We're the Winners!

Every time we challenge you ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ the prize is seeing how wonderfully you will rise to the occasion, and this fortnight was no exception. Here are a few cards we thought had particularly winning ways:

Brenda of Brenda's Scrappy Blog

...placed silver glitter paper behind snowflakes diecut into her card, then added green stamping for sentiments on a card that delights in every possible way! (*WHY* did we never think of this, eh?!)

Hansi Brittain of Quilting With Paper

...made three versions of a supremely elegant card in which bling centers adorn perfectly diecut flakes of snow! (It was hard to choose only one, so be sure to check out the others on her blog!)

Barb Housner of Paper Therapy Ponderings

...layered a fabulous vintage Santa diecut (note the cool two-fer!) on a gorgeous combination of distressed paper layers and accented with gold stamping and enamel dots. What else could you need in a holiday card? 

(Hint: not a single thing!)

Many thanks to all who took part, as usual, the gallery was full of nothing but winners!!! We'll be back at midnight with a brand new challenge, some especially lovely guest stars, and the chance at a prize or two. Hope to see you then!

Tic-Tac... Two?

We're in the second week of  our fun holiday card Tic-Tac-Toe game and we'd love for you to join us in another round of cards based on this board:

Here's what we made this week:

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "I went with the middle horizontal row this time, so I had Brads + Diecut+ Ribbon to work with. The ribbon is kind of buried, but I *think* you can see it, it's blue grosgrain with  snowflakes on it. It's partially hidden by my two diecuts, the sparkly "peace" sentiment (by Impression Obsession) and the suuuuuuper-skinny snowflake border (by Memory Box). Finally there's a big honkin' snowflake brad that came from Oriental Trading, quite some time ago... but I still really like the big impact it makes!"

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "I used the middle vertical row - Bling+Diecut+Snow. I used my new Poppy Stamps Frozen Flakes on silver glitter paper with lots of tiny blue bling.  I added a silver doily and a sentiment from Clearly Besotted for relatively CAS Blue design (we never see what the other one is making before we create the post ... so I love how we're both blue & silver this week)."

Remember, you have until 6pm EST on Wednesday, September 9th to link-up your design.

Tree Skirt Tic-Tac-Toe

This fortnight, we're playing Tree Skirt Tic-Tac-Toe, which is kind of like "Beach Blanket Bingo"... but Christmassy... and with a lot more embellishments! ;) We'd love for you to join us; all you have to do is pick a row (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) and create a lovely new holiday card featuring all three elements in that row. There are *lots* of possibilities, so let's get started!

Here's how we scored this week:

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "I went with the line straight across the top ... Santa, Bling & Stamping.  I stamped three different Tim Holtz Santas using a combination of Fired Brick, Festive Berry and Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.  I added circles of bling to highlight the Santa face in each design.  The layout is this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch."

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "I went with the center vertical column: Bling, Die Cuts, Snow, because... BLING!!! :) I've fulfilled those criteria with a rhinestone flourish, the use of a large Spellbinders' snowflake die, and a snowy-themed Anna Aspnes digital overlay printed on an inkjet transparency. I've used The Paper Players' PP259 sketch to guide my layout."

And now it's your turn! Link up your gorgeous Tic-Tac-Toe creations right here before 6pm (EST) on Wednesday, September 9th. Keyword for galleries or Flickr is JB:15:18.

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Priority Mail

Lots of cool postage-based awesomeness in the "Special Delivery" gallery! Many thanks to everyone who shared their inspired-- and inspiring-- holiday cards with us! Here are a few we especially loved:

Deborah Frings of Deborah's Gems

... beautifully colored a super-cute bear image and framed it in stacked postage-edged mats; those soft colors really make this particular gem stand out!

Diane of Lydia's Post

...totally *rocked* the vintage vibe with this gorgeous postcard and all the right trimmings!

Robyn Oliver of Waterlily Cards

...made several very cool cards featuring real stamps she has (cleverly!) saved from Christmas past; this one-- with a b+w background that allows the colorful postage to shine-- just miiiiiight be our favorite!

We'll be back at midnight with some brand new holiday fun and games we hope will inspire you! ♥