JOY Sparkles - BYSHC Christmas in July

Good morning!  There is a fun Linky Party over on the BYSHC blog for Christmas in July, and I'm playing along by posting some new Christmas cards this week.  Today is the last day of the party, so get those cards uploaded!

I went sweet and simple with today's card.  I brushed some teal ink over the Sparkles stencil from A Colorful Life Designs (use code HollyFan10 to save) onto some teal cardstock, and then I cut it out with a stitched rectangle die.  It's really hard to see, but I sprayed some silver glitter over this panel for a little sparkle.  Then I added the die cut letters and snowflake (MFT) to spell out JOY and glued this panel to a white card.

Come play along in this Christmas in July Linky Party and share your holiday cards with us. Don't forget today is the last day of this Linky Party.  You will build up your stash and have fun and find all kinds of inspiration this week.  Have a wonderful day!

 

Merry Christmas Multi-Colored Trees - BYSHC Christmas in July

Good morning!  There is a fun Linky Party over on the BYSHC blog for Christmas in July, and I'm playing along by posting some new Christmas cards this week.

Here's the second card I promised with those tiny little trees.  I sponged Versamark over the Merry Christmas stencil from A Colorful Life Designs (use code HollyFan10 to save) onto a kraft card.  I die cut two arches - one from white and one from green cardstock.  I embossed the sentiment onto the green arch with white powder and then cut this green arch in half.  I glued this sentiment half-arch onto the white arch and added those tiny trees to the white half.  Some twine was wrapped around the arch under the trees and tied into a bow and then this arch was adhered to the card with foam tape.

Come play along in this Christmas in July Linky Party and share your holiday cards with us.  You will build up your stash and have fun and find all kinds of inspiration this week.  Have a wonderful day!

 

Deck the Halls with Green Trees - BYSHC Christmas in July

Good morning!  There is a fun Linky Party over on the BYSHC blog for Christmas in July, and I'm playing along by posting some new Christmas cards this week.

Remember I said you'd be seeing more trees on the next two cards?  This one was fun to put together.  I just took my time and mixed and matched all the different tree shapes and colors and added a dark green strip to the right side.  Then I cut the sentiment (also Concord and 9th) and adhered it with foam tape.

Come play along in this Christmas in July Linky Party and share your holiday cards with us.  You will build up your stash and have fun and find all kinds of inspiration this week.  Have a wonderful day!

 

Fa La La Trees - BYSHC Christmas in July

Good morning!  There is a fun Linky Party over on the BYSHC blog for Christmas in July, and I'm playing along by posting some new Christmas cards this week.

I was looking for some inspiration for the Tree Lot Inlay Die from Concord and 9th, and when I looked at the samples on their website, a card that Carissa Wiley created really inspired me.  I changed up the colors and did the background a little differently.  I brushed some pink ink over the Fa La La stencil from A Colorful Life Designs (use code HollyFan10 to save) and then adhered that to the left side of a white card.  I die cut a bunch of trees in different colors and then grouped five trees together onto a die cut arch and added the die cut sentiment.  You'll be seeing more trees on the cards I made for the next two days LOL!

Come play along in this Christmas in July Linky Party and share your holiday cards with us.  You will build up your stash and have fun and find all kinds of inspiration this week.  Have a wonderful day!

 

Season's Greetings Poinsettias - BYSHC Christmas in July

Good morning!  There is a fun Linky Party over on the BYSHC blog for Christmas in July, and I'm playing along by posting some new Christmas cards this week.

For today's card, I brushed some Versamark ink over the Poinsettias stencil from A Colorful Life Designs (use code HollyFan10 to save) onto a kraft card.  Even though the Versamark wasn't dry yet, I went ahead and sprayed the card with some gold glitter spray.  I also sprayed this gold glitter onto the pink and red poinsettia flower.  While this gold glitter was drying, I stamped the sentiment, die cut that, and glued the sentiment and the poinsettia flower/leaves/sprigs (Concord and 9th) to the kraft card. 

Come play along in this Christmas in July Linky Party and share your holiday cards with us.  You will build up your stash and have fun and find all kinds of inspiration this week.  Have a wonderful day!

 

Foiled and Teal Snowflakes Holidays - BYSHC Christmas in July

Good morning!  There is a fun Linky Party over on the BYSHC blog for Christmas in July, and I'm playing along by posting some new Christmas cards this week.

On yesterday's card, I showed you the foiled strip that I made from the leftover card that I made on Friday. (Did that even make sense?? LOL)  This is the other half of yesterday's foiled panel (foil and snowflake toner card front from Therm-o-web).  I put it in the middle of a white card and then added the teal snowflakes and the sentiment (Hero Arts).  It's so shiny!

Come play along in this Christmas in July Linky Party and share your holiday cards with us.  You will build up your stash and have fun and find all kinds of inspiration this week.  Have a wonderful day!

 

Poinsettia Noel with Foiled Panel - BYSHC Christmas in July

Good morning!  There is a fun Linky Party over on the BYSHC blog for Christmas in July, and I'm playing along by posting some new Christmas cards this week.

On yesterday's card, I foiled a snowflake panel from Therm-o-web.  When I peeled the foil off that panel, I had a gorgeous reverse snowflake foil left over, and I couldn't bear to throw that away.  I had some white toner cardstock, so I placed that left over foil onto this special white cardstock and ran it through my Minc machine.  It foiled beautifully, and I cut this down into two pieces.  You'll see the other piece on tomorrow's card.

For the rest of my card, I placed my favorite Christmas Flowers stencil from A Colorful Life Designs (use code HollyFan10 to save) over a red card and brushed a slightly darker red ink over the whole card.  Then I added the foiled strip, the die cut flowers/foliage (C9), and the sentiment (C9).

Come play along in this Christmas in July Linky Party and share your holiday cards with us.  You will build up your stash and have fun and find all kinds of inspiration this week.  Have a wonderful day!