Five Favorite Holiday Cards – 2025

Since Lauren & I started Jingle Belles in 2010, I’ve been recapping my five favorite Christmas cards of the year (you can find 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,  2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 here) … I always enjoy revisiting my creations for the year.  Here are my five favorite holiday cards of 2025 in no particular order. … Read more

First Tracks on Fresh Snow

The December Penny Black Saturday Challenge is Snow/Snowmen. I chose this peaceful snowy image from Penny Black Home for Christmas Masterpieces Made Simple. I paired it with a sentiment from Penny Black Fresh Snow using the current Freshly Made Sketches. I’m also linking-up at Just Add Ink with Trees, Snow & Shimmer (from the metallic … Read more

Let it Snow

The newest Lawn Fawnatics Challenge is Sparkle & Shine. That was perfect for my creating tonight, since my Lawn Fawn order arrived today, and it included some gorgeous Lawn Fawn Pixie Dust Sparkle Cardstock. I used it with the Lawn Fawn Giant Let It Snow Die. For my card background, I took my inspiration from … Read more

Holiday Spirit

I had fun making this card for the December Pinkfresh Studio Challenge – Very Merry. I started by using the Pinkfresh Studio Color Block Stripes stand alone die with the five colors from the challenge. I alternated the colors to the center of my white card base. Next I stamped the Pinkfresh Studio cup of … Read more

C is for Cheeky Christmas

C is for Cheeky Christmas is the newest challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers. When I need Cheeky, my Sassy Pants Stamps from My Favorite Things are one of my go to things to use … but the challenge is often finding the right image. As I was going through my collection, this piece … Read more

Merry & Bright

When I saw the image at the Inspired By Bright Christmas Challenge, I knew immediately what I wanted to use for my inspired card. As most crafter’s million dollar question would be … could I find it in my studio?? I had a crafting Christmas miracle locating this scrap of Monster Wrapping Paper leftover from … Read more