Glitter. I like it. Just sayin'.

Yes. I'm one of those people who actually LOVES glitter! Even the kind that isn't already encased in glue! HA! When this fabulous Pine Lake StandUp Village came from Retro Cafe Art Gallery ALL I could see was glorious houses covered in GLITTER!!!! YAY!!!!! So...that's what I did. Just sayin'.


I chose three of my favorite Martha Stewart glitters and covered the houses entirely in it! LOVE!!! I used Liquid Pearls to accent the windows and doors.


I added a few drops of liquid pearls to the little bottle brush trees to give them a pretty holiday feel and glued them directly to the base in front of each home. I just love how cheerful and fun this one is!!


So...a bit of holiday decor to make everyone smile! I kinda love it. I hope you are all well! Have a Jingle-tastic day!

Jingle Out.

*CLOSED* Gourmet Rubber Stamps Santa Blog Hop and GIVEAWAY!

The winner is ERIN!!!

We have some fun stuff for you today! The Design Team has come together to offer you some fun Christmas inspiration and lots of GIVEAWAYS, too!


I decided to go a little non-traditional for my card. I pulled out the totally fabulous In the Parlor set. The chandelier has always felt quite festive to me, so I just HAD to use it on a Christmas card!


I stamped and embossed the image and then stamped the sentiment from the Holiday Lane set. A bit of May Arts ribbon adds a punch of pink, too! YAY! Love color punches!

And today one of you will win the In the Parlor set that I used on my card! YAY for giveaways!!! Here is the entire set.

To enter to win, simply leave a meaningful comment on this post. The winner will be drawn on Monday, so comments will be open Saturday and Sunday.

Don't forget to check out my other current giveaway, here, as well! Happy Saturday, folks!!!

Mother Earth

Today Stampendous! has joined up with Wee Scapes to show you how fun it can be to combine some really great products! I pulled out a few fun things to create my Mother Earth piece for you today.


The skirt is created from a moss paper that I stamped and embossed with Stampendous Foliate Cube stamp. I added punched grass paper circles around the skirt before adhering the stamped butterflies from the Charm Collection set.


May Arts burlap string and lace finish off her skirt quite nicely!


The base is covered with a lovely sheet of foliage from Wee-Scapes.


And a bit of grass finishes out the neckline. I hope you have enjoyed my Mother Earth piece today! Please visit the Stampendous! blog and the others participating in today's hop!

A Fresh Squeezed Christmas GIVEAWAY!

Hello, friends! Happy Friday!!! I have some fun for you today! I was recently fortunate enough to win a super cute kit from Paper Made Bakery featuring, of course, Fresh Squeezed Stamps! I got a chance to play with the kit a bit last night and had LOTS of fun with it! I want to share a couple of the cards I created.


For this one, I stamped and embossed the candy first and then surrounded it with fun buttons and the awesome wood veneer snowflake from the kit. I am SO IN LOVE with wood veneer accents right now!!! I created a sentiment banner and cut strips of the patterned paper to look like washi tape for layering with the sentiment. FUN!


I don't often use textured cardstock on my cards, and I so enjoyed this beautiful red textured paper! It's so pretty!


For this one, I confess, I added some Martha Stewart paper tape...it was NEW!!!! I couldn't help it! LOL! It also went really well with the Lily Bee paper and the colors I wanted to use on the gumdrops! YAY! I love the multi-colored twine that came in the kit! So cute!


AND...it just so happens that I already owned the adorable stamp set, Christmas Treats, that came with this kit, SOOOO... I am giving one away to one of you today! One Just Jingle reader will win this fun Fresh Squeezed Stamps Christmas Treats set!

To Enter:
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Celebrate the Season in Silver and Gold

Silver and gold can be such pretty colors to play with when creating holiday cards!  When I saw this Shimmer and Shine Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab World, I really wanted to play with these gorgeous colors!

I am playing along with Skipping Stones Design for the next couple of months. If you haven't heard the news, SSD is no longer doing challenges and will be stepping back for a bit. The store will be open, but many sets will not be re-stocked (the most popular ones will be) so now is the time to jump in for those if you want them!!! I used the beautiful Damask Darling set and the Christmas song set for this card.


I stamped them both with Versamark ink and then heat embossed them in silver and gold powders from Stampendous! I LOVE this beautiful silver and gold look on the kraft background!


And...if you are in the mood to stock up, Skipping Stones is having a great stock up sale! Here are the details if you are interested.

Buy ONE set: Enter PMS1 for 5% off!
Buy TWO sets: Enter PMS2 for 10 % off!
Buy THREE sets: Enter PMS3 for 15% off!
Buy FOUR sets: Enter PMS4 for 20% off!
Buy FIVE sets: Enter PMS5 for 25% off!
Buy SIX or MORE sets: Enter PMS6 for 30% off!
If you have any challenges with the discount codes, please email Heather directly at madebyme33 (at) hotmail (dot) com. She will turn around an invoice that reflects your savings.


ALSO...I have a post up over on the May Arts blog today showing you a tutorial on how to create this super cute Post-it Note holder! I'd love for you to stop by!

Have a super happy day!!!!

Jingle Out!

Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens

This week is a fun one over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog! We are playing favorites!

The Design team is pulling out our favorite tools, stamps, and/or other products! I had some fun with this one, let me tell ya!


I created a gift card holder. I began with some Neenah Desert Storm cardstock, because I absolutely LOVE that stuff! I die cut some Echo Park paper using a Simon Says Stamp exclusive die and then embellished with some fabulous May Arts ribbon! My sentiment, with my NAME IN IT!!!!!! is embossed with Stampendous! white embossing powder. SERIOUSLY, folks! Favorites ALL around! These are all products that I can honestly stand behind and tell you that I LOVE!


So now we are asking you! What is YOUR favorite tool, stamp, or product? Show it off on your card and link it up to the challenge blog for a chance to win a $50 Gift Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Super Store!

What are you waiting for? I totally just gave you permission to go play with all your favorite stuff, dude! Go do it!!!! For reals, people!

You have until Wed 19th Dec 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.
No backlinking allowed, Only new creations will be eligible in the prize draw.

If you'd like to check out MY favorites that I used on the card above, be sure to see the links below!

InLinkz.com

Neon Party People are Moxie Fab on the Runway!

Neon. It's huge. But not in a 'too much' kind of way, so I'm totally loving it. I mean, yes, it was pretty awesome back in the day, but we may or may not have gone a little bit of WAYYYYY overboard with it back then. Fortunately, middle school has come and gone and we have learned from our mistakes. HA! So, my friends, Neon is back and totally RAD, DUDE!

Over on the Runway Inspired blog, the current challenge is to be inspired by this fabulously fun little fashion snippet from Betsey Johnson who, well, let's just say the word 'subtle' is not in Betsey's vocabulary Just sayin'.

Umm.... TOTALLY FUN, people!!! Loving the flippers. Not that I suggest you wear them to the mall, it's just a fun runway look. K? K. Glad we got that under control! Whew! Anyway, that, combined with Cath's fabulous Keen On Neon Challenge in the Moxie Fab World made for a WHOLE boatload of brightly colored inspiration!

And all that inspiration, my friends, well... that led to THIS!


NEON PARTY PEOPLE!!!! For reals. How much do I love this card? Lots. That's how much. CHECK OUT those colors! For reals! I know...I just said that, but it warrants a second mention. Or perhaps a third.... FOR REALS!!!!


I stamped the sentiment using a great stamp from Technique Tuesday and then embossed it with Stampendous! white embossing powder. (LOVE that stuff!) Then I applied some super cute Japanese washi tape to ground my Neon Party People! They are from a WICKED OLD sticker pack by Meri Meri. I don't know if they even MAKE stickers anymore, but they sure did make cute ones back in the day! I added some tiny washi tape loops and some black gem stones to finish off the top! Super fun-ness!

Well, folks, that's today's excitement. HA! I hope you have a Neon-riffic kind of day! Go ahead...say it out loud. You know you want to....

Jingle Out!