Baby Shower Reject

I was trying to figure out some invitations to mass produce for a baby shower I am helping to give later this month. I ultimately rejected this one as too complicated. I love it, but can you imagine trying to cut out 40 of those little deer? Just the thought makes my fingers and hands start to cramp up! Anyway, I thought I'd share it. I designed it as a pocket that has the information on the card insert. It's pretty simple--just not simple enough to crank out forty. I hope you like it. Take care!

Peace Out Pineapple

As you are reading this I am at the beach. I didn't want to miss out on the fun this week though. The sketchfest continues. As promised, the Jacksonbelle Embellishments team has another sketch for you to play along with today. We would love for you to join us. Post your creation to the store blog or your online gallery using keyword JBE060 and we'll try to leave you some feedback. Here's my card.  I paper pieced the pineapple to get the variegated color and used SU! markers and blender pen on the leaves. This card already has a new home. I needed a birthday card for a pre-teen boy and I thought the kind of funky vibe worked well for a boy. Make sure you check out what the other ladies have made. This is the last week for the current design team so take the opportunity to make a last go-round. An announcement regarding the new team will be coming soon. Until then, here's some inspiration:

AJ Otto--The Willow Garden

Heather Lee-Reppen--Ink on my Ear

Jennifer Buck--The Buck Stamps Here

Kimberly O'Rosky--Sunshiny Days

Lindsey Botkin--Embellished

Lynda Benden--Stamp Act

Maren Benedict--Zany not Crazy

Melissa Bove--Creating From the Heart

Shannan Teubner--Pink Tulle with Feathers and Sequins

 

Stamps: Inkadinkado Funky Florals

Paper: Basic Grey Marrakech, Groovy Guava, Chocolate Chip, White

Ink: Timber Brown Stazon

Accessories: Vintage buttons from my collection, twine,

pop dots

 

Take care!

New Jacksonbelle Team Mates

The new design team has been chosen and I am so stoked to get to work with these uber-talented ladies!

Kristine Breach ~ Ink Something

Tobi Crawford ~ Tobi’s Place

Dawn Easton ~ Treasure Oiler Designz

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 Phillipi ~ Inside My Own Private Idaho

Carly Robertson ~ Paper in Bloom

Shemaine Smith ~ Scraptastic

They will be joining our current team of,

Lynda Benden: Stamp Act

Melissa Bove: Keepsakes By Melissa

Jennifer Buck: The Buck Stamps Here

AJ Otto: The Willow Garden

Heather Lee-Reppen: Ink on my Ear

Is this not a dream team?! Holy cow. Good times ahead.  Why don’t you drop by some of the new ladies' blogs and congratulate them. I understand that there was an overwhelming response to the call and it was a super hard decision so good work all of you out there that applied. Anyway, I need to get to bed. We are headed to the beach in the morning but I just wanted to congratulate my new team mates! Can’t wait to work with you all!

Take care!

Jill

Serene Green

I just love this shade of green--it's so Zen. I just have a quick post for you today. I need to devote most of my time for the next couple of days to getting ready to go to the beach on Monday (I'm going to try to keep the Sabbath holy, though). I have some posts scheduled while I'm gone so make sure you check in on Tuesday for the Jacksonbelle challenge and a little later in the week as well. For now here's a card I made for one of my husband's co-workers who is leaving to do a  Post Doctoral Fellowship in a different state. I wanted it to be somewhat simple and masculine. What do you think? Did I do it?

Thanks for dropping in! Take care.

Beeg and Leetle Hugs and Kisses

Today is my anniversary. I have been married 12 years. Next year we’ll be into the teens. It hasn’t all been a bed of roses but I love my husband. It is so nice to be married to someone who makes me laugh. We have a lot of fun together. A few months ago we were watching Nacho Libre  again. There is a part where Nacho is reading a letter he wrote to Sister Encarnacion. He signs it “hug hug, kiss kiss, hug hug, big kiss, little hug, kiss kiss, little kiss.” We were cracking up. A few days later David sent me an email and he signed it “beeg and leetle hugs and kisses.” As I was thinking of what I could do for an anniversary card I thought of that so I just went with it. I printed out the sentiment on my computer and just made a simple card (using Nacho Libre themed colors of course). David is, after all, el luchador de mi corazon. :)  

Jacksonbelle Embellishments D.T. Call

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Jacksonbelle Embellishments is currently accepting applications for their design team. Details are posted here.

Home, Sweet Home

  Are you all enjoying the challenges this month? The Jacksonbelle Embellishments team members have another sketch this week. If you play along, make sure you link your card here at the store blog or use SCS keyword JBE059. This is my card.

I used Welcome Home from Lizzie Anne Designs and colored the image using my SU! markers and a blender pen as well as Prismacolor pencils and odorless turpenoid for blending. The paper is Basic Grey and the Ribbon is May Arts. I just love this card!

Want some more inspiration? Check these ladies out:

AJ Otto--The Willow Garden

Heather Lee-Reppen--Ink on my Ear

Jennifer Buck--The Buck Stamps Here

Kimberly O'Rosky--Sunshiny Days

Kisa Peters--Kisa's Paper Cuts

Lindsey Botkin--Embellished

Lynda Benden--Stamp Act

Maren Benedict--Zany not Crazy

Melissa Bove--Creating From the Heart

Michelle Woerner--Stop and Stamp the Roses

Shannan Teubner--Pink Tulle with Feathers and Sequins

 

Stamps: Welcome Home from Lizzie Anne Designs, Oval All from Stampin' Up!

Paper: So Saffron, White, Basic Grey Urban Prairie, Watercolor paper, Vellum (for the butterfly)

Ink: So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Timber Brown Stazon

Accessories: Pearls, Butterfly punch (Martha Stewart), May Arts ribbon, Oval and Scalloped Oval from Stampin' Up!, Nestabilities Labels 1 die, Pop dots, SU! markers, Blender Pen, Primacolor pencils, Odorless turpenoid, Blending stumps, Sponge

Take care!