CHRISTMAS IN JULY CRAFTY FRIEND COLLAB, WITH RENEE FROM DELANEY JANE CARDS

Hello friends!  This is my second post for today; if you're looking for the Collected Crafty Collab post, click here.  This post is also a collaboration, but this time with just one other person; my very special crafty friend Renee, from Delaney Jane Cards. 

I had asked Renee if she had some free time in her super busy schedule to do a collaboration with me, and lucky for me, she said she did!  YAY!  Of course, I wanted to do a Christmas in July theme, because, why not?  I feel like I have been immersed in Christmas all month long!  Here is my card!

I had fun designing this card!  The ornaments along the edge are a card design in the Silhouette Design Store called Christmas Ornament Border.  I thought this design looked really cute paired up with this Bugaboo Stamps image called A Kid's View Christmas Tree.  HEY, I just noticed that this image will be retiring soon, and is only $1.00!  If you want her, you'd better grab her before she's gone!  Anyway, when I first came up with the idea to do this card, I had it in mind to simply cut the image out from white card stock using an offset, and glue it to the front of the card.  Then it struck me...why not cut the offset out of the front of the card, and use it as a window to the image on the inside? 💡

I positioned the image so that it would be where it needed to be when cut from a piece of card stock that is 3 7/8" wide by 5 3/8" tall.  The size of the finished card is 4 1/8" by 5 1/2".

I cut two of the card base; one from white Recollections 110lb, and one from pink card stock, also by Recollections.  The pink is only 65lb, so I wanted a sturdier base by adhering these together.  I printed and cut the image how I mentioned above, colored her up with alcohol markers, and glued her to the inside of the card, making sure she lined up in her offset window correctly.  Then this card sat around my room for a few weeks, unfinished.  I had a plan to put a die cut sentiment on the front of the card, but not much else.

The more I looked at this card though, I thought it was just missing something.  I kind of wanted to back the ornaments with some kind of specialty paper so they made more of an impact, so I asked my Squirrel Sisters for advice.  I showed them different things I had, and I finally hit on a winner with this white glitter paper from Walmart.

Instead of making it a solid backing piece, since I had to cut it with my Cameo to match the edge anyway, I decided to make it a cut out as well.  It's hard to see (of course!), but I bet if you click on the picture, you'll get a better view.  To finish it off then, I die cut the sentiment from the Christmas Phrases 2 set from Sizzix; twice from a scrap of Recollections 110, and once from the same white glitter paper, and layered them up.

Overall, I think it ended up pretty cute, even if it is hard to get a decent picture of it.  😆

--CHALLENGES--

Classic Design #7:  ATG

CHNC #500:  ATG Christmas

A Perfect Time to Craft #7:  ATG

A Bit More Time to Craft Extra:  ATG

Sweet Stampin':  Christmas in July (2/3)

ABC Christmas:  N is for No Fuss, O is for Over the Top (I think this is an O)

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #67:  ATG (9/10)

The Outlawz Festive Fridays:  Christmas

Alrighty my friends, PLEASE click on over to see what my friend Renee from Delaney Jane Cards has made for our Christmas in July collaboration.  I haven't seen it yet, but knowing her, it will be absolutely AMAZING!!!

Until next time, 

Take Care, and God Bless!

~Marie~

COLLECTED CRAFTY COLLABS #2 -- JULY EDITION

Hey there my crafty friends, welcome back to my blog!  It's that time of the month where a bunch of us crafters get together to work on using up those "squirreled away" supplies!  July's theme is Outdoors, with the option to use patterned paper.

  

Here is what I came up with:

My Squirrel Sisters may or may not know, but I am determined to make as many Christmas cards as I can with our monthly hop themes!  😁 LOL  I thought this month's Outdoor theme and the option to use patterned paper was the perfect chance to use these ADORABLE Mice on Ice from Lawn Fawn.  I had used some of the sentiments in other cards, but this is my first time inking up these cuties.  I'm not a big fan of mice in real life, but Lawn Fawn's mice are too cute for words!

On my card, these mice are skating on a pond of silver contact paper.  It's the same "ice" I used for this card; just the leftover piece I've had sticking to my maglite.  I knew it would come in handy someday!  LOL  Waste not, want not...isn't that how the saying goes?  My piece of patterned paper comes from the 12x12  Northern Lights Recollections paper pad.  I stamped the mice out onto a scrap of Recollections 110lb. white card stock using Lawn Fawn Jet Black alcohol marker friendly ink.  For the mouse fur, I used brown and warm gray Prismacolor markers.  The scarves and tiny ice skates were colored with R85 and BV11 Copics.  I used my Scan N Cut (YAY!!) to cut them out, and popped them up on teeny pieces of foam tape.  The sentiment, which does come from the same stamp set, was stamped in Versamark ink using my MISTI, and heat embossed with WOW! Metallic Silver Sparkle embossing powder.  That looks so much better in real life than it does in the pictures I took, believe me!  I haven't done this yet, but I plan to stamp a mouse on the inside with the sentiment "May the little things bring you happiness."

--CHALLENGES--

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #67:  ATG (8/10)

Classic Design #7:  ATG

CHNC #500:  ATG Christmas

A Perfect Time to Craft #7:  ATG

A Bit More Time to Craft Extra:  ATG

Double Trouble #62:  Christmas in July (4/4)

CHN Patterned Paper:  ATG using patterned paper

The Holly and Ivy #75:  ATG (3/3)

Polkadoodles #30:  ATG (2/2)

Little Red Wagon #559:  Spots or Stripes

Crafty Animals #40:  ATG using animals

Sweet Stampin':  Christmas in July (1/3)

ABC Christmas:  N is for No Fuss, O is for Over the Top (I think N this time!)

Stamping Sensations:  All Creatures Great and Small (3/3)

The Outlawz Festive Fridays:  Christmas

Thanks for stopping by today!  If you're hopping along with us, you probably came here from my lovely Squirrel Sister Anna's blog.  If you came here on accident, click on over to her blog, as she is the starting point.  The next stop on the hop is at my friend Val's IG page.  I'm sure there is so much inspiration in today's hop, you won't wanna miss it!

I'll have another post going live today at 1, as a Christmas in July collaboration with someone special, so be on the lookout for that!  Until then my friends,

Take Care, and God Bless!

~Marie~