Iconic Christmas In July

This weeks TGIF Challenges Theme Challenge is perfect for a Christmas in July creation!  I created some simple cards with the Online Exclusive Iconic Imagery Bundle, focusing on the wintery images.

I love the tree pattern from the Iconic Celebrations DSP.  I layered the DSP on a piece of Mossy Meadow, which was adhered to a Basic Beige card front.  Celebrate was stamped in Mossy Meadows on Basic Beige and die cut with the large label from the Iconic Dies.  The Season was heat embossed in white on Mossy Meadow and die cut with another fun label.  Some cute greenery, holly berries and sprigs were added for the perfect touch of traditional Christmas colors.

The Misty Moonlight snowflake pattern of DSP came in as a close second favorite!  I love the crisp, coolness of this paper!  I kept the same layout and simply swapped out colors.  The pretty little snowflakes were embossed in white on Mossy Meadow for the "coolest" added touch!

Are you ready to start making Christmas cards yet?  It feels a little early for me, but you can never have too many Christmas cards, right?!?

Happy Stamping!

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Camping Season ~ Monday Montage Blog Hop

 

Welcome to another fabulous Monday Montage Blog Hop!  We are here this holiday weekend to share more of our creative projects with all of you...so hop along and enjoy!

It's camping season for our family, which inspired this Christmas campout scene with the adorable new Trees for Sale Stamp set and coordinating Sale-A-Bration Tree Lot Dies.

Most of our camping takes place in the mountains, so a Mountain Air {stamp set} mountain range seemed fitting.  I stamped the mountains in Pacific Point, layering them on a Pacific Point Stylish Shapes circle.

Some pine trees in shades of Granny Apple Green and Shaded Spruce were tucked in behind a Pool Party and Whisper White camper.  I dressed the camper up just a bit with a cute little wreath.  A few Whisper White snowflakes gave the card a bit more of a winter feel and the Polished Pink sentiment tied all of the colors from the polka dot Celebrate Everything DSP.  So cute!

As I mentioned earlier, most of our camping takes place in the mountains, but this summer we are camping near the baseball fields as my youngest plays his way though the Allstar games.  Not quite the same as the mountains, but beats staying in a hotel any day!

Check out the next stop in the hop, or hop on back to the previous stop.  Either way, close the loop and check them all out!

Happy Stamping!

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Holly Jolly July

 It's the most wonderful time of the summer...Christmas in July!

The July-December catalog is here and FULL of some many festive products to meet all of your fall and holiday creative needs!

I love to hoard collect DSP...I know I'm not alone in this!  I fell in love with the Celebrate Everything DSP as soon as I saw it.  The patterns and colors leave you with endless creative possibilities.

I paired this bright and cheerful pattern up with Christmas to Remember and Christmas Season stamp sets and coordinating dies.  I wasn't sure about the Polished Pink sentiment with the Granny Apple Green, Shaded Spruce and Poppy Parade greenery, but I quickly discovered a fun new holiday color combo!  A few Basic Black splatters in the background, a bit of Parakeet Party Metallic Woven Ribbon and a few Iridescent Rhinestones finished the card off.

This sweet and simple layout came from the latest Freshly Made Sketches Challenge.  They never let me down when I needed a little help getting started on a project!

I am officially on summer break for the next 7 weeks, so I hope to be back more frequently with some fun projects to share with all of you!

Happy Stamping!

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#TGIFC221 Inspiration Challenge - Christmas in July!

It's Christmas in July over at TGIF Challenges today!  Some of us may be sweltering away in the heat of July, but we are keeping nice and cool in our craft rooms while we create some fun Christmas cards!

I know that many of us are anxiously awaiting the release of the 2019 Holiday Catalog, but don't forget that there is a great selection of Christmas stamp sets in the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog.  The all new Lots of Cheer stamp set caught my eye as I was making my LONG list of wants from the new catalog. I love the fun images, especially this adorable little gift box snowman!

I paired this cute guy up with a mixture of festive DSP patterns from the 2019-2021 and Brights 6x6 packs of DSP.  I love the new patterns in these packs and this is a great way to show your customers that you can mix and match any color and patterns!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Basic Black, 2019-2021 In Color DSP, Brights DSP

Ink ~ VersaMark, Memento, Stampin' Blends: Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green, Seaside Spray, Basic Black

Stamp Set ~ Lots of Cheer

Other Supplies ~ White Embossing Powder, Stitched Rectangles

We have had some unusually cooler temps this July, but it's looking like things may warm up next week.  If predictions are correct and we hit 95, I may be wishing for Christmas in July!

Be sure to check out our amazing TGIF design team creations and join along in the fun!

Happy Stamping!