Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Jingle Belles Rock - Week 4

I almost broke up with Blogger tonight, but I toughed it out and finally managed to upload this card:

I hate intensely dislike this card. I was so very challenged with this week's Jingle Belles challenge to use not one, but TWO pinks - light and dark, and not just any green (which might have saved me) ... nooooooo, they want us to use LIME green. GAH!!!! Two pinks + lime green! A fate worse than death in my world!

Fortunately for me, I was driving to Ohio and back this weekend, so I had a LOT of time to ponder my options, which included not doing the challenge at all. But the whole point of a challenge is to be, well, challenging, right? So I came up with not one, but TWO ideas.

This evening, as I rummaged through my Heaplet for the paper I had in mind to use, this is all I found of it:

That's it. See that tree up at the top? This was not enough paper to make that tree. Then I realized the green in the paper was too dark, anyway, so I told myself to calm down and come up with another plan. That's when I found a few small pieces of that BRIGHT pink striped paper and used it instead. But wouldn't it have been fun to have a Christmas tree made out of bunny paper? :)

Since I've blathered on so and you've undoubtedly lost your place, and maybe even forgotten the subject of this post, let's look at that card again:

NOT my best work. Soooooo not. I used a piece of bright green speckled paper I've had for-EVER and stamped a script background on it using Pink Passion ink. I was trying to make it look like it belonged with that GAH PINK! The green layer under it is not the same green, but it passes (shhhh, don't tell the Belles). The trunk of the tree is made from a 1" piece of green ribbon with pink polka dots (score!). Using up the stash is all about baby steps, people. The handsome green ornaments are from a pack of bright brads I have also had for-EVER. I cut their legs off and filled their innards with glue dots until they stuck to the tree.

That star at the top was punched from a remnant of shimmer white and colored with a glitter pen so you can see it. I added that green brad because I'd already amputated it's legs and it was so sad.

So there you have it. Tomorrow I shall bore you with the tale of my road trip this past weekend. Let me just say: I need to move.

Thanks for stopping by!

22 comments:

  1. I REALLY like that card! Of course, I like pink & green together. Very pretty!

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  2. Great card Leslie! I'm impressed with the 3D tree! I felt the same as you about the color challenge - any other green - no problem - but lime green? Well you made a great card and met the challenge with your head held high!

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  4. I think your card is terrific!
    I LOVE LIME GREEN!!!
    Good for you for taking the challenge!
    You passed with flying colours!
    TFS!

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  5. I too struggled with this challenge. I love pink and green - even lime green - together, but for a Christmas card??

    Found some stickers I'd won in a challenge that worked just right.

    I do love your card.

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  6. Are you kidding me?? ... I adore this card ... if it arrived in my mailbox I would be giddy ... the fun paper you used for your folds is fabulous ... and the stamping over the dotted background produced such a cool effect ... so very fun ... thanks for hanging in there with us on our jingle belle journey.

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  7. What do you mean gotta move??? I don't think so, who else will I chat with at market?

    MB

    psss... I love the pink and lime green tree. Two of my fav colors!

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  8. very very good job.
    This one was so so hard for me and my limited supplies.
    move?
    you?
    could you?

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  9. Wow, you don't really like this card? I think it is awesome (and I mean it), that tree is wonderful and so is the background. I love pink and this was one of my favorite cards from a lot of beautiful entries. (a folded tree made of the bunny paper would have been very cool to see)

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  10. I can not believe you don't like this card! It is fantastic. I will gladly send you my address and you can send it to me. I'll even pay for shipping. In Canadian dollars if that works.

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  11. OMG! This has got to be the coolest, prettiest card I have ever seen! I only wish I was on your recipient list, so that I might get this in my mailbox come Christmas. Fabulous work!

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  12. duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!!!!!!!!!!!!

    this is one of the COOLEST and MOST ♥♥♥FABULOUS♥♥♥ cards you have ever made!!!!!!! which is TOTALLY sayin' somethin' as i hope you realize!!! seriously. WOW!!!!!!! (wow!!!)

    the tree is flippin' amazing!!! (tho i agree, a BUNNY tree would have also ROCKED!) btw, i thought the gorgeous dots + script background paper was official SU or other bigtime "designer" paper and i was going to ask where ya got it b/c ♥I LOVE IT♥!!!

    ok, so i know technically stef asked FIRST...but i'm gonna "pull rank" (by virtue of KNOWING you first!) and dibs this to be ♥MY♥ holiday card in december! (or you could send it in june for my birthday, if ya want!!!)

    seriously, you have ***ROCKED*** this inna big, biiiiiiiiiig way, missus!!! ♥♥♥♥♥

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  13. i love it like i love pink, you crazy nut! it's pretty pretty

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  14. I can't believe you don't like this card because this is DEFINITELY one of my favorite Leslie cards EVER. I love the paper and the big brads! This is darling and you rocked the Jingle Belles challenge so much that I can hear jingles :)

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  15. okay--I love this card (and I am so NOT a pink person)--the folded tree is fabulous and you've gained another follower just so I can come see what wonders you come up with next ;-)

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  16. You know, I had a hard time with this too, but I think you came up with a wonderful card. I truly love the folded paper tree. And the background you created was genius. Why didn't I think of something like that???? I think you have a winner here.

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  17. I am so in love with your card!! It's fabby!
    TFS!

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  18. Hah! I told you this card was faboo! Congrats on your win at Jingle Belles Rock :)

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  19. I think you are being critical - it's pretty!

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  20. I don't particularly (usually) care for pink & green together, but seeing all these CARDS! And YOURS! You totally did it and it looks fabulous! (do you think you could post instructions on how to do that fabby folded tree?) Wonderful job! (btw... this was my fave card of them ALL!)

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  21. Oooh I LOVE lime green, and with pink, wowy, love love love love it!! Fate worse than death?? NO WAY!!!!!

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  22. I LOVE this card too and would really like to know how you made the folds for the tree. Can you email me with either a template, or a link? Thanks so much! GREAT CARD!!! :)

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I'd love to hear what you really think! :-)

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