Christmas in July 2026 – Bonus Day

Hi there!

Well, it’s the first day of August and Christmas in July is over! But it’s my tradition to make one bonus card so I wanted to keep that going this year!

I’ve coveted The Greetery’s Pine and Berry background stamp for quite some time and managed to get hold of it from Seven Hills Crafts last year. When I realised that I still hadn’t used it, I knew it had to be the foundation of my bonus card. I stamped it with Pumice Stone Distress Oxide – and it stamped so beautifully! I didn’t want to hide too much of the image so I chose a couple of older dies – Memory Box’s Antique Pine label die and Simply Graphic’s Les Baies et Feuillages de Noel cut from glitter card.

The sentiment is from a Whimsy Stamps set called Simple Sentiment Strips Holidays.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2026 – Day 31

Happy Festive Friyay!

It’s Day 31 of LucieG’s Christmas in July! This year was tough but I got through it and made my 31 cards (well 32 as I had one twofer).

Today I used the wonderful Simon Says Stamp Intricate Bottlebrush Trees die set and the notepad dies from Simply Graphic together with some Craft Consortium paper, glitter card and stickles!

The sentiment is from an older Altenew set called Christmas Stockings.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2026 – Day 30

Hi there!

It’s Day 30 of LucieG’s Christmas in July!

Today I wanted to create a festive version of this card that I created for Heart Week 2025 and this card for Egg Week 2025.

I wasn’t convinced that the design would work well with snowflakes which are far more delicate than the hearts and eggs that I previously used. Then I  struck on the idea of adhering the snowflakes to circles which would schowcard each unique image and allow for layering! So I got cutting with my circle dies and punches and snowflake dies from Simon Says Stamp, Lawn Fawn and Heffy Doodle.

The sentiment is from a Mama Elephant set called Mini Holiday Messages.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2026 – Day 29

Hi there!

It’s Day 29 of LucieG’s Christmas in July!

A super simple CAS/Royal Mailable card today. The focal point is the delicate Simon Says Stamp Christmas Tree die from 2015 which I cut from some of my patterned mirror card – just look at those colours and the shimmer!

The sentiment is from a Pinkfresh set that I received for last year’s Create & Connect festive event.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2026 – Day 28

Hi there!

It’s Day 28 of LucieG’s Christmas in July!

I’ve had this Elegant Deer die by Sizzix for quite some time but I can’t remember when I last used it. Look at those fabulous antlers!

Today I did a bit of partial die cutting to extend the deer’s neck so that I could tuck it into the oval frame that I created from The Greetery’s Golden Egg die sets. I added a LOT of large pearls – this is definitely not suitable for the Royal Mail!

Anyway, the background is some old Bo Bunny paper and the sentiment is from a Pinkfresh set that I received for last year’s Create & Connect festive event.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2026 – Day 27

Hi there!

It’s Day 27 of LucieG’s Christmas in July!

It’s time for some of those beautiful trees from Papertrey Ink’s Enchanted Forest stamp and die sets! I love these trees – so quirky and fun to use!

For my CAS card, I paired it with a die from the Stamp Market’s Oblong Hexagon dies and some of my patterned paper mountain.

The sentiment is from the Simon Says Stamp Big Holiday Words set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.