BYSH Christmas in July

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  The week is almost half over! I have a Christmas card today for a new-to-me challenge called Build Your Stash Holiday Cards!  Their theme is Christmas in July, and although I don't think you have to use their prompt as inspiration, I liked it so much, that I did!  Here's the prompt:

(And I believe there are prizes involved!)  I used the sketch from Try Stampin' On Tuesday:

And here we go:

I used some retired DSPs in Soft Succulent and Mint Macaron and the Cottage Wreath set, stamped in White Craft ink on Mint Macaron.  I sprinkled Heat & Stick powder on the white image, heated it up and then added some chunky glitter to make my wreath sparkle.  Some giant Specialty Glimmer paper "berries" and bow, and brown pearls completed my wreath.  I mounted on an embossed banner, then used the same set for the sentiment:

It's hard to see in a photograph, but it's quite sparkly in real life!  Everything went on a Very Vanilla card, and I stamped a sentiment from Hope & Peace on the inside:

Another for my Christmas card stash!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cottage Wreath, Hope & Peace
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Mint Macaron (ret), Soft Succulent DSP (ret), Country Gingham DSP (ret), Specialty Glimmer Paper (ret)
Ink	Early Espresso, Craft White
Accessories	Brown Pearls (unknown), Linen Thread, Dimensionals, Ice Stampin Glitter (ret), Heat & Stick Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Country Wreath Dies, 1/4" Hole Punch, Heat Tool

SS290 Times Two

Happy Tuesday, folks!  Is it really only Tuesday?  I feel like it should be at least Thursday...it's been a busy start of the week already! I made a card yesterday for the Christmas Card Throwdown theme as well as the Sunday Stamps sketch, then realized I messed up the sketch part!  So I made another one just using the sketch! (I will show you the messed-up one too.)  But first let's see the sketch:

I had been playing around with the new Cottage Wreath bundle, but hadn't really made anything with it, so I had all these wreaths laying around on my desk, so I decided to put one to use.  I got out some Cajun Craze DSPs and went to work:

This particular wreath was stamped with Cajun Craze and Versamark on Vellum, then heat-embossed with clear embossing powder and die cut.  I added a Cinnamon Cider bow and a sentiment from Celebrate Sunflowers, and stuck on some Gilded Gems.  It all went on a Very Vanilla circle:

I added a little filgreen diecut under the banner, and here's the inside, with another wreath outline and a sentiment from Color and Contour:

Here's my original one; the theme for the Christmas Card Throwdown was sledding or skiing:

I pulled out an old stamp; not even sure who made it, maybe Lost Coast Designs, of two children sledding and I it's one of my favorites!  Stamped in Misty Moonlight, it went well with some Carter Bella Welcome Winter papers:

I colored the sky with a pale gray Copic, then added a sentiment from an old stamp from my stash!  The banner looked a little plain, so I added two glimmer diecut snowflakes to match the fun Metallic Mesh ribbon that I used for the horizontal piece.  My error on this card was that I centered the banner, but I certainly wasn't going to chuck it, LOL!  

On the inside, I added a sentiment from Papertrey Ink:

Thanks for visiting today!

A family birthday party for the birthday girl...it was a long week of celebrating!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cottage Wreath, Celebrate Sunflowers, Color & Contour
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Vellum, Cajun Craze DSP
Ink	Cinnamon Cider (ret), Cajun Craze, Vellum, Pale Papaya
Accessories	Dimensionals, Gilded Gems
Tools	Big Shot, Country Wreath Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Nature's Thoughts Dies (ret)

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sledding Boys (Lost Coast Designs?), Daily Design Sentiments (Papertrey), Misc Merry Christmas
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Welcome Winter (Carta Bella), Silver Glimmer
Ink	Misty Moonlight (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Metallic Mesh Ribbon
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Snowflake Dies (ret), Stitched Nested Labels Dies (ret), Copics

TTTC174 Hello

Hi stampers!  Happy Thursday, where it's Team X's turn to share a Tic Tac Toe board with you!  I chose the middle column down of House, Patterned Paper and Tree/Wood:

My mind automatically turned to the Rings of Love DSP, where this pattern fit the bill perfectly!  

Talk about letting the paper do all the work!!!  I did create a wee little tag with the Tailor Made Tag die, and stamped the "hello" from Cottage Wreath in Soft Succulent on it before embellishing it with a little gem, some Old Olive Linen thread, and a couple of fussy-cut trees:

Because the pattern is pretty busy, it's hard to see, but I added some more gems up at the top right for a little sparkle!  It all went on a Soft Seafoam card base.  I left the inside blank, so I can use it for  whatever occasion might arise!  

I hope you'll find some inspiration from our Tic Tac Toe board this week!  Share it with us at the TTT blog, and check out what the design team created as well!  Have fun, and thanks for popping in today!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cottage Wreath
Card stock & Papers	Soft Seafoam, Basic White, Rings of Love DSP
Ink	Soft Succulent
Accessories	Dimensionals,  Genial Gems (ret), Old Olive Linen Thread (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Tailor Made Tags Dies