Merry Christmas in July! 7/12 to 7/19

Last edited by Trudeenr on Mon Jul 19, 2021 11:36 am, edited 2 times in total.

My Pen Pal sent me a Christmas Card...in July! It was a melted snowman and she put a note that Frosty was coming to visit but melted on the way! Several of the crafty swap groups I'm in are doing Christmas in July packages as well...so I thought I'd follow suit!

This week's challenge is to make CHRISTMAS EMBELLISHMENTS to have on hand for card making or CHRISTMAS ENVELOPES! So get out your stamps and dies, start fussy cutting the old Christmas cards you saved, and dig out your Christmas papers and start folding...let's make a pile of embellishments to make the Christmas card making that much easier this November!

I made a simple envelope (for the lone card I had leftover from last year) and I also made some "fancy" paperclips. Have fun...Katrina will draw for a prize next Monday morning (7/17).

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1. Terrie
2. Elaine
3. Golda
4. Kathy

Fun Trudi! I like your embellishments and it's never too early to start on Christmas cards (heck, Golda is probably almost done). I had a pet job cancel this week so again am unexpectedly home - which turned out to be great timing as I had a tooth go bad over and am looking at a root canal this week. :cry:

But alas, I shall have time to play.

eoconnell wrote:Fun Trudi! I like your embellishments and it's never too early to start on Christmas cards (heck, Golda is probably almost done). I had a pet job cancel this week so again am unexpectedly home - which turned out to be great timing as I had a tooth go bad over and am looking at a root canal this week. But alas, I shall have time to play.

Oh no! I hope they are able to get you in quick and get it over with...tooth pain is horrible!

Oh how fun to have Christmas in July...embellishment is great on any cards...great challenge.

Elaine, take care and hope you can get that tooth fixed soon.

Yikes! Elaine, I’m glad you had the time off. Hopefully you can get your tooth dealt with very quickly!

And, yes, I’m almost done with my Christmas cards. But there are always a few more needed, so this is a great challenge.

I like your fun envelope and embellishments Trudi.

I got these embellishments done now because I'm having company from N.Y. at the end of the week.
I will add these to a card front with background paper.....Hey, I got a head start on my Christmas cards.....LOL

Cute embellies Terrie!

I worked on mine before and after my root canal. Novocain is just wearing off but hope that ends my pain for a while. Figures that I stuck my finger in the wet snow and messed it up. :lol:

Okay, did 10 envelopes and 2 embellishments. It's hard for me to do embellishments, as I need to have a card planned out to figure out what I want to use. I did want to use those green glitter tags, so got them decorated and ready to go.

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Elaine, glad that you were able to do your embellishment tags through your root canal...the tags are adorable.
Golda, well done on decorated your envelopes so pretty to see before opening the card when received.

Wow - you all have been very busy!

Terrie - I love the jingle bell coins...they'll be perfect focal points on a card!

Elaine - I love the gnome/elf tags!

Golda - I love that you now have pretty envelopes to go with your card stash! I too have been started making gift tags!