Follow Your Bliss…

…my only sunshine. You make me happyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy when skies are gray. You’ll never know dearrrrrrrrrrrrr how much I love youuuuuuuuuu. Please don’t take my sunshine awayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

Are those the right words? HA!! Who cares. Yes, I have been singing that song for a week. HAHA!! Why? Because it’s this week’s Jacksonbelle challenge! As we say goodbye to summer (seriously…where the heck did it go?!) our challenge is to use sunshine as our inspiration. What does it mean to you? Yellow cardstock? A summery stamp set? A little glimmer of sunshine made with Stickles or Shimmerz? The options are endless! We would love for you to play along with us this week.  If you do, please leave a link on the JBE BLOG to your project or use keyword JBE068 when uploading to SCS!

I received a few new goodies from JBE on Monday, and wanted to use ‘em. Cosmo Cricket’s Early Bird paper is super cute, and the yellow dot print was perfect for this challenge! I paired it with Inkadinkado’s new Flower Sentiments set. This set is really gorgeous. If Lindsey has any left, get it if you can! Daisies just scream summer to me.

The cardstock is Prism’s Sunflower medium and dark. More summery goodness, right? And finally, some May Arts yellow dotted ribbon as a finishing touch.

A couple design highlights of note:

• The flower was stamped with white pigment ink on black cardstock, heat embossed with detail white embossing powder, then trimmed.  I stamped it again using black ink on the medium yellow cardstock, trimmed (holy tedious, Batman!), then adhered to the center of the embossed flower.
• The Cosmo Cricket dot paper was embossed with the Cuttlebug Paisley embossing folder, then sanded to reveal the white core and bring out the raised design.

Here’s a closeup shot of the flower:

For more “You Are My Sunshine” inspiration, check out the rest of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars:

Kristine Breach ~ Ink Something

Tobi Crawford ~ Tobi’s Place

Stephanie Hargis ~ Steph’s Stampin’ Stuff

Mitzi Koons ~ Stamps Jubilee

Loretta Lock ~ Love to Create

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

Melissa Bove: Keepsakes By Melissa

Jennifer Buck: The Buck Stamps Here

Jill Dunn: Ink Genious

AJ Otto: The Willow Garden

Lindsey Botkin: Embellished

Heather Lee-Reppen: The Best in Life

Lindsey also has some of the new Jenni Bowlin products in stock! *SUPER* cute stuff! Take a peek and check it out HERE!

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope everyone is enjoying the last bit of summer, and getting back to the school year routine if you have children. See you soon! **HUGS**