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Christmas in July #1

The 3-2-1 recipe for Double Trouble’s challenge is to make it Christmas in July. Your goal is the following:

Thing 1 – 3 colours of choice, 2 layers (card base doesn’t count), 1 holiday image. Thing 3 is an optional twist of Stars and/or stripes, and thing 2 is the usual double dare to use the TSOT sketch and enter your card there as well. Note: be careful not to upload a card too early to TSOT as it will be considered back linking.

As you can see I have more than 2 layers with my card and I also followed the sketch pretty well too. I used a Kokorosa die to create my sideways flap and backed it with some pretty PP from last year. On the inside I added the striped layer along with a white piece (hidden) for a personal message. My image is from the same paper underneath the maple leaf and was fussy cut, foam tape added for dimension and then added on top. I used a couple of Sakura glitter pens and a homemade stencil to add the little stars and with the addition of pink I met the 3 colour requirements. Most of my colours are red and green, but I did use two different shades of red in my stars. My sentiment is from Open Studio but I did shorten it a little with angled cuts. Using just a sparkle pen I added a little to both the image and background paper.

I kind of like my effort, which is a bonus, because so often I’m not really keen on my own work. We hope to see you in our gallery and hope too that you have fun with your own creations. It is always a joy to see what you come up with.

Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate you and your time always.

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19 thoughts on “Christmas in July #1”

  5. Love the stripes and the angled card front. That maple leaf die is a great landing spot for your focal image.

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  7. Johanna this turned out so pretty! And it makes me happy that you loved it too. That image is so pretty and you included wonderful details on this wonderful card! 🙂

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  9. Beautifully fussy-cut on that adorable image, and I love how you cut the front of the card to frame the striped patterned paper behind it. The maple leaf is so striking as a backdrop for the bunny. It comes together beautifully

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  10. Eye catching card with the angled red stripes at the corner, beautiful silver maple leaf and adorable Christmas bunny in his warm sweater and a couple of Christmas ornaments hanging from his collar/scarf. Really a sweet Christmas card.

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