We're still BLING-ing in the Holidays at Jingle Belles this week. I chose to start by covering my designer paper snowflake card front with a Silver Pearl Swirl Bling from Eyelet Outlet. Next I added sentiments from the Concord & 9th Big On Christmas stamped in Catherine Pooler Wintergreen Ink. I used foam … Read more
The November Memory Box Challenge is Food and Drink. I had fun giving the Memory Box Layered Polar Bear his own Iced Coffee with an Eyelet Outlet Iced Coffee Brad. I also added the scarf from the Memory Box Tall Bundled Snowman Die cut from a plaid designer paper (with inking on the … Read more
Christmas Feast is the newest Jingle Belles prompt. We're celebrating one of our very favorite aspects of the holidays: The Christmas Feast! There are lots of iconic holiday foods, from cookies and candies to gingerbread in all its forms; sugar plums, Christmas pudding, Buche de Noel, even the Grinch carving the Roast Beast! I went … Read more
After Lauren and I spent time in NYC, we go back to Lauren's home for what we have affectionately named Art Camp. There was even a sign to welcome me. One of the things we did together this year was play with Ranger Archival Inks and Alcohol. I tried lots of different embossing … Read more
This months AAA Birthday Challenge is all about backgrounds. I made this background this weekend with my GelliArts Press and some stencils. I thought it paired perfectly with this Echo Park Spooktacular Journaling Card (that I turned into a tag and added an Impress Birthday Sentiment) for the Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog. … Read more
The theme at Jingle Belles this week is Loves Labor Day Lost. Since September 2nd will be Labor Day in the United States, we've decided to celebrate by giving you a bit of a head start with this week's card design. We're asking that you CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) any of the cards that … Read more
The newest prompt at Jingle Belles is to create a holiday card that features "The Man with the Bag" aka Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle (you get the picture). I picked up a piece of 12×12" journaling cards paper from Echo Park's The Magic of Christmas Collection together with the 6" paper pad from the same collection … Read more
The new prompt at Jingle Belles is asking you to BLING on the Holidays. For me the epitome of BLING are the Swirl BLING flourishes. I conducted my BLING surgery to decorate a vintage discontinued steel rule die cut Christmas Tree #2 from Sizzix (it took me a bit to remember the sandwich to cut … Read more
The December Memory Box Challenge is to use Patterned Paper. When I was looking through my product collection, I thought this adorable Memory Box Wonderland Snowman cut from white felt with a touch of glitter would look fabulous dressed in some Memory Box Patterned Paper from the Memory Box Garland paper collection. I added a … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles for our Hard Candy Christmas, we're asking you to create a holiday card with your favorite Christmas Candy (or cookie or other holiday food). I chose this happy little Santa journaling card as my starting point & filled his hands with a Holiday Coffee Cup and a Candy Cane (both … Read more