Designer in the Spotlight – Jordan Hasek

Hello everyone!  Erica here with you today to bring you our Designer in the Spotlight!  This month our designer is the owner of SharBearCrafts and he is also the designer behind our exclusive September flair which has been very popular!

 

Jordan is so inspiring and at the age of 17 has accomplished so much  Here is a look at some of Jordan’s stamp sets that you can pick up in his shop SharBearCrafts!

Today we are excited to share a little Q&A with Jordan so sit back with your favorite drink of choice and say Hello to Jordan!

Can you tell us a little bit about your creative process.

My creative process usually gets fueled by looking at social media and fashion for inspiration. I get a lot of ideas from browsing the internet and while shopping online for clothing.

Where and when are you most creative?

I’m most creative at night time, especially when I lay in bed and finally have a second to think about everything. A lot of my ideas and designs come to me while laying in bed when I’m trying to sleep.

What are some of your must have supplies?

When it comes to scrapbooking my must have items are manilla tags and flair badges.

Who are some of your influences?

My graphic’s arts teacher at school, Kelly & Jeff Mindell, Kate Albrecht (Mr.Kate), Kanye West, and Troye Sivan.

3 things people probably do not know about you.

Most people don’t realize I’m a 17 year old boy running SharBearCrafts, I can’t wait to go to college, and I have a huge passion for fashion and style.

Favorite:

• Movie – Nerve
• Candy – Chewy Sweet-Tarts
• Drink – 7-11 Slurpee’s
• Music –  Beyonce
• Color – Gold
• TV Show – Chelsea on Netflix

Who are some of your favorite designers in the industry?

Some of my favorite designers in the industry include Amy Tangerine, Liz Kartchner, and Maggie Holmes.

What inspired you to design your first stamp set?

I was inspired to design my first stamp set because there were designs and images I wanted but couldn’t find, so I decide to make them myself.

Can you tell us about Sharbear Crafts and how you got started?

SharBearCrafts was established in the summer of 2012 and is run by myself and the help of my mother, Sharon. I opened the shop when I was 13 years old (I’m currently 17). The shop all started because of my love and passion for creating and all things business. I do everything from the posting on social media to ordering new products, packing orders, and the customer service from the basement of my home.

Jordan thank you so much for taking some time for our Q&A!  We loved learning a little bit more about you and we look forward to seeing more designs from you!  You can visit Jordan’s shop SharBearCrafts HERE and also on Facebook HERE!  We hope you all enjoy the rest of your day!

 

Sequin Spray!

 

 

Happy 2015 everyone!  I’m very excited to share a post on the CK blog today! But first, a big THANK YOU to everyone who ordered our Limited Edition Kit, We Go Together!  We have officially SOLD OUT!  If you weren’t one of the lucky ones who ordered their kit, we have hope!! We do have a very limited amount of products from the kit on sale now in the Clique Kits Store HERE!!  You can literally build your own personal kit, similar to We Go Together right now.

As I’m sure you can tell with all of our Limited Edition Clique Kits, we have been crazy busy behind the scenes preparing a fabulous 2015, for you!   We hope you can feel our excitement because we are just bursting at the seams these days!!  Whew!

Today I’m very happy to be sharing a layout based off a fun sketch I found at the My Scraps & More Sketch Blog.  Here’s the great sketch I worked from.  You can interpret this sketch in so many ways, which is way I loved it.  You can stay very true to the sketch and use smaller photos, maybe 2″x3″ or 4″x5″ or you could use 4″x6″ or even 5″x7″!

 

As I’m sure you can also see in this sketch, there are some ink splatters and several layers which I just love!  Here we go, my first layout on the Clique Kits blog with the fabulous Tailor Made, featuring Amy Tangerine~Stitched.  I played up those fun layers and added two different kinds of sequins.  I did a little experiment with attaching my sequins this time.  I used my Aileen’s Tacky Glue to attach the 5mm flat silver sequins and small glue dots to attach the aqua ones.  I wanted to see which one was stronger in the end when putting layout to the test in our family album. My scrapbooks are right in our living room and often grabbed of the shelves by our younger girls, ages 3 to 7.  So, we’ll see how these adhesives hold up to them turning the pages about 80 times!!

 

Thank you so much for joining me today!  Don’t forget to head over the our Clique Kits store to build your own Valentine Themed kit by going HERE.  You can also check out the loads of clearance we also have by going HERE.   We’d also love to have you create a project for our Anything Goes Challenge, which was posted yesterday by Erica!  Go here to check it out and link up a project before the end of January.  You can win a huge $25.00 gift certificate from our fabulous sponsor this month, Creative Embellishments.  Have fun and go create something today!

Thanks so much!