hooray for the red, white and ♥JUL♥!

yes, we're appreciating all things scandinavian this fortnight at ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ as we make holiday cards inspired by this gorgeous photo that miss stephanie found:

of course, you can be as loose... or as exact... in your interpretation as you want; for instance you could choose to use only the colors, or just the hand-stitching, or the shapes or... well, whatever inspires *you* in the picture. i love everything about it, and was surprised to find that i actually own products which would allow me to re-create a number of details quite literally. so i did! :)

(patterned paper: dcwv, crate, october afternoon, imaginisce; snowflakes: felt=michaels, chipboard=basic grey, metal=tim holtz; chipboard heart: basic grey; border sticker: reminisce; vintage: buttons and lace; adhesives: staples brand gluetape runner, 3m foam tape, gluedots, sewing machine)

the only thing i didn't do on this card, that i wanted to try, was to replicate a little bit of the hand-stitched effect from the knitted stocking ornament. i thought i might work that into the border somewhere, but at some point with all of the other elements i'd added, the card just felt DONE to me, so i stopped! however, my favorite thing about making a christmas card every week, but only having a new ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ prompt every other week is that it means i get TWO SHOTS at each theme, so you miiiiiight just see a bit of embroidery next time!

right now i think it's time for you to head over to ♥JINGLE BELLES♥, see stephanie's gorgeous card, and start plotting what YOU will do with some fabulous scandinavian inspiration! ♥