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WEEKEND OVER & TIME FOR A CHRISTMAS IN JULY PROJECT

This card was one of my sample cards from a recent 2022 July – December Mini Catalogue Launch Event.

I decided to use the Christmas Banners Bundle and the Lights Aglow 6″x 6″ Specialty Paper.

I adhered a layer of the Lights Aglow Specialty Paper to a Very Vanilla card base.

Then I used Evening Evergreen and Soft Succulent cardstock to cut the leaf elements from the Christmas Banner Dies.

I stamped the Season’s Greetings banner before the greeting, which I stamped in Sweet Sorbet. Then I used some Clear Wink of Stellar to add a little bling to the Evening Evergreen areas.

The leaf branches were secured behind the banner and then lots of Stampin’ Dimensionals were placed behind this collection. After peeling off the backings, I was able to postion the banner and leaves securely.

This paper design, from the Lights Aglow Specialty Paper , is one of my Christmas favourites.

I could have added some Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels for a little extra bling.

This is a fairly easy card to make – great for someone with a little stamping experience. What do you think?

Tomorrow I will another Christmas in July card for you.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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Paper Snips
[103579]
$19.25
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GLOBAL DESIGN PROJECT CHALLENGE

This week’s #GDP351 challenge theme is SHAPE.

My go to for this challenge were the Stylish Shapes Dies and I featured the square and circle stitched shapes.

I also used the Sun Prints 12″x 12″ Designer Series Paper and the Nature’s Prints Stamp Set.

I started by using the smallest square from the Stylish Shapes Dies to cut several pieces from three different DSP designs. The squares were then attached to a Basic White panel.

Then I used the circle dies to out 4 circles from the centre of the largest square.

After removing the die cut circles, I placed the remaining panel piece in the Fern 3D Embossing Folder and ran it through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine.

I adhered this embossed panel onto a Basic White card base. Then I placed the circles back from where they came from, alternating the heights of each circle with dimensionals.

The greeting is from the Nature’sPrints Stamp Set which was die cut using the same small square die.

I coloured some Iridescent Rhinestones with my dark Night of Navy Stampin’ Blends pen.

I am very pleased with the card I have created for this challenge. What do you think?

Tomorrow I will start sharing some of the Christmas card samples I made for the recent catalogue launch.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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Paper Snips
[103579]
$19.25
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IT’S TIME FOR A NEW COLOUR INKSPIRATION CHALLENGE

This week’s challenge is so bright and cheerful.

May be an image of furniture and text that says 'COLOUR nSPIRATION SPIRATION CHALLENGES #125 Sweet Sorbet Pacific Point Starry Sky Basic Gray'

I decided to see how I could combine these colours with the Christmas Scottie Bundle. Let me know what you think.

I used the plaid image from the Christmas Scottie Stamp Set to stamp it in Pacific Point, Starry Sky and Sweet Sorbet. Then I used the smallest square from the Stylish Shapes Dies to cut three squares in each colour.

Then I positioned each of the squares on the card front.

The scottie image was inked in Basic Gray and then spritzed with some water. This gave the image a blotchy, textured and furry look. It was cut using the Scottie Dog Punch. I used Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop the dog up from the front of the card.

A scrap of the plaid was punched to create the bow.

I used my Stamparatus to stamp the ‘lead’ in Memento Jet Black ink.

The greeting was stamped twice – once in Starry Sky and again, in Sweet Sorbet. I trimmed the FURRY AND BRIGHT and layered over the blue greeting. Dimensionals were used again to give different levels to the greeting.

Finally, I added some Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the card for a little bling.

Oops, I forgot to place the Pacific Point ink in this photo.

I look forward to seeing what you create for the #CI125 challenge.

Tomorrow I will have my Global Design Project card to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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Stamparatus
[148187]
$85.50
Paper Snips
[103579]
$19.25