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
Happy New Year! I am looking forward to spending more time in my craft room this year and less time watching tv.
Wonderful creations! You are so talented! My goal for this new year is to destabilize and organize since I’m overloaded in my craft room!:). Happy New Year!
Happy New year! My plan is to use up extra die cuts and colored images along with just plain using what I have!!
Hi Jessica. My resolution this year is to take better care of myself. I have 3 kids under 10 and I feel like I give everything to them and have very little for myself. So this year I am going to take time to go to the gym and craft!
Thanks and God Bless!
Great cards and giveaway! No resolutions for me, but my word for the year is trust (Proverbs 3:5-6)
Wonderful cards! I don’t have a New Years resolution because I never keep them. I do look forward to spending more time in my craft room.
Thanks so much for sharing and wishing you a wonderful and blessed New Year…
I adore the dragon card…it is my all time favorite card of yours!!! New year goals for me….self care, more of it…..spending time with friends (face to face) and trying different mediums in the craft room. Happy New Year to you and your hubby…and all the fur babies too!
No resolutions here, just wanting to focus on being more healthy. 🙂
My word of the year for 2019 is Essence.
For a crafty resolution I want to just have more fun when trying new things.
I want to finally set up my craftroom, after that start doing YouTube videos and a blog
Amazing projects! I really like the dragons and the citrus fruit cards, and it’s so fun to see what you as a designer chose as some of your favorites for the year. One of my goals for this year is to better organize all my craft supplies. I want to just be able to go into my craft room and pull out whatever it is I need and start creating. Thanks for being a part of the Season’s Giving Blog Hop and for all the inspiration throughout the year!
I don’t really make new year’s resolutions, but would like to continue my health and weight loss journey.
Happy New Year everyone! I hope to get back to card-making and scrapbooking this winter now that the holidays are over.
enjoyed viewing your favorite cards – no real resolutions other than to continue to enjoying the life and blessings God has given me.
I didn’t make a resolution, I can never keep them. What lovely inspiration you shared. You had a busy year!
Love all of your cards!! My New Years resolution is the same every year: love myself, my family and my friends more 🥳☺️❤️❤️❤️
These are such cute cards! I honestly haven’t had time to think of a resolution for this year….it’s been such a crazy December here. I’d like to continue my 2018 resolution though – to have at least one really really healthy salad a week. Sounds weird, but I hate vegetables so…..
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. I do want to become better organized though.
Your Cards are so beautiful! I usually don’t make New Years Resolutions cause I think we should make resolutions throughout the year & not just at New Years but I would like to start eating healthier, lose weight, & better manage the stressors in my life. I would also like to make more time to express my creativity!
No, no resolution.
I don’t have a New Years resolution 🙂
My NY resolution is to de-stress my life. Going to roll in anti-drama glitter, tired of being a magnet and get more cards and mixed media work done.
My vow was for 2019 to be more even keeled.
I had ended the year at a funeral.
I started off the 2019 with frantic phone calls from family members and off to put out fires I went.
So I have revised my NYs resolution already, I am going to keep trying to put out the fires and recognize that being the nurse and baby in a big family where everyone is aging means life is complicated. At least I look pretty in my craft glitter.
Happy New Year! I don’t really set New Year’s resolutions anymore. This year I’m looking forward to building up my Etsy shop, graduating from college, and hopefully starting my future career!
Beautiful assortment of cards. You did and do a great job Happy New Year !!!
Jessica, I follow you on Instagram and enjoy all of your cards. Your coloring and use of color is wonderful. My crafting goal for 2019 is to make and mail more cards. Thanks for a chance to win the gift card.