Saturday, July 9, 2011

Christmas in July

Are you ready for Christmas.... in July, that is! :)
 Here is my very first Christmas card for the year! It's a winter scene card with a pickup taking home a beautiful Christmas tree! I cut the pickup from Just Because Cards at 5" (all layers including the shadow) using the flip feature.  The truck is completed with silver mirror paper for the hub caps, door handle and fenders. Then I cut the Christmas tree at 3" from Doodlecharms (including the shadow layer). 


I added glitter to the truck top and the tree to represent a fresh winter snowfall.  Then I added the "Christmas is on its way!" embossed in black.  The stamp is a couple years old so I don't know if you can still get it or not, but it's from Inkadinkado # 97734 - Warm Holiday Wishes.

And lastly, I added some white "stitching" using my Gelly Roll pen. 


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22 comments:

Sunshine HoneyBee said...

Bee-utiful Christmas card. Like all the detail & scenery that you added to the card. Ck out Sweet Shops Challenge #22 - Christmas in July and see if you can enter this there as well. Made a couple of Christmas cards this past wk which you can see on my blog.
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"
http://CreatedbySunshineHoneyBee.blogspot.com

Crafting Misfit said...

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Tracy said...

What a fun card :) Love it! :)
Tracy

abusybee - DoubleClick Connections said...

Great card!

Unknown said...

Fantastic card...Love all the detail that you have put into it

Amanda

Chriss America Real said...

Cheryl. this card is adorable! I love it. My dad used to bring our christmas tree home in a truck that looked just like that! great job!

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Adrian said...

OMG!! U rocked ths card!! Thanks for playing @ CTO!!!

Suzy said...

I love S fold cards :) Thanks for celebrating Christmas in July at TPV this week :)
Suzanne

Melissa said...

Very cute, love the fold, great job, thanks so much for joining CTO!

Pat N. said...

That's really cute, Cheryl!--Pat

Lucianna Dilsaver said...

Wow, fantastic card, love how you chose the sentiment to go with your wonderful truck! Thanks for joining us this week @ CTO :)

Sue said...

Great card!! I love the truck. I really have to take a closer look at my cartridges. I love how you added the look for freshly fallen snow. Beautiful job. Thanks for joining us at The Paper Variety.

Unknown said...

This is a great card, you did a fabulous job Cheryl, I love every thing you do. Hugs, Pam at http://craftycards4u2.blogspot.com/

Mary said...

Great card, I love the fold. Thanks for playing along at CTO.

girlia said...

Awesome. I really love the tree in the back of the pick-up. Thanks for joining us again this week at CTO

Debbie said...

What a great card!!! I have that stamp set, too, and it is a favorite!!
http://debbiesdashofthisandthat.blogspot.com/

Crafting Katie said...

Cheryl, what a FUN card! I love the Christmas tree in the back of the pick-up, and your cuts go perfectly with that beautiful background paper! Thanks for playing along at My Creative Time's Throwback Thursday Challenge!!!

GiGi said...

What a fabulous card! I love the z fold and the truck with tree in back! Thanks for playing at CTO!

Anonymous said...

Cheryl this is adorable.. the paper goes so well with the truck, great job with the challenge.

thanks for playing with us at CTO..

Ivette_DT

Anonymous said...

What a clever Christmas card! I really like that great truck, and the fun way you folded the card. Thanks for sharing this with us at Tuesday Throwdown! :-)

My 3 E Scrapbooking said...

This is gorgeous Cheryl! I love the colors and that background paper is so festive! Great job on the details! Thanks for playing at CTO!

Aim said...

Absolutely WONDERFUL card!! Love your color combination and that truck just looks like it's delivering the very best holiday surprises!! :)

Thanks so much for sharing your talent at Celebrate The Occasion!! :)

Amy :) at www.lovetocrop.com
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