it's a red (or green!) letter day

we reached a record level of participation, and bold new heights of creativity this fortnight, for which we thank you, ♥JINGLE BELLES♥! we're very grateful for the participation of our lovely-- and talented-- guest star, june houck; and she, in turn, would like to thank you, too!  here's june:

Wowza! Nearly 60 entries, I am soooooo pleased. I was tickled that quite a few people made green and red versions and linked each card up. Quite a few people mentioned in their posts that this was a challenge for them, and yet they rose to the challenge! Thank you to all who were able to participate. I enjoyed seeing familiar faces and some new ones too.  There are a plethora of GREAT cards linked (if you haven't had time to peruse them, check them out!) Less than 5 months until Christmas… 

 Hugs, 

June 

here are a few red *OR* green creations which especially amazed and impressed us all:

 leanne pugliese of wee inklings

june says, "A jaw dropping and stylish CAS card. I love that paper piercing! I want to CASE this card!"

noelle mcadams of paper and ice

june says, "INSPIRED! The tumbled snowman is brilliant! Fantastic card idea."

wendi r of scrappy day in paradise

june says, "Fabulous and fun elements: the felt tree and the distressed stars background make a truly unique and beautiful card."

once again we thank everyone who participated, and add our own extra-special shout out to the very talented june houck for joining us! we hope you'll come on back at midnight when our brand new prompt goes live! ♥

♥ either red *OR* green (...but NOT both!) ♥

happy friday the 13th, ♥JINGLE BELLES♥, we hope, like us, you'll feel this is your lucky day, when we tell you that we have one of our favorite belles, the lovely june houck, jingling along with us for the next fortnight! you'll probably recognize that name from seeing it in the link list on many of our past prompts; she's also got a wonderful blog, simply elegant papercrafts, and is on the design teams at my pink stamper and pumpkin spice.


june has devised (in our opinion!) one of the cleverest prompts of the year so far. we call it red OR green and the "OR" is capitalized on purpose, because june's got a fun little twist for us: the assignment is to create a holiday card that incorporates either red OR green... but not BOTH!!! so, for example, you can have red and aqua, or green and silver, or all red, or all green; you can throw in any neutral shades you'd like; you can choose whatever brights, neons or pastels you want; but if you've got RED, you have to leave out the GREEN... and vice versa! 


here's what we came up with this week:

June's Card

June says, "When I started crafting I ALWAYS stamped in black ink, my cards were symmetrical and/or perpendicular, and all holiday cards were in traditional red and green OR blue and silver. I still tend to create cards with elements that are perfectly straight, but I have learned to enjoy placing items on at an angle on occasion and I particularly like making holiday cards that are not both red and green. Red is my favorite color, but I also like pink and aqua Christmas cards (Lauren's influence!)"

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "I decided to go monochromatic for this week's card combining deep green with a subtle sparkly gold cardstock.  Stamps are from Artistic Outpost and sketch is from 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown.  The background is embossed with a brick embossing folder (to feel like the wall of the house). I stamped the wreath a second time & attached it (and the sentiment) with foam tape for dimension."

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "i used unscripted sketch #166, and color-wise... as you can plainly see... i went with green and blue. i've got lots of shades of each, with plenty of white for good measure and just the teeeeeeeeeeeeniest accent of black to give everything definition. i have used a few specifically christmassy papers, but most of this card is made up of scraps of "regular" non-holiday stash. i love when my supplies can "multi-task" that way!"

and now it's time to see what glorious holiday creations ♥YOU♥ will make, using either red OR green! link them up right here between now and 6pm (est) on wednesday, july 25th. the keyword for galleries and our flickr group is JB:12:15.


updated sunday, 7-15-12: due to a few mix-ups regarding this week's prompt, we've expanded and clarified the title of this post to better reflect the assignment. in order to prevent confusion and be fair to all players, we’re going to have to delete cards that blatantly use BOTH red AND green this week!!! thanks very much for understanding!!! ♥♥♥