This week's Jingle Belle prompt comes to us from the lovely & talented Leslie … aka The Crooked Stamper (love that name). She thought it would be fun to make a holiday card inspired by this wonderful beachy photo from The Lettered Cottage reading room makeover (via The Pioneer Woman's Home & Garden site). The … Read more
This week's prompt at the Jingle Belles blog are the lyrics from the song Home for the Holidays. Our talented Guest Star Rose was humming this song, when she was inspired to make an awesome holiday card that reminded her of her, and luckily for us, she wrote in to suggest it! When I … Read more
Lauren & I both freely confess to be lovers of typography. We're always exchanging cool ideas we find that incorporate words and fonts. So for this week's Jingle Belles Prompt we decided to go with a font-filled theme of … Text Me. We're aksing you to incorporate text into your holiday creations … it could … Read more
This week's Jingle Belle Prompt (JB07 if you're uploading to a gallery, including our Flickr Gallery) comes from the very clever and very talented lisa of papergrace designs! We thought this week there might be a bit of Valentine Red overdose in the blogosphere, so it seemed like the perfect time to encourage you to make a card WITHOUT … Read more
For this week's Jingle Belles Prompt, we're returning to a holiday song title prompt … yes, Lauren & I love Christmas songs (and puns), so we'll be using them a lot this year. Jingle Belles Prompt #6 (JB06) is … Baby, It's Cold Outside … which we thought was rather appropriate during the week … Read more
Today at the Jingle Belle blog we've got a rock-star Guest Star joining us … the fabulous Amy Tsuruta of Tsuruta Designs and the fabulous Flashback Friday Challenge. Amy is bringing our first Jingle Belles Sketch prompt. So many possibilities with this great sketch. I decided to use my Artistic Outpost Ephemeral Background Ledger image as … Read more
After the challenge of Acrylic Paint last week at Jingle Belles last week, we decided to "ease-up" a bit this week and go with our first (of what hopes to be many) color challenge. When I saw this wonderful Vintage Chenille stocking covered in roses in doodaba's Etsy Shop, I knew it would … Read more
We're welcoming our first Guest Artist at Jingle Belles this week … the amazing Gina Cunningham of tyggereye arts. For 2011, Gina has embarked on a medium-per-month play-along called Use, Practice, Create … and this month's medium is acrylic paint … so we thought it would be fun if the Jingle Belles played along. I … Read more
Last month, as my friend Lauren and I were lamenting across the miles about the huge bundle of Christmas cards we needed to finish in December … we had a thought … what if we work together in 2011 to make one holiday card a week … and then that thought grew to, what if … Read more
Here are some of the fun holiday cards i got in the mail this year. This one arrived from Lauren … love that layered flower and the fun bling. And dear Miss Amy sent me a card featuring a glittery Hero Arts owl. Love the gorgeous woven ribbon treatment on this stunning card from Anne, … Read more