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
At Jingle Belles, we’re still creating cards inspired by these Mid Century Modern holiday decorations. I chose to build my card around a fun little Santa from Pebbles Cozy & Bright paper collection that reminded me of the Santa with the tall pointed hat on the mantel (not to mention his cute pointy elfish shoes). … Read more
The next prompt at Jingle Belles is Mid Century Modern Christmas – to make a card inspired by this lovely Mid Century Modern image from Edward George filled with lots of vintage Christmas ceramics. I shopped through my stash for a vintage Santa and found this lovely one from Pretty Little Studio Jolly Santa die … Read more
At Jingle Belles, we’re still creating with new & old. I used this new Tim Holtz Sizzix Side Kick Side-Order – Christmas Mini’s for the snowman and embossed panel. I paired it with some super-old red gems to decorate his top had and an older die sentiment from PaperTrey Ink Line It Up: Christmas Dies. … Read more
The next prompt at Jingle Belles is “Something Old… Something New“ … we’d like to see holiday cards on which you combine an item or two that you’ve had in your craft stash for a bit (or in my case quite a bit) together with something new that you received for the holidays… or shopped … Read more
The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Old & New – make a card that combines some of the Old and Not So Old (aka New) in your stash. I chose my never before used item first – PaperTrey Trees N Patterns Dies. I used them with two different green Gelliarts prints that were … Read more
When I saw this week’s Sketch at A Cherry on Top, I had a gold polka dot note card staring back at me from my studio table, so I decided to turn it into a card. I liked the text, so I used a page from a dictionary that had the word Noel. Since I … Read more
After being short quite a few holiday cards when December rolled around in 2025, I’m going to try to make at least one extra card (besides my Jingle Belles card) each week. Today I used the Sketch from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and combined it with the January Anything Goes Challenge at Jaded Blossom. I … Read more
Woohoo … the Jingle Belles (Lauren and I) are back for our 16th year of holiday mayhem, and we would be absolutely thrilled to have you along for the ride. We love that we get to use our large selection of holiday products all year long. How it works is that every other Friday at … Read more
I got behind on my holiday cardmaking in 2025, which led to me having to make more than I preferred in December, so I’m getting a head start this year. When I saw the image at the {PIN}spirational Challenge, I had an immediate idea. The shape of the pillows reminded me of Peanuts wrapping paper … Read more