Ingenious Inkling

A Christmas Story

At Jingle Belles the theme is still A Christmas Story where we're asking you to create a card inspired by the many holiday books or movies that we all adored in childhood (and likely still adore them today). 

So whether you love “A Christmas Carol”, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” or “It's a Wonderful Life” we're asking you to create a card inspired by your favorite holiday book or movie.

Bumble the Abominable Snowman aka Yeti from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer 1964 Stop Motion Animation Special has always been my favorite Yeti.  I built my card around this long-hoarded foam sticker adding the glittery star and Eyelet Outlet Candy Cane Brad in his Yeti hands. 

 

 

I paired with with snowflakes & candy cane striped designer paper with him perched on a stitched die cut oval from one of my red gelliprints.  The perfect sentiment is from Hello Bluebird Yeti or Not.

I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says Monday Christmas Challenge.

A Christmas Story

At Jingle Belles this week's theme is A Christmas Story where we're asking you to create a card inspired by the many holiday books or movies that we all adored in childhood (and likely still adore them today). 

So whether you love “A Christmas Carol”, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” or “It's a Wonderful Life”, we're asking you to create a card inspired by your favorite holiday book or movie.

I chose "A Christmas Story" as my inspiration for this week's card using stamps from The Ink Road Leg Lamp.  I sprayed my papers with Fortune Teller & Cocktail Party Distress Mica Stain Sprays with the Pinkfresh Studio Rounded Braided Rectangle Die Cut for the images.

 

 

I chose my colors for the Color Hues Red/Purple Challenge which included a hop to honor Lindsay.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers V is for Vivid Challenge.

 

 

And the Mica Spray is a metallic, so I'm linking up at the Christmas Craft Creations Metallics Challenge.

 

 

Come share your favorite Christmas Movie or Book with us at Jingle Belles.

It's beginning to look a lot like SKETCH-mas

We're still getting SKETCH-y this week at Jingle Belles.

 

 

This week I die cut stitched shapes from three different Mintay White Christmas papers, using a fourth for the card base (aren't they gorgeous).

 

 

The sentiment is a Simon Says Stamp Christmas Sentiment Strip, and I finished with PinkFresh Studio Champagne Glitter Drops (which literally coordinate with everything).

Merry SKETCH-mas

This week we're getting all SKETCH-y at Jingle Belles.

 

 

Remember you can rotate it, swap the shapes, elongate ... whatever works for you as long as we can still see the bones.  And we've got a fun prize for one participant.

I combined fun Doodlebug holiday papers with a candy theme for my sketch using a combination of die cuts for the shapes.

 

I added Eyelet Outlet Holiday Coffee Cup & Candy Cane Brads with a sentiment from Impress Word Set.  The candy & coffee theme is for the September Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge.

 

 

And one lucky participant at Jingle Belles will receive the Simon Says Stamp / CZ Design Let it Snow Stamps AND coordinating Die Cuts (yes both).  I just love Cathy's designs.

 

 

We hope you'll come join us.

Have Yourself a Very Vintage Christmas

We're still celebrating Christmas Past at Jingle Belles ... creating vintage cards sponsored by Lauren's Etsy Store, Just Enough Stuff.

 

 

This week I created with actual vintage elements.  I die cut my tag from a vintage holiday card that I found at an estate sale.  I used this week's Atlantic Heart's Sketch for my layout.

 

 

I paired my vintage tag with vintage sheet music from my vintage hymnal collection together with some vintage S&H Green Stamps.

 

 

And remember, one lucky participant will win a vintage collection of items from Lauren's Etsy Store.

 

Spirit of Christmas Past

This week at Jingle Belles we're celebrating the Spirit of Christmas Past ... which means creating a card with a vintage design.  It could mean incorporating actual vintage elements, using new products that have a vintage style, or using stamps or images that convey a vintage vibe - whatever says vintage to you.  

And to add a bit of extra incentive to your endeavors, this week we are sponsored by Lauren's fantastic Etsy Shop Just Enough Stuff, so there's a sweet little pack of vintage Christmassy things for one lucky card member who links-up a vintage holiday design.

I went with new products that have a vintage style most from Tim Holtz.

 

 

I stamped a vintage-like sentiment from Unity Stamp Company ... holiday.  faith. hope. love. that I thought had a vintage font that worked well with the reproduction of vintage designs.

 

 

I used a Sketch from Sketch~N~Scrap for my vintage elements with a coordinating layered Poinsettia sticker from Simple Vintage Rustic Christmas.

And one lucky participant will win this amazing prize package, so come show us your Christmas Past creations  

 

Oh Christmas Tree

We're still creating with Christmas Trees (or Pine Boughs) at Jingle Belles.

I decided rather than saving my ICAD (Index Card a Day) Art, I would see how many I could turn into cards.  The Christmas Tree prompt card (using a STAMPtember set from Simon Says Stamps) was the perfect place to start.

 

I framed it in Green & then in Red Dotted Paper before adhering to a grey snowflake card base.

Break out those pines and come join the Jingle Belles fun.

Oh Christmas Tree

Oh Christmas Tree is the next prompt at Jingle Belles.  We're asking you to create a card featuring a Christmas Tree or Pine Branches.

I decided to revisit a Christmas Tree design I first made in 2008.  I cut four rectangles from green pieces of designer paper in the BasicGrey Evergreen Collection to create my wonky Christmas Tree.  Together with my tree trunk cut from some hot chocolate designer paper, I attached it to a red card base covered with tiny Christmas trees.

 

 

I decorated my tree with gold metallic embellishments and a gold glitter star on top.  The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Reverse Sentiment Strips - Christmas.

Merry and Bright

We're still creating with Neutral Colors at Jingle Belles.

I combined recycled packaging (mostly covered with glittery poinsettias)Schedule with handmade paper and some vintage BasicGrey grid paper using this week's Sketch Saturday layout. 

 

 

I blinged-it-up with some pearl flourishes and two sentiments from Taylored Expressions Simple Strips - Christmas.

Neutral Noel

We're creating with Neutral Colors at Jingle Belles this week.  

I started with a piece of upcycled Tim Holtz packaging (with rounded corners) on an ivory cardstock.  Next came a kraft doily and a scrap of inked black textured cardstock from my stash.

 

 

I added lots of vertical scraps and a photo from one of my neutral holiday paper collections.  I added Eyelet Outlet Black Pearl Swirl Bling and a sentiment cut from another paper collection (no stamping on this one).  I finished with a neutral poinsettia embellishment.