Better Off Red!

We're still making cards which predominantly feature the color *RED* and you still have plenty of time to join the fun, which we hope you will. Meanwhile, here's what we made this week:

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "There are stash items in use here of nearly every age imaginable! The beautiful Santa is an Authentique journal card, which I've framed up with part of an Idea-Ology Vignette Box Cover. Both of the above were post-holiday treats to myself from Paper Anthology. The tiny red star sequins are a brand new item coming soon to Eyelet Outlet which I'm technically not supposed to be using yet (so shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, ok?). The red mat and lightly patterned kraft cardstock are old enough that I'm not sure what they were leftover from. The twine and jute were on a package I unwrapped in December. The sheet music, trading stamps and xmas ornament background are all vintage, plus I've inked, torn and distressed them a bit more, just for fun."

Stephanies's Other Card

Stephanie says, "I used two pieces of two-sided designer paper and a wooden heart to make this fun holiday card using the Sketch from Crazy 4 Challenges ... sometimes it's all about paper."

Remember you have until 6pm EST on Wednesday to join the RED fun.

Rudolph the *RED* Nosed Reindeer

In case you couldn't guess from the title of this week's prompt, we're creating cards that feature PREDOMINANTLY the color RED (not just a bit, but a lot of RED).

Here are our creations:

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "I started with this week's Sunday Stamps Tag You're It Sketch and a cute little North Pole tag in my stash.  I added a red designer paper card base, a Doodlebugs Santa Doodlepop in his recliner and a sentiment from Hero Arts Stylized Christmas Trees stamped in Red Ink ... and the grand finale, some glittery red ribbon."

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "This is a pretty good example of a collage card which has absolutely nothing vintage on it... though admittedly some of the stickers are pretty old! Santa is from an Idea-Ology Holiday Sticker Book, and the oversized plaid paper is My Mind's Eye's "Holly Jolly" collection; both came from Paper Anthology this past December. The rest were stickers and diecuts and bits of paper from my collection that I punched into circle shapes if they weren't already, and clustered around my Santa-adorned journaling card. And yes, pretty much everything is RED!"

Link your scarlet, cranberry, crimson, candy apple, raspberry or brick masterpiece right here by 6pm (EST) on Wednesday, February 26th. Keyword for galleries and Flickr is JB:20:04.

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A Trio of Trios!

It's always hard to narrow down to just a few featured cards, but for "We Three Kings" you guys made it especially difficult! After much consideration, here are three especially amazing trios:

Majda Pur of Majdinustvarjalninemir

...made not one, but two versions of this fabulous sketch, featuring the most adorable Christmas Owls EVER! (You should probably click through and see the other card!)

Jane Willis of Onions and Paper

...created a minimalist masterpiece with three glorious ornaments plus real bows and hangers!



Bunny of Cards by Bunny
..."made a scene" in the best possible way, lol; in which three adorable (and perfectly colored!) meeces are caroling!

Many thanks to everyone who joined the fun, we really do love seeing EVERY SINGLE CARD! Hop on back at midnight when we'll have a brand new prompt that we think might have you seeing red... ;)

Gold, Frankincense & Myrrh

This week we're still celebrating the Three Kings (and their Three Gifts) by creating cards that feature THREE of any element.

Here are our trios for this week:

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "I found this trio of snowman in one of my many holiday sticker books, so I built a little scene around them using lots of snowflake stickers, a scattering of bling, and of course another sticker from the same book for the sentiment ... 

I love playing with stickers as much today as when I was 10."

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "This week I've got three reindeer... three trees... three Eyelet Outlet Snowflake Brads... annnnnnnnd as a bit of a bonus I dipped into my stash of classic Basic Grey and chose three of my favorite blue and green holiday prints to make the background! A sticker sentiment and a bit of machine stitching was all I needed to finish this thing off."

♥

I Don't See Any Kings...

It's true there are actually no kings whatsoever to be found in this post which is makes this fortnight's prompt, "We Three Kings" a bit mysterious, doesn't it? In fact, we are focusing on the *THREE* aspect. We'd like to see cards with three reindeer or three trees or three... well... something on them! This is one of those times when a picture is worth a thousand (and three!) words, so here's what we made this week:

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "I started with THREE adorable Doodlebug tags. I intended to add THREE Eyelet Outlet Brads (one on each tag) but the obvious choice for the reindeer was a set of antlers which brought the total to four, thus scuppering that; and anyway, the star is an enamel sticker. I settled for THREE border stickers behind the tags and finished off with THREE red snowflakes. I'd love to say I finished this at THREE pm... but... really it was more like 8:30, lol."

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "No Kings here either ... but I do have three shiny Reinbeer.  I always have to use this fun Reinbeer set from Your Next Stamp at least once each year for one of the many beer-lovers on my Christmas Card List.  I used the Sketch from The Paper Players with the googly eyes and red nose being the top trio and the Christmas Trees for the bottom trio row.  Love these little guys."

Link your trio-centric masterpieces here by 6pm (EST) on Wednesday, February 12th. Keyword for galleries and Flickr is JB:20:03.

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Thank You, Santa Claus!

It's always awesome not only to see what our fellow Jingle Belles got from Santa, but also the super-creative ways they are already using those goodies! Here are a few cards that especially caught our eye this fortnight:

Helen of Helen's Craft Haven

...used her new stamp and embossing powders to dramatic effect on her gorgeous CAS card.

LeAnne of Wee Inklings

combined multiple new dies and some lovely embossing for this CAS beauty.

Joanne of Sleepy in Seattle

combined pretty dies and embossed texture for this lovely silhouette design.

We'll be back at Midnight with a brand new challenge we hope will inspire a Triple Play! ;)

Presents Under the Tree

We're still celebrating the gifts that Santa brought us (or maybe just maybe the gifts you bought yourself) for Christmas.  Create a card using something in your studio that is brand new.

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "In my Santa Lauren Stocking were these adorable little chipboard bingo cards (I strategically placed floral embellishments to cover the numbers).  I paired two adorable little Sprites with the Merry & Bright Sentiment.  I used the floral elements surrounding the Merry & Bright to inspire my design choices.  Card Base Paper is from Bella Boulevard Santa Squad."

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "My friend 'Santa Gina' found some absolutely AMAZING washi tape, including these two winter-themed varieties, so I built them into a a sort of custom patterned paper by repeating them at intervals on a piece of sheet music backed with plain cardstock to make it a little more robust. I paired it with some older Lawn Fawn paper I got at Paper Anthology, which features similar colors and also has cuuuute critters!"

Remember you have until 6pm EST on Wednesday, January 29th to share your cards made with all your new schtuff.