Our newest prompt at Jingle Belles as CASE-ing Christmas … to make a card inspired by one of the oh-so-many holiday cards that Lauren and I have shared on Jingle Belles since 2011. I chose this lovely card of Lauren’s from November 2019 … I just loved the grungy holiday beauty of the design. I … Read more
STUCK on You is still the theme at Jingle Belles … creating with stickers. I had multiple sheets of these clear gold mandala stickers in my sticker stash, so I used them to cover my teal card base. I added a few clusters of Spellbinders Gold Smooth Discs to help balance out the layout a … Read more
The new prompt at Jingle Belles is Stuck on You – we’re asking you to use at least one sticker on your holiday card. I recently got the Simple Stories Snow Pine Lodge Paper Collection that included a sheet of stickers, so that’s what I decided to youse. I used one of the journaling cards … Read more
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
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
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
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
Since July 4th is Independence Day in the United States of America, this fortnight we’re asking you to incorporate the USA flag elements of either stars or stripes into your card design. It doesn’t need to be red, white or blue, but certainly can be… just stars or stripes (or both!) in any medium you choose. Since I … Read more