Creative Creature Feature

Well, once again, you've really outdone yourselves on this one ... so many fabulous creatures in the Jingle Belles gallery.

Here are a few that really caught our eyes:

Anni

of Annikarten

Anni's patterned landscape with a tiny pop of pink ... and her fantastic Distress Marker coloring and detail cutting make this creature super-cute.

Lacey

of Hand Stamped by Lacey

Lacey's brilliant use of masking to create her winter creature trio scene is so clever ... and her use of liquid pearls really takes her scene to the next level.

Marja
of Tahroja Kuviopaperilla
aka "Stains on Patterned Paper"

Marja's mastery of the clean and simple style shines in every element of this perfectly elegant landscape!

We'll be back at midnight with a new prompt and a very lovely guest star!

Creature Christmas Continues!

We can never get enough of holiday cards which feature a creature... and we hope ♥YOU♥ can't, either!

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "I know flamingos aren't the first "Christmas Creature" one thinks of...  (obviously, that would be MONSTAS, lol!) ...but I love them, and generally make at least one flamingo card per year. This year's model is based on the current Retro Sketch and is showing off the newest craze at the North Pole: Flamingo Bingo! Won't you come and play?!"

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "This week I pulled out one of the cute little Mice from the Makey Bakey Mice Christmas CD-Rom.  Since he is dressed as Santa, I added a little brick chimney behind him & some tiny *berry* gems to his Santa hat."

Remember, link-up your Creature Feature card by 6pm EST on Wednesday, November 6th.

Not a CREATURE Was Stirring ...

When Lauren & I first starting brainstorming ideas for Jingle Belles several years ago, one of the first prompt ideas that came up in our discussion was creatures ... which says a lot about the two of us :)

We always look forward to the end of October ... the month that celebrates creatures, costumes & characters.This prompt is to create a card that features a *creature*. Your creature might be an animal ... a mouse ... a bird ... a robot ... elves ... snow-persons ... or yes, even a monstah ... just have fun with it ... you can see we did.

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "When I found out Stampin' Up had a new set called Fun With Christmas that featured a Christmas Sloth ... I had to have it.  As I was trying to figure out how to feature the tiny stamp, my dear husband said, "couldn't you make him into a banner" (yes, after years of providing card critique, he's that good) ... and so I did.  I stamped three Christmas Sloths, colored them with pencils, and added a Ho Ho Ho ... and then finished with some washi tape.  I also made a tag with a Christmas Fox from the same set if you want to click on over to my blog.

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "I'm not sure why I decided to make my first Christmas monsta card a few years ago, but I know that the monsta in question was the same as this little green dude and that I cut him from a treasured roll of Paperchase's now sadly discontinued giftwrap. I paired him with a bunch of funky patterns and added a Dymo label sentiment. I've made at least a few monsta cards every year since then. They are always some of my favorites, and they ALWAYS make me smile. This time I used the current Fetch A Sketch to guide my layout, the last of my Love, Elsie blue snowflakes paper, and a little bit of deco tape. Consider Christmas monsta season 2013 officially OPEN!" :)

And now we cannot wait to see what you will do with this fun prompt! Link your cards here by Wednesday, November 6th, at 6pm (EST). Keyword for galleries and our Flickr group is JB:13:22.