♥SNOW♥ much fun!!!

WOW!!! what a bumper crop of seriously snowy, clever, and ♥COOL♥ (in every sense, lol!) holiday cards this week! a big thank you to our lovely ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ old and new who rose to the challenge in some particularly creative ways! here are a couple of cards that made our prompt-setter extraordinaire, marie bingaman, particularly happy:

Noelle McAdams of Paper and Ice

Marie says, "Noelle's card is just plain FAB, but there is nothing "plain" about it, to be sure! So much shimmer, and the shape and stamp are gorgeous!"

Julie of Julie's Art, Craft and Life Blog

Marie says, "Julie's card is just so lovely...such a pretty purple snowflake trimmmed in silver...so peaceful, soft and pretty. Did I say pretty more than once?" :)

Lorraine of Paper Vernissage

Marie says, "Lorraine's card is just so darn clever!!! I mean using all those smaller snowflakes to make one large snowflake?? WOW!"

if you have not yet perused the SUZY SNOWFLAKE gallery, may we recommend a bit of a scroll downwards? you might like to take some hot cocoa with you, as there are quiiiiiiiite a few cards this week and absolutely all of them have a delightfully frosty feeling!

once again hearty thanks to our lovely guest star, marie bingaman, for coming along with such a wonderful song to inspire us... a gorgeous card to set us in the right direction... and her enthusiastic presence all week, we could not have done it without her!

we could not have done it without ♥YOU♥ either, dear JINGLE BELLES, so we hope you'll return at midnight when we'll unveil next week's mission, should you choose to accept it! :)

here comes suzy snowflake

hello and may we be amongst the first to wish a hearty, "happy autumn!" to everyone living in the northern hemisphere... and "happy spring!" to everyone else! :)

this week, the prospect of cooler weather led our lovely guest star, loyal ♥JINGLE BELLE♥ and mega-talented cardmaker marie bingaman to write in and ask if we'd consider building a prompt around, "...the song Suzy Snowflake? It's an oldie, sung by Rosemary Clooney. I do love snowflakes, more so on cards than on the road though!" of course we agree heartily with that thought, and furthermore, we were completely enchanted by this charming song! for the full experience, click the link above to hear ms. clooney's rendition via youtube; in the meantime here are the lyrics:

Here comes Suzy Snowflake

Dressed in a snow-white gown

Tap, tap, tappin' at your windowpane

To tell you she's in town.

Here comes Suzy Snowflake

Soon you will hear her say

Come out ev'ryone and play with me

I haven't long to stay.

If you want to make a snowman

I'll help you make it, one, two, three.

If you want to take a sleigh ride

Whee! The ride's on me.

Here comes Suzy Snowflake

Look at her tumblin' down

Bringing joy to ev'ry girl and boy

Suzy's come to town.

If you want to make a snowman

I'll help you make it, one, two, three

If you want to take a sleigh ride

Whee! The ride's on me.

Here comes Suzy Snowflake

Look at her tumblin' down

Bringing joy to ev'ry girl and boy

Suzy's come to town.

so this week we invite you to make a holiday card that captures any part of suzy snowflake which inspires you: snowflakes, wintery landscapes, snowmen, sledding, sleigh rides... go as wild or as tame as you'd like, just have fun with it!

here's what we did:

Marie's card

Marie says, "Even though the song is called "Suzy Snowflake", this is actually "Lenny" snowflake, lol. I knew right away that I wanted to use one of these glittery snowflake ornaments from the dollar store, and this adorable Lenny image from StampFairy just seemed to fit the bill! Nothing extra special technique-wise on this card, just some good ole' dry embossing, coloring, and Stickles!"

Lauren's card

Lauren says, "i was pleasantly surprised to find a christmas song from the 1950's that i did not know, and it made me think of all the other rosemary clooney songs from that era i already love, especially from the film "white christmas" so i found myself inspired by the "vintage" aspect. i printed the sheet music on some off-white paper and further distressed it for as much authenticity as possible. a google search got me a wide choice for my focal point and i settled on this cool sled image that i cropped into a circle. my "snowfall" is part of a pack of glittery silver snowflakes by k&co interspersed with red heart shaped gems. i love this one, it really captures the feeling i had when i heard the song!"

Stef's Card

Stef says, "I used an all-out snowflake theme for my card. My snowflake ornament image was stamped in Versamark on white glossy cardstock, clear embossed, and then sponged with blue & purple distress inks before adding spritzes of Sparkle Shimmer Spray for all-over sparkle. The sketch is this week's Sassy Lil' Sketches. I finished with a wrap of blue ribbon, SRM Sticker sentiment, and several silver snowflakes with pearls."

and now it's your turn to be inspired in any way, by any feature or aspect of suzy snowflake! link up your wintery masterpieces by 6pm (EST) next wednesday, september 28th. keyword for galleries or our flickr group is JB39. we can't wait to see what you will do!