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Jacksonbelle Tuesday ~ Time to say Goodbye.....

Good Morning!

Today is my final Jbelle post.  Isn't that sad?  I am fortunate enough to have met some wonderful girls while being on Lindsey's DT for so many years and of course have a friend for life in Lindsey!  There are still products left at 75% off so hop on over to the store and check them out HERE!  The 30th is the last day to take advantage of the huge savings.

My card today is based on MFT's WSC which is to use Cork and/or felt on your card ~

 

As you can see, I used cork on my project and the Pure Innocence Mud Buddies stamp set.  I stamped the "dirt" on the CORK using Black Momento ink.  I cut the top dirt mounds out and then used a hobby blade to cut the mounds that I added the flowers behind as well as the darling image.   The flowers were colored using my Copics and then I added some Zva rhinestones to the centers.  I then mounted the cork on top of Select White CS that I sponged a faux sky on using Bashful Blue ink.  The clouds were cut using MFT's Cloud die and Quickutz 2 sided adhesive paper.  I then added Dazzling diamonds glitter on top of the clouds. 

The image was stamped on Select White, cut out and colored using my Copics.  The boots were paper pieced using some Jillibean Soup DP.  I punched the top of the Select White CS using my Fiskars Apron border punch and then added the same Jillibean Soup DP as well as Regal Rose grosgrain with a button that was tied on using linen thread.

Here is a closer look ~

Be sure to check out the girls' final posts ~

Pam Varnell

Dawn Lusk

Amy Tsuruta

Stephanie Severin

Tobi Crawford

Shemaine Smith

Jill Dunn

Heather Lee-Reppen

Lindsey Botkin

Heather Pulvirenti

Julie Lacey

Windy Robinson

I hope you have been having a great Summer!  We took my son to the Naval Academy in Annapolis on Sunday for a football camp.  We had such a great time.  My husband went to college there so it was great to have a tour guide!  I would have loved to stay longer but if you know anything about traffic around here, you don't want to be on the Beltway too late in the afternoon on a Sunday!  I am SO excited to be going to pick him up tomorrow morning!  I missed him so much and it has ONLY been 3 days!  I know, I'm ridiculous!! LOL!!!  It's not just me, his sister is LOST without him!!  Wonder how long it will take when he gets home that she is ready for him to leave again?!?!?  LOLOLOL!!!

Here are some pics I took ~

 

Joey and I at the stadium.

 

The stadium.

 
 
Here is Joey and his friends.  Looks like trouble huh?!? LOL!!!  They were ready for all of us parents to leave!  

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

~Lynda

Verve Sneak Peek Day 1 ~ Courage.....

Hello!

Welcome to day 1 of Verve's new stamp release sneak peeks!  Before I move on to my card, I want to mention that Lindsey has marked everything down in her store to 75% off.  You can see what is left HERE!

Because this is release week, you KNOW Julee has challenges and prizes!  For ALL the information, please go HERE!  Also, there will be a release party Friday night HERE on SCS!!  I hope you can join us!!!

I LOVE the new Verve stamp set I am showing you today!   It includes 16 stamps and has a WONDERFUL assortment of beautiful sentiments and images.  The set is called Blue Skies and you can see more samples using this set on the Verve Blog HERE ~

 

The base of my card is Raspberry Fizz with a mat of Select White, Dark Chocolate and then toward the top is a piece of Kraft DP from Basic Grey.  The Doily punched Raspberry Fizz strip has a strip of Chocolate Chip ribbon on top and Select White CS below.  On top of the ribbon is linen thread and a decorative brad from Basic Grey.

The little book is a stamp included in the Blue Skies set and was stamped on the Basic Grey Kraft paper using Cocoa Momento.  I stamped it a second time on Select White.  I cut just the top page from the Kraft paper and then the entire image from the Select White piece.  I then added 3 jump rings to the side of the book to make it look like a 3 ring binder.  I matted the book with a decorative piece of Pink Paislee paper and then Select White and finally Dark Chocolate.  I then stamped the butterfly, WHICH I might add is also in the Blue Skies set , on Select White using Cocoa Momento and then colored using a blender pen & Raspberry Fizz ink.  Of course I then added a Zva rhinestone flourish!

Here is a closer look ~

 

Isn't that sentiment beautiful?  Well, I have a day full of first field hockey for Mary this morning and then football for Joey this afternoon!  I will have to fit in my other jobs in between there sometime!! LOLOL!!  Oh my gosh, it has been so hot here that football camp was cancelled yesterday!  Today it is supposed to be 96 and tomorrow 99.  This is some odd weather for us as we usually get this kind of weather later in July and in to August.   Thank GOODNESS we have a pool and let me tell you, it has been used a lot so far this summer!!!

Have a great day!

~Lynda

Crazy 4 Challenges ~ A Flower Challenge!!!

Good Morning!

Do you have big plans this weekend?  We are supposed to have some beautiful weather and typical of my life now, I will be carting my kids around to their functions!!  LOL!!  I have not had any time to stamp and let me tell you, my card today took ALL week!  I could not get more than 10 minutes at a time so it took way too long and didn't turn out quite like I wanted but at least I finished!!! 

Before I go on to today's challenge, I want to mention that one of my fellow Diva's is going through a tough time.  Susan's husband has been fighting a VERY agressive form of cancer for the past few months.  Needless to say, he has not been able to work and is out of sick days.   Verve, MFT and The Cat's Pajamas have banded together to give YOU 10% off their products and they will in turn donate a portion of the sales to Susan and her family.  Is that just the NICEST thing?!?  What wonderful people to do such a wonderful thing!  You can read all about it HERE!

Now, today's challenge is again brought to us by Mercy and is to add a handmade flower on our card.  ETA:  I forgot to mention that we are saying goodbye to Lori.  She has so much on her plate, she had to lighten the load a bit!!!  We will miss her BUT we have a NEW crazy girl to introduce you to!!!  Please welcome the amazing and super sweet Maria Bell!  Be sure to stop by her blog and welcome her!!!

The base of this card is Soft Suede with a mat of Select White , Dark Chocolate and a decorative panel from GCD Studios.  The polka dot paper is also from GCD.  I added Kraft tafetta and white tulle under the flower that was cut using my PTI dies and some old Pink Paislee DP.  I ran the flowers through my corrugator tool multiple times and then crumpled each flower up, laid them out and then layered them.  I held the layers together by poking a hole in the center of each and then sticking the flower wire from my white Zva flower and tied it in a knot on the bottom.  I used my Blush Copic marker and added some color on the edges of all the flowers.  I then added some clear glitter on the edges of the layers as well.  I then added some Artichoke leaves which were cut using my Sizzlet dies.  The little frame is from Melissa Frances and the sentiment is from Verve's, Celebrating You set and was stamped on Select White using Soft Suede ink.

 

The chipboard angel wings and heart are from Maya Road.  I painted the wings Antique White and then added clear Martha Stewart glitter.  The heart was painted using Rangers Rose crackle paint.  The heart and the blush on my flower really do match in real life!! LOL!

Here are the links to the Crazy girls blogs! 

• Barbara Anders
• Cindy Haffner
• Frances Byrne
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Joycelyn Turner
• Mercy Kerin
• Vicki Garrett
• Silke Kittmann
• Maria Bell

Have a GREAT day!

~Lynda

Jacksonbelle Tuesday ~ 50% off EVERYTHING in the store!!!

Hello!

I don't have a card to share with you today because frankly, I just haven't felt like stamping.  I don't know if it is this lingering cold or the fact that we have been so darn busy already this summer!  I hope I start to feel like it soon since I have new stamps and products I NEED to use!  LOL!!

Lindsey has marked EVERYTHING down in the store to 50% off.  You can see it all HERE!

Here are the links to the girls blogs as I am sure they felt like stamping!!!

Pam Varnell

Dawn Lusk

Amy Tsuruta

Stephanie Severin

Tobi Crawford

Shemaine Smith

Jill Dunn

Heather Lee-Reppen

Lindsey Botkin

Heather Pulvirenti

Julie Lacey

Windy Robinson

Have a great day!

~Lynda

Crazy 4 Challenges ~ A Color Challenge....

Happy Saturday!

Hope you all are having a great Summer so far!  We sure have except I have had a cold for the past 4 or so days and it stinks!  I don't get colds so I hadn't realized how miserable it can be.  I either get the flu or a full on sinus or ear infection.  Oh well, this too shall pass!! LOL!!!

Don't forget that everything in Lindsey's store is 40% off!  You can see everything that is left, HERE!  Today's C4C challenge is a color challenge.  We are to use light pink, light purple and light green.  I have also combined the color challenge with MFT's WSC (Wednesday Stamp Club) challenge which is to make an "earthy" card whether it be color, theme, etc....

Our sponsor again this week is Stamp N plus Scrap N!  We have also announced last weeks winner on the Crazy blog!!!

Here is my card ~

 

The base is Kraft with a mat of Dark Chocolate and then Vintage Cream.  I sponged the top portion of the Cream CS with Soft Sky ink.  The "hills" were made from Cosmo Cricket's Earth Love DP and cut using my oval Nesties.  I pierced along the top of each hill.  The then stamped the tree from MFT's Love Birds set and the flower from their Blooming Good Day set, using Cocoa Momento ink.  The flower and Pure Innocence little girl are one stamp but I just inked up the flower and water portion of the stamp and then stamped the little girl on a scrap piece of Cream CS, colored her with Copics and cut her out.  I pieced her dress using DP from October Afternoon's Fly a Kite collection.  I cut the little bird in the tree out from a piece of the DP included in the Earth Love collection.  I'm not sure if I like the clouds but once I stuck them down, it was too late!!! LOL!!!  The cloud die is from Quickutz and I cut it out using Quickutz 2 sided adhesive paper.  I then added some Sugar Sparkly Fluff from Our Craft Lounge.

You can see all the Crazies creations here ~

• Barbara Anders
• Cindy Haffner
• Frances Byrne
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Joycelyn Turner
• Mercy Kerin
• Vicki Garrett
• Silke Kittmann

I hope you have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

~Lynda

Serendipity Stamps ~ Sweet Pea Sympathy.....

Happy Hump Day!

Let me start this post off by saying that I am SUCH an idiot!  Last Wednesday I posted a card for our sketch sympathy challenge that was supposed to be THIS week!!!  So, to make up for it, and since last week I used the sketch but not the sympathy sentiment, today's card uses the sympathy sentiment but not the sketch!!! LOL!!!  I must drive Mary (Owner of Serendipity) NUTS!!!! LOLOLOL!!!

Here is my card ~

The layout is based on this weeks Clean & Simple stamping ~ FTL93.  The base of this card is Vintage Cream with a mat of Dark Chocolate and then a pattern of October Afternoon's Fly a Kite Collection.  I added some stitching using my Janome Sew Mini sewing machine.  The beautiful Sweet Pea image is from Serendipity Stamps and was stamped directly on the grid Fly a Kite paper using Cocoa Momento ink.  I colored using a blender pen and Pink Pirouette and Old Olive ink.   The blue on the butterfly is a Ranger reinker called Tumbled Glass.  I used my blender pen to color it on the butterfly.  The polka dot strip is also from the Fly a Kite Collection.  I have had the blue & brown May Arts ribbon for years!  I was so excited to finally get to use it because it matched PERFECTLY!!!!  I LOVE when that happens!!!  I stamped the sentiment, from Serendipity's Pansy Corner set, using Cocoa Momento on the same grid paper as the image.  I cut it out using one of my Spellbinders label punches and then added a heart charm I got from Stampers Dream HERE.  The stick pin is from Making Memories.

This week my Serendipity teammates will have played along since this is the correct week to post!!!  I know, it's kind of scary that I drive a car and even worse, REPRODUCED!!!! LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!

Amy

Anya

Jennifer

Kathie

Before I go, I'll repost my card from last week that was a Sympathy/Father's Day card!

Have a wonderful day!

~Lynda

Jacksonbelle Tuesday ~ A Basket full of flowers...........

Good Morning!

Today's card layout is based on CPS' sketch from this past Saturday.  Before I go on, I want to remind you that Lindsey is closing her store and has everything marked down 40% off!  You can check it all out HERE!

Here is my card using some of my favorite Jbelle products ~

 

The base is Dark Chocolate CS with a mat of Select White.  The cloud paper is from My Minds Eye and the grass, which I punched using my Martha grass punch, is from Basic Grey's Capella Collection.  The fence is dark brown Bazzill CS and the flowers are from misc. scrap papers I had laying around.  The flower punch is one of those cheap ones from the Target $ spot and the fence is from Martha Stewart.  I stamped the darling My Favorite Things Pure Innocence image (Basket of eggs) on Vintage Cream using Black Momento ink and then colored using my copics and paper pieced her dress using October Afternoon DP called Fly a Kite.  I replaced the egss with flowers by just covering them up! LOL!!!  I added Zva rhinestones to the centers of all the flowers using my Quickie glue pen.

Here is a closer look ~

 

Be sure to check out the girls cards here ~

Pam Varnell

Dawn Lusk

Amy Tsuruta

Stephanie Severin

Tobi Crawford

Shemaine Smith

Jill Dunn

Heather Lee-Reppen

Lindsey Botkin

Heather Pulvirenti

Julie Lacey

Windy Robinson

Have a wonderful day and I'll be back tomorrow with my Serendipity stamps card!

~Lynda

Crazy 4 Challenges ~ A Pleat Challenge.....

Good Morning!

WOW, it's 7 a.m. and already 80 outside!!  It's going to be another cooker!!!!  Usually in the summer, I don't get in the pool until July because I need it to be REALLY hot and the water not so cold.  Well....I have already been in.  In fact I got in in May!!!  That's ok though because I like the heat more than the cold and our last Winter was LOOOOONNNNNNGGGGGG!!!

Before I show you my card, don't forget that Lindsey is closing her store and has marked everything in the store at 30%!!!  You can check it out HERE!

Today's Crazy challenge is brought to us by Mercy, our June hostess!!!  She has challenged us to use pleats.   Also, our sponsor this week is Stamp N plus Scrap N!  You can see all of their AWESOME products HERE!

 

The base of this card is Dark Chocolate and is 5" square.  The layout is based on Clean and Simple Stampings FTL#92.  All of the decorative paper is from Basic Grey's Capella Collection.  I used my Janome Sew Mini to stitch around the top layer and used my SU! scallop border punch to make a decorative border under my pleats WHICH I might add came already pleated and are by Pink Paislee's Bayberry Cottage Collection!  Yes, I cheated!!! LOLOL!!!  I cut the bird from chipboard using my SU! Bird and Blooms Sizzlet dies.  I first painted it with off white acrylic paint and then added Rose Distress Crackle Paint by Ranger.  I then added a Pink Paislee Artisan Elements flourish which I received from my sweet friends Julee!  The final step was to add some pink Prima pearls, a grey Prima flower folded in half for the wings and then an Imaginisce pearl brad.  The bird and flourish were then mounted on a circle of Capella Decorative Paper and then a pink blossom cut using my Spellbinder die.

Here is a closer look ~

 

Be sure to check out the Crazies creations using pleats!

• Barbara Anders
• Cindy Haffner
• Frances Byrne
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Joycelyn Turner
• Lori Boyd
• Mercy Kerin
• Vicki Garrett
• Silke Kittmann

Have a great day!

~Lynda

Serendipity Stamps ~ A Sympathy Challenge.....

Hi!

I can't believe my kids are out for summer break starting tomorrow!  It usually takes us a couple weeks to get in to our routine and not annoy each other SO much and then by the time they go back to school, I'm so used to having them with me that I miss them!!!  I know, I AM a lunatic!! LOL!!!  Before I go on to my card, Lindsey has made the difficult decision to close her store, Jacksonbelle Embellishments.  She has marked EVERYTHING down 30% so get on over there quick as the products won't last long!

Today's Serendipity Stamps challenge is to make a Sympathy card.  I didn't put a sentiment on my card because I think it can also be used for a Father's Day card.  I LOVE how detailed Serendipity Stamps are and today's image is no exception.

The base of this card is Going Gray with a mat of True Black and then Kraft.  I sponged the Kraft CS and distressed the edges.  The decorative paper is from Basic Grey's Boxer Collection.  I added some Natural Hemp twine.  The awesome image is one of the BRAND NEW stamps Mary just released and is called Train Engine.  I stamped it on Going Gray CS using Black Momento ink and then colored using a few Copics.  You can't see it in the picture but I added some glitter with my Copic Spica glitter pens.  I then ran the image through my Fiskars corrugator multiple times in different directions.  This distresses the paper really well.  I then waded it up, flattened it out and then sponged the edges.  I then matted the image with True Black.

We all used the same sketch and I will add that in as soon as I get home from taking my kids to school.  I can't seem to locate it right this minute.....so organized!!! LOLOL!!! 

Be sure to check out what my teammates did with this challenge!

Amy

Anya

Jennifer

Kathie

Have a great day!

~Lynda

Jacksonbelle Tuesday and an MFT Challenge..........

Hello!!

It's been a while since I last posted.  My mojo went on Summer break earlier than my kids so I figured I'd take a little break and wait for it to come back.  I started cleaning my craft room and was going through SO many pictures that I have not scrapped yet.  I got side tracked and started organizing them and then going through others on my computer and then was all sad because my babies are growing up SO fast!!! LOL!!!  I know, I'm a lunatic!!! LOLOL!!!  I definitely am going to start scrapping more!  I miss it so much!

Anyway, my card today is for our Jbelle challenge this week, as well as the rest of the month, is to use our favorite Jbelle products.  The layout is based on Jen's SFYTT and My Favorite Things June Guest Designer Challenge theme which is to use the theme HOT.  With that in mind, let me explain about my card.....I don't have any of MFT's new DARLING summer stamps so I decided to use a Winter one.  See, my little Pure Innocence girl is HOT in fact she is on the brink of fainting because her LUNATIC Mother made her wear her Winter coat, hat and boots when she went to her best friends birthday party because her best friends LUNATIC Mother keeps the air conditioning at 50.  WELL, after carrying all those gifts in to the party, she HAD to take her coat, hat and boots off!!!  Whew, she isn't even old enough to sweat but on this day, she DID sweat because she was so HOT!!!  See, that is my interpretation of HOT!! LOLOLOL!!

The base of this card is Spring Rain CS with a mat of Select White and then Kraft.  I embossed the left side using my Swiss Dots embossing folder.  The papers on the side are first a Real Red pattern from SU! and then another light blue polka dot piece from Three Bugs in a Rug.  I matted them with Select White CS, punched the right side with my EK Success border punch and added some clear Zva rhinestones using my Quickie glue pen.  The green DP is from Cosmo Cricket's Material Girl Collection.  The bottom piece was punched using my Martha grass punch and the top green piece was hand stitched using linen thread.  The bottom strip also had linen thread added as well as a red button.  The Presents for You image was stamped on Select White using Black Momento ink and then colored and paper pieced.  I also added Our Craft Lounge Sugar Sparkly Fluff. 

Here is a closer look ~

I hope your day is fantastic!  Be sure to see what the Rockstars favorite Jbelle products are!!  I'll be back tomorrow with my Serendipity Stamps card!!

Pam Varnell

Dawn Lusk

Amy Tsuruta

Stephanie Severin

Tobi Crawford

Shemaine Smith

Jill Dunn

Heather Lee-Reppen

Lindsey Botkin

Heather Pulvirenti

Julie Lacey

Windy Robinson

~Lynda