Christmas in July - July 19, 2018

Here's another example of a card with a white base.  You won't see many of these from me.  Please enjoy.
This card has many details so I have a close-up below.

 I was inspired by a version of this card and made it my own by making some changes.  Lots of changes, actually.

The Eskimo features one of the new watercolor pencils, Balmy Blue.  I used both Pacific Point and Balmy Blue to get shadows and gradients in the Eskimo's snow suit.  I'm sorry you can't see it, but all the white on his little suit is covered in Wink of Stella for lots of sparkle.

I'm going to leave you with a tip today.  I love watercoloring - crayons, pencils, watercolor paints... all of them.  After working between aquapainters and blender pens with watercolor pencils, I've decided it's a better look using the aquapainters.
TIP:  When using watercolor pencils, color in the entire area and use your aquapainter to smooth the color and give a seamless look.


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Print Recipe

Product List

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $7.75	Cable Knit Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143537] $10.00	Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146982] $8.50
Under The Mistletoe Designer Series Paper [146921] $11.00	Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146981] $8.50	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $30.00
Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set [142043] $21.00	Cookie Cutter Builder Punch [140396] $18.00	Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies [141851] $26.00
Silver 3/8" Metallic-Edge Ribbon [144213] $7.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Watercolor Pencils [141709] $16.00
Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2 [149014] $12.50	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $8.00	Aqua Painters [103954] $17.00

Christmas in July - July 8, 2018

This was another card I saw on Pinterest - but the number of reindeer was all wrong!  After making sure I had them all, making this card turned out to be lots of fun.  I cut the bottom of the card front and then used an embossing folder.

Here's another example of a non-traditional color for a Christmas card.

I made only one of these so far, and I'll make quite a few more.  After working out the technique, I can make many!



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Product List

Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set [142043] $21.00	Cookie Cutter Builder Punch [140396] $18.00	Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146982] $8.50
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [139672] $8.50	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953] $8.50
Real Red & Crumb Cake Stampin' Write Markers [141973] $7.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $8.00

 

Christmas in July - July 7, 2018

 

 After looking around Pinterest, I found this very cute card.  It uses a retired stamp set, and the current Cookie Cutter Christmas.

 

I added some glitter ribbon and rhinestones to give the gingerbread man a little sparkle.



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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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Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Cookie Cutter Builder Punch

$18.00

Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set

$21.00

Hang Your Stocking Photopolymer Stamp Set

$21.00

Blender Pens

$12.00

Be Merry Designer Series Paper

$11.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

$4.00

Christmas in July - Hello Santa!

 After making all those reindeer - I had to find a MUCH better way to use that builder punch!  I didn't want to waste paper, and I certainly didn't want to stamp the images close enough to cut into one while I was cutting a different image!  SO I got out the ruler.

 By cutting the cardstock at 1 3/4 inch wide, I could stamp 2 Santas on a strip and punch them out quite quickly when I was done coloring!

So when I got to the card - this was WAY too boring!  All that brown... for a Christmas card!  NOT!

 After going to the Christmas Pines stamp set, I found this set of stars. 

 Then, I added twine around the top of the banners.  Some Wink of Stella on Santa's fur to give him some sparkle...

 BUT!  No banner.  I had these banners and have been looking for a place for them to land.  Not here!  Now it just became way too busy.

 SO, here is the finished card.
All the little details really made a difference from the first look to now. 

The lesson here is:  Just because you don't like something at first doesn't mean you scrap the entire project!  Keep adding details.  You'll know when it's too much (like the banner).

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Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set

$21.00

Cookie Cutter Builder Punch

$18.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$9.00

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

$8.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

$35.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

$4.00

Watercolor Pencils

$16.00

Blender Pens

$12.00