Saturday, July 7, 2012

Christmas in July - Card Blog Hop

Welcome to the Christmas in July Card Blog hop.  If you arrived here from Pam's blog you are in the right spot.  If you just stopped by, please be sure to start with our Awesome Hostess Ashley who has blog candy to give away.  Be sure to follow the directions she has posted on how to win.

I'm always waiting until the last minute to make my Christmas cards, but this year I'm getting a jump start on them.


I used a white card base 5 1/2 x 4 1/4.  The red piece is 5 1/4 x 4 inches.  The striped paper is cut 5 x 3 3/4 inches.  The oval can be cut out of the center of your patterned paper or you can cut it separately.  The tree is made by cutting squares 3 x 3, 2 1/2 x 2 1/2, 2 x 2 and 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches.  With the pattern you want to show facing down, fold each square in half, open up and fold in half the opposite direction.  Open up and fold diagonally then open and fold diagonally the other direction.  Then you want to have the pattern you want to show facing you, fold in the two middle sections on opposite sides to create a triangle.  Then I used glitter on the triangles.  I lay my triangles on the card to see where I want it and then start with the top triangle, using glue dots to adhere them.  Then the next triangle goes slightly inside the top one and so on down the line.  I used a star shaped button.

Now you are off to see what inspiration Miranda has for you.

Happy Scrapping

Robin

28 comments:

  1. What a great color combo, not your traditional Christmas!

    Janea
    www.recollectionalley.blogspot.com

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  2. so pretty. Love the pink star at the top and that it is elegant yet easy to make.

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  3. Super cute! I love the paper you used with the pink in it and of course the sparkly!
    Miranda
    miranda at nanasscrapspot dot com
    www.nanasscrapspot.com

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  4. this is beautiful!! TFS
    Jessica
    chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com
    eschfamily@yahoo.com

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  5. Very pretty card! Love the glitz!

    mimi2trentdrew.blogspot.com

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  6. Pretty card!! LOVE the glitter!!

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  7. Nice car.

    marg0006 at verizon dot net
    Loving Scrapper101

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  8. nice job, one could pop out a bunch of these in no time, great idea, good way to use scraps too:)
    cathyplus5.blogspot.com

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  9. love the chunky glitter! gives the card a little something extra. great job! cely_rohr at hotmail dot com

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  10. I so love all the glitter! My favorite is the pink color and the pink button star. AJ~

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  11. Aww, you've just proven that a tree doesn't always have to be green or covered in snow to be beautiful. Love the glitter.

    Thanks so much for sharing!
    misshoanggg (at) gmail (dot) com

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  12. Love the colors you used for your card!!
    Angela
    chewiescrappin@hotmail.com
    http://angelascraftyspot.blogspot.com

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  13. Very cute card! Love the glitter =)

    wunderscreations@ymail.com

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  14. I love pink for Christmas! Great card!
    <3 Pam
    MzLavr2sCreations@live.com

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  15. i love how the card is not your traditional colors, and all the sparklies! Thanks for sharing. i am a new GFC follower - Marianne Barkman

    marianne dot wanham at gmail dot com

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  16. Very pretty card. Love the sparkle. Thank you for being in the hop.
    Ashley

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  17. Thank you for sharing your card! Its always a great idea to start a bit early, a few years back I did not finish! Love the color combo, looks rich and soooo christmasy!

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  18. What a great choice of colors! Suprisingly sweet! Thanks for sharing!

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  19. Great paper for the tree; love that it goes in opposite direction of the main part of card.

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  20. Hi Robin, what a cool idea with the tree...I never thought of folding squares into triangles and then stacking them...awesome!!!!

    amyis300 AT hotmail DOT com
    scrapthissavethat.blogspot.com

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  21. Very sweet card. Love the glitter.

    Lesley @ Trendy Twine

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  22. Cute card!! Like you I'm hoping to get a jump start on my cards this year!!
    Z

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  23. i love the stripes. very nice card for this coming christmas.
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