This week’s Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop theme is “Christmas in July”.  There are several new stamp sets in the Annual Catalog AND we can preorder from the new July-December Holiday Catalog right now!  Should be fun to see what our Design Team chooses to use!  You may recognize the layout of my card today…I used it for my case the catalog challenge card earlier this month!

SEASON’S BLESSINGS BUNDLE

 

Stampin’ Details:

• The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Evening Evergreen cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
• The 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Soft Succulent cardstock was embossed with the Bark Embossing Folder.
• A 2-3/4 x 3-3/4 piece of Tidings of Christmas Designer Paper was added on a diagonal.
• The Stitched So Sweetly scallop rectangle was cut from Basic White cardstock and stamped with the greeting at the bottom in Evening Evergreen Ink.  It was added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• The 1/4 x 4 strip of striped Tidings of Christmas DSP was added across the top.
• The large poinsettia was stamped with Real Red Ink, the smaller one with Cherry Cobbler Ink, the two leaves with Evening Evergreen Ink on scrap Basic White cardstock, then cut with the Seasonal Basket Dies.  They were added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionas.
• A trio of small Champagne Rhinestones were added to the large poinsettia and one to the smaller poinsettia for a little bling.

I really love how this one turned out and I do love this sketch!  OK, next up on our blog hop is our Create with Connie and Mary website, then on to creative Mary Brown, or head backwards to see Melissa Davies’ fabulous project and see what everyone did with this challenge!

         

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Stampin' Up!'s PEEKABOO FOREST BUNDLE has some adorable critters to adorn your paper crafting projects! The animals are easy to color or stamp directly onto colored cardstock, then hide in the expandable tree, grass or shrubs!  The coordinating PEEKABOO FOREST DIES make it easy to cut everything out.  We also have them playing peekaboo on our new SUITCASE TREAT BOXES that are fun to fill and give away!  Our PEEKABOO FOREST COLLECTION includes step-by-step tutorials for FOUR cards and TWO Suitcase Treat Box designs!  See more details HERE!

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Have fun growing your own paper garden with Stampin' Up!'s STORYBOOK GARDEN PATCH BUNDLE!   Stamp the fun vegetable and fruit images, pots and gardening tools to create garden theme cards, tags, scrapbook pages and more.  Use your favorite coloring tools to color the line-art images or stamp directly on colored cardstock and cut them with the STORYBOOK GARDEN PATCH DIES.  Our STORYBOOK GARDEN PATCH COLLECTION includes step-by-step tutorials for THREE cards (one a special fold) and a useful home decor project!  See more details HERE!

Spring is just around the corner and that means flower gardens start to show off their beautiful blossoms in many parts of the country! Stampin' Up!'s new Online Exclusive, THANKFUL GARDEN BUNDLE, can be used to create flowers all year long!  This bundle is blooming with line-art floral and leaf images that are easy to color with the coordinating layered THANKFUL GARDEN STENCILS and ink, then cut with the THANKFUL GARDEN DIES.  Or use your favorite coloring pencils or markers to bring them to life!  Our THANKFUL GARDEN CARD COLLECTION includes step-by-step tutorials for EIGHT cards we know you will love to create and share!  See more details HERE!