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
My resolution this year is to use more of the crafting supplies I already have.
Tons of beautiful cards!
Happy New Year! With all the variety of cards it is easy to see that you have been branching out – excited to be following you and see what this years brings!
Fabulous review – I remember some of those projects through the year. I love your choice of charity to support too. As for resolutions, I am thinking this is the year I absolutely have to organize and clean up my crafting space… and hopefully a few other rooms too.
Happy new year! Beautiful cards, Jessica! I’m hoping to take time to do something creative every week or day this year
Looking back at your 2018 cards was a great reminder of some of my favorite cards you have made, Jessica. I follow you on Bloglovin’ and enjoy seeing your posts even though I don’t comment very often. I don’t do resolutions but I don intend to make more cards and send them out to family and friends in 2019. Happy New Year to you.
I love your work so much Jessica, it is always done with such care and designed so well.I am resolving to pay more attention to my self in the way of health, exercise and eating habits.
Happy New Year….I love your cards! My favorite ones of these that you shared are the otter and the mermaid. This year, I want to work on making pretty backgrounds (you make it look so easy), get back to the gym 3-4 days a week, and get bills paid off in anticipations of my retirement this summer.
I don’t make resolutions because I never seem to keep them but my wish is always to keep my craft room clean!
Such beautiful cards! My Resolution is to stay organized!
What a great collection! My resolution is to stick with my social media activities to increase my followers and interact more in this great community!
Happy New Year! All of your projects are stunning. My only resolution is to make more time to color and craft. I need to practice, practice, practice!! Thank you for being a sponsor, your giveaway is very cool, I love SS!
I haven’t made any New Year’s resolutions. Most of the things
I’ve been doing will continue into the new and I don’t really have
anything I want to change from last year. Thanks for
sharing so many wonderful projects all year long. Look forward
to getting the e-mails every day. Happy New year
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Thank you for sharing your beautiful talents and inspirations. I love your style. Happy New Year! (In 2019 I hope to grow my copic coloring skills and travel with family & friends.)
Beautiful cards!!!! My resolution is to lose weight before my son’s wedding in June! My crafty resolution is to get my craft room cleaned up and organized. Wish me luck on both!!!
My goal to finish my projects, travel, learn calligraphy
Happy New Year, Jess. So glad we got to meet last year & here’s hoping we can meet up again in 2019. Cheers….
I always love the sparkle on your cards – this year especially the chunky glitter. This year I would like to focus more on different mediums to give my cards something more.
I really don’t like to do New Year’s Resolutions.
My resolution is to get more organized so I can be more productive. I am planning to eat better and be more active also.
Happy New Year, Jessica! I love your cards – some are fun and whimsical and others are just darn gorgeous!! Thanks for your inspiration (and intro to a company I didn’t know before – Hello Bluebird). I don’t really make resolutions, but I would like to make more cards this year and actually have a stash that I can pull from when needed.
In addition to cardmaking, I want to try more art journal projects this year. I also want to gather supplies for camp fire crafters who lost their supplies. I think crafting is a way of healing.
I’ve enjoyed your posts, esp the fun alcohol ink backgrounds. The otter card was my absolute favorite this year.
I can see why you picked all of these cards as your favorites. They are all stunning. I really love the lemon/lime card as I really love the look of colored pencils on dark cs. But all of your cards are just AWEmazing. I have a couple of crafty resolutions: to get my craft room 100% done before summer and to try coloring more. Thanks so much for your generous giveaway and Happy New Year!!!
Thanks for all your creative inspiration! My resolution is to send out more birthday cards in 2019!
Happy New Year! I enjoyed looking at your work. I hope to organize my stuff better this year so I can find things and use them.