Year of the Snake Birthday

This card is for the Lunar New Year – Year of the Snake Challenge.     I stamped the Trinity Stamps Party Snake, colored him (or her) with Alcohol Ink Markers and die cut before positioning him on an oval die cut from Scrapbook.com ombre designer paper.     I used a sentiment from the … Read more

Five Favorite Holiday Cards – 2024

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 and 2023 here) … I always enjoy revisiting my creations for the year.  Here are my favorites for 2024 (in no particularly order). This card was made for the Sweet EMBOSS-able … Read more

Holiday Cards To DIE(cut) For

The newest Jingle Belles prompt is all about Die Cuts (we're also allowing punches or electronic die cuts from Cricut or Silhouette) … we're just asking that Die Cuts be front and center on your design. I started with the Trinity Stamps Mini Slimline Woven Die originally cut from white cardstock (which didn't give enough … Read more

Monster Valentine

The current book theme at the Library Card Challenge is Groggle's Monster Valentine … I"m not familiar with the book, but you know if it involves monsters, I'm all in.   I went with the a big red heart … and a purple monster from a new to me stamp company Trinity Stamps.  This set … Read more