Saturday, December 31, 2011

Jingle Belles 2012 #1 - Gift Wrap

Wow, tomorrow is January 1st, 2012! I'm sure those Jingle Belles have some fine challenges cooked up for us this year, and it's time for the first one: No Time Like the Present(s) wherein they asked us to use some wrapping paper on our card. It could be a piece of wrapping paper, or an image cut out of wrapping paper - whatever, or even a theme of presents! LOTS of options.

Little do they know I have rolls and rolls of SU wrapping paper from when we sold it a few years ago. Each roll would wrap like 18 shirt boxes, so yeah, I have a bit of it on hand. Here's what I made, then I'll explain:

The card is on an angle since the paper is shiny and reflected the lights and it was making me stabby, so I turned it to save myself. I do have a bit of 'splainin' to do here. It doesn't look much like a Christmas card, does it? That's because once I got past the black layer (gots to use black with River Rock) I spied that UFO city scape die cut (Skyline Border from MFT) and decided I needed to use it on this card. Now it's no longer on my desk. WIN!

That star burst is from SU's Bursting With Joy, and is stamped in purple StazOn. I colored some bling with a purple Sharpie and added them to the "sky". I didn't intend for them to be in a circle, but ... whatever. And you should know by now that if I had intended for them to be in a circle, they wouldn't be.

The sentiment is from the SU Bright Hopes set (Holiday Mini - only 3 days left to order it!). I stamped it in Memento black, then I remembered it would never dry on glossy paper, so I clear-embossed it. Done!

Side note: I have a personal challenge for the Jingle Belles prompts this year: I hope to mix it up a little bit. And by "mix it up" I mean like using a skyline as a Christmas card. I may also make some tag sets instead of cards (if the Belles will allow me to do so). Who knows? But I DO know it's gonna be a fun ride, no matter what!

Oh, and the prompts are every other week now, so we have 2 weeks to do each one! This fits perfectly with my schedule. :) Won't you join us?

Thanks for stopping by!


11 comments:

  1. your card and that paper are gorgeous!

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  2. So nice to meet you just found your beautiful blog and so happy I did. I have enjoyed looking around and I'm now following you, if you find a spare minute hope you visit me sometime and follow back so nice to meet new friends. Sending you special wishes for a wonderful New Year I’m looking forward to keeping in touch in 2012.
    Always Wendy

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  3. Of course tags are allowed ... and thank you cards ... and whatever will make your next holiday easier ... love the cityscape ... I think it makes a very elegant & cosmopolitan holiday design ... so glad you're joining our Jingle Belles fun in 2012.

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  4. ok first--tags are DEFINITELY allowed!!! as are fabulous and awesome silhouttes of glamorous city skylines! as are, for that matter, hanukkah, kwanzaa, new year & solstice cards... b/c whilst stef & i do both happen to celebrate xmas, we *say* holiday, and we do know there are many wintery options on that front!!!

    now as for this amazing first entry of yours: holy ♥WOW♥!!! i loooooooove every single element of this: the city, the shining heart stamp, the gems, the greeting, the gorgeous giftwrap background... and then my very very FAVORITE bit is the way everything comes together to make a card that is DISTINCTLY (& gloriously!!!) original, but still very clearly (& beautifully!) xmassy! well done, missus!

    i can already tell that 2012 is going to be your BEST YEAR YET!!! ♥♥♥♥♥

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  5. i think your skyline is perfect - It never occurred to me that it might be out of place until I read your post ;-) Skyline + starry night + sentiment - et voila! One gorgeous Christmas card. What a great start to the year!

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  6. Fabulous card, love the skyline and the wrapping paper background. What a great idea doing tags too, I may join you with that idea.xxx

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  7. Gorgeous! I love that big city silhouette!

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  8. Well, I love this card! To me it looks very sophisticated. :)

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  9. Okay, now if I had that die cut on my desk, well first, I probably wouldn't be able to find it as there's chaos going on there, but if I could find it, I would definitely have to use it too! I love this, even the "circle" of purple stars. Great start and looking forward to you mixing it up!

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  10. LOVE the city line!!!!
    so glad to see your playing along again this year as i LOVE your cards :)

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  11. This is one beautiful card! I love the city line and the non-traditional color scheme. Just perfect and congratulations on being selected this week.

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