Neon Noel

We are loving all of the bright colors that are filling the gallery ... here are two more Merry & Bright cards from us:

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "When I saw this dazzling Gelato Background by the talented Roxie, I knew it would be the perfect technique for my card this week. I used Red, Orange and Yellow Gelatos on Watercolor Paper and blended with a baby wipe.  Once the Gelatos were dry, I stamped Fresh Squeezed Holiday Subway Art in India Ink and clear embossed.  All that was left to do was attach my panel to a white card base using foam tape."

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "Well I don't suppose I need to tell you where I got the idea for this one, do I, lol?! Yepper, that wreath in the inspiration photo was just TOO COOL... or should I say TOO HOT... to resist! After making my own background paper, punching loads of circles from the brightest scraps I could find, and grabbing this week's Fetch-a-Sketch I was all set!"

We've got our sunglasses on ... so show us your best & your brightest holiday creations.

Merry & Bright

This week we're celebrating all things Merry & Bright ... we're asking you to create a card using BRIGHT colors.  Here's a photo for some Merry & Bright inspiration.

So pull out your Neons & Vibrant Hues and show us how BRIGHT you can be.

Here are our BRIGHT creations:

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "I broke out the Winter Trees and Neon inks and created a a vibrant holiday landscape ... love how the colors pop."

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "For some reason, as soon as I heard the word "bright" I started thinking, "FLAMINGO!!!" I'm not really sure how that happened, but I decided to just go with it, lol. :) I used last week's Mojo Monday sketch for my layout and went crazy with as many bright pinks and greens as my scrapbox would yield... which turned out to be quite a few!"

So break out the BRIGHTS and show us some eye-popping colors in your holiday creations.  Link up your cards between now and May 22nd at 6pm (EST) ... keyword for galleries & our flickr group is JB:13:10.

Flyin' High!

Every time we think we're throwing you ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ a real curve ball we're generally rewarded with an even-more-than-usually-creative crop of holiday cards, and the "Flying Home for Christmas" prompt was definitely no exception to the rule! Here are a few cards that made us especially happy this time:

 Lisa J. of Snowy Moose Creations

Sent Santa up in the most charming hot air balloon we've ever seen (check out those reindeer!) raising our spirits right along with him!

Angela B. of I Would Rather Be Stamping

Cleverly combined Christmas colors and a sweet little bird with flowers and snowflakes, for a card that would get a smile from us any day of the year!

Meg of Bits and Pieces

Perfectly stamped and colored a "clean and simple" card that's as elegant as it is adorable.

Of course it also always makes us happy to award a little random blog candy to one of our fellow card-makers, so let's see who'll be having that super-fun "Reindeer Flight" die cut set then, eh?

According to the fine folks at Random.Org the number is 

*8*

which means that

♥Brenda B.♥

is our lucky winner!

Brenda, please email us at jinglebellesrock @ hotmail [dot] com with your snail mail address and we will get that out to you ASAP!

We'll be popping in at midnight with a brand new prompt that we hope will brighten your spirits, so please c'mon back and see us then! ♥

Dash Away All!

We're still celebrating holiday things that fly: angels, doves, cardinals, sparrows, Rudolph pulling Santa's sleigh... you name it! Won't you scroll down and check out the gallery with us? Then c'mon back and link up your own card!

Here's what we did this week:

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "I love Cardinals ... especially Christmas Cardinals.  I kept this one clean & simple with a wood grain paper base & SRM Sticker sentiment.  Layout is from Less Is More."

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "Ok, I realize I've used my Papaya Art holiday glitter stickers several times this year already... but in my defense, since so many feature lovely little birds, i just found them totally irresistable for this prompt! This time I've paired a lovely label shape with the current Retro Sketch (#61), and used Color Throwdown Palette #240 as additional inspiration!"

Remember ... you have until Wednesday, May 8th at 6pm EST to link-up for a chance to win a fun prize ... and be one card closer to taking back your December.

Flying Home For Christmas!

This week at Jingle Belles we're celebrating holiday things that fly ... angels, cardinals, doves and yes, even reindeer and Santa's sleigh! Won't you join us?!

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "Despite having a number of elements, this card came together more easily than almost any I've made all year. Partly because the October Afternoon Miscellany card with Santa's sleigh on it is just sooooooooo unassailably awesome; but then so is this week's Super Sketchy Sunday Sketch from 365 Cards! Easy, peasy!"

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "Peace stamps are my favorite for the holidays, so I decided to use the dove from Peace Window by Stampendous.  I stamped it once in dark brown on the kraft journaling card & a second time on a piece of ivory designer paper to paper piece the dove & stripe on the image.  Papers are from Simple Stories Handmade Holiday & the layout is from Sketch Saturday."

If you need a little more incentive, one lucky cardmaker who links up with us this fortnight will receive their very own Reindeer Flight Die Set. Woohoo!

So dust off your angels, your flying sleighs, your Christmassy birds, and link your holiday card between now and May 8th at 6pm (EST), and not only will you have a chance at the prize, you'll be one card closer to a stress-free December, which is what it's all about, right?! Keyword for galleries and our flickr group is JB:13:09.

Peace (and ♥LOVE♥!) on Earth Day

There's a reason the annual "Earth Day Special" is one of our all-time favorite prompts, ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ and as long as you keep wow-ing us with your creative ideas and your clever, cunning and crafty re-purposing skills, we're going to keep throwing this challenge at you towards the end of each April! Here are a few cards that really raised the recycling bar in our humble opinion!

Donna Ellis of Creative Smiles

Made us smile, and impressed the heck out of us, with a card (and clever blog post!) that is not only flat-out gorgeous AND a brilliant re-use of a very handsome reindeer from an old Christmas card, but also embodies the true spirit of Earth Day in a way we truly ♥LOVE♥ and admire: despite a little mis-hap with some bright red glitter glue on her white cardbase, she just kept going, camouflaged the "boo boo" and ended up with a card that absolutely anyone would be proud to display on their holiday mantle!

Brenda B of Brenda's Crafty Corner

Rocked this challenge with multiple fabulous entries ... this card uses recycled plastic from bakery packaging to create a card ... that also includes the gift of a holiday ornament (so the recipient will be recycling too).  Love her think outside the box creativity and beautiful end results.  Make sure you scroll down and check out all of her other entries.

Mandy of Made By Mandy
Who knew the inside of a wrapping paper roll be perfect thing to recycle to create this kraft cutie ... Mandy knew, that's who ... love this all-over gingerbread design.

Kudos and thanks to everyone who linked up with us. If you haven't had a chance to check out the gallery, trust us, you owe yourself that treat! Meanwhile, we'll be back at midnight with a prompt that'll have you flying to your craft room for your favorite holiday ingredients!!! :)

Joy to the Earth

We're still celebrating Earth Day at Jingle Belles this week by creating projects that incorporate recycling.

Here's our second round of recycled creations.

Lauren's Other Card
Lauren says, "One of my 'real life' projects this week was to line the inside of some cupboards in my new home with this pretty black and white toile contact paper I snagged at the dollar store. There wasn't much leftover, but i rescued the biggest scrap... along with another lovely recycled holiday card from last year... to make this card. I also incorporated this week's awesome Merry Monday sketch!"

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "Every year our marketing team at the office gets new sample books from the various paper manufacturers ... and the old paper sample books get to come home with me.  While the sample pieces are small, they are the perfect size for card making.  This entire card including the image (which was included in one book to show the effect of color printing on gorgeous ivory shimmer paper) was recycled from these sample books (love the gorgeous linen lines in the heavy background cardstock).  The silver shimmer cardstock was perfect for punching snowflakes, and I finished with an EAD Designs Vinyl rub-on sentiment.  The layout is this week's Retro Sketch."

Remember, you have until 6pm (EST) on Wednesday, April 24th to link-up your recycled creations ... can't wait to see what you create.