Embellished

WAHOO! I some of you are getting to play along in our challenges today!! It’s time for our second challenge!! Here it is!!!

Challenge #2 ~ 5pm (EST) SCS Keyword ~ JBENYE2

When I think of New Years Eve Celebrations, I tend to think of the colors Black, White or Vanilla and some SHINY accents or paper (metallic, glitter).  Make a card using these colors ~ ANY theme!

 EVERYONE can play along and we hope you do!!!  All you have to do is go to Jacksonbelle’s Challenge BLOG and leave a comment & link to your card in the post for the specific challenge you are playing with!!  That’s it!  The deadline to enter for the CHALLENGES (blog candy deadline is different) is 1/4/09 by 12pm EST!  There will be a prize given away for each challenge.  If you upload to SCS, please include the specified keywords referenced in the challenge details below. This way, we can all see your beautiful creation! 

Blog Hop Treasure Hunt ~ This is going to be so much fun!!!!  We can’t tell you WHO is the bearer of the BLOG CANDY…you will have to go FIND it!!! LOL!!!!  Visit ALL the girls’ blogs below and MAYBE one or two of them might have some candy to share!!  When you find the bearer of the gift(s), leave a comment on their blog!  That’s it! 

 Maren Benedict 

Melissa Bove

Jennifer Buck

Jill Dunn

Heather Lee-Reppen

Kimberly O’Rosky

AJ Otto

Kisa Peters

Taylor Usry

Shannan Teubner

Michelle Woerner

Rachel Baird

Lynda Benden

Beth Thomas

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Here is my card. I used the oh, so cool Inka set Rockstar! Basic Grey paper Scarlet’s Letter, Prima Bling, May Arts Ribbon, We R Eyelets and Stickles on the main image! (I know you can’t see them on the photo). I hope you enjoy!!! More to come later!!

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Happy New Years Eve everyone!! We thought it would be so fun to have a few challenges today to ring in the new year! Here are the deets!

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EVERYONE can play along and we hope you do!!!  All you have to do is go to Jacksonbelle’s Challenge BLOG and leave a comment & link to your card in the post for the specific challenge you are playing with!!  That’s it!  The deadline to enter for the CHALLENGES (blog candy deadline is different) is 1/4/09 by 12pm EST!  There will be a prize given away for each challenge.  If you upload to SCS, please include the specified keywords referenced in the challenge details below. This way, we can all see your beautiful creation! 

Blog Hop Treasure Hunt ~ This is going to be so much fun!!!!  We can’t tell you WHO is the bearer of the BLOG CANDY…you will have to go FIND it!!! LOL!!!!  Visit ALL the girls’ blogs below and MAYBE one or two of them might have some candy to share!!  When you find the bearer of the gift(s), leave a comment on their blog!  That’s it! 

 Maren Benedict 

Melissa Bove

Jennifer Buck

Jill Dunn

Heather Lee-Reppen

Kimberly O’Rosky

AJ Otto

Kisa Peters

Taylor Usry

Shannan Teubner

Michelle Woerner

Rachel Baird

Lynda Benden

Beth Thomas

 All winners will be announced on the Jacksonbelle Embellishments Challenge Blog on Monday, 1/5/09.    Challenge #1 ~ 3pm (EST) SCS Keyword ~ JBENYE1For our first challenge we are asking you to “RING” in the New Year!!  Keyword here ~ RING!!!  Use your creativeness (is that a word??) and make a card that has a “ring” to it!! LOL!!!  Ideas ~ Wedding card (rings ~ get it!?!?!), circles, a bell, Kids (ring around the Rosie), diamonds (either the shape OR the bling!!!), etc…    Here is my card. I don’t have rings, or anything so I thought Eyelets and Scalloped Circles could work? Well…I say they do! Valentines cards are among my favorite to make! AAANNNDDD with the arrival of the gorgeous new Bittersweet Basic Grey paper, I had to use it! I hope you enjoy! :)–        –Supplies: Polka Dot Heart, Scribble Heart (Inkadinkado) You Make Life Sweet (AMuse)Ink: Rose Red, Timber Brown StazonCardstock: Whisper White (Stampin’ Up!)Designer Paper: Bittersweet (Basic Grey)Accessories: Eyelets (We R Memory Keepers) White Twinkle Ribbon, Pink and Brown Polka dot, White Polka dot ribbon (May Arts) Heart Bling (K and Co) Bling (Heidi Swapp) Scallop Punch (Stampin’ Up!) Scallop Punches (Marvy) Pop Up Glue Dots –Thank you so much for stopping by!! Make sure to check back in a few hours for the next challenge!!

 Hello! I hope you’ve all had a great weekend!! I am still on my Neil Diamond kick and couldn’t get the song Holly Holy out of my head. So I thought to myself…”hhhmmm…I wonder if I could make a card inspired by that!” lol. So I did! I pulled out my new Holly and Merry Christmas stamp from Inkadinkado and went to work! ;) 

  The paper I used is from the Gingercake paper pack from Memory Box. I am just LOVING the Memory Box paper!  (the greatest thing about it…it’s only 5 bucks!) I had bought some chipboard snowflakes a while ago and knew I wanted to use it. I liked the natural look of it… (Okay..too lazy to cover it with paper) so I painted it with the Pink Poinsettia Blingz! It looks really cool in person! The ribbon comes from May Arts and I used the Stampin’ Up scalloped punch too! I hope you enjoy!

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Here is a close up of the Pink Poinsettia Shimmerz!

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Thank you so much for stopping by!!!! Have a great day…and I HOPE you’re stuck with that awesome song in your head as I am! ….. Sing a song…..Sing a song of songs….sing it out… sing it strong….

Hello! I hope you all have super fun plans for the weekend! I am so pleased to announce the newest designers for Jacksonbelle Embellishments!!! We were so overwhelmed by the HUGE response we got! It was pure torture to try to narrow it down!! THANK YOU to all that applied!!!!!! So without further ado…. The newest members are…

Maren Benedict 

Melissa Bove

Jennifer Buck

Jill Dunn

Heather Lee-Reppen

Kimberly O’Rosky

AJ Otto

Kisa Peters

Taylor Usry

Shannan Teubner

Michelle Woerner

Then of course my executive team:

Rachel Baird

Lynda Benden

Beth Thomas

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HUGE round of applause for these gals!! This is going to be a great team, I feel very lucky to have them!! 

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I made this card a few days ago. I just love these Memory Box papers and stamps!!! (I used Blitzen and Rockin’ Christmas)  The lace comes from the Lace Mix from Prima. Brads are from Making Memories and Bling is from K & Co! I hope you enjoy!

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

Hello! Happy Tuesday!!! It’s time for another Design Team challenge! This week Lynda came up with an awesome sketch for us all to use! It’s a very bitter sweet day too! It’s the last challenge with the current DT girls!! We will be taking a Tuesday challenge break. But we’ll be back with the new DT girls! With that in mind, I have to give each and every DT member of mine a huge, gigantic HUG for being on my team!! You girls have been amazing and I have been honored to work with each and every one of you! Here is my card!

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Supplies

Stamps: Peppermint Twist set (Inkadinkado)

Ink:  Ruby Red, Yo Yo Yellow, Always Artichoke, Timber Brown Stazon

Cardstock:  Whisper White, Ruby Red

Designer Paper: Mellow (Basic Grey) Depot Park (October Afternoon)

Accessories: White Twinkle Ribbon (May Arts) Poinsetta Flowers (Prima) Microbeads (Martha Stewart) Pop Up Glue Dots, Black Journaler, Paper Piercing Tool (Stampin’ Up!) Stardust Stickles

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Thank you so much for stopping by!! Please make sure to check out all the awesome designers cards today!!

Kisa
Beth
Lynda
Maren
Dee
Broni
Rachel
Lila

Good Morning! I Hope you all had a great weekend!! I was very productive…got all my Christmas Shopping done and even managed to make a few cards! YAY!

I couldn’t wait to ink up this adorable Riley! It’s been snowing all weekend here, so I thought it would be very fitting! I paired it with the awesome October Afternoon Good Cheer paper! I hope you enjoy!!

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Stamps: Riley (Hanna Stamps)
Ink: Graphite Black ink and Copic Markers

Cardstock: Real Red and Whisper White

Designer Paper: October Afternoon Good Cheer

Accessories: Eyelets (We R Memory Keepers) Ribbon (May Arts) Snowflake Bling (Hero Arts) Corner Rounder, Paper Piercing Tool, White Gel Pen (Stampin’ Up!)

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Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you all have a great day!!

Hello!! I hope you are all having a great week! Sorry for my lack of posting..life just gets in the way sometimes! I have had the awesome Neil Diamond song, Forever in Blue Jeans in my head alllll day! I have a friend who LOVES Neil just as much as I do, so I thought that I would make this card for him. Of course the card had to be blue…right? Him and I love all the same music and I think that ROCKS, hence the reason for the sentiment! Hope he likes it!

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Here is a close up so you can see  the sparkles!

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I used the awesome Rockstar set from Inkadinkado. I LOVE it so much!! The ribbon comes from the Down Home Apple Pie kit from Prima. Stickles are from Ranger (of course) The designer paper is Get Happy from Cosmo Cricket!

I must also say how impressed I am at the number and quality of all the Design Team applicants we’ve received! Good thing  have help to narrow it down…this is going to be nearly impossible!! You still have a week left to apply!! Thank you so much for stopping by!! Have a great rest of the week!!!

Good Morning!! I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving weekend!! It’s time for our Design Team Tuesday Challenge! This week was to use Sparkle and Bling! I used Candle Light Shimmerz on the Snowman and Moose and Icicle stickles on the bottom of the image to look like snow! I know it’s probably impossible to see. It’s a grey day today, so my picture isn’t very good! I was SO excited though to cut into my new October Afternoon cardstock! Have you seen it!? I have 3 new lines in store and it’s ALL adorable!! Anyway, I hope you enjoy!

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The darling ribbon comes from Fancy Pants! Thanks so much for stopping by! Make sure to check out all the other fantastic designers!!

Kisa
Beth
Lynda
Maren
Dee
Broni
Rachel
Lila

Have a wonderful day!