Celebrating Winter in Style!

We were spoiled for choice when it came to selecting awesome cards made to this fortnight's non-Christmassy specifications!

Helen of Helen's Craft Haven

...proves that you don't need many elements at all, provided each one is absolutely perfect!

Myrna Sweet of Sweet Art Designs

...combined silver and gold diecuts to make a winter scene that's glamorous  enough to give to ANYONE, but tempting to keep for oneself!

Electra of Wishin' I Knew How To Blog

...absolutely ALWAYS does her own whimsically delightful creative thing, and we wouldn't have it any other way!!! :) 

We'll be back at midnight with a brand new prompt from an especially lovely guest star, we hope it will prove to be a gilt-y pleasure! :)

The Hanukkah Song, Verse Two!

We're still having fun creating cards for our friends and relations who celebrate the other winter holidays other than Christmas, and we're even making some general winter-themed cards.

We'd love for you to scroll down to the link up post and join us in that endeavor! 

Meanwhile, here's what we made this week:

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "I went hybrid again this week, creating a collage in photoshop that I printed on an inkjet transparency, then adorned with chunky glitter chipboard letters and lots of machine stitching to add texture and interest. You may notice that there really aren't any specifically Hanukkah-themed products here, I've let the colors and the sentiment do the work for me!"

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says,"My go-to theme for non-Christmas cards to send in December is Peace.  I combined the bold Peace sentiment from SRM Stickers with a gorgeous Penny Black Starry Night Sticker using this week's Retro Sketch."

The Hanukkah Song

Something that's pretty important to us here at ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ is to make sure our card-making festivities include EVERYONE who is special to us, whatever occasion or holiday in which they partake!

So this fortnight we're making cards for our friends who don't necessarily celebrate Christmas. Hanukkah is the most famous of the other winter holidays, and it (plus our favorite Adam Sandler song!) inspired our title, but you could choose Kwanzaa, New Year, Hogmanay or Solstice; or you could go totally non-denominational with a general winter-themed card.

Here's what we made:

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "I went quick, clean & simple for my card by covering a card base with SRM Hanukkah stickers."

Lauren's Card
Lauren says, "I chose a general winter theme, for which i used my own layery digital collage as background. Punched border strips and a small silvery flower accent the large sentiment. For the latter I combined my all-time favorite alphabet stickers (Basic Grey's old-school letters) with some chunky glitter chipboard. A bit of machine stitching adds texture whilst ensuring that everything stays firmly attached! "

Link up your own lovely non-Christmas winter holiday cards by 6pm (EDT) on Wednesday, August 27th. Keyword for galleries and our flickr group is JB:14:17.

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