As many of you know, I make holiday cards all year long, so I have enough when December rolls around. Today I’m sharing two Christmas cards I made with STAMPlorations Quick Cards #15 – Simply Christmas A2 Card Fronts. For the first one, I used some new watercolors to paint the STAMPlorations Holiday Lattes Poinsettia … Read more
Whimsical describes something playfully quaint, fanciful, imaginative and slightly odd … often suggesting a lighthearted, unpredictable or charmingly unusual quality not based on strict logic. For our newest prompt at Jingle Belles – Walking in a Whimsical Wonderland – we’re asking you to use that definition and make a Whimsical holiday card … it might … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles we’re still making cards that feature three of something … and being the over achiever that I am, I have 3 threes in my design that is an homage to my Grandma. When we were little, she had a desk in front of one of the windows in her living … Read more
I was cleaning-up my studio, and as often happened, I got side-tracked by what I found. However, I figured using what I found to make cards was the equivalent of putting it into my designer paper bin (both got the paper off my table), so cards it was. The Simon Says Monday Challenge is A … Read more
The next prompt at Jingle Belles is We THREE Kings – to create a card that features three of something … it might be three circles, three snowflakes, three presents under the Christmas Tree … you get the picture. I was cleaning my studio where I found some older chipboard stickers that included three Christmas … Read more
It’s still a Fa-La-La-La-La prompt at Jingle Belles … creating cards inspired by or including Christmas Carols. I flipped over the vintage sheet music from last week’s card and scanned the other side. This time I cut it into a square to use with the BYSH Cardmakers Sketch. I paired it with green plaid paper … Read more
The current Color Hues Challenge colors are perfect for a St. Patrick’s Day card. I stamped and colored a number of images from Pretty Pink Posh Lucky. I added a few sticker sentiments. I used foam tape to attach them all to a gold metallic cardstock on top Doodlebug Design Lot’s O Luck shamrock paper. … Read more
With the next Jingle Belles prompt Fa-La-La-La-La we’re celebrating one of our favorite things at jingle belles … Christmas Music. We’re asking you to create a card (or gift card holder, or whatever else you’ll be needing for the holidays) that incorporates music, musical instruments, or even the title of a favorite Christmas Carol. I … Read more
We’re still creating primarily red holiday cards at Jingle Belles this week. I pulled all of the red designer papers out of my scrap bin for inspiration. I decided to cut them into approximately. 5/8″ strips (a few were slightly different size to fit the design like the white poinsettias at the bottom right), but … Read more
Are you RED-dy or another new prompt at Jingle Belles? This time, in honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re going with Rudolph the RED Nosed Reindeer – which means we’re asking you to make a card that’s predominantly… you guessed it… RED! ♥ I started with a fun Doodlebug Design Santa all dressed in red. Next I added a stamped sentiment … Read more