Winter Fun for Everyone!

We loved seeing all of the different ways that our fellow Jingle Belles enjoy Winter Fun. Here are just a few cards that especially caught our eye this time:

Beverly Sizemore of Bev's Creative Path

...has made a TREE-mendously lovely winter scene, inspired by her happy childhood memories of choosing the family Christmas tree!

Helen of Helen's Craft Haven

...reminds us how much fun it is to build a snowman; ESPECIALLY when it's a snowman who has learned to juggle!!!

Steffi H (posting on Flickr)

...proves that sledding reindeer are Winter Fun by in any standard, especially when the reindeer are THIS CUTE and they're frolicking in such a fabulous snowscape!

Many thanks to everyone who played along. We'll be back at Midnight with a brand new prompt that we hope will provide Sweet Inspiration! 

Skating, Sledding & Skiing ... oh my

We're back celebrating all sorts of Winter Fun activities.  What do you do when the weather gets cold?

Here are our Winter Fun creations.

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "As I was sorting through my holiday dies, I came to these gorgeous Tim Holtz Ice Skates from Sizzix and knew exactly what I wanted to make. I'm not particularly sporty, but as a kid I did enjoy skating. The fabulous purple paisley paper and both background layers are from Blue Fern Studio's "Eclectic Charm" collection; the silver metallic skate blades and wordfetti sentiments are Idea-ology; and the Evergreen Branches are Tim Holtz's Holiday Greens Thinlits in both regular and mini size. I finished off with sparkly golden enamel stars are from Eyelet Outlet and embroidery floss skate laces."

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "For this week's card, I went searching through my collection of vintage Ideals Magazines and found this wonderful Sepia illustration depicting all sorts of winter fun from Skating to drinking hot cocoa.  I added lots of Tim Holtz Sticker Sentiments, which to me made it feel sort of like a page out of a Richard Scarry book."

Winter Fun

This fortnight we're making cards that feature ways to have FUN during the winter time. 

You might enjoy skiing, ice skating or sledding … or you might be more about sitting inside watching the snowfall from your favorite chair while drinking hot cocoa and reading a book. Whatever says winter fun for you, include it on your card & tell us why you (or the recipient) enjoy it.

Here's how we had our Winter FUN this week:

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "I've never tried snowboarding, but I do have several people on my Christmas card list who love the sport. This 1997 snowboarder stamp from Stampington & Company is one of the oldest stamps in my stash (so I used the Sketch from the Retro Rubber Challenge for my layout).  I inked him using four ink colors creating a rainbow for the Caffeinated Christmas Challenge with my tiny coffee cup from Hero Arts balanced on the board.  I inked the Memory Box sentiment with the same colors reversing the order."

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "Something Lovely Husband Jeff and I especially enjoy in December, is driving around to see all the Christmas lights and decorations. I've tried to encapsulate that in card form, using Lawn Fawn's adorable Car Critters and Christmas Add-On stamps set in a simple patterned paper landscape, with loads of colorful punched trees and a computer-generated sentiment."

Link your wonderful Winter Fun cards right here, by 6pm (EST) on Wednesday, May 4th. keyword for galleries, etc is JB-22-09.

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