Another Chance to Win

It's another Tuesday challenge at Jacksonbelle Embellishments and another chance to enter this month's contest. Just make a card using Inkadinkado, Basic Grey, Prima or Stampavie stamps, and email it to jacksonbelle.embellishments@gmail.com. Get all of the nitty gritty here.

And this week's challenge is to make a fall or Halloween themed card! What a great excuse to pull out my untouched Earth Love pad from Cosmo Cricket. It seems to be out of stock right now, but just drop Lindsey an email if you'd like her to order more. Look at those yummy fall colors. I also used an Inkadinkado stamp, Primas and distress Stickles in frayed burlap. I applied different colored inks to the owl stamp using VersaMagic dew drops, then colored with Mango Madness and a blender pen around the stamped image. Thanks for stopping by.

What's In It?
Stamps: Birds Galore (Inkadinkado), Heartfelt Phrases (Verve Stamps)
Paper: vanilla, kraft, guava (SU), Earth Love (Cosmo Cricket)
Ink: tea leaves, gingerbread, jumbo java, mango madness (VersMagic), olive (SU)
Other: flowers (prima), ribbon (American Crafts), word window punch, blender pen (SU), frayed burlap distress stickles (Ranger), dimensionals

The rest of the Jbelle Rockstars:
AJ Otto
Carly Robertson
Heather Lee-Reppen
Jill Dunn
Jimmi Mayo
Lindsey Botkin
Lynda Benden
Michelle Philippi
Mitzi Koons
Shemaine Smith
Stephanie Hargis
Tobi Crawford
Trudee Sauer

P.S. Have you seen the new Prima flowers that just came in? Oh my word!!!

Sunflower Season

It's another challenge and another chance for you to enter the Jacksonbelle Embellishments contest going on this month. Get all the details here. You could win a store gift certificate! This week is a sketch challenge, and this is my card using Basic Grey's Perhaps paper and an Inkadinkado sunflower stamp. I embossed it onto the yellow/gold patterned paper as well as the green pattern. I cut some of the green petals to use as flowers. The pearls are also from Basic Grey.

By the way, the brand new Basic Grey is in at Jacksonbelle Embellishments too.

What's In It?
Stamps: sunflower (Inkadinkado)
Paper: vanilla, choc chip (SU), Perhaps (Basic Grey)
Ink: versamark
Other: twill, detail black embossing powder, Basic Grey pearls, corner rounder, dimensionals

More from the Jbelle Rockstars!
AJ Otto
Carly Robertson
Heather Lee-Reppen
Jill Dunn
Jimmi Mayo
Lindsey Botkin
Lynda Benden
Michelle Philippi
Mitzi Koons
Shemaine Smith
Stephanie Hargis
Tobi Crawford
Trudee Sauer

Wag My Tail

Today's Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge is another sketch challenge, my favorite! Click --->here<--- to see the sketch and play along, with or without Jbelle product. We'd just love to see your creation!

For my card, I stamped Wag My Tail on PTI white card stock and colored with Copic markers, including some grass, flowers and sky to give him some color. All of the papers are from Basic Grey's Romani 6x6 pad. The star is a piece of chipboard elements, covered in that same Basic Grey.

Be sure to check out the Daisy D section at Jacksonbelle Embellishments this week too, as it is the featured product and ALL on sale.

What's In It
Stamps~ wag my tail (inkadinkado)
Paper~ Romani (BG), white (PTI)
Ink~ tuxedo black (memento)
Other~ chipboard elements, precision file set (BG), embossed curve punch (EK success), Copics, button, thread, glue dot

Be sure to stop by and see what the rest of the design team has put together as well:
Kristine Breach
Tobi Crawford
Dawn Easton
Stephanie Hargis
Mitzi Koons
Loretta Lock
Jimmi Mayo
Michelle Philippi
Carly Robertson
Shemaine Smith
Lynda Benden
Melissa Bove
Jennifer Buck
Jill Dunn
AJ Otto
Heather Lee-Reppen
Lindsey Botkin

Better Late...Color Challenge

I always love Kristina's color challenges but never manage to get one done. But I actually did it yesterday. You can follow that link for this weeks details and her cool graphic. The colors are teal, sky blue, pumpkin, green galore and white. I also got some inspiration from Julee, who inked and debossed her Cuttlebug folder, and Tori, who makes those gorgeous Spellbinder's flowers. I stamped the snail (Inkadinkado) using Memento black on PTI white. After coloring with Copics, I over stamped the CHF Lined Paper Backgrounder with Soft Sky ink. I separated the sentiment into two lines to stamp on a small Labels I die cut from Spellbinders. I actually used only orange ink to sponge the large flower, because the pumpkin pie looked so brownish when I tried it. I thought this matched the paper better. And since I took the pictures, I folded up all of the flower petals for a little more dimension. Much better. In case you give them a try yourself.

Stamps- Happy Belated Birthday (Inkadinkado)

Paper- green galore, taken with teal, pumpkin pie, sky blue, (SU), white (PTI and GP)

Ink- soft sky, teal, green galore, only orange, pumpkin (SU), tuxedo black (memento)

Accessories- flower creations, labels 1 (spellbinders), Copics, SEI brad, CB D'vine swirls, white gel pen, dimensionals

Something Old, Something New

Does anybody else out there remember this old Pool Party designer paper from Stampin' Up? It's not THAT old, right? Anyway, I thought it would work well with this cute (new to me) little puppy from Inkadinkado.

I stamped the dog and colored with Copic markers. The stamp is part of a little set in which you also get that little paw print, the sentiment and a dog bone. So I stamped a trim of paw prints, and half the sentiment on the front. The other half of the sentiment is inside with the dog bone. (See pic below.) I added the little dots myself.


Stamps: Wag My Tail (Inkadinkado)
Ink: graphite black (Brilliance); Close to cocoa, choclate chip (SU); Copic markers-YG95, E31, E57, B00, o
Paper: white (Papertrey Ink); retired Pool Party, brocade blue, mellow moss (SU)
Accessories: square Nestabilities dies; Pinky swear sprinkle brads (Queen & Co); blue grosgrain ribbon (SU); dimensionals

Check out my Surfer Granny!

Is she not the coolest? I can't wait to play with her some more. And she came in a little acrylic set for $2.50. Looks like she's sold out right now, but there are a few choices still in stock here.

I just plopped granny and the sentiment on an acrylic block together and stamped once, with Graphite Brilliance ink. Then colored with my Copics. Her surfboard has a fresh coat of wax, otherwise known as Sakura Glaze pen. And her shades are covered in Sakura GellyRoll glitter pen.

Layout courtesy of Jen's sketch challenge, here. Sorry, I moved it around a bit.

Stamps: Only a Kid Once (Inkadinkado)
Paper: celery, chocolate (SU); white (Papertrey Ink); patterened (MAMBI)
Ink: graphite Brilliance; Copics-B00, C1, E31, E00, YR31, YG31, RV34, R29
Accessories: swiss dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug); glaze and glitter pens (Sakura); rhinestones (Darice); dimensionals