Celebrate Christmas Music

It's the first day of spring and I'm posting a Christmas card, I think that is pretty fitting for me LOL I'm definitely a winter girl and I'm not overly thrilled about spring and I don't care for summer at all, although I do enjoy tending to my flowers and lawn.

Anyway, today's card is for the Jingle Belles challenge, which is to celebrate music. It can be in the form of sheet music, musical notes or musical instruments. I love Christmas music and listen to it year round (much to the dismay of my husband) so I was happy to see this prompt!

In their Christmas catalog Stampin Up had this fabulous musical themed DSP. It made it very easy to come up with this card! I took a panel of the sheet music DSP and then used a strip of black snowflake paper from the same set to go down the right side of the panel. I then divided the 2 panels with some black ribbon lined with silver. The image is from a retired SU set and I thought it was perfect for this paper and challenge! I cut out several pieces from the paper so I can make at least 5 of this card, I really like it, even with the non traditional colors of black and white.

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A Bit of Music for Friday Mashup

This week it's my turn to host at The Friday Mashup and I've got a sketch with a theme of music. Music plays a huge part in families life and it's just something that is really important to me. I have a soundtrack for every part of my life and my tastes range from day to day. Unfortunately I have no talent when it comes to musical instruments...I couldn't play my way out of a paper bag! I do have an aunt that is extremely talented though and I was thinking of her when I made this piano inspired card.

I used a template I found through Pinterest to create the shape of my piano. I then added the keys and other details and then popped it up against the background panels. I wanted to keep the whole thing pretty simple, letting the paper and the piano shape work together. I pulled out a Cuttlebug folder I've had forever to emboss the panels, I think that its the first time it's been used actually

Head over to the Friday Mashup blog to see what the rest of the DT came up with and then play along with us. I'd love to see how you interpret the "music" portion!

• Create a project using the Sketch.
• or Create a project with a Music Theme.
• or Mash it up! and create a Music theme project using the Sketch. 

Jingle Belles and Freshly Made

Last weeks challenge over at Jingles Belles was one that is near and dear to my heart, but I was in vacation up in Fairbanks and didnt get to play along. I wanted to make sure and get this card made, plus I combined it with the current challenges at Freshly Made Sketches and Friday Mashup! Also, in honor of breast cancer awareness my friend Holly is hosting 'Pink Week' this week over on her blog. Head over there and link up ANY project, as long as its pink!

The Jingles Belles challenge was this:

in honor of our sisters, our mothers, our daughters and our friends who have bravely battled --or are still coping-- with this disease, we are eschewing the more ordinary Christmas colors of red and green this week in favor of PINK in all its glorious hues, shades, tints and tones.

My best friends mom died of breast cancer 3 yrs ago this past September, and just yesterday they were at the Grand Canyon releasing her ashes. Her breast cancer moved very quickly...went in to the ER July 4th for shoulder pain and was gone by Sept. Then there is my stepmom, who celebrated 5 yrs free of her breast cancer last year but then lost my dad the same year to another type of cancer. Cancer is a horrible, horrible disease and I hope a cure for it is found soon!

Here is the card for these 3 challenges:

Now, the current challenge over at Jingles Belles is to be inspired by a Christmas song. I smiled as soon as I saw this challenge because I LOVE Christmas music! I listen to it year round and have an extensive Christmas music collection. I immediately thought of this stamp, which is one of the new Christmas sets in the fall/winter SU catalog. When I see this picture I think of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman" or "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" or even "Do You Hear What I Hear". I love this image!