Saturday, July 13, 2013

Christmas in July - Christmas Card Blog Hop

Welcome to the Christmas in July Blog Hop!  Each Saturday of the month there will be a different hop featuring holiday themed projects.  We have a great line-up of talented Cricut crafters who will be sharing their creativity with you today. And, we have a giveaway - a Christmas Cards cartridge!  You can earn entries by following and commenting on each of the blogs in the hop. You get one entry for each comment!

If you arrived here from Diane's blog you're in the right spot.  If not, you'll definitely want to start at the beginning with Paulette http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/ so you don't miss any of the fabulous projects.  

Now on to my projects:

For the first Card, I decided to use blues as my main color palette.  The pattern paper is from DCWV Winter Combo Matstack.  The snowman is cut from Winter Woodland at 2.7".  Snowflakes are cut at 2" from Accent Essentials.  I used the iRock to adhere 2 blue and 1 green gem to the snowflakes to add a little sparkle.  Broken China Distressed Ink was used on the edges of the light blue square.  Finally, pop dots were used to adhere this friendly little guy.



This next card I used more traditional Christmas colors.  Pattern paper is from DCWV The Christmas Matstack.  Santa is cut at 2.5" from the Christmas Solutions cartridge and white flocking was added to his hat and beard.  He is adhered with pop dots for added dimension.  The circles were cut in graduating sizes from Plantin Schoolbook.  The smallest circle was cut from white paper and colored with Peeled Paint Distressed Ink to give it a shaded look.  Prima Flower poinsettias and 3 black iRock gems were added as finishing touches to help balance the card.  


Thanks for stopping by!

Your next stop on the hop is Linda at http://ladybuglair.blogspot.com/. But before you go, be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win this week's cartridge giveaway.

Here's the line up:

Lisa at http://addictedtothecricut.blogspot.com/   << You Are Here
Linda at http://ladybuglair.blogspot.com/       << Next Stop

30 comments:

  1. Hi Lisa, I love your friendly snowman card. The use of blues is really cool. And your traditional Santa card is fabulous. The accents of black really work well. Very cute!

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  2. Great cards - love those Accent Essential snowflakes and the mix of patterned papers in your Santa card!

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  3. Both of your cards were cute, but I am partial to the snowman card, loved the blue color scheme and the sparkles!!

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  4. Love, love, love the blue for Christmas and winter!!

    And that Santa!!! Love him!

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  5. The Santa Card is very simple but elegant in style. Love It!

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  6. I'm in love with blue & white for Christmas.

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  7. Love your cards the snowman and santa are both wonderful. Great use of colors and pattern papers.

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  8. Your cards both turned out fantastic. Very Christmasy!!

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  9. Your snowman is cute but I love Santa. Great detail.

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  10. One of my favorite snowman. Great cards.

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  11. Both of your cards are terrific. Love the colors and the added bling. TFS.
    D~ Dragonfly50
    http://designsbydragonfly.blogspot.com

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  12. Two great cards! I love the blue and white but that Santa is one of my favorite Cricut cuts!

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  13. Both cards are just wonderful but I really love that Santa cut!

    Tracy

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  14. These are lovely! I really love the snowman with all the blues, it's very sweet. The Santa is beautiful, I love the vintage feel from the cut you chose.

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  15. Love the color and patterns on both of your cards. They are both great, but I am partial to the little snowman. I also love all the glitter on your blog! New follower here!

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  16. I love the blue card. it is nice to see something a little different from the traditional colors.

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  17. great cards! i wish i could use my cricut as well as you ladies!

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  18. Both cards are great. I love the plaid paper on the second one. Gotta get that stack!! thanks for sharing.

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  19. Lisa, I love the blues in the snowman card. Tooooo stinkin' cute!
    That's one of my fav. Santa's. I love how you used flocking. Very cute! TFS! :-)

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  20. Love both your cards -- great job!!

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  21. Both cards are lovely, but the stripe paper on the blue card is terrific as the background.

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  22. Nice cards Diane! Love the blue snowman card-blue is a good color for winter. Like the design elements in your Santa card too. TFS.

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  23. Very nice cards; love the blue! I haven't used my I-rock forever; I need to get it out. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  24. Great cards! I love that snowman and your Santa :)

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  25. Great cards. The skinny snowman is perfect!

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  26. Love both of your cards!

    http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/

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