Winter Wonderland

The January 2015 Simon Says Stamp Card Kit has been revealed and it is a good one, folks! First of all.. THAT INK PAD! Seriously. You want it. Trust me on this one. The stamps are absolutely fabulous and the papers? Yup. LOVE those! Seriously, this is such a great kit!



That gorgeous grey-toned snowy paper caught my eye right away! I used that along with the Simon Says Stamp Smoke cardstock to create this fun design. The white sentiment is stamped with that gorgeous white pigment ink. I LOVE how strong the white color is on the grey background! I mixed the Perfect Pearl Pigment with some water in the Mini Mister and added shimmer to the entire card with that! LOVE IT! For reals, though.



You can *almost* see a hint of the shimmer on the patterned paper in this shot, but the truth is, I simply wasn't able to really capture that on camera and that makes me sad. BUT... I can see it in person and that makes me happy, so there's that.

Head on over to the Simon Says Stamp store to check out the kit, along with LOTS of other awesome new stuff!

Have a Happy!

Noel and a GIVEAWAY!

Well, the Christmas season is definitely in full swing. I know this because I am drinking eggnog flavored coffee as I type. Yup. Eggnog iced coffee. It's kind of fabulous. For reals, though. BUT, Christmas is a time for giving, sooooo.... I have a GIVEAWAY! Yes, my friends, I am giving away two gorgeous Spellbinders® die sets today! But first, a card...



I created this fun window card using the absolutely GORGEOUS Heirloom Reflections Die set. This set has four BEAUTIFUL ornaments (two dies each) in it and I just love them! They are so pretty! I combined them with some DCWV Glitzy papers and the and the BoBunny Candy Cane Lane paper pad for a simple, but very stand-out card! I love how this turned out! The ornament is hung in the die cut circle so it sort of spins in the window. So fun!



What's that? You really love those dies and you want them? OKAY! I can help you with that! I have both the Heirloom Reflections set AND the Holiday Greetings die to give away to ONE lucky winner! It's my Christmas present to YOU, my readers!



Use the widget below to enter and MERRY CHRISTMAS! Thanks for being awesome!

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I Cheated. Totally, dude.

Today's new release from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps is AWESOME! It is a super fabulous die that coordinates with the beautiful Truth Is stamp set, which happens to be one of my personal favorites in the CAS-ual Fridays line! Naturally, I didn't use that stamp set. At all. HA! For reals, though, you guys, as SOON as I saw the dies, this idea popped into my head and I HAD to make it happen. Cupcakes. It had to be cupcakes.



Ack! Isn't that fun? Yes, they are supposed to be super pretty flowers, and they are...and you will see them used that way over on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog, but I just HAD to do something totally fun with them! These are SUPER versatile dies...trust me... go check out the inspiration! *wink* *wink*



Also, remember you can get a 15% off discount if you order today! Be sure to check out the other new releases, as well!!!

Have a Happy!

Small Business Saturday and CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

It is Small Business Saturday and not only do we have a brand new Fri-Die release for you today, we have a great special, too! If you order today you will receive 15% off! WHAT?! Yup. New stuff, special deals, AND GIVEAWAYS!!! You really need to check out the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog. For reals, though.

This new dies set is called Bubble Boxes. Michele actually created it when she came across the need for a gift card holder. Of course, me and the other Girl Fridays like to use things outside of the box ... hee-heee... see what I did there? So we have LOTS of super fun ideas for you using this awesome die set today!



I was loving yesterdays release so much I used it with todays release, too. Seriously. Those snowflakes. I love them. Lots. Like... super lots. For reals, though.



The patterned paper is from the BoBunny Candy Cane Lane collection, which may, very well, be my favorite holiday paper pack this year. I just LOVE it!!!

Now head on over to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog for tons of inspiration and to read more about the new releases and the specials this weekend!!!

Have a Happy!

Inspired by Debby Hughes

Don't forget to enter my current GIVEAWAY! Go to THIS POST for more information!


Wow! Day 1 of the Holiday Card Workshop over at Online Card Classes was AWESOME! I was super inspired by the designs, and made this fun card, inspired heavily by Debby Hughes, last night. The sketch/layout is all hers, as are many of the components. I switched up some of the colors and a created a 'dip dyed' look on my snowflake rather than on the tag like she did, but I am LOVING the look! I need to do that more often!



I used the snowflake dies from Avery Elle, with which I am IN LOVE, along with a great tag die from WPlus9. Debby used a cute stamped snowflake as the center of the die cut snowflake, but I chose to use a heart flair button from Bossy Joscie, instead.



For the sentiment, I wanted Happy Christmas, rather than Merry Christmas. Mostly because Happy Christmas just makes me happy. For reals, though. SO, I pulled out the Spellbinders® Holiday Sentiments dies (you have the 'merry' option, if you prefer that) and created the white on white look. I LOVE those dies so much!

You can find the links to the supplies I used below! These are affiliate links and your support is appreciated!

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Supplies:

Cardstock: Crafter's Companion Ultra Smooth White
Patterned Paper: BoBunny Candy Cane Lane 6x6 Paper Pad
Dies: Avery Elle Noel and Spellbinders® Holiday Sentiments
String: May Arts Metallic String, Gold
Spray Ink: Heidi Swapp Gold Lame Color Shine (if you buy nothing else on this list, buy this stuff!!! It is AWESOME!)
Flair: Bossy Joscie

Merry & Bright

Wow! World Card Making Day Weekend was a FUN one around here! If you weren't able to check it all out, over the weekend, there are a couple of posts you don't want to miss! I have a fun announcement, along with some giveaway information HERE and I have ANOTHER fun announcement, along with a challenge/giveaway option HERE! WHAT?! Yup. I told you it was fun!

Now, today I have TWO giveaway winners to announce!

The winner of three stamp sets from the Wanted. Bought. Love. post is Stephanie!!!

The winner of the Simon Says Stamp What's Brewing stamp set for National Coffee Day giveaway is Yukari Y!!!

Congratulations winners! Be sure to email me with your name and address so I can get your prizes out to you! A big thanks to ALL who entered! I always enjoy reading your comments! Thanks for reading Just Jingle!

And... now I'd like to share one of the cards I created on World Card Making Day!



Butterfly Reflections Ink had an AWESOME sketch challenge on the blog and I had SO much fun creating this card for it! I actually just got these great Bobunny papers from Butterfly Reflections Ink Saturday Morning, so I was super excited to use them! This is SUCH a cute holiday collection! I combined the papers with the Snow Day stamp set from Lawn Fawn for a super cute card.



I hope you had a fabulous World Card Making Day, folks!

Have a Happy!

Because Creamsicles are Delicious

Mmmmmm! Yes. They. Are. I'm a big fan. Which is funny, because I'm not actually a huge fan of oranges, I mean, they are okay, but not something I reach for often. And the orange flavored jelly beans really aren't my favorite, either, but for some reason, the minute you mix an oragey flavor with creamy goodness, I am in heaven, my friends! HEAVEN! I do so love creamsicles. And creamsicle flavored drinks with alcohol in them. For reals, though... those are awesome. Just sayin'.

ANYWAY, when my August kit from Simon Says Stamp arrived at my door, I saw creamsicles as soon as I this stamp set fell into my  hands! And what better way to create that refreshing, creamy look, than with watercolors?! Yup. I'm in love. With creamsicles. All over again.



The new Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, yes, afterall, that is the reason we have gathered together today (Nope, not MAAAWAIGE this time, folks.... or for this thing called life... nope, not that one today, either. Although, now I do really want to listen to Prince all day and watch the Princess Bride. K. Tangent done. Moving forward.). Right. New challenge. It's EMBOSS IT! Yup! We want to see you emboss! You can heat emboss, dry emboss, use embossing paste, WHATEVS, folks! Just EMBOSS IT!



I used the super awesome matt dull embossing powder from Wow for my image and then watercolored over it to create a resist. For the textured background, I mixed embossing paste with glitter, because glitter, and then spread it over a stencil to create the dotted background. I kind of love it. Lots. For reals, though.



And now it's YOUR TURN! One lucky participant will win a $50 Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store! Yup. Dudes. You know you want that. SO, all you need to do is create a NEW project (up to FIVE) with the EMBOSS IT! theme and link it up to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog! Happy Crafting, folks!

You can find the links to the goodies I used to create my card below! 

Have a Happy!

Simon Says Stamp August Card Kit Simon Says Stamp Ice Cream Dream Stamp Set Bo Bunny Lemonade Stand 6x6 Paper Pad *Sakura KOI WATERCOLORS SKETCH BOX 24 Colors with Waterbrush Kuretake Gansai Tambi 24 Color Watercolors Set *ZIG Wink of Stella ELEGANT Set Glitter Black Silver Clear Brush Tip Markers 025375 *Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD *WOW Embossing Powder CLEAR MATTE DULL LARGE Jar Regular WC02-L Matt *Ranger EMBOSSING POWDER LIQUID PLATINUM Rubber Stamp Ink *The Crafter's Workshop MINI CIRCLE GRID 6 x 6 Template *Wendy Vecchi WHITE EMBOSSING PASTE Studio 490 *Martha Stewart CRYSTAL Fine Glitter White M111022 *May Arts IRRIDESCENT WHITE Metallic String *Pretty Pink Posh 6MM SPARKLING CLEAR Cupped Sequins *Sakura KOI MEDIUM WATERBRUSH Water Brush Watercolor #6 *EK Success POWDER TOOL Applicator EKT001 *Precision Heat Embossing Emboss Tool Gun Hero Arts PW200 *EK Success CUTTER BEE Scissors EKCB01 *Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# GREEN LEAF GL11 *Crafter's Companion 50 PACK ULTRA SMOOTH PREMIUM WHITE CARDSTOCK 752252 *SSS White WATERCOLOR PAPER 6 x 9

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All that Glitters

***Don't forget that I have Giveaways Monday through Friday this week so check posts for those!***

It's time for this months Use your Stash Design Team reveal! The challenge this month is an easy one for lots of you, so I hope you will jump in and try to win the great prize! All you have to do is pull out your GLITTER! Glitter is a good thing! A very good thing! I love it! I even love when I finish a project and I'm covered with it! LOL! I'm kinda like a little girl in that respect!

Here is the layout that I created for this challenge and I hope that you are inspired enough to jump in this month! It's easy! Just create a layout using Glitter and post it to Mr. Linky over at This Post!



I apologize for the horrendous photograph. This one gave me fits! Lots of black with a big flash of candle light in the middle will do that to you! LOL! Oh, and the very lovely reflective glitter helped a lot, too! LOL!

To create the glittered line border beneath the photo I simply used a ruler with my Sakura Glue Pen and drew a few lines and sprinkled Pink Paislee Pixie Sticks glitter over them. Then I drew a few more glue lines and did the same in another color until I had three colors! I love the way it came out and it really wasn't hard at all! Then, I added a glitter border to my American Crafts Thickers by outlining them with the glue pen and sprinkling glitter on those, as well.

Here are some close up photos for you!









Here are the supplies I used for this layout:
Patterned Papers: BoBunny, Basic Grey, My Mind's Eye, American Crafts, Sassafrass Lass
Glitter: Pink Paislee
Glue Pen: Sakura
Thickers: American Crafts
Pen: Uniball Signo