Christmas in July #30 - Sweetest Christmas Ever + Sale!

Hello!

I'm back for day 30 of my personal #christmasinjuly2025 cardmaking challenge. I used various products from my stash to make today's card.

I started by die cutting two circles from white cardstock using the retired My Favorite Things Inside and Out Stitched Circle STAX dies and my Sizzix Big Shot and magic mat. Any circle die would work for this.

I then used my MISTI and Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink to stamp the Spellbinders House Mouse Tree-mendous Christmas image onto the larger circle. For the smaller circle, I stamped the sentiment from the Colorado Craft Company Gingerbread House stamp set using an acrylic block. Then sentiment reads "Sweetest Christmas Ever!"

After the ink dried, I used Crayola colored pencils to color in the image. Specific colors are listed below:

• Red

• Golden Yellow

• Pine Green

• Brown

• Copper

• Warm Gray

I accented the star and tops of the ornaments using a Clear Star Gelly Roll pen.

I found a piece of green patterned paper in my stash that went well with my card and glued it flat to a white A2 card base using Art Glitter Glue. I then used my Tim Holtz guillotine trimmer to cut down a piece of Sizzix Ivory Opulent Glitter Cardstock to use as a wide strip across the card. I arranged the strip and circles on the card and glued them down.

To finish off the card, I used the Kat Scrappiness Christmas Foliage dies to cut out some greenery and tucked it under the sentiment circle.

That's it! I hope you enjoyed the card and are inspired to create.

I also want to invite you to join me in my cardmaking challenge over on my Facebook page. Check out the pinned post at the top of the page for details on how to enter.

Colorado Craft Company is also having a flash sale. See image below for details. You can shop the sale here.

Happy crafting!

Kelsey

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**Other products used:

• Tim Holtz glass media mat

• Stamp shammy

• Westcott electric pencil sharpener

• Score board

• Repositionable tape

• Storage cases for red rubber stamps

• Storage pouches for clear stamps/dies

• Fridge bins for stamp/die storage