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