We’re still celebrating Masculine Merriment at Jingle Belles. When I thought about possible masculine themes, a car came to mind … and I had just the die cut in my yet-to-be-used pile – Cottage Cutz Snowman Reindeer Car. I will confess, it’s a bit futzy with a single die (having to cut it from each … Read more
STAMPlorations has released another awesome stamp and ephemera combination – STAMPlorations Perfect Pairs – Classic Christmas. If you follow me at all, you know I make Christmas all year long, so I can get them into the mail and delivered to my large work team in December, so I was thrilled. I really love how … Read more
The newest prompt at Jingle Belles is Masculine Merriment. We’re asking you to create a holiday card for the men in your life … might be your Dad, Brother, Boyfriend, Husband, Uncle, Co-Worker, Mail Carrier or any other man in your life who deserves a special holiday card. I make holiday cards for my large … Read more
I’m back for another round of Tree Skirt Tic-Tac-Toe at Jingle Belles. This time I went diagonal down from the right corner with dry embossing, Red and Green, and a Die Cut. I used the Sketch from BYSH Cardmakers and made my wavy band by dry embossing with the Penny Black Geometric Embossing Folder (I … Read more
Lauren & I (aka the Jingle Belles) are thrilled to be the Guest Elves at the Christmas Kickstart Challenge where the theme is – A Friend is for Life and Not Just Christmas. This seems rather appropriate since our cardmaking friendship started over 18 years ago. I decided to use the Festive Friday Card Challenge … Read more
It’s time for our annual game of Tree Skirt Tic-Tac-Toe at Jingle Belles. I decided to go vertical down the left side with a Memory Box Wonderland Snowman Die Cut and a stamped & die cut flower from Memory Box Rose Bouquet adorning her snazzy hat. I attached that cutie to a piece of pink … Read more
One of the super-fun techniques Bev and I tried at Alabama Art Camp was painting masking tape. We painted different widths of masking tape that we had attached to wax paper with watercolors. After they dried, we came back with acyrlic markers and did lots of mark making. The technique was inspired by Shemi Dixon. … Read more
I love these fun little Campers of Cheer from STAMPlorations. There is a lot of Christmas in July going on right now, so I used them to make fun holiday cards for my camper-loving friends. For the first one, I parked my camper among the holiday trees on one of the STAMPlorations Simply Christmas Card … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles we’re asking you to create a card that is made using at least three of the colors from this fun Unicorn Christmas color palette from Artsy Fartsy Life (your card does not have to be inspired by the image, but certainly can be as long as it includes at least three of … Read more
We’re still creating with Stars and/or Stripes at Jingle Belles this week. I chose to use Echo Park Happy Holidays collection together with a Sketch from Just Add Ink. I cut a striped designer paper and a star designer paper into 1/2 inch strips and attached them to a white card base. I matted one … Read more