my favorite xmas gifts... to *MYSELF*! ;)

i believe i mentioned recently that there was a sale at the papaya art store right around thanksgiving, at which time some people (ok, ME!) went a little crazy. mostly i bought gifties for a few pals, and re-stocked my "present shelf" for the coming year, but i did treat myself to a bit of super-luxurious giftwrap, a lovely new wallet (see below), and some AMAZING glitter stickers. being as how our current prompt at ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ involves using and showing off one's latest crafty gifts and acquisitions, this seemed like a great time to bust those out!

(new stuff: papaya art holiday glitter stickers, prima mulberry paper & gem flowers; other: red paper scraps by crate, adhesives, machine stitching)

i was pretty happy with my card, seeing as these are my FAVORITE new embellishment, so imagine my surprise when i went to upload to our official ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ post and saw that stephanie had used the very same stickers (which were part of her present from me!) as her "new item" this week!!! so if you were ever wondering, "do they confer or coordinate beforehand on their cards?" you will now realize that NOPE, we really don't; we like to surprise each other, lol! :)

oh yeah, totally unrelated to cardmaking, but here's the wallet i bought myself in the same sale. in my defense, the one i had was literally beginning to come apart at the seams!

if you've ever felt like ♥YOU♥ might (metaphorically) "come apart at the seams" when contemplating the massive amount of holiday cards you need to make in december, why not hop over to ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ and join us?! we make just one card per week, throughout the whole year. it's fun while we're doing it, of course... but it's even MORE FUN to hit december 1st holding a box that already has 48 unique christmas greetings in it! so come and play! ♥♥♥