Over at Sweet Stampin' our new challenge theme starts today. This one is always popular: Christmas in July.
I often go for bright or bold colours for Christmas but here I went for a more subtle look although I stuck with my favourite red and green. I used the Greetery's stamp and stencil combo for the Christmas flowers, stamping the leaves in Iced Spruce Distress Oxide ink and stencilling the flowers in a couple of Gina K reds.
I then cut the lattice pattern from Concord & 9th Pistachio cardstock using the Greetery's co-ordinating die. This die cut is quite delicate and is a bit of a fiddle to get lined up but I like the end result. There is also a stencil in the set to give a similar effect.
The sentiment comes from an old Simon Says Stamp snowflake border set. I stamped it with Versafine Onyx Black onto a die cut banner which I curled up at the edges.
I hope this theme appeals to you and that you will play along with us this fortnight. You'll find all the details here at the Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog.
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