front and back. I let this dry overnight, colored the center round piece with a Copic marker, and added some velvet May Arts ribbon.

This is soooooo sparkly in person! I have another candy cane shaped ornament that I might use the same way. If I do, I’ll be sure to post it!

Have you heard the news?? JBE is currently holding a Design Team call!! Read all about it HERE!! 

As always, thanks for visiting!

…our challenge was to be: A Christmas card for all the world to see! HAHA!!

Welcome to the 12 Days of Jacksonbelle Christmas!  You will love the next 12 days, as we share many ideas with you.

This darling little Stampavie snowman makes me smile. The image was colored with Copic Markers, then I airbrushed the sky with the B000 Copic. The tree, his nose and snowy ground are accented with Star Dust Stickles, while his hat shimmers with Frosted Lace Stickles. I sponged a bit of Ranger antique linen ink around the edge of the image, in order to help it blend with the aged look of the Cosmo Cricket Jolly By Golly paper. A button, and a bit of May Arts gingham complete this simple design.

Be sure to 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

Heather Lee-Reppen: The Best in Life

Keri Lee Sereika:  Pink Lemonade

Thanks for visiting!! I hope you are having a great week!

Hello there! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I was able to spend it with my family up in CT, and had a great holiday.

Due to an absent muse, I missed the JBE challenge on November 17th. The challenge was to visit THIS SITE, and use a dress as inspiration. I chose this dress:

Something about that patchwork style spoke to me. Here’s my interpretation of the dress:

I chose Basic Grey’s Eskimo Kisses for my patterned paper. I love the variety of patterns in that pad! The tree and sentiment is from Inkadinkado’s Peppermint Twist stamp set, ribbon is May Arts, and the dots of the tree are filled with Stickles.

Today (November 30th) is your last chance to take advantage of the huge storewide 25% off sale!  Everything in the entire store is 25% off!  It is a great time to stock up on all of your favorite products or pick up some fabulous Christmas gifts at awesome prices!  Today (November 30th) is also the last day to get your name entered into the huge Jacksonbelle Goodie bag giveaway!  Every order placed through today, gets an entry into a drawing for an AWESOME Jacksonbelle goodie bag worth over $100! Check it out HERE!!!

Be sure to 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

Heather Lee-Reppen: The Best in Life

Keri Lee Sereika:  Pink Lemonade

Tomorrow also marks the start of The 12 Days of Jacksonbelle Christmas!  We will be featuring fabulous Christmas projects made by the Jacksonbelle Rockstars every day with a super fun Blog Hop finale on December 12th!  You won’t want to miss any of it!! Thanks for visiting!