Wednesday, December 31, 2025

It's Almost 2026...

We'll be kicking off the new Jingle Belles year at 12:01am (Eastern) on January 1, 2026, but first let's get our party clothes on... by which we mean: Here's our new blog header and badges for our sixteenth season! 





Header created by Lauren Bergold in Photoshop Elements
Digital Elements: Music paper (red): Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly paper pack; flower, lace and holly: Katie Pertiet Vintage Christmas kit; bells: Anna Aspnes Retro Holiday Art Play Palette; font: Bohemian Typewriter from Dafont.com; Over the Rainbow glitter text layer style by Flergs

Friday, December 26, 2025

Our 2025 Favorites

It's nearly time to kick-off the next Jingle Belles season, which we'll do at 12:01am EST on January 1, 2026; but first, let's take a little bit of time to look back on 2025 and choose a few favorites. Click the links underneath each photo to go to Stephanie's and Lauren's full selections, on our personal blogs.


One of Stephanie's 2025 Faves

Stephanie says, "My card was for JB2520 - Home for the Holidays.  I love how this little Concord & 9th scene came together with the perfect combination of dimension and white space ... and that smoky blue, grey, and sage green color combination was perfection ... and of course, there's also that tiny little wreath on the door."


One of Lauren's 2025 Faves

Lauren says, "This card is from JB2517: The Spirit of Christmas Past, for which we were tasked to make a card that featured actual vintage or vintage style elements. This card has a bit of both. It's less colorful than many of my faves but I loved making this AND I love how it turned out, both of which are always a big win, imo!"

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We hope to see you next Thursday, January 1, 2026, when we'll start our SIXTEENTH Jingle Belles season... right here! 

Friday, December 5, 2025

Wrapping Up...

...the 2025 Jingle Belles season with the traditional photos of ALL our cards from this year. 

Jingle Belles will return on January 1, 2026 for another year of inspiration, fun and getting cards DONE! We'd love for you to join us then. If you're not quite finished making, scroll down to the bottom of this post, where we've put a Linky that will run until Christmas Eve, where you can post your cards and take inspiration from others.

Stephanie's 2025 Jingle Belles Cards


Lauren's 2025 Jingle Belles Cards

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We wish you a fun and stress-free December, as well as a 
Very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Beautiful Winter Solstice. 
See you in 2026!

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Thursday, December 4, 2025

Banner Beauties

This fortnight, being the last prompt of the year, makes it especially difficult to only choose three cards. So of course  we highly recommend you take a good scroll through all the entries, and soak up the fabulous inspiration! Meanwhile, here are three cards that caught our eye:


...was inspired by the sparkly snow and evergreens in the blog banner, then added a festive holiday village to her perfectly wintery background!


...chose the colors, snow and glitter, then used a clever and graphic diagonal split for maximum drama AND the super-efficient ability to make cards two-at-a-time, woohoo!


...went full on with the trees, the snow and even a white glitter sentiment on her artful and inky card... be still our hearts!

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Many thanks to all who played along, this fortnight and all throughout the 2025 Jingle Belles season. We really DO love seeing every single card! We'll be back at 12:01am on January 1, 2026 with a brand new prompt, to kick off another brand new season of Jingle Belles fun!

In the meantime, tomorrow we'll post our customary Wrap Up post, featuring all of our cards from the year and with a Linky that will last until Christmas Eve, so you'll have a fun place to show off all your December holiday cards and projects. See you then!