nothin' sketchy about THESE sketch cards!

what an awesome week this was, thanks to all of you fabulously talented ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ and your utterly amazing cards! more on that in a moment, but first, our extra special thanks to diana, heidi, tomomi, tessa, julie, jeanet and heather of SKETCHY THURSDAYS for providing that wonderful sketch to inspire us all, making the most gorgeous cards imaginable, and hooking us up with their awesome "second chance" prize! (be sure to hop over and see if *YOU* won!)

you know, you guys keep making it realllllllllllllllllly hard to only choose three "shout outs" per week! but after some seriously agonizing deliberations... (because really, there was not even one card this week we didn't LOVE!) ...here are a few especially cool sketchy thursday sketch cards:

Yvonne Yam of Do More With Less

brilliantly combined holiday colors with "everyday" products to make this card the merriest of marvels!

Nancy of Loves to Create

raised the flawless co-ordination of patterned papers (there are FIVE here!) to a whole new level of fabulousness!

Jane Larsson of Jane's Privata

used staples and bling and flowers and lace (♥♥♥!) to make a "god jul kort" that's beautiful in any language!

and now the winner of our lovely prize pack, chosen with the assistance of the fine folks at random.org! our congrats... and some fun xmas goodies... go to lucky #10:

♥♥♥ ADORA ♥♥♥

miss adora, please contact us at jinglebellesrock @ hotmail {dot} com with your snail mail address so that we can get your package in the mail ASAP!

a thousand thank you's to *EVERYONE* who played along! we hope you'll continue to check out SKETCHY THURSDAYS since they have a fabulous brand-new sketch every single week, and an almost infinite amount of inspiration from both the DT and the readers!

do scroll down* and see the thumbnails of your fellow ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ cards, YES, we do say it every week, but it's always true: that's where the real inspiration is, folks!!! ♥♥♥

*(you've got about fifteen minutes to kill until midnight, when the NEW prompt goes live!)

remember, it's "LEAP WEEK"!

that's right: whereas we usually close the card submissions at 6pm (EST) on wednesday nights; this week, in honor of our special crossover with sketchy thursdays

you'll have until 10pm (EST) on thursday to make your fabulous sketch card and link it up here at JINGLE BELLES (scroll down to this post!) and also over at SKETCHY THURSDAYS (on this post!) then we'll be announcing the winner of the christmassy prize pack...and debuting the new prompt...on friday, february 25th, so stay tuned! ♥

we've got "SKETCHY THURSDAYS"...on friday?!

goooooooooooooooooood morning ♥JINGLE BELLES♥! this week's prompt is a very special one...we've teamed up with the gang at SKETCHY THURSDAYS which means we've got an utterly FABULOUS sketch that diana made just for us. but wait, there's more: everyone who makes a card using said sketch will have TWO chances to link it up--once at here jingle belles, and then a second time at sketchy thursdays! oh...and did i mention there will be a prize awarded on each blog??! uh-huh. want to hear more? (thought so!)
but first here's the sketch:

and here's what we did with it:

stephanie's card

stef says, "When I saw the half-circle in the sketch layout it kept saying "snow globe" to me, so that's where I started my design ... with a glittery snow globe that I found in the "Christmas Tags" section of the craft store ... I got a whole package of tags much cheaper than standard paper crafts "embellishments" ... so very fun. "

lauren's card

lauren says, "i started with this sweet vintage illustration from an old "ideals" magazine; added bits of ribbon, silky ruffles, wired pearls and punched paper scraps; and topped it all off with a white poinsettia and a couple of snowflakes. at the end i did a bit of machine stitching to add texture and interest...and also to make sure all of those layers were really ON THERE for good!"

there are also gorgeous cards by the mega-talented sketchy thursdays design team on their blog, so you'll definitely want to hop over and see those, as well, for an extra-helping of holiday card inspiration! of course, sketchy thursdays is also currently running their regular challenge as well, for which you can submit layouts, altered projects, cards, etc. they post a wonderful sketch and TONS of drool-worthy DT inspiration each and every thursday morning, and announce the winner--plus a selection of favorite projects--the following week. you'll definitely want to be adding them to your blogroll, so you don't miss a thing!

and now it's time to see what you will do! but first...it's time to see what you could *WIN*:

(THE GOODIES: 6" Dear Santa Collection Pad from KaiserCraft, Reindeer Snag 'em Stamp from Imaginisce, Kolette Hall Studio G stamps with gems, Scrappy Cat Christmas Sentiments stamps, Zva Creative Ho Ho Ho adhesive green crystals)

this fabulous prize pack will be awarded by random draw to one lucky cardmaker who links up a holiday sketch card here between now and 10pm EST on thursday, february 24th. (yep, this week is so special you get a whole extra day to submit your holiday finery!) the keyword for posting to SCS or flickr is JB08. don't forget to also head over to sketchy thursdays and link your card there, as well (under the "second chance" card sketch) for a chance at the prize they're awarding!

that's right, there are TWO prizes on TWO blogs and you only need to make ONE CARD to have a shot at both!!! it doesn't get any better than that, right?! so off you go, ♥JINGLE BELLES♥, and let's see your very best sketch cards!

(please link to the specific post which has your card, and not to your whole blog! thanks!)