Festive Greenery!

 Jingle Belles current challenge is for "festive foliage" or "going green" with greenery! LOL. Get it! LOL

I used stamps from my favorite stamp company.....Unity Stamp Co.  Namely Winter Blessings and September 2015 KOM Our Hearts to Yours.  I also used a paper pack called Farmhouse Plaid.

The inspiration came from a facebook post on the Unity Stamp Co. {Show & Tell} page.  I just turned them vertical, rather than horizontal! I used two different green inks.....the darker is Forest Moss distress ink and the lighter is fresh asparagus by Gina K.  Sprinkled with some watered down white paint.  Loving the ease of this design.....more to come!

Merry Sketch-mas

 Jingle Belles is getting "sketchy!"

Here's the sketch ^ and here's my card! 

Background stamp (a little christmas carol), snowman and "let it snow" (winter shake up) are all from Unity Stamp Co!

Let's Get Merry!

 The current theme at Jingle Belles is "text!"  Make cards with lots of text (words) featured!

I pulled out two Unity Stamps for this!  I knew exactly what I wanted to do as soon as I saw the theme!

While they are similar, they are also different!  The poinsettia stamp (Lets get Merry) is a "slimline" stamp which means it's long and skinny for a slimline card.  I stamped it on one sheet of paper, colored it, then cut it in two.  I used the Merry Christmas which is included for the sentiment.  The background on the other card is called Christmas All Around Background.  Stamped in kraft on white, then added some white splatter.  Colored with Tombow art markers and embellished with some sparkly clear sequins.

Colorful Christmas Inspiration

 Happy February!  The current challenge posted at Jingle Belles is a beautiful colorful inspiration photo.

What I took from this photo is the lines on the shiplap on the top of the fireplace, the frosted tree and the beautifully colored ornaments!  Then I noticed the sign on the mantle.....Joy, Noel, Peace, Love.  Perfect!!!

I'm a clean and simple sort of cardmaker.....less is more (and also easier to mail)!!  I've taken a piece of white cardstock and embossed it.  Die cut the tree using Tim Holtz "woodlands" dies.  Printed the sentiment, die cut it with Tim Holtz "stacked deckle" dies and popped it up with foam tape.  I inked the edges with gina k. designs ink in kraft.  I then added several sizes and colors of Nuvo drops (apple green, sea breeze, party pink, simply white, pioneer green and rosewater).

Thanks for looking! :)

Inchies and twinchies!

 Jingle Belles is asking for big ideas but small sizes!  This was a fun challenge!  Think big but go small....using 1" or 2" items....I chose squares!  I started by cutting up a bunch of scraps and not using many of them!  LOL

This one used some patterned paper stamped with snowflakes.  One I embossed with Ultra Shimmer Glitter embossing powder and used clear bubbles, the other I used a snowflake charm and brads with some rhinestones.  Stamps are all Unity Stamp Co.

This one is patterned paper cut into 1" squares, mounted on black.  The patterned paper background and stamped sentiment are from Unity Stamp Co.  Added some gold rhinestones for extra sparkle!

This one just sort of came to me!  LOL. White squares, stamped with an H and some eyelets (yes I still have a ton of these)!  Ho Ho Ho!!  Santa gift tag that has been upcycled and some red gems for something extra!

All different but also the same!  Lots of scraps left.....I may make more! :)

....and we're back! Happy New Year 2021!

 Happy New Year!!  Jingle Belles is back for their 11th year "taking back December!"  I found them in January 2018, so starting my 4th year!  I love having a ton of cards to pick from come December!  This past year I had planned on at least 4 for each prompt.  I managed to do 4 for most of them and had cards left over!!!  

This first prompt of this new year is to use something new that you have received as a gift (or gifted to yourself with all of the amazing Christmas sales that were happening) and also something old from your stash!

My card today uses new washi tape (from my mother-in-law) and some old green rhinestones (so old in fact that I had to add glue so they would stick!) Also on the old side is the twine (MayArts) and the "joy" wood piece (UnityStampCo).

It's a "Banner" year-end!

 We've come to the end of our official creating time at Jingle Belles for this year!  We have been asked to create a card based on the blog banner!

What I used for inspiration is the green and white stripe with the white doily type embellishment nearby.  I also saw the speckled background and the faint script along with the trees!  The red sparkle letters were a giveaway, but had to be included!

I used a piece of blue cardstock, sprayed some watered down white acrylic paint on top and let it dry.  Then selectively stamped the words from a Unity Stamp (a faithful letter), cut some trees (tim holtz woodlands die), added some lacy white ribbon under some green and white dashed ribbon.  added some red sparkle letters (making memories shimmer alpha), "Xmas red" stickles and a gemmed red flower from Michaels!

While it's not my favorite because of the amount of time and little pieces I had to get just right, it's really pretty and festive looking!!

Thanks again Jingle Belles (Stephanie & Lauren) for another great year of projects to keep me on track to have enough cards to save my December from chaos!!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone!!

See you all next year! :)