Keeping Christmas-August 2020

 It's time for the August Keeping Christmas blog hop! Kelly Lunceford started this many months ago and eventually the former team of "The Challenge" designers came to be a part of it.  We share holiday cards and projects with you on the 25th of each month to show you different ideas, techniques or projects to help you get a jump start on your holiday cards and tags for the coming year.  All of the designers have projects to share with you today. You'll find a list of the participating designers at the bottom of my post so you can stop by and admire their creativity while collecting some ideas for your holiday card creating.

Here's my contribution to today's hop.  I inked up some winter wear from WPlus9's Holiday Cheer stamp set to serve as the focal image on this layout inspired by the current challenge at Try Stampin' on Tuesday. The fingerless gloves and pom pom topped hat were stamped in white pigment ink on red cardstock, then heat embossed for a crisp pop of white to really show off the detail in the images.  I used the matching dies to cut out the embossed images.  After stringing the gloves together with some twine, I used foam tape to arrange the pieces on a cream cardstock circle. To go with the images, I embossed a panel of red cardstock with a knit pattern that the mittens and hat would have in real life. The textured panel was adhered to a kraft card base on an angle.  I added a wide strip of plaid patterned paper on top of the textured piece, anchoring it with a shiny strip of gold washi tape along the right edge. The image panel was adhered on top.  I stamped the set's "sending holiday cheer" sentiment on a kraft panel.  After rounding the edges of the panel, I tucked it beneath the left side of the image panel to complete the card.

Don't miss what the rest of our team has created to inspire you to get a head start on your holiday card making!  There is a lot of inspiration and ideas to get your creative juices flowing.  Here's where to find the team members:

Kelly Lunceford (Creator)
Claire Broadwater

Lori Tecler - you're here!

Nance Selkeld

Nina Forsythe

Marybeth Lopez

Nancy Penir

Carol Hintermeier

 

Materials Used:
Holiday Cheer stamp set, Holiday Cheer dies (WPlus9); Memento Luxe Wedding Dress and Memento Rhubarb Stalk inks (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Kraft cardstock (Papertrey Ink); Red Punch cardstock, Cozy Lodge 6x6 paper pad, Snow embossing powder (Recollections); Cable Knit embossing folder (Sunny Studio); circle die (Spellbinders); twine (Hemptique); gold washi tape; corner rounder; foam tape