A Caroling We Will Go

Fa-La-La-La-La ... is it ever really too early to listen to Christmas music?  Well, it's certainly never too early to make cards inspired by Christmas music.  Here is our second round of musical creations:

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "my all-time favorite way to incorporate music into my cards is to use it like any other patterned paper. i love finding old sheet music at book and rummage sales, and am always on the look-out for different sizes, shapes, paper styles, etc. here i've used a recent deconstructed sketch (#53) and paired the music with a bit of basic grey's lovely packaging, some festive papers, and a giant hand-cut poinsettia."

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "I too love to incorporate actual sheet music into my cards like patterned paper ... however, in this case, I wanted to capture the entire song, so I scanned the vintage music (which kept it's aged ivory hue) and sized it to fit my card front before printing.  I stamped Hero Arts Cling Wreath with Bells highlighted with silver glitter pen to complete the design.  I only had enough navy paper left to cover my card front, so I used a favorite trick and cut my matted circle out of the center of the piece of cardstock ... the other layers cover open circle in the bottom layer."

Remember, you have until 6pm (EST) on Wednesday, June 13th (using keyword JB12-12 for our flickr (and other) galleries) to link-up your musically inspired creations..

Fa-La-La-La-La!

This week we're celebrating one of our favorite things at jingle belles ... Christmas Music.  We're asking you to create a card (or gift card holder, or whatever else you'll be needing for the holidays) that incorporates music, that is inspired by a holiday song, or that includes a holiday song title.

Here are our musically inspired designs:

Fa-La-La-La-Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "i built my entire card around a 3x4" sheet music embellishment from october afternoon's holiday style miscellany collection; i loved the soft colors, the charming retro-style and even the magical feeling of christmas snow... so i tried to expand on all of these in my design. i used the may 21st layout sketch at sketch support to guide the placement of my elements, and i'm quite pleased with the result!" 

Fa-La-La-La-Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "I started by scanning some vintage sheet music I had in my collection and re-sizing it for my card front.  Next I stamped Hero Arts Merriest Christmas Wishes in Blue Iris on the music-printed cardstock.  I intended to use the image stamped directly on the music, but managed to flub my attempt at a hand-drawn frame, so I cut out the stamped image and placed it on top of a second piece of the printed music (I always print enough to cover a piece of cardstock) using a blue cardstock frame to cover the flub.  I added red colored pencil to my cardinal for a little pop."

If you're stumped, here's a list of Christmas Songs to get your creative juices flowing or put in some holiday CDs and start singing (or humming or whistling) those holiday tunes and link-up your creations by 6pm (EST) on Wednesday, June 13th using keyword JB12-12 for our flickr (and other) galleries.

so very *GIFTED*!

yes, that's definitely the way to describe our lovely belles when it comes to creating gift card holders, or indeed anything else! here are a few we found particularly impressive:

 lisa j. of snowy moose creations

made this clever "pop up" holder that is indeed both merry and bright, inside and out!

paula (aka pajalu) of scrappy me

used die cut label shapes to create a flap which cleverly hides her gift card on the outside of a mail-friendly flat card!

linda of snail's space

designed a gorgeous traditional card... with an equally pretty, perfectly coordinated pocket inside! 

and now for the winner of those gorgeous hand-carved stamps from miss gina's tyggereye etsy shop, we've personally consulted mr. random, of random.org, who has decided that lucky #10 is our winner which means we'd love to hear from:

♥EVELINE♥

please email your address to us at jinglebellesrock @ hotmail {dot} com so miss gina can get those on their way to you!

speaking of our lovely guest star, please join us in one more round of applause for the amazing gina cunningham, who has been a pleasure to have along for this fortnight. do check out her blog and etsy shop for more fabulous eye candy!

then do stop back at midnight when we'll begin a brand new prompt that we hope will have you singing along! ;)