SOC Christmas in July Blog Hop

 
Welcome to SOC's Christmas in July Blog Hop! I, along with some very talented crafters, are coming together to deck the halls by sharing Christmas themed projects! Of course Christmas is the season for giving, and this hop is no exception! There will be giveaways on various blogs throughout the hop! Plus, there will be an SOC blog hop gift awaiting one visitor!! To be eligible for that prize, you must comment on all the blogs by Sunday, July 28th at 11:00pm EST. From all who are eligible, one lucky reader will be randomly drawn. The winner will be posted on all the participating blogs on Wed, July 31st.

Dorothy here

Cyndi

Cheryl

Donna

Francine

Debra

Alice

Michelle

Classygirl

MJ

 





Double layout

 



1st layout

 

 2nd layout

 Close up of the title enhanced with Glossy Accents

 



Close up of the sentiment enhanced with Glossy Accents 

Close up of mats for 3 X 5 photos and the tree for journaling

 

 

 Close up of the embossed flocked tree and the stickled  star

Close up of the snow

 The papers used are DCWV Christmas Combo 2010 for the snowflake mat,  photo mats for 3 X 5 pictures, tree journaling space, and the large  trees. Other papers used are Sizzix Textures Handmade Paper for the tree trunks and Wausau for the snow. The red cardstock is AC Cardstock.

 

Using the Gypsy and Cricut Expression the following Cricut cartridges were used Paper Doll Dress Up(large trees), Joys of the Season(star and sentiment), George(photo mats), Create A Critter(journaling tree), Lacy Labels(mat behind Joy) and Teresa Collins December 25th(title).

 

The large trees were embossed with the Vagabond using the Sizzix Evergreen embossing folder.

 

Other items and tools used were the Perfect Tears(snow), WRMK(little white snowflakes), Stickles(star and flower), Colorbox Chalk Warm Red(mats), EK Success Chalk(snow), Stampendous Cotton Ball White Flock(large trees),  and Spellbinders Large Labels(behind title). And the adhesives used were Glossy Accents, ATG, GlueDots and Zig 2 Way.

 

 

Birthday for 6 Year Old Grandson

My youngest grandson celebrated his 6th birthday on March 20th. He loves music and dancing. So I decided to make him a guitar card that is a banner. After making the guitar banner, I decided I wanted something that was more like a card as well, so I made a turtle card. Both cards were designed on the Gypsy and cut using the Cricut Expression.

Fifteen guitars (Paper Dolls for Everyday cartridge) were needed. The opening in the guitar was eliminated by using the hide feature of the Gypsy, then I copied it thirteen more times. The edges of  all the guitars were highlighted with brown ink. One of the altered guitars was welded to the the first guitar (front of the card) with the useful help of a small rectangle (George and Basic Shapes cartridge). Using the Crop-a-dile 1/8 eyelets were added to each guitar. Hemp was knotted to maintain spacing and thread through the eyelets. The letters and number 6 (Lyrical Letters cartridge) were then glued to the guitars.

The circle in the guitar and the number 6 were outlined with stickles to add a little bling.

Cardstock: A C Cardstock
Cricut Cartridges: Paper Dolls for Everyday; Lyrical Letters; George & Basic Shapes
Ink: Colorbox
Adhesive: Xyron X; Stickles
Hemp: Darice 20lb
Eyelets: Making Memories 1/8
Tool: Gypsy; Cricut Expression; Crop-a-dile


This turtle card is large at 10 X 5 1/4. It is from the Cricut Create A Critter cartridge page 64. I used the hide feature of the Gypsy to eliminate the facial features, because I wanted to use a Peachy Keen stamp.

To make it a shaped card I used the Gypsy. With two turtles on the screen mat, I flipped one and welded the backs and heads together. On a second screen mat I had the image of the turtle and the turtle shell. The turtle was inked and embossed with the Cuttlebug Japanese Scales folder. The turtle shell edges were inked and embossed with the Cuttlebug Spots and Dots folder. Cute Peachy Keen 490  1 3/8" face was stamped to make the cutest happy turtle. The happy birthday sentiment stamp I don't recall the manufacturer.

Closeup of cute face and sentiment

Closeup of embossing

Cardstock: A C Cardstock

Cricut cartridge: Create a Critter

Cuttlebug folder: Japanese Scales; Spots & Dots

Ink: Colorbox; Tsukineko Brilliance

Adhesive: ATG

Tools: Gypsy; Cricut Expression