Friday, September 23, 2016

belles are ringing

this fortnight's prompt at ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ is called "christmas bells, those christmas bells..." and for once, it means EXACTLY what you think it does: we want to see holiday cards with bells on them! jingle bells, church bells, silver bells, sleigh bells, or any other kind of bell you can think of! here's what i made:

cardinal brads, holly brads and glitter gold washi tape: eyelet outlet; vintage sheet music and doily (inked green and layered) from my stash; chipboard letters: basic grey; plaid patterned paper: october afternoon; sage green cardstock: core'dinations; ink: colorbox; adhesive: elmers brand gluetape

the very first year of ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ my lovely blogging friend and fellow jersey girl lorraine of paper vernissage gave me this beautiful memory box "jingle bell border" die and it is still one of my all-time faves! in this case i've used it-- and most of the other elements on the card-- to make my oversized sentiment even more prominent; a task for which those adorable (brand new!) eyelet outlet cardinal brads are admirably suited, imo. my layout was inspired by this week's sketch (#178) from atlantic hearts sketch challenge:


stephanie has also created a most inspiring holiday card (literally) with bells on, why not check it out at ♥JINGLE BELLES♥?

14 comments:

  1. And the search is on for the tiny bells lol. Awesome card. love your take on the sketch.

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  2. What a great card, love that boarder so cute. I love the doily tree too.
    Sue

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  3. Dude, i looked at this the other day, and I'm looking again-- didn't realize you made your tree out of doilies! Obsessed! :) you rock.

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  4. How fun! Bells sparkle and very clever tree. Thank you for joining at AHSC this week.

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  5. Wow, very creative and great holiday card, and love the doily tree, can you give me a little more idea how you made this? Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us at AHSC.

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  6. Wow - very cool tree! I love the music paper in the background :) Those tiny jingle bells are adorable as well. Thanks for joining us at Atlantic Hearts this week.

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  7. Wonderful musically-themed card. I enjoyed the chipboard "merry", the DARLING embossed tree and the lovely ornaments! Simply stunning! ~ Ali (AHSC DT)

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  8. This is a beautiful card! Love the tree and those little jingle bells - and the cardinals and holly...perfect! Great take on our sketch! Thanks so much for sharing with us at AHSC! -Lori, DT

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  9. This is so beautiful... love the music paper for the background... gorgeous card! Thanks for playing along with Atlantic Hearts this week!

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  10. I gasped when I saw this gorgeous card, Lauren! LOVE the tree made from a doily! Those adorable cardinal and holly brads look so at home on the big sentiment, and the gold jingle bells are a just perfect! Well done!

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  11. So very pretty, I love it! I love the golden bells and the birds, so many details that make this card perfect. Thanks for playing along with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (AHSC)!

    Brandi R
    DT member AHSC
    crzy4scrapbooking.blogspot.ca

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  13. This is a fabulous card, Lauren! So many wonderful elements but my favorites are the brads and that lovely Christmas tree. Thanks for sharing with us at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.

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