I’m thrilled to be back for my final December Guest Designer post at the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog. Even though it’s December 26th, I’m here featuring a Christmas Card. If you follow me at all, you know my friend Lauren and I (aka the Jingle Belles) are getting ready to start our 16th year of … Read more
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
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
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
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 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
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
I stopped by Scrapmania a few weeks ago and picked-up All Wrapped Up papers and ephemera from Simple Stories. I was able to use two of the papers and one of the Big Bits Ephemera together with the current Atlantic Hearts Sketch for another holiday card to go into the mail. The sentiment is a … Read more
The December #staycraftychallenge with Hero Arts and A Blog Named Hero is GOLD. I started by wanting to use the Hero Arts Ornate Frame Transfers, but I wasn’t sure if they were “gold” enough, so I thought I would try seeing if they would transfer onto glitter paper … and turns out, the answer is … Read more
Lauren & I have wrapped-up our 15th Year of Jingle Belles, and we want to thank each and every one of you who have joined us on our journey. Here are the cards I completed this year. If you’re still making holiday cards like I am, we have a linky-up at Jingle Belles for you … Read more