A friend recently returned from a trip to New York City and brought me a gift of some gorgeous handmade papers. They have a lovely thickness to them, so I thought I would try spritzing a piece with water and embossing it … and it worked perfectly. I positioned it on top of a piece … Read more
We’re still having an EARTH Day Christmas At Jingle Belles this week. My card started with an up-cycled die cut from the front of a vintage Christmas card I found at a thrift store. I added a thin mat before creating my card base from some crafty packaging and topping it with a panel from … Read more
We’re still creating with vintage or faux-vintage products at Jingle Belles this week. I started with a photograph of Poinsettias from the 1979 Christmas Ideals Magazine. My Gran always had Ideals on the table in the formal sitting room at her home, and I loved sneaking in and looking through them (kiddos were pretty much … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles we’re asking you to go back in time … okay, not literally, but figuratively … as we go Walking in a Vintage Wonderland. We’re making cards that feature vintage (or faux-vintage like Tim Holtz is so good at). And … one lucky participant will receive some awesome goodies from Lauren’s … Read more
We’re still Walking in a Whimsical Wonderland at Jingle Belles. When I thought about sources of childhood whimsy, the first thing that came to mind was Author & Illustrator Richard Scarry. I used to look at his books for hours, trying to catch every single details in the wonderful illustration packed books. I recently ordered … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles we’re still making cards that feature three of something … and being the over achiever that I am, I have 3 threes in my design that is an homage to my Grandma. When we were little, she had a desk in front of one of the windows in her living … Read more
This is a fun birthday collage card for my brother (who is an amazing large scale collage artist) that I made with all sorts of bits and bobs from my stash. I pulled out my glue stick and did a glue-as-you-go method without much preplanning. I started with the Tim Holtz Flash Cards and built … Read more
The next prompt at Jingle Belles is Mid Century Modern Christmas – to make a card inspired by this lovely Mid Century Modern image from Edward George filled with lots of vintage Christmas ceramics. I shopped through my stash for a vintage Santa and found this lovely one from Pretty Little Studio Jolly Santa die … Read more
Almost a year ago, I participated in the Vintage Magazine Challenge at Contemporary Collage Magazine. I assume enough time has passed that they aren’t going to publish my images, so I thought I would share them here. I had a lot of fun challenging myself with this project. You had to do five collages on … Read more
One of the best things about a big holiday meal is the LEFTOVERS, don’t you agree?! But in a cardmaking sense, when we Jingle Belles say “Holiday Leftovers” it means we’re creating cards using all those leftover offcuts and scraps of patterned paper, alphabet stickers, little snips of ribbon, extra diecuts that didn’t get used when … Read more