sketch-o-licious!

it's really not fair, ♥JINGLE BELLES♥, that every single one of your cards made to stephanie's beautiful sketch is sooooooo incredibly lovely, creative and amazing! if you want to see our complete list of favorites this week, you really are going to have to scroll down to the link list and visit ALL of cards your fellow belles submitted! in the meantime, here are a few we thought interpreted the sketch in particularly clever ways:

Nikki C. of Graphix and Designs

stretched the sketch to fit her fabulous long-and-narrow card design, and then dressed it up in rich hues and bold patterns!

Rocky of Rocky's Crafting Blog

saw the sketch within this beautiful and ornate over-sized rubber stamp, and used dimension, gems, and a bit of sparkle to emphasize the "main" flower!

Brenda of Butlers Abroad

stamped the sketch components simply but perfectly-- in several colorways-- then added just enough embellishment to enhance her composition!

and now i think we'd all like to know who'll be getting a crafty christmas care package in the mail, so we've consulted the fine folks at random.org and they chose number 26, which means the winner of the lovely blog candy is....

♥CARLA♥

miss carla, please email your address to jinglebellesrock @ hotmail [dot] com so we can get your prize out to you ASAP! 

we'll be back at midnight with a fun new prompt, so do come on back then, won't you?! ♥

here we come a-sketching!

we're having so much fun with stephanie's sketch that we couldn't resist sharing another round of fun cards with you:

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "I broke out my favorite felt snowmen stickers from Basic Grey's Jovial Collection together with some Hero Arts stamps ... those little guys certainly look like they will be sharing some joy when they arrive in the mail."

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "i was inspired by the august color challenge at EAD designs to make my card red, green and yellow; and used quite a few of their small but adorable funky christmas tag stickerz in my card. i thought it might be difficult to work in that bright sunshiney shade, but found that this stripey echo park christmas paper had some, as did the fun faux polaroids from my favorite sheet of dear lizzy neapolitan... and everything else just sort of fell into place!"

be sure to scroll down and save the sketch, see your fellow JINGLE BELLES' amazing cards in the gallery, and read about this week's awesome prize, before linking up your own gorgeous creation! ♥

oh christmas sketch

for this prompt, ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ we're getting sketchy again! we're pleased and proud to announce that stephanie has created her first-ever sketch for our little blog, and since it's really rather fabulous let's get right to it, shall we?!

it's quite a flexible plan, isn't it? you can take it in pretty much ANY direction, and we've done just that with our cards this week:

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "I went shopping in my own neglected studio stash and found this gorgeous floral flocked paper from Little Yellow Bicycle.  While I don't normally think of flowers for a Christmas card, I think the soft subtle grey-on-grey pattern works well as a background element.  I added one of the many dimensional gift tags I picked-up on clearance after the holiday last year & one of my favorite peace quotes to finish the design."

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "i had put together the most strikingly *MINIMALIST* version of this sketch you can possible imagine-- which lasted for about five minutes-- and then i cracked! (that's nearly twice as long as my previous record, though, lol!).  ok, i know, it's a sort of compulsion, but the world (and my stash!) is just so full of lovely embellishments, it seems a pity not to use as many as possible! plus, this gorgeous sketch can stand up to it brilliantly!"  :)

For a little extra fun, we're throwing in some holiday goodies for one lucky participant (drawn at random from all sketch cards linked-up) ... goodies include a Basic Grey Jovial build your own snowman stamp set, 7Gypsies Christmas Wrap paper tape, some Making Memories Charmed Plaques and some Happy Holidays dimensional stickers.

and now it's time to see what you will do with stephanie's fabulous sketch: dress it up or down, make it classic or non-traditional, embrace "clean and simple" or go for the gold and pile on the goodies! whatever you choose, link it up here before 6pm (EST) on wednesday, august 22nd. keyword for galleries and our flickr group is JB-12-17.