Saturday, September 17, 2011

Jingle Belles: Happy Hybrid Holidays!

  Happy Hybrid Holidays!  I have tried to participate in as many Jingle Belles challenges as possible this year; if there were a challenge blog that alternately required Easter, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, and Halloween, I'd be set :)  Lauren & Stef's JB challenge this week is sponsored by Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and MoreThe challenge:  create a card incorporating at least one digital stamp or element in your card design.

I knew exactly what I wanted to do; last December I had printed out a digi image from Fred She Said.  I have a plastic basket that has odds and ends, embellies, scraps of wrapping paper, etc. (all Christmas-themed.)  Every week I pull out that basket to create my weekly Jingle Belles challenge card.  This digi image came from that basket; it was an extra I printed when I made this gift card holder. I chose to use BasicGrey "wassail" papers, then I chose copic marker colors to coordinate.  I wanted to put the ornament on a tree, and I used my Cricut to cut the tree and it's shadow layer.

  The background paper as a subtle tiny bubbles pattern (click on picture to see better), so I embossed the tree with my "Tiny Bubbles" embossing folder.  I added some paper piercing as a subtle border and some ribbon at the bottom.

  Thanks for stopping by :)

Supplies:
Cricut Cartridge:  Winter Frolic cut @ 5"
paper:  BasicGrey Wassail
embossing folder:  Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles
digi image:  Fred She Said
ribbon:  Close to my Heart

11 comments:

Windy Hills said...

This is a beautiful card! And an early merry Christmas to you!

Court said...

L.O.V.E this.

SmilynStef said...

I love that you have a little Christmas stash basket ... and I love what you make with your "extra" image ... so glad you joined our jingle belles fun.

~amy~ said...

perfect-o!

Missy said...

This card is really pretty, I like the embossing you added to the tree!!

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

This is BEAUTIFUL! I loveeeeeeeeeee that tree! :):):):):):):):):):):)

Tyggereye said...

This turned out so cute. I need more embossing stuff because this really pops! I love it. I'm liking your blog look.

Barbara said...

How absolutely cute! I love the color palette you used... and... and... and just about everything else about it!

lauren bergold said...

oh my gosh! that's ♥ADORABLE♥! i love the ornament image and how brilliant to put it ON A TREE!!! (& bg + xmas is just always, ALWAYS awesome, isn't it??!?!) :)

Amy said...

Really cute Christmas card! I love the embossing on the tree and the ornament! :)Amy

Debbie said...

I love your card!! The paper, digi, just everything make it great!!