We THREE Kings

The next Jingle Belles prompt is asking you to create a card with THREE of one element: three circles, three reindeer, three packages under the Christmas Tree ... you get the picture.

Here are our THREE point shots for this week:

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "I started with three vintage chipboard ornament stickers from my stash that I topped with three chipboard snowflake stickers.  For my background, I stamped Simon Says Stamp White Christmas Text on the background in white ink and embossed with white embossing powder for subtle texture.  I finished with a sentiment from Hero Arts Holiday Borders and Icons.  I attached all of the pieces with foam tape on the white-on-white background."

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "My card was inspired by three vintage kittens, as you can see. In addition my A6 card has a few more threes: three torn patterned paper pieces and three pieces of doily. I kept trying to add "one more thing" but nothing really seemed right, so I attached the sentiment, did a bit of machine stitching and called it good."

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JB2606: We Three Kings runs until 6pm (Eastern) on Wednesday, March 25th. 

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Singing Along

How delightful to see so many Jingle Belles singing along with our "Fa-la-la-la-la" challenge to incorporate music, instruments or a holiday song title. If you haven't yet seen all the entries in the Readers' Gallery, we highly recommend a little scroll through all of the musical inspiration. In the meantime, here are three cards that especially caught our eye:

Brenda B of Brenda's Scraps of Life

...stamped a beautiful creche scene over the music for "Away in a Manger" using neutral tones with  touches of gold for a look that's soft, sweet and elegant. 

Susan B of Cardmaker's Garret

...made these bold copper-colored watercolor bells the centerpiece of her gorgeous CAS card which also features lots of background texture and a perfectly appropriate sentiment!

Jo from Jo Blogs

...chose a cute and comical caroling kitty to be the star of her charming and adorable greeting! (Bonus points for the super cool Fa-La-La-La-La sky!)

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And now let's find out who will be acquiring that very cool CUTplorations Doodled Christmas Bells Cover Plate Die from Stamplorations:

The Random Number Generator has chosen...

(drumroll, please)

Lucky Number 6!

which means that

Jolanda Johnstone of The Inque Spot Studio

is our Lucky Winner!

CONGRATS!

Please send your snail mail info to

llaurenb (at) hotmail (dot) com 

so we can get that on its way to you ASAP!

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Many thanks to all who participated. We'll be back at Midnight with a brand new prompt that's easy as one... two... three!

A Caroling We Will Go

We're still celebrating Christmas Music this week.  We're asking you to create a card (or tag, or gift card holder, or whatever else you'll be needing for the holidays) that incorporates music, musical instruments, or even the title of a favorite Christmas Carol.

Here's what we're singing:

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "I used a vertical strip of real (torn) sheet music; some horizontal music-printed washi tape; and a tiny journal card with "Deck the Halls" on it, so I think I've covered all the bases. The background paper is from 49 & Market; the ancient slide mount frame is of unknown origin; and the foliage diecuts were leftover from another project... the dies were Tim Holtz for Sizzix Christmas Greenery. I cannot tell a lie: I love how this tuned out!"

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie said, "I flipped over the vintage sheet music I had used for last weeks card, and decided to scan the other side for this week's card.  I cut it into a square to use it with the BYSH Cardmakers Sketch.  I stamped three sets of Jingle Bells from Hero Arts Comfort and Joy Messages.  I finished with a sentiment from the same set."

And to celebrate the reopening of the STAMPlorations Store, we're sharing the CUTplorations Doodled Christmas Bells Cover Plate Die which one lucky (randomly chosen) participant will receive:

Fa-La-La-La-La

This fortnight we're celebrating one of our favorite aspects of the holidays at Jingle Belles... Christmas Music! 

We're asking you to create a card (or tag, or gift card holder, or whatever else you'll be needing for the holidays) that incorporates music, musical instruments, or even the title of a favorite Christmas Carol.

Here's how we're singing this week:

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "I started by scanning a piece of sheet music from my stash and shrinking it down to work with my card front.  I added a strip of silver vellum down the left side.  Next I edged the lovely and peaceful scene from STAMPlorations Snowy Christmas Journal Cards in black ink to frame it for the musical background.  I added a sentiment from STAMPlorations Good Tidings Clear Stickers, attaching them both with foam tape for dimension."

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "I used Ranger's White Embossing Powder with Simon Hurley's create. Sheet Music Background Stamp on white cardstock, then added a nice dark coat of Best Dressed Archival Ink on top; plus a little flick of Dina Wakley White Gloss Spray. The sweet chickadee image is an older Masterpieces Made Simple card from Penny Black, which I trimmed down just a tiny bit, and adorned with Eyelet Outlet Snowflake Brads. I matted both panels on gold cardstock, added a square of older Ciao Bella paper, a Tim Holtz Christmas Sticker Sentiment and a wrap of crinkly seambinding to complete this dramatic 5.5" square card."

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And to celebrate the reopening of the STAMPlorations Store, we're sharing the CUTplorations Doodled Christmas Bells Cover Plate Die which one lucky (randomly chosen) participant will receive:

JB2605: Fa-La-La-La-La runs until 6pm (Eastern) on the evening of Wednesday, March 11th. Link your music-centric card(s) right here:

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Well RED!

RED was the featured shade this fortnight and everyone who linked up was definitely RED-dy to Roll! If you've not yet checked out the Readers' Gallery, we highly recommend a little scroll through all of outstanding inspiration. In the meantime, here are three cards that especially caught our eye:

Helen of Made by Helen

...went above and beyond when it came to making her card predominantly RED. We love how much texture and interest she incorporated, as well; plus the brilliant way she used white to set off all of the different panels and layers!

Claudia of Claudia's Kaartjes

...went to town with glorious and dramatic elements: layers, textures, trimmings, dimensional flowers, a fancy fold and yes, LOTS of gorgeous RED!

Cindy of @encrepapierciseaux on Instagram

...made a card that's beautiful by any standard; not to mention a FABULOUS example of how to use not only mostly RED but solid RED with accents of gold, white and loads of texture; Bravo!

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Many thanks to all who participated. We'll be back at Midnight with a brand new prompt we hope will have everyone singing along!

Snoopy vs. the ♥♥RED♥♥ Baron

We're still Celebrating Rudolph (and the RED Baron) at Jingle Belles this week by creating cards that primarily feature the color RED.

Here is how we created with RED this week:

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "I am fairly proud of how many scraps of RED patterned paper I combined to make this card (for the record, it's nine); and also the fact that I unearthed and used not one, not two, not three... but FOUR ancient border punches to do so! There are also eight (RED!) stickers; three (RED!) Eyelet Outlet brads and two (RED!) circle diecuts involved. I sewed around the edges to keep the edges on all those borders from curling up and called it a RED-letter day."

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "One thing I like to do when I'm working on a single color design is to pull out all of the scraps of designer paper I have in my scrap bin that are in that color and see what comes together.  Once I did that this week, I decided to cut mostly 5/8" strips of cardstock and create a quilted background (a few were slightly wider or narrower because it worked with the design like the tiny poinsettias in the bottom right).  Since the scrap of cardstock I used for the base was a long rectangle, I ended-up cutting it down into a slimline size.  I added a Simple Stories Holly Jolly Page Pieces Santa and a stamped sentiment from Simon Says Stamp The Man, The Myth."

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Link your (mostly) RED cards on the original post by Wednesday evening, February 25th. 

Rudolph the RED Nosed Reindeer

Are you RED-dy or another new prompt? 

This time, in honor of Valentine's Day, the brief is to make a card that's predominantly... you guessed it... RED! ♥

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "I started with a fun Doodlebug Design Santa all dressed in red.  Next I added a stamped sentiment from Concord & 9th Mistletoe Messages in red.  The finishing touch was a two tone red designer paper framed with a thin layer of black and mounted on a red card base."

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "I love using the holly dies from Wendy Vecchi's Christmas Add-On Set for her Essential Envelopes to construct double-layer poinsettias. Then I added foliage and hearts from the same set and a couple of Eyelet Outlet Poinsettia Brads to the centers. I placed all of the above on top of a stacked-diamond background pattern made from lots of RED patterned paper scraps that I built on top of some ancient (RED!) My Mind's Eye patterned paper."

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JB2604: Rudolph the RED Nosed Reindeer runs until 6pm (Eastern) on the evening of Wednesday, February 25th. Link your fabulous (RED!) card(s) right here!

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