Christmas in July - JOY

 This was a favorite card of mine from the "Oh Deer" card workshop.  My inspiration came from THIS card I found on Pinterest (from gerispaperwishes blog).  

This card is really pretty in person, but I just couldn't capture the softness of the papers and beauty of the glitter papers in the photos.  

These snowflake thin cut dies were a great investment for me as I've used them a lot.  I embossed the JOY sentiment (from the retired Very Merry Holiday set) with Silver Embossing Powder and again, the photographs don't do it justice.  And I just love Close to My Heart's glitter papers.  They just sparkle in person.

Come back again soon to see the Christmas Cards I made in my next Christmas themed workshop.  They're fun and bright, using more traditional holiday colors.

Christmas in July - Merry Christmas team challenge card

This Christmas card came about from a team challenge.  My upline Julie had sent us some miscellaneous sized pieces of the now retired "Oh Deer" papers along with some pre-stamped images (the deer, tree & sentiments).  We were to create a card with the pieces and show them off at an online holiday party.

I wish I had kept the photo I had of the "before" pieces.  It was really fun to see how different every one's cards turned out using the same pieces.  

I remember one thing that was really hard for me was to NOT use embellishments.  I almost always add sparkles or a ribbon or something, so this was difficult.  Julie had sent a small piece of Sea Glass glitter paper, so I cut a partial snowflake from it.  The piece wasn't large enough to fit the entire snowflake die, hence why it is partially hidden behind the tree.  :)

I also cut a small sliver of gold glitter paper and made some garland for the tree, creating my own embellishment - ha!  

I rarely make a single card not to be used in one of my classes, so this was indeed fun for me.

Thanks for the visit, see you soon!

Christmas in July - Merry Christmas easel card

Here's a fun card inspired by Allysa at Rocky Mountain Paper Crafts.  See her card HERE.

I used Allysa's card layout for the front of mine, but flipped it vertically and added a strip of B&T paper across the bottom.  I hadn't made an easel card in a long time, so I thought this was the perfect opportunity. 

Again using papers and colors from the "Oh Deer" paper pack and stamps from "Woodland Wishes" & "Very Merry Holiday", this card came together quite nicely.

Above is a look at the inside of the card, with room to write a nice greeting.  Below is a close up of the stamped images layered and popped up on a fun snowflake embossed background.

I hope you liked this card.  Come back again soon.

Christmas in July - The Magic of the Season

Welcome back.  The next card in my "Christmas in July" theme was another card made using the now retired "Oh Deer" paper pack and the fun "Season of Magic" stamp set.

I like these non traditional, soft colors for the holidays.  The wreath image was a fun one to add cut out flowers to for extra dimension.  And of course a little bling in the center of each of the flowers is a must.  Can you see that Sea Glass glitter paper border peeking out?  That was a great color, I miss it.

Thanks again for stopping by.

Christmas in July - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Happy Holidays!  Oh sorry, I mean Happy July!  I've always wanted to do "Christmas in July" card posts on the blog, but I'm never prepared.  Well, recently I ran across a box of cards that I did for my Christmas card workshops waaay back in 2016 and realized that I never posted photos of them.  Perfect, so here we go...

This was a cute joy fold card made using now retired "Oh Deer" papers and the "Cozy Christmas" stamps & thin cuts set. 

I just loved this snowman and all his pieces.  And these colors in this paper pack are so pretty.

Here is a photos of the inside of the card.  Cute right?

Thanks for stopping by and please come back throughout the month for more Christmas Card inspiration.