ALL of The Stocking Cards...

...are absolutely awesome; so if you haven't taken a scroll through the Stockings Were Hung Readers' Gallery, we highly recommend the trip! This week Lauren and Stephanie are hanging out together in the Big Apple, but we'll have a brand new prompt as usual on Friday, and regular Shout Outs will resume afterwards. Many thanks to all who played along, we hope you'll stop back tomorrow, we think you'll be tickled PINK! (PS: We'll announce the winner of the dies over the weekend, in a separate post.)

Sticking With Stockings

It's the second week of our Stocking-centric fun, so we're still making cards which showcase that beloved holiday gift-giving tradition. Here's what we made this week:

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "This week I got to use my Simon Hurley Mantel Decorations die set from Spellbinders for the first time, and I had a lot of fun. I embossed a brick background using an ancient embossing folder, cut a scrap of woodgrain paper into a mantle-shaped chunk and got down to adding dies from the set: the banners, the stockings, the large deer and greenery. Then, for some additional texture and interest to this little scene, I attached Eyelet Outlet Deer, Poinsettia, Nutcracker and Gift Brads; plus a few red Round Brads to hold the stockings and the banner."

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "I built my card around this journaling card from the Echo Park Happy Holidays collection.  I paired it with snowflake paper from the same collection.  I topped it with two silver Love from Lizi Peel Off stickers and a bow sticker from the same collection.  I finished with a silver font sticker sentiment to balance out the bottom of the card."

And remember, one lucky participant will receive the Memory Box Knotted Circle Wreaths dies.

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JB2620: The Stockings Were Hung runs until next Wednesday evening, October 7th. Link your own Stocking-centric card(s) on the original post, directly below this one.

The Stockings Were Hung

If you've already guessed that this fortnight we want to see cards which feature Christmas Stockings, then HOORAY you're right! If you're feeling ambitious, you could make a stocking-shaped card, for which we've found you some excellent templates; but of course a card with a stocking stamp, diecut, or journal card also works!

Here's what we made this week:

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "When I found this cute little stocking on the Pinkfresh Studio Happy Holidays Wood Accent, I knew it would be perfect to build my card around.  The September Pinkfresh Studio Challenge is Again & Again (using repeated elements), so I added two more of the Wood Accents as my first repeated element.  Then I paired them with two Pinkfresh Studio papers that had repeated elements (squares and rectangles) and finished by repeating clusters of  Pinkfresh Gold Glitter Dots and a tiny believe ephemera sticker."

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "That's an Authentique journal card from a year or two ago, and as soon as I saw it in my journal card stash, I was already pulling the colors and the vibes out for a little collage. I've got some nicely patina-ed sheet music; a page from an old Ideals Christmas magazine plus some poinsettias from another page (backed with cardstock and adorned with Sunflower Stickles in the centers); some text paper; a little border strip with the days of the week; a Graphic 45 sentiment; some miscellaneous holiday washi and a few super-skinny red mats." 

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And for one lucky participant, we will be gifting the Knotted Circle Wreaths dies from Memory Box.

JB2620: The Stockings Were Hung runs until 6pm (Eastern) on Wednesday, October 7th. Link  your own Stocking-centric masterpiece(s) right here:

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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CASE a Jingle Belle

We're still CASE-ing (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards that Lauren and Stephanie have made for Jingle Belles ... you can pick any card (just make sure you tell us which one) that we've made since 2011.

Here's where we found our CASE-ing Inspiration this week:

Lauren's Inspiration

Stephanie's Red Christmas Card from February 2026

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "Once again, I was attracted by the perfect balance and bold simplicity of Stephanie's card; but also... honestly... knowing I had ingredients which were fairly close to the same vibe definitely makes the job easier. I had a journal card with a similar Doodlebug Santa; I had two coordinating red patterned papers: one texty, one not; I added skinny black mats between my layers; and I had a red sentiment with "believe" in it... though rather than stamping, I used a Tim Holtz Sticker. I think this captures the vibe of Stephanie's card pretty well and obviously I have to consider it a big bonus that its flat, lightweight design is strong in the mail-ability genre!"

Stephanie's Inspiration

Lauren's Sketch Card from August 2018

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "I was feeling like a paper-craftery card, so Lauren's card was the perfect inspiration.  I stayed pretty true to Lauren's design, but extended the card size to be a slimline to fit the size of my circle elements (die cut from one of the designer papers). All papers and the sticker sentiment are from Simple Stories Snow Pine Lodge Collection.  I combined multiple pink, green & teal patterned papers."

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You have until next Wednesday evening, September 23rd, to CASE one of our cards and link it up on the original CASE-ing Christmas post!

CASE-ing Christmas

Since September 7th was Labor Day here in the US, we've decided to celebrate by giving you a bit of a head start with this fortnight's card designs. We're asking you to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) any of the cards that Stephanie or Lauren have made for any of the previous Jingle Belles prompts. Which means you've got 16.5 years worth (times two!) of ideas from which to choose! You don't need to make an exact duplicate of the card (the acronym does say "Selectively Edit" afterall); just be sure to tell us which card inspired yours!

Here's how we've CASE-d Christmas this week:

Stephanie's Inspiration:

Lauren's Peace on Earth Card from September 2019

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "I loved the grungy wintry beauty of Lauren's card.  I die cut the large snowflake and punched medium sized snowflakes to layer on top.  I finished with an Eyelet Outlet snowflake brad. I too created my background from a GelliArts print, however, I realized I didn't include any snowflake elements, so I stamped the Tim Holtz Swirly Snowflake on top.  Since my snowflake was larger, my card wasn't large enough for three words, so I used Pinkfresh Studio stickers to add two holiday words."

Lauren's Inspiration:

Stephanie's Unicorn Color Palette Card from July 2026

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "I chose quite a recent card of Stephanie's because I love it, of course; but also because I realized I had almost all the right "ingredients" so it seemed like too good an opportunity to waste, lol! In retrospect, I wish I had made my card a bit smaller but... (shrugs) ...hindsight is 20/20, right? I used the same adorable Lawn Fawn Yeti as Stephanie; I diecut circles from four similar shades of cardstock and debossed them, albeit with a slightly different snowflake folder. I swapped in an Eyelet Outlet Santa Hat and Candy Cane Brad in place of the stamped versions; then I added red and black mats and a similar Lawn Fawn sentiment. Et voila!"

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Link your cards right here. JB2619: CASE-ing Christmas runs until 6pm (Eastern) on Wednesday, September 23rd.  

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Stickers Galore!

I guess we're not the only ones who are "Stuck on Stickers" because everyone did such an amazing job making gorgeous cards featuring them this fortnight! If you haven't checked out the Readers' Gallery, we highly recommend a little scroll through all of the super-sticker inspiration. In the meantime, here are three cards that especially caught our eye:

Julene of Julene by Design

...found these three super-sweet dimensional felt gingerbread girl stickers in her stash, and built this bold and beautiful CAS card to hold them!

LeAnne of Wee Inklings

...only used one sticker on her card, but look at how amazingly elegant it is, and it's perfectly framed by the "fracture" technique which we now long to try!!!

Brenda of Brenda's Scraps of Life

...built her incredibly elegant card around these pretty Santa and sentiment stickers; then found paper and dies to make them even more appealing!

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Many thanks to all who participated. Just in CASE you're wondering, we'll be back at Midnight with a brand new prompt we hope you'll find as much fun as we did!

Stuck on STICKERS!

It's the second week of our Stuck on You prompt, so we're still making holiday cards with one of our favorite holiday card embellishments: STICKERS! Here's how we got sticker-centric this week:

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "I love the big 12x12 sticker sheets that coordinate with various holiday patterned paper collections. Shocking true confession: I don't always feel like I need the papers themselves; sometimes I just buy the sticker sheet. Case in point: Simple Stories' Snow Pine Lodge provided all of these cute stickers (that camper, tho!); the papers, which I chose by color, are all just older scraps from my stash!"

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "I covered my teal card base with these clear gold metallic stickers (no idea who makes them or where they came from).  I added a few Spellbinders Gold Smooth Discs.  I finished by adding a Doodlebug Design Santa using foam tape and a very vintage SRM Sticker sentiment."

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JB2618: Stuck on You runs until next Wednesday evening, September 9th. Link your sticker-centric cards on the original post, directly below this one!