Friday, January 7, 2011

Have Yourself a Merry LITTLE Christmas

So, when Lauren & I were bantering about different holiday card possibilities (yes, bantering with each other is one of our favorite past times), one idea that we thought would be fun was tying some of our card making prompts to holiday song lyrics (because if you're going to make holiday cards all year long, you might as well break out some holiday tunes too).

So this week's Jingle Belle Prompt comes from the song ... Have Yourself a Merry LITTLE Christmas ... which to us inspires making cards that feature Inchies and Twinchies (2" squares) in the design (or perhaps a twinchie-sized gift tag).

I picked up some Inkadinkado Holiday Inchies on sale after the holiday (another perk of making Christmas cards in January), so those are what I featured in my JB02 card design.

Stephanie's Card

Inchies were stamped in Charcoal ink on My Mind's Eye Holly Jolly Snowflake DP, cut out at 1 1/8" to leave a slight border, and then matted on 1 1/4" grey cardstock squares. An 11" x 4 1/4 inch strip of the same DP was scored at 2" on one end and 3 1/2" on the other end to create an off-centered opening. The front was then stamped with Hero Arts Stunning Snowflakes, which were embellished with pearls.

Two inches were adhered on one side of the opening, with the third adhered on the other side.

It's fun to do this fold with two-sided cardstock. The sentiment was stamped on another scrap of snowflake paper and adhered inside.

And now here's Lauren's Card:

lauren's card

i also made inchies, but once i got going i couldn't stop! mine have vintage sheet music backgrounds and are decorated with a combination of hoarded "love, elsie" rub-ons and tiny paperchase stickers. the background of the card is "love, elsie" patterned paper mounted on basic grey "solid" cardstock; embellished with deconstructed silk flowers from michaels, held on by a doodlebug xmas tree brad.

Seriously, doesn't that card just make you want to sing Fa La La La La all day long ... love it!

And now it's time to see what *YOU* will do for CARD TWO:

Have Yourself a Merry *LITTLE* Christmas!

Link your card by 6pm EST on Wednesday, January 12th (use keyword JB02 if you upload to our Flickr Gallery or any other on-line gallery) and then tune in next Friday, January 14th for another prompt!





Remember we're collecting giveaway entries for the entire month of January! Each comment you leave counts as ONE chance in the random draw; each new card you make and link up, counts asTWO additional chances! Complete details HERE!


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47 comments:

  1. AlliJanuary 7, 2011 at 12:39 AM

    Oh this one will be fun to play with!
    Thank you!

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  2. Jay GeeJanuary 7, 2011 at 3:38 AM

    I have only every made one card with Inchies before - definitely going to be a challenge!

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  3. ~amy~January 7, 2011 at 3:57 AM

    Wow!! You gals rock!!! Thanks for the wonderful inspiring cards! They are both excellent...now to find my inchies...

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  4. Leslie HannaJanuary 7, 2011 at 5:24 AM

    YAY! Tiny stuff! Wheeeeeeeee!

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2011 at 6:14 AM

    I'm SO on this! I LOVE "all the small things", so this is right up my alley, and I am now fully aware of the parameters of the challenges, so I'm doing this NOW! You Jingle Belles really DO rock!

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  6. Jennifer RzasaJanuary 7, 2011 at 8:09 AM

    I love the fold of Stephanie's card, and the colors in Lauren's!

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  7. MarianneJanuary 7, 2011 at 10:49 AM

    Yikes ! inchies ! I am so not good with inchies. Twinchies, maybe. This will be a BIG challenge.

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  8. Carol's Ink SpotJanuary 7, 2011 at 11:29 AM

    Excellent challenge! This will be fun. Thanks for getting the creative juices flowing!

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  9. RosemaryJanuary 7, 2011 at 12:44 PM

    Love the inspiration cards and yes, this is going to be a fun challenge! I have lots of inchie ideas!

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  10. RoseJanuary 7, 2011 at 1:55 PM

    Fantastic cards girls :) off to find something that will work for the challenge :) fa la la la la.........lol

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  11. Lisa - papergraceJanuary 7, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    INCHIES?! TWINCHIE?! WHYYY!!! Okay. Fine. Be that way. Something I have NEITHER of. Don't know how I'll do this, but I guess I'll just have to stop complainin' and figure it out...RIGHT? :) (Can you hear the hamster in the wheel in my brain just spinnin' away? HAHHA!)

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  12. LoraJanuary 7, 2011 at 3:55 PM

    I'm with Lisa on this one - don't have Inchies or Twinchies. But, every once in a while, I can step outside of the box and come up with an idea - and by golly, I think I've got it on this one. I've got the idea in my head - lets see if I can successfully transition it to paper!

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  13. trisha tooJanuary 7, 2011 at 4:54 PM

    These are all so cute--you all seriously make me want to try to get my cards finished during the year. Maybe stopping by to visit you all will get me to actually give it a go!!

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  14. Susan SJanuary 7, 2011 at 6:24 PM

    love these cards. I'm going to have to really think about this. I'll end up copying someones :)

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  15. SmilynStefJanuary 7, 2011 at 7:11 PM

    Ladies, don't need to have actual inchies or twinchies ... just use your paper cutter our square punches to cut one inch or two inch squares for your design ... we have faith in you :^)

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  16. Denise BryantJanuary 7, 2011 at 7:24 PM

    Can't wait to see what everybody comes up with! Great challenge idea!
    DeniseB

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  17. MiriaJanuary 8, 2011 at 2:13 AM

    Great idea! I think I'll give it a go! Thank you for sharing! Miria xx

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  18. Alice January 8, 2011 at 6:42 AM

    fabulous cards, girls. wow!

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  19. ~* steph :) *~January 8, 2011 at 1:10 PM

    ohyes, fabulous creations girls!!! i can't wait to play! what a fun challenge! happy weekend! *hugs* steph :)

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  20. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2011 at 1:31 PM

    I have an idea in my head ( a rare thing indeed!) that I think may work with this theme. Here's hoping!

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  21. 2amscrapperJanuary 8, 2011 at 1:41 PM

    I love the idea of holiday cards all year long and the first challenge is just what I had planned to do. Your samples are wonderful!

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  22. TracyJanuary 8, 2011 at 2:35 PM

    putting on thinking cap.....

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  23. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2011 at 3:13 PM

    HOORAY! Super fun challenge (thanks so much!) and I'm NOT GOING TO MISS THE DEADLINE THIS WEEK! My card is already made and linked up. Go, me! (I even made the card for last week's prompt, too...) I love both of your samples - so "Steph" and so "Lauren" and so perfect! Off to peruse the blogs that were linked up last week...

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  24. Kirsty VittetoeJanuary 8, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    Wonderful cards, thanks for the FUN!

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  25. kathy sJanuary 9, 2011 at 1:49 AM

    these cards are amazing- both so different and so GREAT -hope to play- have to make my own inchies-don't have any.

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  26. NikkiJanuary 9, 2011 at 2:31 AM

    Gorgeous Cards for the DT :)

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  27. DebraJanuary 9, 2011 at 12:35 PM

    This is a great idea! I finished the cards for my family this year on the morning of Dec 26th! How embarrassing is that??

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  28. Lorraine January 9, 2011 at 12:40 PM

    Stephanie, that is a terrific fold. Gonna have to try that myself. Lauren, your colors are so cool. It sure is a Merry and Bright card! Great challenge ladies.

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  29. Just MeJanuary 9, 2011 at 1:16 PM

    Super fun and such great cards!! I did 3 this time so much fun!!

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  30. LindaJanuary 9, 2011 at 6:23 PM

    okay--thanks to Sue at Random on Purpose, I found you ladies and am determined to play along--linked up my gift-card holder and hope I stay focused enough to play each week ;-)

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  31. MichelleJanuary 10, 2011 at 7:10 AM

    My first inchie/twinchie card and i love how it's turned out. Fantastic inspiration from your gorgeous cards.
    Have a great week
    hugs
    Michelle
    x

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  32. Celeste B.January 10, 2011 at 9:25 AM

    Haven't made an inchie or twinchie before...going to try to remember to do this.

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  33. paigeJanuary 10, 2011 at 7:41 PM

    What fun I had before and after following directions! Looking forward to the next challenge already!

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  34. UnknownJanuary 11, 2011 at 12:38 PM

    Another great challenge - thanks Ladies.

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  35. TracyJanuary 11, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    ok i posted mine :-)

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  36. KatheDJanuary 11, 2011 at 8:58 PM

    I finished one card, will try to get the photo posted and linked later this evening, but I love Stephanie's fold with the alternating inchie placement so much that I believe I have to try that, too!

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  37. Beverly GJanuary 11, 2011 at 10:19 PM

    Hi Stef--looks like you and your friend Lauren have a neat thing going on here. Hope I got my first entry right, I seem to be inchie challenged :-)

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  38. MiriaJanuary 12, 2011 at 2:17 PM

    Better late than never! Here I am with my card,thanks for this challenge that let me use my inchies stamps at last! :) Miria xx

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  39. Carol's Ink SpotJanuary 12, 2011 at 8:34 PM

    Well, I missed the cutoff time to enter this challenge. But at least I completed another two Christmas cards. Here is the entry if you care to look - http://carolsinkspot.blogspot.com/2011/01/jingle-belles-challenge-2.html

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  40. myselfJanuary 12, 2011 at 10:41 PM

    BUMMER! I just found you. So cute and awesome idea! I'll have to catch you on Friday!

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  41. TesaBJanuary 13, 2011 at 3:06 AM

    Super FUN challenge and wow! Gorgeous DT work!!!

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  42. HazelJanuary 13, 2011 at 8:31 AM

    I am so sorry that by the time I blogged my cards I was too late for the link - but still want you to know that I'm supporting you - my cards are here x

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  43. MarianneJanuary 18, 2011 at 9:38 AM

    I missed this one by a whole week.
    But I did it...I overcame my teeny tiny issue with inchies ! Thanks for the push.

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  44. myselfJanuary 19, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    YAY! I did it... finally, but it's now posted (along with JB02!) http://lisaslittlerascals.blogspot.com/2011/01/catchin-up-on-jb01-and-jb02-jingle.html

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  45. June HouckJanuary 28, 2011 at 5:48 AM

    Steph and Lauren, your inchie cards ROCK!!! I love both of these very very very much.

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  46. JanaJanuary 28, 2011 at 9:29 AM

    Inchies! How cool. I love this idea.

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  47. GirlsinthecraftJanuary 31, 2011 at 4:32 PM

    Wow, another one I am sorry I missed. Glad I at least found this blog now (thanks to June!)

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