OSAT Blog Hop - Christmas in July

Welcome to the One Stamp At a Time Blog Hop for July - Christmas in July!  I hope you enjoyed the marvelous projects in the previous blog.

 

These were interesting to work on as its humid and 90 degrees outside with a chance of thunderstorm.  I had to think back to winter & to our upcoming winter of cold, snowy, and blue.

Stampin' Up! changed things with this year's annual catalog and included a few Christmas sets to tide us over until the Holiday Catalog.  This gave me a few stamp sets to choose from for this blog.  I decided to got away from the traditional green & red for Christmas which was fun & something I don't do often.  Without further delay here is my card & project for this month.

This card was a fun one to make as I combined a number of techniques/styles.....embossing resist, sponging, and surprise fold.  

The card base is Marina Mist and I cut on an oval with the Oval Framelits.  The surprise fold is made with a layer of Whisper White. The Lovely as a Tree evergreen was stamped in Memento Black.  I used one of the Gorgeous Grunge background stamps to create snow in this scene and embossed in white embossing powder.  Below is a few photos to show all the pieces of the card.  The sponging for the card was done in 3 blue inks...Pacific Point, Marina Mist, and Soft Sky.  I'm loving the new Washi Label punch to use with the go-to stamp set of Teeny Tiny Wishes.

This shows an alternate ink combination for sponging of: Night of Navy, Marina Mist, and Soft Sky.

The Curvy Keepsake thinlet has become one of my favorites by Stampin' Up! and is a must have for Christmas projects!  I decided to make a luminary out of vellum paper embossed with white embossing powder.  The Festival of Trees stamp set was used and again featured the Gorgeous Grunge background stamp as snow.  I used some Whisper White cardstock to reinforce the bottom of it as I put a battery operated tea light in it.

The next blog in our Christmas and July hop is the very, very talented Holly!

Maggie Mata -- http://www.maggiemadecards.com/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july/
Kim Smith -- http://craftingbuddy.blogspot.com/2015/07/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july.html
Elizabeth Jeanne Thatcher -- http://craftsbyhappystamper.com/2015/07/09/christmas-in-july-osat-blog-hop
Tina Rackley Riddle -- http://www.tinascropshop.com/2015/07/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july.html
Andrea Tracy-Tucker -- http://onestampinmothertucker.blogspot.com/2015/07/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july.html
Andrea Pancrazio -- https://www.andreascardshop.com/new-blog-avenue/2015/7/2/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july
Debra Vance -- http://www.davdesigns.com/2015/07/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july.html
Wynne Grob -- http://cropsscissorspaper.blogspot.com/2015/07/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july.html
AJ Bodine -- http://rutabagapiedesigns.blogspot.com/2015/07/osat-july-blog-hop-christmas-in-july.html
You are here ------->  Megan Thompson -- http://meganttstamps.blogspot.com/2015/07/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july.html
Holly Stene -- http://hollyshobbs.blogspot.com/2015/07/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july.html
Martie Pollard -- https://martie-pollard.squarespace.com/welcome/2015/7/7/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july
Ginger Pelfrey -- http://wp.me/p4rPB3-18
Diane Squires -- http://stampandembellish.com/2015/07/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july 
Marisa Gunn -- http://dzinesbymeg.typepad.com/dzines_by_meg/2015/07/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july.html
Lori Mueller -- http://www.stampindreams.com/my-blog/2015/07/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july.html
James Weber -- http://stampinstud.blogspot.com/2015/07/osat-july.html
Justin Krieger --http://jkcardsonline.com/2015/07/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july/

List of materials for the card.....

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List of materials for the project (also battery operated tea lights from any store - I found mine at Home Goods).....  

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog