Christmas in July

7/25/2019

Happy July 25th, otherwise known as Christmas in July! Ugh, I'm not even a Christmas in December person, so here I am sharing my first Christmas card of 2019. Five months early. It's kinda killing me, but I promise just a whisper of Christmas in July, not like the whole shebang. Just today and tomorrow, so that I can say "Woohoo, I did it!" Unlike the Easter, St. Patrick's Day and 4th of July cards I never created or shared to inspire you! So, if jingle bells in July is your thing - jingle away! 'Tis the season to start your holiday cards now. . . 'Cause you know come December 16th you're gonna regret not starting them sooner!

Card details:

The base of this A2 sized card is made from Gorgeous Grape cardstock. The background was created using a variety of purple alcohol inks on photo paper. I die cut a piece of Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock using the Heffy Doodle Stitched Slopey Joes landscape dies to create a snowbank. In the lower left corner I stamped the sentiment in Gorgeous Grape ink. I die cut the white trees using the Lawn Fawn Birch Trees Lawn Cuts. I stamped all of the images in Memento Tuxedo blank ink and colored them using Spectrum Noir Alcohol Ink markers. I added highlights to the colored images with a Uniball white gel pen. Using a Sakura Quickie Glue pen, I put a small amount of glue in the white spaces on the images (hats, beards, etc) and sprinkled Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter to add sparkle. Lastly, I adhered the images to the card using 3M foam adhesive.

*Because I am not currently creating video technique content on my website, I highly recommend checking out this Easy Alcohol Ink Background Tutorial on YouTube by the amazing Jennifer McGuire. She has created a very simple introduction to working with alcohol inks to create background pieces. This was the first video I watched after purchasing my alcohol inks and then I just spent time playing with them!