Showing posts with label Holiday Cards-Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holiday Cards-Christmas. Show all posts

Sunday, July 30, 2017

Christmas in July - Peace on Earth Simple Design



Today's card is a simple design.  I usually go for detailed, quite busy designed cards and decided to make this very straightforward.
The top and bottom accents in Garden Green ink are one of two options in this stamp set.

 I'm going to work with this design again - emboss the background - give the greeting a mat - give the trees more detail.
Stay tuned!
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Saturday, July 29, 2017

Christmas in July - Event!


"This looks familiar," you say?  Why, yes, it does!  It's an update to current paper and supplies from the card I made earlier this month.  You can get the 'stuff' to duplicate this card!
Contact me to find out how to make this card.  It's a cute card, and so very easy when you know the technique! The post from July 10th - I rocked out a dozen of these in a very short period of time. 

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Friday, July 28, 2017

Christmas in July - Deck the Halls with Swag



I mentioned a few days ago about how Christmas songs get stuck playing in my head... well this one Deck the Halls made me think of a story I enjoy reading about how the hallways were decorated with swags of evergreen boughs.  My mom puts up a swag to the living room that frames the tree every year.  It's beautiful.

After I made the first card similar to this, I had an idea.
 Here's a close-up where I'm trying to show all the dimension on this card with the ornaments popped up and the swag and acorn only attached at the top.
 Here you can see the ornaments a little more clearly.
 SO pretty!
I love this frame die!  It gives the card some extra detail and shows the card base though.  So elegant.

August 1st is the date!  Keep it in mind.  You can order this set starting August 1st, 2017.  Stop back and click the link below.
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Christmas in July - Carols of Christmas with Peace on Earth



This card I cased from another demonstrator.  She did a fantastic job!  I'm pretty happy with my version - I will make a few changes when I demo this card.
 I got out the brayer for this card.  Use Shimmer White cardstock so the color will lay nicely.  The 'trick' with the brayer is to keep working the roller in one direction without stopping.  That way it takes out some of the lines you get from the edge.  I used 4 colors on the background with some sponging to keep the colors separate.
 Night of Navy, Berry Burst, Daffodil Delight, and Wild Wasabi were used from top to bottom to give it the look of twilight.

Here (below) you can see the card front builder piece I used to cut out the top.  I placed a piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock behind it, then added some Wink of Stella to make the moon and stars sparkle.
I cut out 2 of the double trees, and 3 single trees to give the 'forest' look and used dimensionals to attach them to the card for depth.
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