Christmas in July Card for Heart2Heart, Double Trouble and SAS4Kids Challenges

Christmas in July Card

Christmas in July Card Challenges:
Heart2Heart: Christmas in July 

Plus Double Trouble Challenge #6

Plus SAS4Kids: Christmas in July

This post shares a three-for-one challenge entry. First, the Heart 2 Heart Challenge: Christmas in July calls for the use of any crafty Christmas supplies and also challenges us to pair up this entry with an entry at Double Trouble's blog. Challenge met!

Second, Double Trouble issues the "Something Anything Everything" Challenge. By the way, I don't think it was coincidence that the wandering dog had "trouble" on his name tag, do you? Thing 2 suggests a link back to a Heart 2 Heart Challenge. Thing 3's optional addition suggests decorating the inside of the card beyond just the sentiment. To meet this part of the challenge, I used my Cricut Cuttlebug and cut the word 'wonderful' out of a piece of Central Park paper that matches the background paper on the card front. Done, done and done!

Sentiment inside card says 

'Have a wonderful Christmas' 

with the word 'wonderful' 

cut out of CTMH Central Park 

paper using Cuttlebug

Third, Send A Smile 4 Kids Blog is also having a Christmas in July Challenge. I wanted to make a Christmas card that a preteen girl would like so I used my CTMH Rain or Shine Doll Stamp + Thin Cuts to make a girl dressed for a holiday party. The sentiment stamped in the color Glacier on the front of the card says 'All that glitters is snow!" so I wanted to add some glittery elements that would be fun for a young girl. Here's another photo of the outside of the card at another angle so you can possibly see the glittery embellishments in her hair, on her buttons, and representing snow with a blue 'snowflake' flower and silver gem wisps representing the snow's path into her hand.

Here are the products I used to create this card:

Close To My Heart cardstock colors used:

• Central Park Paper Packet (card background layer)
• White Daisy (card base)

Other Close To My Heart supplies used:

• Rain or Shine Paper Doll Stamp + Thin Cuts (doll, dress)
• Gold Glitter Gems (buttons) 
• 3-D Foam Tape (behind the sentiment on card front)
• Bone Folder (to fold card, and press foam tape down)
• Bonding Memories Dual Action Glue Pen
• Micro-tip Scissors
• Acrylix Exclusive Stamp Pads in Charcoal (doll), Glacier (sentiments), New England Ivy (dress)
• Clear Shimmer Brush (in hair)
• Corner Trimmer
• My Acrylix Spritz Cleanser and Stamp Scrubber (care and maintenance of stamps)
• Tweezers (to place 'wonderful' over stamped sentiment)

Also used:

• Watercolor pencils (hair, skin, shoes)
• Recollections Bling Stickers
• Fiskars Many Thanks Stamp Set (sentiment on card front)
• Hero Arts Stamp & Cut Set (sentiment on inside of card)
• Cricut Paper Trimmer

Want to make this card? Let's go shopping! We can even make it together on a Facebook Live, if you'd like. Just let me know.

If you need a consultant, I'd be happy to help.

If you'd like to enjoy the added privileges of being a consultant, I can show you how. Check out the labeled tabs for more details. You can also contact me via comment or email.

Be sure to check out the challenges at Heart2Heart, Double Trouble and SAS4Kids. You might enjoy checking out the other entries as well. I'm still new to participating in design challenges and I know I've gotten a lot of great ideas from checking out the past challenges.

Stay creative and continue to share kindness along the way,

Kimberly

Christmas in July: Gate Fold Card Tutorial (With Free Cricut Design Space File)

Christmas in July: Gate Fold Card

Christmas in July: Gate Fold Card Tutorial 

(With Free Cricut Design Space File)

I designed this card for the '2018 Christmas in July' event in the 'Cricut Design Space' Facebook Group. I hope you find time to relax and create beautiful memories with your family and also for yourself.

Photo of card in closed position
with bow tied, ready for envelope

Description:

This project makes one gate fold card that is A2 size (4.25”x5.5”) and an
accompanying envelope.

Finished size:

A2: 4.25” x 5.5”

Materials to Cut:

• Cardstock in red
• Cardstock in white
• Cardstock in patterned print (I used red foil polka dots)

Everything Else:

• Cricut 12x12 StandardGrip Adhesive Cutting Mat
• Cricut Tools Scoring Stylus
• Cricut Fine Point Pen (0.4) in Very Berry
• Cricut Fine Point Pen (0.4) in Midnight Black
• Gold ⅜” satin ribbon, 18 inches
• Permanent photo safe adhesive
• Personal holiday photo hand-trimmed no larger than 4” x 5.25”
• Cricut Cuttlebug, optional
• Coordinating embossing folder, optional
• Adhesive to prevent fraying of ribbon ends (I used Fray-Check)

Preparation:

If you want to alter the project, click “Customize,” then use the tools in
the Edit panel to make changes before you cut. You can either hide my
project notes before printing by clicking ‘Customize’ and clicking the
eyeball, or simply skip those mats if you go directly to ‘Make.’

Cut:

1. Follow the prompts in Design Space to cut the images from the cardstock.
2. Insert the scoring stylus and pens when prompted to do so.

Assemble:

1. Fold envelope cutout on scored lines and glue tabs to form envelope.
2. Fold card along score lines.
3. Glue patterned cardstock on inside and outside flaps of gate fold.
4. Glue only the rectangle portion of the white inner card, centering on the inside of the red outer card.
5. Using photo safe adhesive, glue personal family photo to center of inner white card.
6. Emboss white rectangle used to protect photo while card is in transit, if desired.
7. Thread gold satin ribbon through the ¼” holes cut on the ‘gate’ flaps of the red outer card. Tie a bow. Trim ends of ribbon on the diagonal. Apply an adhesive to the ribbon ends to prevent fraying.

Inside view of gate fold card, with

white cover sheet on the side.

Photo Credit for family photo insert

by Takashi Hososhima

Click this link to go to Cricut Design Space: 

2018 Christmas in July, Kimberly Bower, Gate Fold Card

Photo Credit:

By Takashi Hososhima from Tokyo, Japan - Merry Christmas from Danbo family, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40589151

Color Dare Design Challenge #297, Plus Double Trouble Challenge #3, Plus Three Amigos Challenge #15

Snowman Card Designed in
Cricut Design Space

 Color Dare Design Challenge #297 

Plus Double Trouble Challenge #3,

Plus Three Amigos Challenge #15

This post shares a three-for-one challenge entry. First, the Color Dare Challenge #297 at Color My Heart Color Dare calls for the use of Nutmeg, Glacier and Sorbet with permission for the addition of Black and White. Challenge met!

Second, Double Trouble issues the same color challenge and tags onto the Color Dare Challenge #297 for a second entry. Done and done!

Third, Three Amigos throws out a challenge to use machine die cutting in your card-making. Since I cut out all the card pieces on my Cricut Maker, let's add that challenge in here too. Hooray! That doesn't sound like too much trouble, does it? 

Optional Inside Sentiment
of Snowman Card

As soon as the post is published on July 1 for the 'Christmas in July Design Challenge', I will come back and link this post to that one for more information and a link to the free Cricut Design Space file. You can follow this blog to be notified automatically, if you'd like. In the meantime, here's a screenshot of the Cricut Design File.

Screenshot of Cricut Design Space file
for Color Dare Challenge #297

Close To My Heart cardstock colors used:

• Glacier (card base layer),
• Sorbet (nose and scarf),
• Nutmeg (arms),
• Black (base of eyes, mouth, buttons)
• White Daisy (snowman, inner cards)
• White Glitter (snowflake liner)

Other Close To My Heart supplies used:

• Black and White Dots (just the black for the eyes, mouth, buttons) (out of stock); an alternative I used on my other snowman cards is Liquid Glass on top of each dot of black cardstock so they'd stand out.
• Thin 3-D Foam Dots
• Bone Folder
• Bonding Memories Dual Action Glue Pen
• Permanent Adhesive Runner
• Micro-tip Scissors
• Piercing & Embossing Tool Kit (piercing on scarf)
• Stitch Guide (for pattern on scarf; in Clearance Section) and
• Foam Mat (in Clearance Section)

Also needed:

• Cricut Maker, or other cutting machine with access to Cricut Design Space
• Cricut Scoring Tip
• Cricut 0.4 Tip, Black, Fine Point Pen
• Cricut Standard Grip Cutting Mat

Want to make this card? Let's go shopping!

If you need a consultant, I'd be happy to help.

If you'd like to enjoy the added privileges of being a consultant, I can show you how. Check out the labeled tabs for more details. You can also contact me via comment or email.

Be sure to check out the challenges at Color Dare, Double Trouble and Three Amigos. You might enjoy checking out the other entries as well. This is my first time participating and I know I've gotten a lot of great ideas from checking out the past challenges.

Color My Heart Color Dare

Double Trouble Challenge

Three Amigos Challenge

Stay creative and continue to share kindness along the way,
Kimberly

Flash Sale on Cricut CTMH Collections plus more on GladeslibrarianCTMH website: Hurry!

 

 Flash Sale on Cricut CTMH Collections plus more on GladeslibrarianCTMH website: Hurry!

Hello, friends. If you're a #Cricut fan, you're eyes are gonna pop out when you see what's on the #FlashSale going on right now at #gladeslibrarianCTMH:

GladesLibrarian's Close To My Heart Flash Sale!

Four of the Cricut Collections are on sale for $49.50 (while supplies last):
(1) Cricut® Artfully Sent Collection (featuring 700 images, cards and font),
(2) Cricut® Artbooking Collection (featuring 700 images; mini books, layouts, and font);
(3) Cricut® Artistry Collection (featuring 700 images; shapes, layers, banners, borders, backgrounds, and font); and
(4) Cricut® You Are Here Collection (featuring 700 images: shapes, titles, phrases, and font)

Plus, your qualifying purchase of $50 allows you to get the beautiful June Stamp of the Month: A Bushel and A Peck for only $5. Remember to add the June SOTM to your cart before checkout. 

 

Happy Shopping!

Kimberly Bower, Independent Consultant

Notes on Flash Sales:

• Sale prices are only available on orders placed on my Consultant website.
• The sale features a mix of current and retired products, and we have a limited number of these items set aside for the sale. It's possible that we will sell through several of the items in the sale. Once we do, those items will no longer be available, so shop early!
• Any current items that sell out during the sale will return to availability at normal price once the sale has ended.
• All discounted items count towards Stamp of the Month qualification.
• Shipping and handling is based on the full retail value of the sale items.