Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Christmas in July

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is a Designer's Choice Challenge and Patti has chosen: Christmas in July

And here is the card I created:
I had a bit of fun with a rather non-traditional color scheme.  The red is there, but I threw in some different blues to make it a bit fresher.  I added a die cut piece of vellum behind the sentiment panel to help it stand out from the busy background.  And I finished everything off with some red pearls.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this photo.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "For unto you . . . " and "Poinsettia"
Dies: Spellbinders "Radiant Rectangles"

Challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper (I actually won the paper pack I used from Hazelnut's challenge)
Creative Fingers #189--anything goes
Alphabet Challenge--F is for Flora or Fauna (I used flowers--flora)
Cardz TV #117--anything goes
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #134--anything goes
Penny's Challenge #474--anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #640--flowers
Krafty Chicks #513--all occasions
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #496--anything goes with the optional twist: use a snowflake (I did not use the twist)
Use Your Stuff--free week
Double Trouble #60--someThing, anyThing, EveryThing (Thing #1: anything goes, Thing #3: red, white, and blue)
Cuttlebug Mania--anything goes


18 comments:

Donna said...

How striking and refreshing with the red, white and blue! Vellum layers really add to a card.

Glittered Paws said...

Love the different shades of blue for the "non-traditional" Christmas card. Love the vellum layer - it does soften the card up. Great job on this challenge.

Esther Asbury said...

I love the patriotic colors you used for your "Christmas in July" card -- very fitting! The elegant die and tiny pearls add such charm!

Cazro said...

A colourful card for Christmas. Thanks for sharing with us at Alphabet Challenges. Caz DT.

Unknown said...

Gorgeous Christmas in July card Heather! Thank you for joining us at Krafty Chicks Challenge this week xoxoxo

Suzanne Reynolds said...

Great background papers and like how you added the vellum to soften the papers for your sentiment and beautiful poinsettias, nice verse and pretty Christmas Card. Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble and Use Your Stuff.

Joy Wilson said...

Awesome Card! Thanks for joining our Anything Goes Challenge at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends. I hope join us again real soon!Hugs, JoyJoyfully StampsLil Patch of Crafty Friends, Owner/Coordinator
Joyfully Stamps

Laurie Unger said...

What a fun take on Christmas in July with the non traditional colors.

Patti J said...

Ooooh! Non-traditional colors for Christmas! LOVE it!!! Great job, Heather! Thanks for sharing!

Melanie Hungerford said...

This is so unique, I love the different take on the red, white, and blue color scheme. Thank you for joining us at Double Trouble!
Melanie

Helen said...

A beautiful design - love the red, white and blue colour combination.

Thanks for joining us at the Alphabet Challenge.

Helen x

Alyson Mayo said...

Oh, I love this! The vellum really softens the entire card and allows that sentiment to shine through. Great work! Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble :)

Carol L said...

The unique color combination is quite pretty for your Christmas card! Those vivid red flowers steal the show, but the lacy diecuts and vellum panel give this a very soft look!

Saphron said...

Stunning! Wonderful layout. That die for the sentiment is gorgeous!
Thanks for sharing with us at Penny's, and good luck with your entry! :)
~ DT Saphron
Lemon Biscuit

Mari said...

Such a cute card! Thanks for joining us at the Creative Fingers Challenge.

creatif edges said...

wow nice thanks for joining us at pennys
DT- shraddha

HandmadeByTasha13 said...

Great card! Good job on starting for Christmas already!! Awesome!

Thank you for playing along with us at Little Patch of Crafty Friends & good luck for this challenge!!

HandmadeByTasha DT

flossbite said...

Great card! Thanks for sharing with us at Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge. Good luck!