Embellished

   Hello!! I hope you all have fun plans this weekend!! I just got home from a whirlwind 24 hour trip to Seattle to see Willie! It was just awesome! I’ll post pic’s when I get caught up a little bit! We had a great time and made time to go to the Amuse store too! WAHOO!

I wanted to let you know that from now until Monday night at midnight, the entire store is 15% off!! LABOR08 is the code!  There are SO many new products in to chose from, you can’t go wrong! Have a fantastic rest of the day!! Thanks for stopping by!

Hello! Hope you’re all having a great week so far!! This week we thought it would be fun to highlight one of our designers and case one of their cards! This week we decided to case Erin! I chose THIS card! I loved how the 3 pieces went off the card, I haven’t ever done that before.

Once again, I couldn’t wait to tear into some of my new goodies! I went to Michaels this weekend and got 3 of the new Martha punches! They are SOOOOO fun! I used the “goo” punch and the “bat” punch on this card! I LOVE them! She has the best Halloween stuff! I got a few of her Halloween decorations for around the house too! I also used my new Imaginisce paper. I used the Eat Drink and be Scary paper. The cute mummy kitty comes from the Ghouls and Goblin’s Inkadinkado stamp set! I had a ton of fun making it! I hope you like it!

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Supplies

Stamps: Ghouls and Goblin’s (Inka)

Ink: Jet black stazon and Green Galore

Cardstock: Black, White, Green Galore

Designer Paper: Eat Drink and Be Happy (Imaginisce)

Accessories: Oval Maker (Creative Memories) Punches (Martha) Blender Pen, Paper Piercing Tool, black journaler (SU) Black Twill (May Arts)

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Make sure to check out all the design team’s awesome work!

Amber,

Beth

Broni

Elizebeth

Erin

Lila

Maren

Kisa

Lynda

Dee

Rachel

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There is going to be a huge announcement with next week’s Design Team post! I promise you won’t want to miss it! Here is a hint….Inkadinkado! (Hmm…that must not come as a big shocker lol) Thanks so much for stopping by!!!

Awww, today was the first day of Kindergarten for us! Man, that was a tough one! He looked so cute and he was SOOO excited. Course when we got there he started being a little shy. At least I wasn’t the only parent balling their eyes out! lol. Here is a few pic’s of him!

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Today is also my brothers birthday!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHREEEEOS!!!! My brother is a rockstar. No, really…he is! He is an amazing guitar and drum player and has been in bands his whole adult life. He’s been asked by an elite group to play with them in Portland where he is living now! That hopefully will explain why I always make him skeleton cards! We both love Halloween too, so it’s usually my favorite birthday card I make all year!

I couldn’t WAIT to cut into my new Cosmo Cricket Haunted paper pack and ink up my new Inka Skulls set! I don’t know that you can see it, but I used Candle Light Shimmerz on all the skulls and skeleton’s! I also sponged the edges with the Coal Shimmerz. I hadn’t done that before with the Shimmerz, it worked really well! The embossed part is the Skeleton Scroll from Provo Craft! I hope you enjoy!

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Supplies

Stamps: Skulls (Inkadinkado)

Ink: Jet Black Stazon

Cardstock: Vanilla, Basic Black (Stampin’ Up!)

Designer Paper: Haunted (Cosmo Cricket)

Accessories: Black Twill (May Arts) Candle Light and Coal Shimmerz; Skeleton Scroll (Provo Craft); Staple, Distressing Tool, Sponge

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Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a fantastic day!!!

Hello!! I wanted to post more of my Verve samples for you! This one is my favorite, it’s using the new Notes of Prayer stamp set!

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I embossed the cross with silver embossing powder, then cut it out. It’s hard to see, but I put some black bling in the middle of it as well! They eyelets can be found HERE, they are We R Memory Keepers!  Here is another one that I did using the Beautiful You Stamp Set!

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The paper I used is from the NEW Basic Grey Eva line and can be found HERE!  Hope everyone is having an awesome day! Thanks for stopping by!

  Hello!!!! I am SO honored and excited to say that I am one of the Verve Stamps Guest Designers for August! I LOVE Verve Stamps. Julee (the owner) Is SOOO sweet, as well as the whole design team! HERE is the link to the blog, you can see my lil’ profile there!

They just released 6 new stamp sets that are  just stunning! I love them all!! Here are a few of the samples that I did with them!

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The top one is using the stamp set Artful Elegance and the bottom one with Fairy Tales! I hope you enjoy!! I will be back tomorrow to share more! Thanks for stopping by!

Hello!! I hope you are all having a fantastic day!! I LOVE Tuesday’s!! I LOVE doing the Jacksonbelle Embellishments Challenges with the Design Team!! This week I got to pick a product to highlight and I chose the new Jack’s World paper by Cosmo Cricket! It’s such fun paper and very fitting for this time of year…I am thinking Back to School ect! Of course when it came to making the card, I had to do something out of the norm. I thought I’d add some Pumpkin paper (by Stampin’ Up!) and color come pupmpkins!

I used the Autumn Foliage set by Inkadinkado. I colored, then cut them out. Turns out when I was finished, I didn’t really have to take the time to cut them out, but I guess I like to make things a little more difficult! After I figured I’d use the sentiment that I did (also from that set) I grabbed my gold gel pen and added some stitching and some gold detail on the pumpkin’s and leaves! I hope you enjoy!

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You HAVE to make sure to stop by the talented designers blogs to see their take with this paper! I cannot wait to see myself!

Amber,

Beth

Broni

Elizebeth

Erin

Lila

Maren

Kisa

Lynda

Dee

  AND Last but certainly not least, the NEWEST Jacksonbelle Embellishments designer, RACHEL BAIRD! Welcome to the team friend! We would LOVE to have you play along! Even if you don’t have THIS paper, use any Cosmo and link us your card so we can see it!

  Now for a little enabling! GUESS what I just posted 2 nights ago in the store?! The NEW Imaginisce Hallowhimsy and Snow Jo lines! They are SO darling! The papers are double sided, with each side being SO cute! Each paper has embossed detailing on it too, it’s soooo cute! You can’t beat the $.99 cent Snag ‘Em stamps either! I also have the NEWEST release of Inkadinkado now … AND… 3 of the new Basic Grey Lines!

  Thank you SO MUCH for stopping by! Have a fantastic day!

Hello!! Hope you’ve all been having a great week!!! I am soooo beyond excited right now! There are so many new thing to tell you about! I have 3 of the 5 new release Basic Grey pads in STORE! I also have new May Arts Ribbon AND 3 new Limited Edition Shimmerz paints!! For a limited time you can buy Sagebrush, Rustic Red and Beeswax! I LOVE these new colors! Here is what I did with them!

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I used the new Inkadinkado set Autumn Foliage. I LOVE this set! I didn’t color the pumpkin with anything but the new Shimmerz. I used the beeswax to paint the pumpkin, then I mixed the rustic red and beeswax to make a light orange to highlight it. The leaves were all colored with the sagebrush! I also broke open my new Pumpkin Harvest Cuttlebug folder for the background! (OH, and I made that shimmery too! )
The eyelets are from We R Memory Keepers, I have those back in stock now too! See, I told you! Lots of new stuff to enable you with! I hope you enjoy your weekend!! Make sure to check out the Shimmerz blog to see lots of fantastic ideas! Thanks so much for stopping by!

  Hello!! I hope you all had a fantstic weekend! We sure did! Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve updated, I’ve been swamped with deadlines, we’ve also been having fun in the pool and summer fun!

  This week is a sketch challenge with the Jacksonbelle Embellishments designers! Lynda came up with this awesome sketch!

We’d love for any of you to play along! Just link your cards to our blogs so we can see them! I needed a birthday card for my friend who’s birthday is today! I hope he will like it! It’s so hard making cards for men when you don’t have a fitting stamp! Thank goodness for these flourished balloons! lol.

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Supplies

Stamps: Flourished Balloon, Happy Birthday (Inkadinkado)

Ink: Night of Navy Craft (Stampin’ Up!) Graphite Black 

Cardstock: Night of Navy, Whisper White and Basic Black

Designer Paper: Unreleased Basic Grey

Accessories: Hardware (We R Memory Keepers) Paper Piercing tool, White Gel Pen

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Make sure to check out what the awesome Design Team did!!! Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a fantastic day!  

 Amber

Beth

Broni

Elizebeth

Erin

Lila

Maren

Kisa

Lynda

Dee

  Hello!! Happy Tuesday! I hope you’re all having a great day so far!! Today’s Jacksonbelle Embellishments Challenge is a color challenge! This week Lila picked Pink for us to use!

  I really wanted to use this cute Rain Boots paper from October Afternoon! I found it challenging when I was coloring the cupcakes though, so I added some green galore and barely banana. It’s sorta strange, but I think it worked out ok! I hope you enjoy!

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Supplies

Stamps: Birthday Cupcakes and All Occasions (Inkadinkado)

Ink: Graphite Black and Copic Markers

Cardstock: Barely Banana and White

Designer Paper: Rainboots (October Afternoon)

Accessories: Ribbon (May Arts) Brads, Paper Piercing Tool, White Gel Pen (Stampin’ Up!)

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Make sure to check out the fantastic things that the designers did!!

 Amber Hight
Beth Thomas
Broni Holcombe
Elizebeth Neumann
Erin McKinney
Lila Holgate
Maren Benedict
Kisa

and last but not least,

Lynda!

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Thank you SO much for stopping by!! Have a great day!!!

Happy Monday!! I am so excited!! Anna and I are having another Western Showdown today!! It’s been such a long time! I got to meet her in person at CHA and she is just an adorable girl!! Make SURE to stop by her blog and she what she did!I couldn’t wait to use this lil’ Riley stamp! I love the Riley’s! I think this paper is from Rusty Pickle, but I am just not sure! I’ve had it for quite awhile. Hope you enjoy!!

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Stamps: Riley Stamp

Ink: Graphite Black

Cardstock: Vanilla, Black

Designer Paper: Rusty Pickle?

Accessories: Eyelets (We R Memory Keepers) Linen Thread, Paper Piercing Tool, Black Journaler, Word Window Punch (Stampin’ Up!)

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Thank you SO MUCH for stopping by! Have a great day!!