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
Today’s 75th Wedding Anniversary card took its inspiration from the TIME OUT Challenge image. Instead of frames, I used several doilies to frame the silver 75 chipboard numbers that I positioned on a satin white paper, bringing in the metallics in the photo. The layered doilies were attached on top of a piece of Ephemera … Read more
We're still celebrating The Spirit of Christmas Past at Jingle Belles … creating with vintage products and/or in a vintage style. Since I liked my card last week, I stayed with similar products. I started with the piece of Tim Holtz Vintage Ephemera, a vintage wildlife stamp & vintage S&H Green Stamps. I … Read more
Today's card is a masculine birthday card built around this week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch. I knew I wanted to use an image of a vintage card and a map, so those were the other two elements I stated with. I cut out where the recipient lives on the map and used that for … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles we're celebrating the Spirit of Christmas Past … which means creating a card with a vintage design. That could mean incorporating actual vintage elements, using new products that have a vintage style, or using stamps or images that convey a vintage vibe – whatever says vintage to you. And to … Read more
It's still Fa-La-La-La-La at Jingle Belles – making a holiday card that incorporates music, a musical instrument, or a holiday song title or lyrics. I found a piece of sheet music for a Christmas carol that was perfectly sized for a card front. I topped the music with piece from a vintage Christmas … Read more
My thank you card stash is depleted, so I used the Simon Hurley Create Bursts to mass produce some card fronts. I used a combination of blue inks to stamp the bursts on white cardstock. I added a few vintage postage stamps in blue and finished with a CZ Design Thanks die cut … Read more