Inklings Christmas in July Blog Hop

Welcome to The INKlings’ Team’s Christmas in July blog hop. You may have arrived here from Dani's blog or just be visiting my blog, whichever way once you’ve checked out my creations you can continue the hop through the links at the end of this post to the next team member.

How quick is this year going! Have you started to think about your Christmas cards and projects yet? The INKlings team has and we thought that this month was the perfect time to host a Christmas in July blog hop. You'll find lots of great ideas provided by 17 team members’ fantastic blogs.

Want to win some Blog Candy? Simply leave a comment on each blog and then email Christie Wallace and let her know you’ve done so and you’ll be in the running for a fantastic prize of 17 handmade cards plus other goodies.

Sorry Blog Candy prize not available to SU! demonstrators but you're more than welcome to leave us a comment!

For my Christmas in July project I thought I would show you a Christmas card made using a non-Christmas set. Not surprisingly it's not a traditionally styled Christmas card, but it works!

I have used the Trendy Trees set in conjunction with Heat & Stick powder and the Supernova glitter to make this fun and funky card. I started by stamping the tree trunks, and then each tree top was done individually. The tree top is first stamped with VersaMark then sprinkled with Heat & Stick powder, and the excess powder tipped off before heating with a heat gun - just like embossing powder. When the Heat & Stick powder has just melted it will be tacky, so turn off the heat gun and cover the image with the glitter of your choice, once again tipping off the excess (and it can be returned to the container). Reheat the Heat & Stick with the heat gun and the glitter will set, and very little glitter will then come off to haunt you, or the card recipient, for the rest of your days...

All supplies by Stampin' Up!
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Stamp Sets: Trendy Trees, Punches Three
Inks:Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, VersaMark
Accessories: Heat & Stick powder, Fine Supernova glitter, 3/16" corner rounder, Regal Rose 5/6" grosgrain

That’s it from me. Your next stop on the INKlings’ Team Blog Hop is Michelle. Have fun and don't forget to leave a comment on each blog to win some great Blog Candy.

Bloghop for Christmas in July
1. Christie
2. Dani H
3. Carol
4. Michelle D
5. Jayne
6. Kylie
7. Kari
8. Dani F
9. Beth
10. Nicky A
11. Clare
12. Amy
13. Fiona B.
14. Michelle F-S
15. Fiona
16. Divya
17. Rachel

More Trendy Trees and Chocolate Seahorses

This morning I've posted two new cards over at the Elite Challenges blog.
For this first one I used Trendy Trees again, and in a similar layout to the card I posted the other day. However, each tree top was cut out and shaped, as I hope you can see in the shot above. I've attached the tree tops with pop-up glue dots rather than my standard dimensionals so they will retain the rounded shape. Check out a full image of the card and all it's details at the Elite Challenges blog.

My second card ended up using a lot of glitter, and I even mixed the Chunky Sprinkles with the Fine Supernova. I filled the inside of the aluminium-edged tag with Tombow, sprinkled on some Iris Chunky Sprinkles, a little Celery Chunky Sprinkles, a few areas of Fine Turquoise and then filled the rest with Fine Olive. A little mess but quite effective! The glitter on the seahorse and seaweed (you can just see it in the bottom of the picture above) were attached using Heat & Stick powder. Check out the full card image and details over at the Elite Challenges blog.

KW Colour Inspiration #52

It feels like an age since I've been able to do one of Kristina's challenges. Now that things are finally settling down after Convention I took some time today to get to work on the current challenge, with such lovely colours it was hard to resist!

This card is somewhat similar to one I have been demonstrating at workshops this month. I think the Rock n Roll technique is so effective with these trees! I'm really loving this set, hope you don't get sick of seeing it on here!

All supplies by Stampin' Up!
Cardstock: So Saffron, Whisper White
Stamp set: Trendy Trees
Inks: Sahara Sand, So Saffron, More Mustard, Baja Breeze
Accessories: dimensionals

May Inklings Cyberstamp Challenge 1, Part 1

Last Monday night was the Inklings May Cyberstamp, this month hosted by the always lovely and sometimes loony Lin Mei. In light of this month's paper promotion, the first challenge she set was to create a card using predominantly paper. OK, so there is more white space than paper on this one, but the paper is the feature! I'd actually made this card a week or two before, but since I hadn't uploaded it any where I thought I'd claim it as part of this challenge. Then I decided making another one but with different paper would take that long, so I whipped up another (below).

All supplies by Stampin' Up!
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Gray
Stamp Sets: Trendy Trees
Inks: Not Quite Navy
Accessories: Urban Garden DSP

All supplies by Stampin' Up!
Cardstock: Whisper White, Real Red
Stamp Set: Trendy Trees
Inks: Cameo Coral
Accessories: Raspberry Tart DSP