We’re still creating holiday cards with wrapping paper or tags at Jingle Belles this week. In 2019, Lauren shared some adorable Hello Kitty Christmas paper with me (that she Xyron-ed to a piece of cardstock). As I was thinking about my card this week, stumbled across it in my wrapping paper stash, so I decided … Read more
Fa-la-la-la-la is the newest prompt at Jingle Belles. This week we're celebrating one of our favorite things at Jingle Belles … Christmas Music. We're asking you to create a card that incorporates music, a musical instrument, or a holiday song title or lyrics. I started by scanning a piece of Christmas music from my collection. I … Read more
At Jingle Belles this week, we're still creating cards inspired by this DIY Tinsel Tree Tutorial from White House Crafts. I wanted to try to recreate the tinsel effect using paper. I used some Fringe Scissors from my stash that I've had forever, but I'm not sure I've ever used on silver glitter … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles, we're creating cards inspired by this fun DIY Tinsel Tree Tutorial from White House Crafts. You may take your inspiration from the trees themselves, the colors, the ornaments or tinsel … just make sure you include how you were inspired in your post. I took my inspiration from … Read more
When I saw the current Fusion Card Challenge, I thought about what round objects I had in my creative stash. I decided to combine a Gel Press Print with round elements and the beautiful Aunt Yo's Moons stickers from {a vintage girl} & her daughter (remember, the discount code is GNOMIES for 20% … Read more
We're doing Stars &/or Stripes for Christmas at Jingle Belles this week. I chose to go with both (of course). My card started with the epitome of stripes for the holiday … that cute heart made of Candy Canes in the journaling card from the Merry and Bright Collection by Mintay Papers. The … Read more
I did a test spray of my new Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide Spray, and thought the pretty chalky color would make a cute little Spring Bunny. I paired the Flora & Fauna Woodland Bunny Die with the Flora & Fauna Doily Die. I used the layout from Paper Craft Crew Challenges (flipping … Read more
The current Rainbow Card Challenge is Fiercely Fuchsia. Fuchsia is one of my happy colors. In college I even owned a pair of Fuchsia suede boots (that I wish I still had). I started with a Lawn Fawn Fuchsia Wood Grain Card Base and added leaves stamped in Fuchsia from Flora & Fauna Leaf … Read more
In my quest to create Thank You Cards … and use never-before-inked-stamps … this afternoon I played with the Flora & Fauna Letterboard Stamp Set. It took me several attempts to find an ink color light enough to give the contrast with the letters … I chose Taylored Expressions Mint Julep. The Thank … Read more
Kissing Santa Claus under the Mistletoe is the theme of Tag 3 of the 12 Tag of Christmas. I chose to focus on the Mistletoe inspired by Ardyth's design. I die cut the Flora & Fauna Mistletoe twice and used two sizes of pearls for my berries. I went with a red tag, since … Read more