it's a COOL YULE!

this week's prompt is another clever suggestion by one of your fabulous fellow ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ none other than leslie, aka the crooked stamper, amazing & amusing author of the very funny blog of the same name which one daren't ever try to read whilst consuming a beverage. :) leslie is a stampin' up demonstrator in the washington dc area, and a seriously prolific card maker. when not making cards, teaching others to make cards, or writing hilariously about the card-making process, she also sells her lovely greetings both locally and in her etsy shop! leslie has made a gorgeous JINGLE BELLES card every single week and been a tireless cheerleader for this project from the very beginning, for which we cannot thank her enough! ♥

so when she said she wanted us to try out a non-traditional color palette based on this gorgeous inspiration photo from the lettered cottage, of course we said, "YES!" and we think you will, too:

so were we right? are you ready to ♥ROCK♥ this swinging color palette?! while you're thinking it over, why not take a look at what we've done:

Leslie's Card
Leslie says, "I am a non-traditionalist, sometimes referred to as a rebel. I like to break the rules, and one of my favorite things to do is make cards for a holiday in non-traditional colors. One of the things about Christmas colors is that I find any red & green combination makes me think "Christmas", even if it's July! So when I saw this photo of a room makeover on The Lettered Cottage, I just knew these were my colors. And now they are yours! Have fun!"

Stephanie's Card

Stef says, "The inspiration for my card started with the pattern in the fabric on the duvet skirt & the starfish, which inspired my krafty snowflakes ... the blocked shape was inspired by the square cubby-hole shelf on the wall (and this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch) ... I finished with a few wraps of packing twine, to bring in the texture of the basket."

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "i was inspired by the mimalist style of the inspiration photo as well as the colors, so i decided to assay a sort of 'deconstructed landscape' winter scene; unfortunately i'm NOT a minimalist--i'm actually more of a maximalist--so my 'clean lines' disappeared a bit under multiple patterns, punched edge-treatments, and bling! ah well...it's not where i set out to go, but i like where i ended up!"

and now it's time to see what ♥YOU♥ will do: concentrate on the COOL or the YULE... think bare bones minimalist or load up the bling... but grab your kraft and white and blue and get crackin'! use keyword JB11 if uploading to SCS or flickr... and link up your holiday masterpiece by 6pm (EST) next wednesday, march 16th!