Happy New Year!! I am thrilled to be participating in the Seasons Givings blog hop again this year! The hop is in it’s 7th year and is the brainchild of the amazing Latisha Yoast! EVERY stop on this hop is hosting a separate giveaway and there are A LOT of amazing stops so I highly encourage you to take some time to check it all out! 😉 We want to thank you, fabulous readers, for a wonderful year of crafty support and friendship! I’ll have more details about my giveaway and destash at the bottom of this post! 🙂
But first, I wanted to share my favorite cards of 2018! I feel like there’s a healthy mix of colors, mediums, and subjects this year…maybe I’m branching out! 😉 I am incredibly thankful for the opportunities I’ve had this year to work and guest for some of my very favorite companies and you’ll find most of them represented below! 🙂
Click on the photo or link below to be directed to the accompanying blog post!
Interactive Cards with Jess for Simon Says Stamp
Studio Katia March Release Blog Hop
Altenew Build-A-Flower Blog Hop
Simon Says Stamp Good Vibes Release
More from the Hello Bluebird Stamps July Release
More from the Simon Says Stamp September 2018 Card Kit
Mama Elephant Anniversary Stampede
Watercolor Practice with Purple Onion Designs
Glittery String of Lights for Lawn Fawnatics
Lawn Fawnatics Winter Skies Pair-Up
North Star Alcohol Inked Background
Looking forward to 2019, I have a few continuing crafty resolutions. First off, I hope to continue to improve my copic and watercoloring. I also resolve to send more cards each month and continue to develop the crafty friendships I’ve made in this amazing community. Finally I hope to continue making at least 4 videos a month and kicking off a new blog series in a few days! Here’s to keeping our resolutions and lots of crafty success in 2019 to all of us!
DESTASH MYSTERY BOXES:
I was thrilled with the response for my last mystery box destashes for a cause and decided that I’d like to do something similar this time. 100% of the proceeds for this mystery box destash will go to Blue Ridge Wildlife Center which helps orphaned and injured wildlife throughout the Shenandoah Valley.
Based on feedback from my last destash I have a variety of boxes available this time. There are eleven $200 boxes, five $100 boxes, and seven $50 boxes. There’s well more than double the value in each box and they’re packed with product (and some fun surprises!). Shipping within the US is included for the $200 boxes but will be added to the cost of the $50 and $100 boxes. I am also accepting international buyers but you will be responsible for shipping costs to your country (so far shipping appears to be somewhere between $10-50 depending on where it’s going). All items are ‘as is’ and all sales are final.
Most of the time I immediately repackage stamps and dies into storage pockets but I didn’t quite get to all of them over the last few months so you’ll notice that some of the stamps are in storage pockets but have very obviously never been used before. These would be great starter gifts for a new stamper, RAK/giveaway stash boxes, or just boxes to supplement your current collection! You’ll find products from almost all of the major companies (My Favorite Things, Lawn Fawn, Altenew, Concord & 9th, Simon Says Stamp, Ellen Hutson, Hero Arts, Papertrey Ink, Lil’ Inker Designs, Avery Elle, Heffy Doodle, etc.) and I deliberately mixed up the contents of each box so that there’s a good mix of themes and styles in each box! The majority of stamps in each box have been released within the last 8-12 months though there are also a handful of Papertrey Ink vault sets and discontinued Simon stamps scattered amongst the boxes. There are absolutely NO unbranded stamps or dies in any box because I do not purchase them.
If you’re interested in a box or have any questions, please leave a comment here or send me an email at JessicaAFrost@gmail.com. Let me know what country you’re from and which boxes you would like (price and quantity). I will send an invoice via Paypal and it must be paid within 24 hours or I will move to the next person in line. I am also advertising them on Instagram and will check time stamps to make sure that everything is fair. Thanks for your interest!
*NOTE FOR DESIGN TEAM STAMPS: The stamps that I am selling are ones that I purchased/won, not stamps that were provided to me as a design team member for any company – any provided stamps are just added into the boxes as a bonus, since I’m not using them and would like them to have loving homes. 😉
**The above photo is one that I took during my first destash and is not representative of this current destash lot! 😉
To celebrate the Seasons Giving blog hop I am giving away a $35 gift card to Simon Says Stamp! My giveaway is open worldwide and is open for one week! Please leave a comment on my blog letting me know if you have a New Year’s resolution and what it is (if you’re willing to share!) before 11:59 PM EST on January 7th, 2019! The winner will be announced on January 8th on my giveaway winners page!
Below you’ll find the full hop list! Have fun hopping and if this is your first time stopping by my blog, I hope you’ll visit again! You can subscribe to my blog via the widget on the sidebar or find me on YouTube, Facebook, or Instagram! Have a great day and Happy New Year!!
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L
Ink Blot Shop
Indigo Jade Art
Sunny Studio Stamps
Paper House Productions
Kraftin Kimmie Stamps
The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store
Newton’s Nook Designs
Beth Pingry
Giovana Smith
Dana Joy
Heather Hoffman
Margie Higuchi
Mindy Eggen
Julie Tilman
Cindy Lawrence
Jessica Frost-Ballas –> You are here!
Kelly Latevola
Emily Midgett
Ilina Crouse
Emily Leiphart
Kristi Goulet
Debi Adams
Tracey McNeeley
Wanda Guess
Ashley Harris
Tracey McLennon
Janine Tinklenberg
Amy Rysavy
Caly Person
Marcie Sharp
Mary-Ann Coulter
Amy Tsuruta
Tricia Barber
Shemaine Smith
Christine Meyer
Lisa Henke
Shellye McDaniel
Kathy Schweinfurth
Yvonne Van Der Grijp
Lynette Kaufmann
Laura Williams
Dana Tatar
Cheiron Brandon
Patti Gilliam
Gracie Chavez
Carisa Zglobicki
Debbie Seyer
Mariana Grigsby
Michelle Woerner
Deborah Saaranen
Lisa Stein
Great cards Jessica! I have 5 New Years resolutions. I won’t share them all, but my crafty one is to send out at least one monthly ‘thinking of you card’, not just b-day and thank yous.
What a great idea to repurpose your unused stamps and other products. My New Year’s resolution is to focus on actually exercising and trying to stick with it. I have found many ways to do that and a different we have thinking about exercise. Happy New Year!
I don’t really do New Year resolutions but I am hoping to spend more time crafting!!
My crafting goals for the year are to make and send more cards as well as to organize and declutter my crafty space and to make more crafting friends as well.
Your cards are beautiful and I really like the last one you posted in this post!
I love all your cards! You are just an inspiration and so great at what you do!! Thanks for your work. My resolution for this year is to continue to learn and grow at cardmaking…and send more cards!
I love all of the cards. I am hoping to learn how to use my copics and water color more often as I find it very relaxing and I also hope to make way too many cards!!
your cards are gorgeous! my resolution is to organize better, and keep it organized.
Your cards are beautiful. 2019 I hope to get healthy and have more time with my card makin.
I don’t have a New Years resolution.
Thanks for the beautiful inspiration and a chance to win great prizes too. my resolution for this year is to spend more time being creative.
Happy New Year! My goal is to focus more on trusting God and my crafty goal is to devote more time making cards and building a stash of ready made cards. I love your cards, does not look to me that you need to improve on your Copic and watercoloring – you have mad skills!!! Have a great 2019!
I don’t make resolutions anymore. I try to just do the best I can and then I’m not guilty if I break one
Your favorites are lovely and fun, as your projects always are! No resolution, just hoping to get to do more crafting this year now that health issues have passed. I really want to try various kinds of foiling.
Happy New Year, Jessica! I don’t usually make New Year’s resolutions, but I would like to spend more time card making this year and also I plan to make something when I receive new products. All of your cards are amazing. Love the inked backgrounds and your coloring!
Happy New Year! Your work is outstanding!!! Love your coloring and background! My crafty resolution is to try new techniques. I’d also like to get better about actually sending out more of the cards I make!
Your cards are beautiful and thanks for participating in the Blog Hop. For 2019 I hope to enjoy the outdoors more when I am not in my craft room. Happy New Year!
Well Jessica what a beautiful array of cards you have created this year. there were so many lovely ones I couldn’t even figure out which one was my favorite. Although I love the Christmas lights. I have the New Year’s resolution to be more present in 2018. wishing you luck on your New Year’s resolutions as well happy new year
Always love seeing your card creations, Jessica. They never cease to inspire me. I do have a resolution for this new year…to try to spend one hour each day playing with my crafting materials. Thanks for asking.
my resolution is to not eat sugar and to learn to watercolor. so far so good. lol.
and i would like a box, do you have any $50/100 ones left??
My goal for 2019 is to teach more art classes!
No resolutions!
I don’t make resolutions but I need to get more organized this year. Love your cards!
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions anymore but I do have a couple of crafty goals that I will share lol. I am still a newbie so I’m learning as I go (with a lot of inspiration and help from so many creative bloggers, yep that includes you). I received a set of Polychromos colored pencils for Christmas and I want to really learn how to color with them they way they deserve. Once I master that them I will move on to learning how to watercolor but that may take until 2020 hehe. Thank you for the inspiration throughout the year, here’s to a wonderful, creative, blessed 2019 for us all!!
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Happy New Year and thanks for sharing your lovely creations. new year’s resolution? I’m moving more to a plant-based diet and away from animal products, so I resolve to continue making that transition!
It was nice to look back at some of your wonderful creations. One of my resolutions for 2019 is to get my crafting supplies organized so I’ll have more time to craft and won’t be spending so much of my time looking for supplies. 🙂