We're still creating with Bells at Jingle Belles this week.
I started with salted and painted paper for the card base & a stitched die cut circle.
I die cut the Cottage Cut Bells from Lawn Fawn's Iridescent Silver Cardstock and layered it with one cut from white cardstock for dimension.
I finished with a Remnant Rub Rub-on Sentiment.
I'm thrilled to be Guest Designing at the first Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge of 2023 - R is for Reindeer.
I decided to go with one of the cute little Reindeer from Lawn Fawn. I used the one from Lawn Fawn Ugly and Bright and dressed him in a Snowman Sweater colored with my Graph'IT Markers. The sentiments and speech bubble are from the same set.
The background is the Lawn Fawn Stitched Snowflake Backdrop. I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders for a little pile of snow for my reindeer to stand on before attaching it all to a purple card base to coordinate with my tacky Christmas Sweater.
My partying reindeer is also linking-up at the Lawnfawnatics Let's Celebrate Challenge.
The first Caffeinated Christmas Challenge of 2023 is all about Snowflakes.
I had this Technique Tuesday snowman & sentiment that i stamped when we went to the crafty house last Spring. I decided to use some Eyelet Outlet Brads to turn him into a Christmas card by adding his Holiday Coffee Cup Brad (decorated with tiny snowflakes) and a Merry Christmas Saying Bubble Brad.
I die cut him with a Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle Die and used the larger Rectangle for the base. Then I die cut the Lawn Fawn Stitched Snowflake Backdrop for a bit more snowflake texture.
I finished with some red snowflake Rub-ons from October Afternoon.
Since Lauren & I started Jingle Belles in 2010, I've been recapping my five favorite Christmas cards of the year (you can find 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 here) ... I always enjoy revisiting my creations for the year.
Here are this year's favorites in no particular order:
1. This card was for our We Wish you a Plaid Christmas Prompt at Jingle Belles. Paper Piecing and Yetis have been two of my favorite things for years, so it was fun to combine them with some of my favorite bright and happy colors for the holidays.
2. This card was for the 12 Days of Christmas prompt at Jingle Belles to make a card for your true love that featured hearts. I love the cool effect of the embossed metallic gel printed paper for the background combined with old-school detail cutting of my wintry scene.
3. The Naughty Tag was my favorite from the 12 Tags of Christmas at Ellen Hutson inspired by Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer. And when my boss asked me if everyone got Naughty Cards for Christmas, I got to tell him it was a design specially reserved for him (he's a prankster who often exhibits what I would define as naughty behavior).
4. Every year at least one Taylored Expressions Grumpling has to make an appearance in my year of card making, and I really loved how this one turned out ... the colors, dotty background, curled edge of the papers, and embellishments all worked together so well. This one was for C is for Christmas (in July) at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.
5. My final card was a winner of the November Anything Goes Challenge at Jaded Blossom. I was pretty proud of how I was able to turn my Coffee Gnome into a Grinch for the Caffeinated Christmas Holly Challenge, since I had the perfect sentiment.
As always, hard to pick favorites, but also fun re-visiting all the holiday cards I made (and gave) this year.
Remember, if you'd like to have lots of holiday cards ready when December rolls around, you can join us for our 13th year of Jingle Belles Mayhem beginning January 1st
Day 11 of the 12 Tags of Christmas at Ellen Hutson is - Jingle Belles with Carly Miner.
I die cut my Jingle Bell from Silver Mirror cardstock with a bow made from Lawn Fawn Pink Lemonade Trimmings.
I paired it with a fun snarky sentiment from Sassy Christmas Peace on Earth.
I'm also linking-up at the Tag It! Challenge at Simon Says Challenge.
Day 5 of the 12 Tags of Christmas at Ellen Hutson is Baby It's Cold Outside with Julie Ebersole.
I started with the adorable Snowman Snow Globe by CZ Design. I added a tiny Hero Arts Coffee Cup from Kelly's Coffee & Donuts to keep him warm & for him to join the Snowman + Coffee Challenge at Caffeinated Christmas.
I positioned him on Essentials by Ellen Tag Trio Die Cut Tag from Lawn Fawn Watercolor Wishes Rainbow designer paper. I finished with a vintage Memory Box Wood Block sentiment.
Since Caffeinated Christmas needs to be a card, I mounted my tag on another piece of paper from the Lawn Fawn Watercolor Wishes Rainbow papers.
Day 4 of the 12 Tags of Christmas is Deck the Halls with Vera Kuprick.
I started by stamping the Holly from Reverse Confetti Joys of the Season in Deck the Halls ink on coral cardstock and then die cutting using the Essentials by Ellen Holiday Tag Trio.
I used Reverse Confetti Letter Cuts to cut out the song lyrics. I finished with a green ribbon and a sentiment from Lawn Fawn Simply Winter Sentiments.
The current Lawn Fawn Challenge is to create a Monochromatic Card.
I looked through my Lawn Fawn collection and saw this Hello Sunshine Sentiment from Lawn Fawn Magic Messages and decided my monochromatic color was going to be sunshine (aka golden yellow). I stamped it in sunshine yellow and die cut it with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Circle Stackable using the next size to cut the stitched mat to frame it and attachment the sentiment with foam tape for dimension.
Next I used the Lawn Fawn Simple Stripes: Diagonal Die on one of my Sunshiny Alcohol Ink Panels. I finished with a scattering of sunshiny sequins.
This week at Jingle Belles 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.
While I have never snowboarded, I have several people on my Christmas card list who love the sport. This 1997 Stampington & Company Snowboarder is one of the oldest stamps I have in my stash, and I still think he looks just as great today.
I inked-him using four ink colors to create a rainbow with the overlap for the Caffeinated Christmas Challenge theme of Rainbow. To bring in the Coffee, I stamped a tiny coffee cup from Hero Arts Kelly's Coffee & Donuts and placed it on the end of the snowboard.
My layout is the sketch from the Retro Rubber Stamp Challenge.
I used Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders for my snowy slopes and finished with a sentiment from Memory Box Dashing with Reindeer inked in reverse rainbow order.
It's another week of playing with PLAID at Jingle Belles. I went with another page from the Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid.
Stamps are Lawn Fawn Yeti or Not (and a bit from Lawn Fawn Offset Sayings Christmas) stamped on a white designer paper that sort of has a subtle snowflake-like pattern in the white-on-white design. I used a blue alcohol ink marker to color their faces.
I used the plaid paper for the background, scarf, Santa Hat and even the Christmas tree. I die cut the star from the same set form gold glitter paper and finished with a Love from Lizi Gold Peel Off along the bottom of the banner.
The layout is this week's Saturday Sketch.
