new look for the new year!

hello, ♥JINGLE BELLES♥! 

are you as excited as we are about 2013? we think this is going to be our best year yet, and hope it will be an especially happy, healthy, and creative one for you! to honor the new year we've updated our header and we have a lovely new badge for you, though we're keeping a badge from each of our previous years on the sidebar so you can have a choice! we'll be back at midnight with our very first holiday cards of 2013 and we can't wait for you to join us! 

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stephanie and lauren

our 2013 header and badge were made in adobe photoshop elements 9 using the following digital elements: 

christmas shopping kit by polka dot press from two peas in a bucket; 

vintage christmas postcard journalers #1 by katie pertiet from designer digitals; 

and over the rainbow glitter style by studio flergs from scrapbook graphics

Happy Holidays!

Sending you all the best from the Jingle Belles.

Check back on January 1st for the first Jingle Belles prompt of 2013 as we start ... taking back December one holiday card at a time.

Lauren & Stephanie

and the winner is... #188...

which means our congratulations go to:
♥♥♥Grace N♥♥♥

grace, please send us your snail mail address,
so we can send this fabulous prize to you ASAP!

(jinglebellesrock @ hotmail [dot] com)

really, though, the every single one of us is a winner-- we got to see all of the incredible holiday inspiration you linked up in the last couple of weeks, ♥JINGLE BELLES♥; you absolutely never cease to amaze us with your prodigious talent and mind-blowing creativity!  take a bow, each and every one of you; then take some well-deserved time off to enjoy the holidays. but don't put away those crafty presents too quickly, because you're gonna need 'em when we all meet back here on january first to get started on our cards for 2013! in the meantime...

Merry Christmas!

♥♥♥

love, 

Stephanie and Lauren

December to Remember

We know how hard you've worked on holiday cards all year, and if you made one card per week along with us, you've now got a stash of *48* unique and beautiful greetings ready to send to your family and friends!  But maybe you still need a few more cards, or maybe-- like us!-- you're just really feeling "in the swing" now and want to play along with some of the other fun Christmas card challenges out there on the wonderful world-wide web?! (Check out our links list on the sidebar for a few ideas!) Whatever the case, if you're still making holiday cards, we still wanna see 'em, ♥JINGLE BELLES♥! So we've added a special "Anything (Holiday) Goes" link, below, for you to display your Christmas, New Year's, Hanukkah, Solstice, or even just generally "wintery" cards; alternately, you can use it to check out what your fellow Belles are making and find some clever ideas!

To further inspire you, one lucky cardmaker who links up with us on this post between now and 6pm (EST) on Friday, December 21st will receive this lovely prize package:

PaperTreyInk 2010 Holiday Tags Stamp Set

Stampin' Up Reason to Smile Stamp Set

8"x8" North Country Paper Pad by Prima

We'll even do our best to get that in the mail to you in time to play along with our first official prompt of 2013, which will debut right after the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Day, and we hope ♥YOU♥ stop by and check it out! In the meantime, happy cardmaking, ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ and Happy Holidays! 

♥♥♥  

xoxo 

Lauren and Stephanie

a ♥FEAST♥ for the eyes!!!

sometimes, ♥JINGLE BELLES♥, you guys link up sooooooo many amazing and wonderful holiday cards, that it's almost impossible to choose only a few to feature; what a very sweet "problem" to have! do be sure to scroll down and check out all the links, because your fellow cardmakers have outdone themselves with the "christmas feast" prompt. in the meantime, here are a few cards that really made our mouths water:

Brenda B of Brenda's Crafty Corner

did much more than "slide by" with her fabulously fun and creative gingerbread man on his candy cane sled! each image is hand cut and perfectly embellished, while details like the twine scarf and fluffy polyfil snow add even more texture and interest!  

Lyn Jones of Cartisan Crafts

cleverly paper-pieced this simple and lovely christmas pudding stamp in a charming patchwork style, for an effect that's completely unique-- as is her card's wonderfully personal greeting!

Carin of BwithCa

stamped and beautifully colored her adorable image, then cut, shaped, layered, trimmed, distressed, iced, inked, embellished, decorated a card in which one just keeps on finding the sweetest treasures!

many thanks to everyone who participated in this prompt, and extra helpings to those of you who supported us throughout the entire year. it truly is our fellow ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ who make this so much fun! we've had a blast for the last eleven months, and heartily invite you to join us again on january first when we'll kick off our third year of holiday hijinks! 

even though this was our last OFFICIAL prompt of 2012, we know that your wonderful holiday cardmaking creations will continue into december, so do stop back at midnight for a little something "extra" to spur you on! in the meantime, may we be amongst the first to wish you a very...

MERRY CHRISTMAS, 

JINGLE BELLES!!!

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