No Longer Lonely

We had a blast this week seeing all of the fantastic cards & very creative additional items you made that were inspired by the cards. A big jingle belles thanks to the fine folks from The Order of the Opus Glueii who tagged along with us ... we had such a great time creating with you this week.

Remember, the Challenge at Opus Glueii runs three more days, so if you haven't linked-up your projects with them, you still have time.

Here are a few of our favorites from this week's fantastic gallery:

Amy Tsuruta of Tsuruta Designs

We loved Amy's adorable little recycled Altoid Tin, which contains fun little copic-colored elements so you can make more adorable holiday cards (more photos on her blog).

Chat Noir of Black Cat's Miaow

We loved how she made lots of fun little tags by using the same layout and swapping out lots of fun little holiday images ... so easy to mass produce (more photos on her blog too).

Marianne of Marianne's Cards 'n Stuff

You know we loved how she rocked pink for holiday card designs ... but we also adored how she decorated all of those sweet little holiday trees.

And our Random Number Generator chose #8 as the prize winner this week ... Debbie of Debbie's Dash of This and That. Debbie - e-mail us your address & we'll get your fun holiday goodies in the mail.

If you haven't already, make sure you skip through the links this week and check out all of the fabulous inspiration ... nobody's lonely this week.

And come back and join us on Friday for another fun holiday prompt ... see you then.

Lonely This Christmas

This week's theme is Lonely This Christmas (aka Tagging Along).

We've teamed up with Rosemary and Jana and the rest of the talented team at The Order of the Opus Gluei for a special "crossover event"!

This week's prompt is to make any kind of holiday card for Jingle Belles (yes, we're letting you off easy this week) ... and then so you're card won't be Lonely This Christmas ... make a second project inspired by your card that you will to link-up at The Order of the Opus Gluei.

You second project can be a tag (get it ... tagging along), a gift box, a gift card holder, a gift bag ... you name it ... some inspired project you'll be so very glad you already have completed when the holidays roll around.

Here's what we came-up with this week:

Rosemary's Tag and Card

Jana's Tag and Card

Stephanie's Card

When I was hunting through my stash for something this week,

I discovered a pad of Tim Holtz Papers I'd completely

forgotten about (almost like Christmas in June). I used the vintage

papers and this week's Sketchbook Saturday Layout together

with a sentiment from CatsLife Press and some vintage

buttons for my card.

Stephanie's Tag and Bag

Since I was having so much fun with my vintage paper discovery,

I used more of them to create this holiday tag and a cute

little 2-5-7-10 bag that will be perfect for a piece

of jewelry or other small gift.

Lauren's Tag, Card and Box

Lauren says, "my favorite holiday color combination is green and pink, and imo the best collection ever to use those colors was the (alas, short-lived) "noel" collection that elise flannigan designed for ki memories, which i admit to having seriously hoarded. i was so inspired by these beloved products, that in addition to my tag and card, i used last week's sketchy thursdays sketch to customize a plain wooden document box from michael's to serve as storage for my increasingly large and beloved stash of JINGLE BELLES cards! this replaces my previous card storage solution... a big (but not very festive) tupperware container!!! :)"

Link up your tag and card here and at Opus Gluei by 6pm (EST) next Wednesday, June 29th for a shot at *both* randomly-awarded prizes!!! Keyword for galleries and flickr is JB26.

Our prize package for one lucky participant includes a set of Holly Jolly Acrylic Stamps by My Mind's Eye; a Vintage Postcard Kit from Crafty Secrets; and Susan Winget Grand Adhesions Dimensional Stickers by K&Company.