Happy Earth Day to All

We never stop being amazed and impressed by our fellow Jingle Belles' clever creativity, and the Earth Day festivities are always an especially great showcase for that! Of course EVERY entry was wonderful, but here are three examples of cards with recycled, upcycled and reused elements that particularly caught our eye: 

Lorraine of Paper Vernissage

...has played along with us since the very beginning of Jingle Belles in 2011, and since she's absolutely awesome at saving and reusing items all year long, of course she ALWAYS rocks this challenge. Her  gorgeous card has five (5!) recycled elements... including a candy wrapper, kraft paper packaging, part of a box, a gift card envelope and some carefully saved ribbon!

LeAnne Pugliese of Wee Inklings

...has used --in grand style-- one of our all-time favorite items to upcycle: store bought holiday cards! We all get dozens, and so many are much too lovely to consign to the recycling bin. LeAnne has made these gorgeously glittery snowmen into a brand new card and has even added the perfect details INSIDE to match!

Sandy J of Adventures of a Stamping Writer

...started with a foil packet from a tea bag, which she embossed and colored with alcohol inks to make her incredibly artistic snowy panel. Oh yeah and the mat is the inside of a junk mail envelope!!!

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Many thanks to everyone who played along, we loved seeing every card! 

Stop back after Midnight for a brand new prompt we hope will inspire you!

recycle... reuse... and JINGLE!

 We're still celebrating EARTH DAY with cards that include recycled elements.

You know you've got them ... those things you save because they're just too pretty to go into the recycling bin.  Today is the perfect opportunity to let them shine on a holiday card.

Here's how we recycled this week.

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "I don't think I've ever done TWO yeti cards in a row, but that's what happened, so I'm rollin' with it! This week's yetis come from my little hoard of saved wrapping paper; and as it turns out, this is the easiest card I've made all year, because after I backed the paper with cardstock and cut out the framed yetis, I arranged them on some Doodlebug patterned paper, added a mat and a sentiment strip, and called it good!"

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "After making a recycled packaging card last week, I fully intended taking another approach with this week's card ... until I opened my PinkFresh Studio drawer and had another lovely pile of packaging staring back at me.  They have some of the seriously pretty packaging in the industry.  I incorporated two pieces of their packaging and a piece of tissue box together with some PinkFresh Studio papers, chipboard frame & enamel dots.  I love the retro-modern feel."

Let There Be Peace on EARTH (Day)

If you've played along with us at ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ over the last few years, you already know there are two prompts that never change: at the beginning of October we honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month with "Pink Christmas"; and in April we celebrate Earth Day by making holiday cards that feature re-cycled, re-used or up-cycled elements. 

Here's how we up-cycled for our Earth Day cards.

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "My card combines four different pieces of recycled packaging that I saved in my recycle box just for this month's cards.  I added stitch stickers from Pretty Little Studio to tie them altogether.  I finished with vintage holiday die cuts & sentiment stickers from Pretty Little Studio and a row of red bling."

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "My friend Betty saw this adorable yeti on a tissue box and was kind enough to think of me and save the box! I covered up the logo using sections of curvy, snowy foreground cut from the side panels of the box. Then, since there are few things sadder than a lonely yeti, I stamped and colored a Lawn Fawn friend for the big guy, as well as an appropriate sentiment. I added a skinny mat of glittery aqua cardstock and then a bigger one of an ancient Studio Calico geometric snowflake patterned paper that serendipitously matches incredibly well (gotta love it when that happens, right?!) and finally, what arctic landscape is complete without some Eyelet Outlet Snowflake Sequins?"

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