Sketch-tactular

First, a HUGE thank you to the talented Allison Fillo for our wonderful Sketch this week.

Next, here are a few of our favorite sketchy creations from this week.

Carol Cel

of

Crazy for Card Making

used a fabulous cut-out and floating element for your sketch design ... 

click through to see her cool transparency element.

Linda

of 

Snail's Pace

used a clever glittery pennant for the triple element of the sketch ...

not to mention an adorable punny sentiment.

Andreja L.

of

Ustvarja Un.La

used wonderful earthy tones for her beautiful holiday angel ...

and added some fun jingle bells too.

Thanks to all of you for joining us for our sketchy fun ... check back at midnight for a delicious new prompt.

Let It Sketch

We're back with more fun cards created using Lovely Guest Star Allison's fabulous Sketch ... hope you'll find time to get sketchy with us this week.

Here's what we made this week:

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "we're still without power after hurricane sandy, so i went with the "quick and easy" option of using all readymades including the fabulous basic grey snowflake, a crate paper sentiment and that gorgeous mme ribbon... and of course allison's sketch really did MOST of the work anyway, lol!" :)

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "This week I went more rustic using Halfway Cafe's Amarillo paper from Cosmo Cricket paired with Kraft and Distress Inked Ivory.  Stamps are from Hero Arts ... for me, that circle element in the sketch just cried out for a holiday wreath."

Remember, you have until 6pm EST on Wednesday, November 14th to link-up.

Do You Sketch What I Sketch?

We are thrilled to have returning lovely guest star Allison Fillo with us at Jingle Belles this week ... and she also provided a fantastic sketch to inspire us.

Allison manages a team of writers, trainers and curriculum developers by day and wild jackals by night (AKA as her children, Tristan, Charlotte and Avery). When she does get to venture into her craft room she enjoys cardmaking, scrapbooking and designing periodic sketch challenges for the Playing in Paradise Challenge.

If you're looking for sketch ideas, the first place to stop each week is Allison's blog Stampin' When I Can, where she has a post that compiles links to the various sketch challenges around the blogosphere (that also shows a thumbnail of the sketches if you're looking for something specific).

Here's your holiday card sketch:

and here are our sketch card designs:

Allison's Card

Allison says, "My card features rich color tones and fun button embellishments ... with a touch of  glitter for some holiday sparkle."

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "I decided I wanted to use some Basic Grey holiday papers this week, so the snowman background paper is where my design began ... I thought this fun Savvy Stamps Snowman fit right in with that motley snowman crew ... I paper-pieced his scarf leaving the ends loose, so it looks like the scarf is blowing in the wind."

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "i've held on to this beautiful over-sized piece of german scrap for several years, waiting for just the right idea to come along, and when i saw allison's gorgeous sketch it was the very first thing i thought of! since it is so nice and big, i really didn't need much else to flesh out my 6x6" card... just some basic grey "jovial" papers, a little bit of vintage foreign text paper, and some musical themed tape to fill in all the shapes of the sketch, and i was all set!"

Upload your sketchy cards by 6pm (EST) on Wednesday, November 14th using keyword JB12-23 for galleries & our Jingle Belles Flickr Group.