This bridal shower card is for an Iowa Cowgirl. I started with the lovely Cowgirls Saddle Up paper from Carta Bella for the card background. Next, I used Carta Bella Long Live Cowgirls paper to die cut Crafter's Companion Wild West Cowgirl Boots. I attached the die cut boots over coral cardstock and … Read more
Since Lauren & I started Jingle Belles in 2010, I've been recapping my five favorite Christmas cards of the year (you can find 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 here) … I always enjoy revisiting my creations for the year. Here are my favorites for 2024 (in no particularly order). This card was made for the Sweet EMBOSS-able … Read more
My Sweet EMBOSS-able You is our newest theme at Jingle Belles. We're creating using texture embossing or heat embossing (or both if you're an over-achiever). I embossed white cardstock with the Spellbinders Forevergreen Holiday embossing folder. Next I applied ink using Catherine Pooler Deck the Halls Green ink. Finally, I sprayed the panel with Crafter's … Read more
Since we're half-way to Christmas, the Jingle Belles thought it was time we started SHAPING-up for the Holidays. We're asking you to create a SHAPED card (anything other than square or rectangle will do). I shopped my stash and found this Crafter's Companion Jolly Santa Die Cut Set that was still sealed-up in the packaging … Read more
Did you see they are having a 9th Anniversary Party at Paper Anthology. I made a card for their very first challenge – Put a Doily On it! I used a light blue doily together with a water-colored Amy Tangerine Oh Happy Life Circle. I paired it with a Distress Oxide Blended background … Read more
Santa will soon be making his appearance and he has no chance of getting here if not for his trusty Reindeer … so that's the theme at Jingle Belles this week … Reindeer. However, we don't want to leave out their other cousins in the Cervidae family so you can also include deer, moose, elk … Read more
I needed a sweet little birhtday card for a girl turning three, so I thought this princess from the Angelica & Friends Collection CD-ROM from Crafter's Companion would be perfect. As she's sitting among the grass and flowers, it's also perfect for the Nature Challenge at One Stitch at a Time. I used three … Read more
I love the colors in the current Fusion Card Challenge … they are the colors of my home. I thought orange was perfect to feature my new little My Person {Fox} from Unity Stamp Company, which I colored with Spectrum Noir Blendable Colored Pencils. Papers are from BasicGrey's Hey Boy Collection … I finished with a … Read more
We're having fun with our annual Creature Feature at Jingle Belles. My creature is this cute little mail-puppy from Mulberry Wood. I used a stamp from Crafter's Companion Jingle Bells with this week's Mojo Monday Sketch. I added some fun digital paper buttons for the Crafter's Companion US October Buttons & Bows Challenge. I'm also joining … Read more
Our theme at Jingle Belles is Baby It's GOLD Outside … where we are celebrating the holidays with lots of glitzy gold. I pretty much went all-out-gold with my card … stamping done with Delicata Gold Glitz Ink … gold DCWV Glitter bakcground … gold sequins … and snowflakes punched from gold foil paper. Unfortunately, there … Read more