hail the SNOW (and ice... and watercolor...) QUEENS!

the only problem with linking up so many AMAZINGLY lovely and creative cards for our HO HO H20 prompt, ♥JINGLE BELLES♥, is that you made it almost impossible for us to choose only three to feature! don't stop though... it's the kind of "problem" we relish! and now here are a few cards which really melted our hearts this time around:

lacey stephens of hand stamped by lacey

went above and beyond in the field of meritorious coloring, then embellished this adorable image to perfection for her lovely and intricate card! 

barbara m. of polka dot paperie

punched simple shapes to create a custom focal point which coordinates perfectly with her fabulously fun snowman patterned paper! (love*LOVE*love that "sentiment scarf" as well!)

marianne of marianne's cards 'n stuff

made *THREE* unique and beautiful cards for this prompt: this astonishingly gorgeous watercolored sky; a brilliant use of spray ink + template; and a wonderful stamped CAS masterpiece; some of which were "homework" for an online card class... proving that even really accomplished papercrafters can always learn a few awesome "new tricks"!

as always we thank everyone who participated, and offer an extra helping of gratitude to the lovely and uber-talented linda of snail's space for thinking up such a wonderful prompt and then totally inspiring us with her own gorgeous cards! we'll be back at midnight with another fabulous guest star, so please be sure to join us then! ♥

Red, White & Wonderful

Wowza ... the gallery for the Scandinavian Christmas prompt was A-Maz-ing ... choosing only three to feature this week was a very difficult task ... we loved them all so much.

But, alas, we had to narrow it down, so here are three we thought extra-worthy of a shout-out this week:

Brenda B.

of Brenda's Crafty Corner

When we saw this texty snowman, we fell in love ... but when we read the description of how she hand-cut all of the elements and used a white gel pen to draw the Scandinavian Snowflake pattern on the scarf and hat band, we were jaw-droppingly amazed.

Jose of

Jose's Scrapboat

The stamping on this Scandinavian inspired beauty is perfection ... such a lovely combination of elements with the checked ribbon adding the perfect finishing touch.

Liselot

of Kaarten Van Liselot

This snowman quartet is colored beautifully (love those rosy cheeks) ... and the combination of patterned papers is perfection ... a true Warm Winter Wonderland.

Make sure you join us at midnight for another fun prompt and super-lovely guest star.

Scandinavian Christmas

This week we're celebrating the Red, White & Jul ... and bringing you a picture of some Scandinavian Christmas Ornaments to inspire your designs ... maybe you'll be inspired by the colors, the shapes, the grouping of elements ... just go with whatever makes you excited to create.

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Here's what we created:

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "When I saw the picture, I knew I wanted to use red felt Stampin' Up snowflakes I've had in my stash for some time.  I layered several with a white felt snowflake and vintage white button (tied with red & white twine).  I wanted my background to have the softness of the fabric in the inspiration photo ... so I embossed a piece of adhesive white felt and love the sweater-like effect.  I also loved that I was able to adhere a rub-on directly to the felt."

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "i actually thought *I* had some red felt snowflakes, too, but i was wrong; all of mine were the traditional white, darn it! :) so i used one of those, and colored a plain chipboard flake with a red sharpie marker, instead. then i realized i DID own products which could duplicate many of the other elements i loved from the photo, so i loaded them up: gingham heart, vintage buttons, a little bit of metal, and finally a bit of  lace and some machine stitching to give the feeling of fabric, even though i've used paper for 99% of my card!"

And in case you don't have anything in your stash that you think will work, here's a link to some awesome Good Jul tags you can incorporate into your design.

So keep that holiday card production going in 2013 and show us your inspired creations.  Be sure to link-up between now & 6pm (EST) on Wednesday, January 30th ... keyword for galleries & our flickr group is JB13-2.