Jingle Belles #2402 Something Old/New Take 2!

 As I mentioned in my previous post, I don't have a lot of new stuff. I did buy some stamps and dies a few months ago but no time to use them. I imagine I'm not alone in having lofty goals of making some things and then all the plans go out the window due to whatever is going on. So with that in mind - I'm using something old and something older still. I don't think anyone is gonna call the Jingle Belles Police on me - whaddya say Lauren and Stef? ha!  

So last year I picked up some Heidi Swapp patterned paper called Hometown Holiday.  In this card I used some of that paper: I cut the word JOLLY out of one piece and used yet another piece for the background. For my something older things - the Sizzix die for the Christmas tree (which I cut up and put back together - cos ya know why leave it be when you can redo it?) The shimmery cardstock is also from the ancient section of my stash along with that star brad. The little Christmas mice? They're an older set from Papertrey Ink - and the stamped words are from a coordinating stamp set. And of course, stitching. 

I am pleased with this one - the little mice are so stinkin cute I'm glad I got a chance to use them. I suspect they may turn up in another card someday soon.

Jingle Belles #2402 Something Old Something New

Hello again friends. I know. I'm back again. But to beat my previous record I've got to at least get to February. That said, on with the show. 

I gotta be honest. Most of my stuff is old. Have I stopped purchasing? Seriously LOL no. But I definitely stayed away from Christmas related things. Why? I've got a bunch.  And indeed I bought a Heidi Swapp stamp set (I believe) in November. I knew I wouldn't be making cards this past year. I stopped putting that particular pressure on myself years ago. I bought it because I knew I use it in the future for other things. Maybe just for tags - who knows. The set has classic elements that always appeal to me so I bought it no regrets. But I did want to use it soon. Enter this challenge. 

So that stamp set is my "new" but what about my old? The washi, the embossing powder, the prismacolor pencils.  

I'm hoping to get another card made before the end of the challenge but not making any promises. Thanks for taking the time to look. 

Jingle Bells 2024 and yeah, hello

 Okay so the last time I posted here was perhaps 9 years ago? Yeah I think so. Then I posted for a while on Instagram. And I guess I could post this there but  not for now. But to those of you who have found me after all this time: Hi. Nice to see you or meet you or whatever. 

I'm posting today because after a long time of not posting drawings or cards I've made I thought it would be fun to join in again with Jingle Bells: that wonderful holiday card challenge where you made  holiday cards all year long so by the time December rolls around you have quite a pile of cards. I will admit I've joined in before, years ago. I lasted 5 weeks. I'm hoping this time I can continue for the duration. 

So the first challenge is called Wrap It Up - you use wrapping paper to create your card(s). I pulled out some scraps from the wrapping paper container before I packed it away a few weeks ago and got to work. I've made 3 sets of cards. No doubt this over-achieving will stop soon so don't be concerned. I made a total of 8 cards.

The first card has that black background with metallic print for the "Merry Christmas". It was a favorite paper this year. I found some of these larger glittery poinsettia's in my stash which I thought would work well. And I stitched around the edge of the cards.

The second set of cards used a penguin wrap from a few years ago. I found some penguin stickers in my stash to decorate the small tags. I stamped a small sentiment from Purple Onion Designs on the tags. And finished it all off with some stitching as well as bows made of some bakers twine from Target (and some glossy accents to keep them in place).

The last set of cards were using that snowflake paper. The aqua, gold and off- white are such a pretty combo. I found some wood veneer snowflakes in my stash. I used Versamark and gold EP to change them into a pretty gold which would complement the paper. Threw in some gold and white sequins to add to the sparkle. Finally I stamped the small tags with stamps from Papertrey Ink and again used gold.

Forgive me- this is not looking great. It's been nine years since I've posted on here LOL. I'm lucky I could remember how to use Blogger. Truth be told I'm posting here so I can hold myself accountable. So I'm posting here and am going to link up to the Jingle Bells challenge for the week. That's one down for me!  Til next time!