Lauren & I (aka the Jingle Belles) are thrilled to be the Guest Elves at the Christmas Kickstart Challenge where the theme is – A Friend is for Life and Not Just Christmas. This seems rather appropriate since our cardmaking friendship started over 18 years ago. I decided to use the Festive Friday Card Challenge … Read more
My sister is 13 years younger than me and my brother is 20 years younger, so when they were kiddos, I would always try to go home and color Easter Eggs with them. Those are such fun memories. Today I’m having fun decorating paper Easter Eggs using Pretty Pink Posh Build an Egg Die Set. … Read more
The current Color Hues Challenge colors are perfect for a St. Patrick’s Day card. I stamped and colored a number of images from Pretty Pink Posh Lucky. I added a few sticker sentiments. I used foam tape to attach them all to a gold metallic cardstock on top Doodlebug Design Lot’s O Luck shamrock paper. … Read more
It's the middle of July, which seems like an excellent time for the Jingle Belles to team up with our friends at The Double Trouble Challenge, so that you have a chance to participate in TWO challenges with ONE card! As our post title implies, for "Dashing Through the Snow" you need to make a … Read more
This morning, my craft tables were so covered an product leftovers that I had to take a break from creating and do some serious clean-up. I challenged myself to see if I could make a few simple cards (I didn't want to get distracted from the task at hand) with products that were already stamped … Read more
I still need a few more holiday cards, so I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch to make another one (and give myself a shot at their Design Team … I love their sketches). I started with the rectangles from Pretty Pink Posh's Stitched Film Strip in kraft cardstock die to create a window using … Read more
We're celebrating a HOLE-y Night at Jingle Belles … making cards with an opening or aperture on the front. Any card that requires any semblance of geometry is a challenge for me (as you will seen when you look at the inside of my card), but I was finally able to use the Pretty Pink … Read more
This month's Mix-It-Up Challenge at Ellen Hutson is Pretty Pink Posh. I used the Stitched Film Strip from Pretty Pink Posh as my starting point, and then decided to incorporate it into this week's CAS(e) this Sketch. I had every intention of using a flower, but then I saw the cute Bear from Essentials by … Read more
One of our favorite things about a big Thanksgiving dinner … are the leftovers (turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce sandwich anyone?) … so this week we're celebrating Holiday Leftovers at Jingle Belles. We're asking you to make a card using scraps, offcuts, an image you colored but never used, the last sticker in the packet … Read more
I loved the colors in this week's Runway Inspired Challenge … sort of a peachy rose to orange ombre with gold accents. I inked my Unity Reversed Punchinella with Orange and Rose ink overlapping slightly in the middle. I stamped a sentiment from Unity I am Woman in Delicata Golden Glitz Ink and embossed with Gold … Read more