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Christmas in July 2024 – Day 20

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 20 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024!

I picked up the pretty Poppystamps Nordic Whimsy Trees and Nordic Tree Toppers die sets in a post-Christmas sale this year and I’ve been looking at them on and off since the start of Christmas in July. I know I should use them, but for some reason I couldn’t figure out a way to make them work for me…

Then yesterday I saw the new Poppystamps Christmas in July release and immediately knew what had been holding me back – the trees needed trunks!

So, drawing inspiration from the new Nordic Treeline die (which I will HAVE to buy btw), I cut some trunks from another die set and got to work!

I used another Poppystamps die for the vellum circle and the hillside was created with a Memory Box die.

The sentiment is by Mama Elephant.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 19

Happy Festive Friday everyone!

Welcome to Day 19 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024!

The Spellbinders July Club 3D embossing folder is called Pine Cones & Berries so of course I had to have it! It arrived this morning and it is absolutely STUNNING – the texture is amazing, and I just had to make a card with it straightaway!

I paired it with a Tim Holtz/Sizzix pine die and some cones from the Stampin’ Up Christmas Pinecone die set. Again I uses layers of white glitter card for snow, but you can’t see the glitter very well in my photos sadly!

The sentiment is also by Sizzix.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 18

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 18 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024 and today the beautiful Memory Box Gilded Sleigh takes centre stage!!

I coloured it with red distress inks and added gold card accents. I really should have used one of my MANY other trees, but the multi-layered Spellbinders’ Sealed Christmas Tree Squiggle die that I first used a few days ago just worked so well! I also added a couple of small gifts cut with Honey Bee Stamps dies.

I adhered my sleigh to a background cut with the Heffy Doodle Winter Forest Background die. Again, I probably should have used one of my many other background dies or folders, but I just love this die so much!

The gold-embossed sentiment is from the Puffy Holiday Greetings set by Mama Elephant.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 17

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 17 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024.

Today’s card started very simply with just one set of snowflake dies but things escalated quickly!

I chose some paper from a Craft Consortium pad and covered it with Distress sparkle texture paste.

After cutting a few snowflakes from the one set, I pulled out a lot of other die sets and ended up using dies by My Favorite Things, Cas-ual Fridays, Heffydoodle, Memory Box and Lawn Fawn… now I have to try and return all the snowflakes to the rightful sets… wish me luck!

The sentiment is by The Ton.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 16

Hi there!

Welcome to Day 16 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024 and today I have another twofer to share.

Today’s focal point is the Wide Pine Needle Shoots die set by Poppystamps – I’ve already used it once this month, but I had a few more ideas for it!  I cut it from dark green card and glitter card and got busy!

For my first card, I cut some green card with an Alex Syberia background die. I adhered my tree to a tag cut from an Altenew die and added a silver bow and die cut star before affixing it to my card base.

For my second card, I embossed the background with a Spellbinders folder and adhered my tree with another little die cut star. The sentiment is from an older Hero Arts wood-mounted set.

So which one do you prefer?

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 15

Hello everyone!

It’s Merry Monday and Day 15 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024!

Today’s card is made almost exclusively with Tim Holtz products! I made some shimmery panels with distress mica stains and cut them with the fabulous Tim Holtz/Sizzix Ornamental Birds dies – another festive treasure that I unearthed while I was hunting for that stamp that I don’t think I own!

I adhered them onto a background embossed with the fabulous Sparkle embossing folder – the dimension is amazing! This is my favourite folder from the collection! The sentiment is also from an older Tim/Sizzix set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.