Merry Christmas in July; Day Six

It only took me to Day Six to post a scrapbooking layout as part of my Merry Christmas in July series. I printed a photo of my granddaughters with Santa & Mrs. Claus in 2022. Used a sketch by Scrapping the Day Away and a variety of Christmas papers to create this layout. I love that you can use papers from different collections, and it still looks great together. I looked for papers that were a little more distressed and/or subtle since I didn't want it to be too cutesy.

The sketch:

The sketch is pretty basic but what really caught my eye is the bottom portion.  I like the six rectangles going across the bottom half of the page. What a great way to use multiple patterned papers! I cut these rectangles at 3.75x2.75". I used 6x6 papers and the Santa scrap piece, but using all scraps would be perfect for this!

How cute is Mr. & Mrs. Claus with the motorcycle? Originally, I was going to really focus on the motorcycle but then changed my mind. I mean, the motorcycle is not the focus, my cute granddaughters are!

I tried to emulate the photo background by adding die cut banners & punched snowflakes along with a Print/Cut title. I think the layout turned out so nice. I hope you agree! I love, love, love the black background and ask myself, why I don't use black as a background more often!

Be sure to watch the process video on my YT channel for all the fun details!

The dies were purchased from Tall Mouse at the Stamp/Scrapbook Expo. I don't know if they are the manufacturers or just sellers, but this is probably one of my best buys. They are fabulous!

6x6 paper pad is Heidi Swapp and the Santa paper is Theresa Collins. The papers I show at the beginning of the video are from My Minds Eye.

TGIF; Thankful Friday #328

Hello and happy Thankful Friday! This week really flew by which is always a great thing! I had a lot of fun doing my Merry Christmas in July series and also managed to finished a DT project for Printable Cuttable Creatables and make a really cool box card for my sister.

I know this should probably be in next week's Thankful Friday, but this week, I'm thankful for our Road Trip to Tucson today. We're heading out to visit my sister and mom. Even though most people leave AZ in the summer, we're heading to the heat!

I'm excited to see them! 

What are you thankful for this week?

Merry Christmas in July; Day Five

There are so many Christmas projects to make in only seven days! I chose the seven that I thought would be easy to work with in July. Now this is completely different and I absolutely love it! Are you one of those people who wrap with so much detail that it's hard to unwrap the gift because you don't want to mess up the wrapping? I'm not. LOL

I do like to make my own gift tags (Check out my 12 Days of Christmas Tags Series HERE) and I'm going on my sixth or seventh year of doing them, but I thought I'd try something different for this Merry Christmas in July series which sorta coordinates with customized gift tags.

Customized ribbon! I'm going to use infusible ink from my stash which I rarely use and a roll of red velvet-like ribbon. I thought of all sorts of seasonal phrases but then I thought, if I use them, no one would know that I actually made the ribbons...so I decided to really customize them by putting each of my granddaughters’ names on them.

The key is to use polyester ribbons in order to use the infusible inks. Because the ribbon was 2.5”, I made the height of the names 1.5” and this roll was 9 feet so I used 3’ for each girl.

I wish I would have used a lighter ribbon but I used what I had. I also wished I was one of those people who knows how to tie a beautiful bow. But these will do!

What do you think? Pretty awesome, right? Check out the YT video to see how these were done. If you don't have infusible ink, you could also use HTV for the same effect.

Merry Christmas in July; Day Four

Day Four and I'm back to using my Cricut! I've seen these dome treat holders for awhile but never tried to make one. Oh, I don't know what I was waiting for, these things are ADORABLE and really easy to put together.

The file I used is from Printable Cuttable Creatables Polar Bear Dome Candy Holder. There are so many others that I will be using later, but I started with this one. I want you to really take notice of the size. I honestly had no idea that he was so big and I just LOVE it! Plenty of room to stuff with candy and other treats. And if  you didn't know it already, you use half of an acrylic ornament for one candy holder.

I love that there are two options to attach the wheel in the back (watch the YT process video to learn more about this) and how easy it is to put together. I used Beary Art glue for my adhesive. 

My advice...watch this video or any other process video on how to put these together. It is not hard at all, but following directions probably has something to do with it.

I use two shades of green for the scarf and spritz them both with a glitter spray. It gives it a snowy affect and I love it! I used foam adhesive to add the scarf to give it a little dimension.

Be sure to check it out and then try one on your own. I'm so glad I decided to make this in July because I plan on making one of these for all the kiddos on my Christmas list this year!
 

Merry Christmas in July; Day Three

It's Day Three of the Merry Christmas in July series. The first two projects used the Cricut so I wanted to do something different for this one.

Have you ever heard of One Sheet Wonder when making cards? Basically, you cut a 12x12 sheet of paper in specific ways and use those pieces to create cards. I thought it would be fun to do something like this to prepare to send in December.

The first thing I did was do a search for One Sheet Wonder and I found lots of different websites/blogs for examples and instructions. I decided to use cuts from Jumping into Stamping blog because she used a 6x6 piece of paper.

Then I went through my 6x6 pads of Christmas paper and selected a patterned paper to use. Grabbed some matching cardstock & cardbases and then followed the instructions.

The reindeer, sentiment, and bird stamps are from Hero Arts. I used alcohol markers to color them and a white pen to add highlights.

Be sure to watch the process video as I fumble my way through making these.

Don't forget that there are four more days of this Merry Christmas in July week series to watch!

Merry Christmas in July; Day Two

Day Two of the Merry Christmas in July series is another Cricut project. I purchased some night lights from my local dollar store to decorate "one day". Well, today's the day!

I used Mod Podge to adhere two layers of red glitter to the back of the clear panel making sure to let each layer dry before adding the next. I don't often use glitter and every time I do, I remind myself why I don't. It gets everywhere! Be sure to put a coat of Mod Podge as the final layer of the glitter.

I have a glitter tray that I purchased from Queen & Company and it helps keep most glitter tamed.

 

Because of the dark red background, I had to add a white base under the camera lens and change my red letters to white.

Isn't it so cute?

Be sure to check out the series on my YouTube channel for SEVEN process videos on seven Christmas projects.

Merry Christmas in July!

Merry Christmas in July Series; Day One

I asked...you responded and most of you wanted me to do this series. I decided to do the series all in one week versus throughout the month. So for the week of July 21 - July 27, I will post a new Christmas project. 

I'm not sure what each day will bring but I hope you stick around and check them out!

Day One:

I decided to use the Cricut and some vinyl to create a decorative wrap around a Starbucks cup. I uploaded this cup a few years ago and I am finally getting around to using it. I selected a champagne metallic/pearlized vinyl for this dark green cup. Oh, the contrast is beautiful!

Here's a look at all sides

Make sure you check out the process video because I had a BIG OOPS but no worries, I fixed it and it's all good!  

You don't want to miss these Christmas projects!