It's Already Yeti Already!

It's the second week of our "We Three Kings" celebration at Jingle Belles, for which we'd like to see holiday cards that incorporate three or more different patterned papers! 

I used five patterned papers, across two cards: two shades of Lawn Fawn's Knit Picky line, plus a piece from Let it Shine; ancient MME Trees; and the Lawn Fawn Yeti are pieced in one of Bella Blvd's fabulous tone-on-tone plaids. The snowflakes are, of course, Eyelet Outlet Brads. 

I'm awarding myself bonus points for using both the positive and negative parts of the Dare 2B Artzy Stitched Framelits dies, instead of putting the unused pieces in the ever-increasing leftover diecuts pile. Go, me! :)

"We Three Kings" runs until next Wednesday evening, June 19th. Head over to Jingle Belles to check out Stephanie's card as well as the awesome Readers' Gallery.

It's Almost Earth Day...

...which means it's time for one of our favorite events of the entire Jingle Belles year: the great Recycling Challenge! Yes, we want you to grab those holiday cards you've received and saved; the pretty catalog page you couldn't bear to throw away; the scraps of giftwrap you opened carefully so you could reuse and incorporate them into your next card! Or maybe you'll be even more intrepid and make your own chipboard embellishments from a cereal box, create a shaker card with a salad-container window, or... well, here's the beauty of this event... we never quite know WHAT will inspire our fellow Jingle Belles to recycle, upcycle or reuse various items, but we know the ideas will be clever, creative and beautiful! My friend Betty happened to encounter this adorable yeti on a tissue box and was kind enough to think of me and save the box! 

First order of business was obviously to cover up the logo, which I did by cutting two additional sections of curvy, snowy foreground from the side panels and layering them over top. Then, since there are few things sadder than a lonely yeti, I stamped and colored a Lawn Fawn friend for the big guy, as well as an appropriate sentiment. I added a skinny mat of glittery aqua cardstock and then a bigger one of an ancient Studio Calico geometric snowflake patterned paper that serendipitously matches incredibly well (gotta love it when that happens, right?!) and finally, what arctic landscape is complete without some Eyelet Outlet Snowflake Sequins? Being based around the dimensions of the tissue box, the finished card is wider than an A6, but not as tall as an A7, so it'll get mailed in an envelope which is slightly too big for it, but I'm cool with that.

Be sure to cruise over to Jingle Belles to see what Stephanie has made to inspire you, then start looking around your house for some (potential) trash which could become cardmaking treasure!

How Many Yeti Fit in One Blog Post?

The answer is: Six! Each one has brought along some favorite Eyelet Outlet Holiday Brads, a scattering of Round Sequins, and a selection of festive Washi Tape... See?

The first yeti has brought his (or possibly her... on yeti, it's frankly hard to tell!) favorite holiday treat: a Candy Cane Brad and has chosen Gingerbread Tape, Heart Washi, Red Dots and some solid color Skinny Tapes.

The second yeti likes being vertical and chose Red Tree Tape, Christmas Pattern Washi, Heart Tape and two shades of green Skinny Tape. A Holly Brad coordinates perfectly.

Yeti number three likes a bargain, so a Holiday Tree from the sale section was just the thing. Santa Tape, Merry Christmas Washi, Trees Tape, Music Notes and green Skinny Tape complete the ensemble.

The fourth yeti is wishing us Happy Holidays with a Holiday Saying Bubble. Red Dots, Gingerbread Washi, Foil Stripes, Merry Christmas Washi, and Fun Pattern Tape coordinate nicely.

Yeti number five is also embracing verticality, perfectly enhanced with Red Tree Tape, Christmas Pattern Washi, Heart Tape and two shades of green Skinny Tape, enjoying a Holiday Coffee. 

The final yeti is ready to hang up his Stocking Brad (also on sale!) against a background of Santa Tape, Trees Tape, Music Notes Washi and green Skinny Tape.

Whatever aspect of the holidays YOUR favorite yeti loves most, I'm pretty sure we've got some Eyelet Outlet Brads and Tapes that will suit him (or her!) perfectly.

Yeti or Not

It's week two of our Jingle Belles Christmas Creature celebration, and you still have time to join the fun! This week I've made a little winter landscape in shaker card form, for my adorable Lawn Fawn Yeti to inhabit. The background is several scraps of miscellaneous snowy patterned papers, and the shaker is full of Eyelet Outlet Snowflake Sequins.

Be sure to visit Jingle Belles to see Stephanie's card, and start planning what you'll make!

Yeti or Not?

Apologies for a slightly misleading title, because this fortnight at Jingle Belles the challenge is actually called "Text Me" for which we'd like to see (can you guess?) holiday cards that celebrate text. Which might mean prominently using letter stickers, dictionary pages, texty patterned paper, or just creating a card where the sentiment is the star. Here's my card, and you'll see where the yetis come in:

Ok so, clearly I have made my punny sentiment and gigantic alphabet stickers the stars of the show, but I also wanted a text-centric patterned paper with an old-school typewriter font on a white background. Yes, I realize that's VERY specific, which might be the reason I discovered I didn't have such a thing. So I made my own. See?

Yep, I got our my trusty Royal and typed, "yeti or not" over and over (and over and over!) until I filled a 4x6" area of white cardstock, which I then layered with snowy hills and populated with adorable Lawn Fawn yetis. I wanted to include some Christmas trees too, and started with minty green ones; but they just sort of faded into the sentiment, so instead I went with pink ones. (Like ya do, lol...) A few Eyelet Outlet Snowflake Brads complete the scene.

Hop over to Jingle Belles to see Stephanie's fabulous TEXT-y card and start planning what you'll link up with us this fortnight! ♥

Stampin' with the Sisterhood!

I am honored to have been named Queen of Snark for my Pink Halloween card at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers; especially since the prize is being a guest designer on their new challenge, SoSS173: P is for Penguin! 

Here's my card:

I was slightly bummed out to realize I don't actually have a penguin stamp; but then I remembered I had Eyelet Outlet Penguin Brads! This also meant that I could use my current favorite stamp set, Mythical Grumplings from Taylored Expressions. I'm not gonna lie... I'm kind of obsessed with that Yeti! I built a wintery landscape using scraps of a bunch of white and blue snowy-looking patterned papers and finished off with a few EO Snowflake Brads.

I hope you'll join me and the Sisterhood for this super-fun challenge, which runs through November 27th! ♥

A Very CASE-y Christmas

We've got an interesting twist this fortnight at Jingle Belles, we're saving you the trouble of inventing a brand new holiday card design, by asking you to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a card of Stephanie's or mine; from any Jingle Belles post, at anytime between 2011 and now. So yeah... there's plenty to choose from, lol! I knew immediately that I wanted to make my own version of one of this YETI card by Stephanie, so "Yeti or Not" here it is:

yeti and sentiment stamps: taylored expressions, colored with tombow markers and prismacolor pencils; snowflake patterned paper and tree die: echo park; hills dies: mama elephant; white glitter paper: best creation; xmas light stickers: sticko; christmas sticker: tim holtz/idea-ology; ink: ranger archival; corner rounder: we r memory keepers; adhesives: elmers brand gluetape, 3m foam tape, scor-tape by sookwang

My biggest obstacle was that I literally had NONE of the products Stephanie used in her card. But luckily I found Taylored Expressions' adorable "Mythical Grumplings" set at Paper Anthology, which gave me cute Yeti and most of the sentiment. I used a slightly larger tree die; but had a very similar set of stitched hills, plenty of white glitter paper, and even a pale green snowflake patterned paper! Since my Yeti stamps were not holiday-themed, I added some holiday lights stickers, but I think they're a pretty good fit. Et voila! 

Be sure to hop over and see which card Stephanie chose to CASE and start scrolling around Jingle Belles to choose your inspiration card!