Pillow-Inspired Perfection

What gorgeous inspired creations you shared with us for our Neutral Noel ... such beauty in neutral tones & classic designs.  Here are a few that we felt interpreted the prompt particularly well.

Cyndie

incorporated fabulous textures with classic muslin fabric and a corrugated background ... the perfect palette for her rich neutral wreath.

Steph C

created this gorgeous shaped card filled with tone-on-tone texture and gold tipped roses ... such neutral elegance with a tiny pops of color.

Electra

used a border punch to create this fantastic snow-covered holiday tree.  The subtle background embossing and perfectly placed snowflakes completed this wonderful neutral design.

If you haven't taken time to take a trip through the Neutral Noel gallery and leave a little jingle belle love ... please do.  You will most certainly be inspired.

Check back at midnight for another great holiday prompt ... and perhaps a wonderful sponsor and prize.

Homespun Holidays

We love what you've been creating inspired by our Neutral Noel inspiration Photo.

Here are a few more cards we made inspired by these wonderful pillows:

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "My card was inspired by the Christmas tree pillow.  I die cut my Flowering Christmas Tree from metallic gold cardstock & decorated it with champagne adhesive pearls.  I finished with EAD Designs rub-on sentiments in gold."

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren Says, "for my second shot at this prompt, i decided to go A LOT more literal: i used the tans and creams from the inspiration photo, a square shape like the pillows have, and lots of "millinery" details like fabric flowers, lace, and loads of machine stitching!" 

Remember, you should link-up here between now and 6pm (EST) on Wednesday, March 21st.  Use keyword JB12-06 for our Flickr & other galleries.

Neutral Noel

The sixth Jingle Belles prompt of 2012 ~ Neutral Noel ~ is to create a card inspired by these wonderful neutral-toned holiday pillows from Pottery Barn.

You might choose the design elements decorating the pillows (leaves, snowflakes, wreaths or holiday trees), the peaceful neutral color palette, the texture of the fabric and felt ... whatever inspires you.  We can't wait to see what you create.


Here's how we were inspired by this Neutral Noel:

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "i have an aunt whose favorite color is *WHITE*, and every year i try to make her a special card; since we're embracing a neutral palette this week, i thought it'd be a great time to have a go! since i really love the pillow in the inspiration photo with the very ornate snowflake, and it seemed like a nice theme for a mostly white card, i chose as many white and grey and silver "snow themed" products as i could find in my stash and mixed them all together... and this is the result!"

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "I took a more literal approach on the inspiration picture, choosing to recreate the wreath pillow in the bottom right corner using paper.  I punched lots of leaves from gold metallic cardstock and attached them to shimmery ivory handmade paper using glue dots.  I added three sizes of ivory adhesive pearls and an EAD Designs rub-on sentiment to complete the design."

We hope you find our inspiration photo as inspiring as we did ... and can't wait to see what you create.  Link-up here between now and 6pm (EST) on Wednesday, March 21st.  Use keyword JB12-06 for our Flickr & other galleries.