Going for the... SILVER!

You guys made soooooo many awesome cards that featured silver or bells or both, and we loved seeing every single one of them! Here are a few that really got our attention:

Ginny B of Homespun Cards

...made a bold statement in silver by embossing multiple layers of aluminum foil to get this beautiful etched metal effect!

Danielle of D's Crafty Connection

...paired traditional Christmas colors-- plus a pop of bright blue-- with this uber-cute digital image of bells!

Laurie of Stamping Up North

...hit a high note with some beautiful glittery silver bells on a perfectly lovely, perfectly CAS card!

We'll be back at midnight with some good old-fashioned fun for all our Christmas-card-making friends! ♥

Sterling Chimes

We're still making cards that feature silver... or bells... or both! Won't you join us between now and next Wednesday evening? (See the "Silver Belles" post below for full details.) Meanwhile, here's what we made this week:

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "This week I went with silver.  I stamped Paper Smooches Fresh Snow in Versamark and clear embossed before spraying with Brushed Pewter Distress Stain Spray.  Sentiment is from Brushstroke Christmas from Essentials by Ellen.  I punched the small snowflake from a scrap of the stain-sprayed paper."

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "As it happens, I went with the bells this week... and no... Stephanie and I never confer, it's just a coincidence we each went with different parts of the prompt! I built my card around a fun vintage-style Jenni Bowlin journal card, which helped me choose the colors; the current Cardabilities sketch (#126) helped me with the layout. Easy, peasy!"

Silver Belles?

Ok, technically, the name of this prompt is "Silver Bells" --in tribute to one of our all-time favorite holiday songs-- but after four and a half years hosting our lovely holiday cardmaking blog, that "e" just seems to jump onto the end of "bells" all by itself! You've probably already guessed that we'd like to see cards that contain silver OR bells OR both; so without further ado, here's what we made this week:

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "I went all out glitter this week ... because what a better time to sparkle than the holidays.  Silver glitter letters, glitter papers and glitter ribbon ... finished off with a row of die cut silver bells."

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "I go all-out glitter lots of weeks... because i'm just that kind of gal, lol! But I heartily concur with my lovely blogging partner that the holidays are an even better-than-usual excuse for making things as sparkly as possible. And since I kept finding really tasty silver "ingredients" in my stash, I just kept piling them onto my card!" :)

Remember, you don't need to make a card with both silver and bells; one or the other is sufficient to meet the requirement. Of course if you long to combine the two... and maybe throw some glitter into the mix... we're not even going to try to talk you out of it! :) Link up here by 6pm (EST) on Wednesday, July 15th. Keyword for galleries and Flickr is JB:15:14.

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Washi! Washi! All Over the Town

With so many lovely tapes available, it's hard to stop at just *ONE* washi card... so we didn't! Here's what we made this week:

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "This week I did another washi tape background, however I only used one tape from Little B to create a silver star-filled sky.  Next I die cut the Memory Box Tall Taper and three snowflakes from the washi-covered cardstock.  I repeated the die cuts using glitter and shimmer papers and then inlaid them into the washi paper to create a flat, mailable design."

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "I'm one of those weird crafters who doesn't like to mass-produce, but occasionally I make an exception, such as when I accidentally stumble upon the easiest way ever to make a faux-quilt effect using lots of different strips of tape! Because the variations are infinite, no two cards come out alike; plus... it really is VERY easy, super-quick and lots of fun! (If you don't believe it's the easier ever, there are step-by-step illustrations on my blog!)"