Hi friends! Merry Christmas In July! Today, some super talented crafty friends have gathered to do a “Christmas in July” version of Jenn Shurkus’s Cracking on Christmas series. (You can read all about the details of Jenn’s series here!) Basically, she and some seriously talented crafty ladies get a jump on their holiday cardmaking all.year.long. Smart, right? And this month, I and several other crafters are joining them!
For my project today, I wanted something that was full of bright, saturated color but would also be fairly easily mailed…. ink blending seemed the obvious choice. I absolutely love the Snowflake Confetti cover plate from Hero Arts, so I cut one from some plain white card stock, then blended Antigua, Ocean, and Indigo dye inks (all from Hero Arts and linked below). I absolutely LOVE this color combination… unexpected, but soothing for a peaceful holiday card, right? I also spritzed some Hero Arts Iridescent Shimmer Spray onto another panel of white card stock, then layered the blended cover plate die cut over the top.
For my greeting, I created a dimensional “peace” die cut by cutting the Peace Stamp & Cut three times from navy blue card stock, then adhering them together. I stamped the rest of the greeting onto thin strips of white card stock and popped them up using dimensional foam adhesive. The final step was to add some shimmer pen to the die cut “peace” and some sparkly sequins.
Well, that’s all for this post! I hope this hop will inspire you to get “cracking” on your own holiday cards… I know I certainly need to get moving on mine!! Here are the links to my fellow blog hoppers:
Jenn Shurkus
Susan Opel (posting on Jenn’s site)
Chari Moss
Cheiron Brandon
Libby Hickson
Caryn Davies
Emily Midgett<— you are here!
Vera Yates
Tifany DeGough
Loni Riley
Jana Millen
Lydia Fiedler
Lisa Cisneros
Susan Wymer
Jessie Banks
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Teri Anderson
Lisa Henke
Your ink blending is on point! Love the colors you picked and it looks amazing with the snowflakes cut out of it! 🙂 Thanks for joining us!
I love the colors you chose for your ink blending. And those snowflakes are amazing.
Beautiful card. It really expresses peace with those beautiful blended colors and snowflake cut outs. That is a great die.
Wow I hadn’t seen that beautiful coverplate die before, love how you used it.
beautiful card, Emily!
Fun and elegant, I love it!
This card is lovely. I just bet when the light hits it, it shines beautifully! 🙂
Gorgeous, simple and gorgeous.
gorgeous card – LOVE the colors:)
Your card is gorgeous.
I love the blue blending and snowflake cut outs.
Super cute card! I love non-traditional colors for Holiday cards.
Great card! This is getting me ready for starting my own Christmas cards! Thank you
I love this card. Such beautiful colours. I’ve already started my Christmas cards
Love your color choices!
Wow gorgeous ombre effect!!
Lovely!
Such a great card
Your absolutely right about that colour combination…so pretty and peaceful.
Beautiful–I like the snowflakes and the peaceful colors.
Love this cute and simple design. Thanks for the inspiration.
Beautiful card! Love the ombre coloring and those pretty snowflakes!
Such dreamy blues and greens! Gorgeous!
Oh my goodness !! This is such a fantastic card !! I love the depth on it !!
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Love this snowflake confetti die!
Also I always stop on your Instagram pics to cover your pens 😍
It’s not weird at all, I promise.
Oh those heavenly blues!!