Wow June 30th already. It's astonishing how quick this year is going by. Hard to believe Christmas is less than six months away. To celebrate Christmas in July the Design Team have put together some lovely Christmas projects to get you inspired.  Be sure to check back later this month.  

Christmas in July starts July 17 

Here is a card made using this week's colour combination of Stonewash, Parakeet and Walnut.

 

This week we have another colour challenge. The featured colours are Stonewash, Parakeet, and Walnut.

1-166E Pirouette

6-699 Plum Pudding

4-431D Bazzill Yellow

6-638E Forget Me Not

5-510E Lorikeet

S4-146 Butterflies 2

Kaiser Kraft Storage Binder

Glimmer Mist

Here is a clever use of various Spellbinder Label Dies to use as backing for small photos.

8-821E Mud Puddle

9-943E Brown

8-820E Rope Swing

S4-125 Classic Scalloped Circles Small

S4-233 Labels Nine

S4-161 Labels One

S4-230 Labels Six

Scrap piece of corrugated cardboard

White acrylic paint

Staples

Twine

Brads

Large eyelet

Scrap of hessian

Scrap of book page

Thickers alpha - By the Yard

Making Memories Brown ledger tiny alpha

Frayed Burlap distress ink

Layout created by Design Team member-TERESA 

Here is a pretty layout using the colour combo from our first Colour Challenge

5-5139E Celtic Green

6-697E Berry Pretty

6-698E Grape Jelly

6-699E Plum Pudding 

 S4-290 Labels Fourteen

Dare to Dream

Prima paper and flowers

Swarovski crystals

Vintage paper lace

Ribbon

This week's colour combination is Kraft, Admiral, Jade and Pomegranate, a wonderful combination for those Masculine projects.

Sue has made wonderful use of the Impressabilites to emboss the individual squares. 

2-227E Pomegranate

9-960D Kraft

7-783E Admiral

5-555E Jade

NEST-002 Nestabilities Squares

NEST-005 Nestabilities Circles

S4-092 Stars

I2-1009 Impressabilities Flourish

I2-1013 Impressabilities Fleur De Lis Stripe

I2-1005 Impressabilities Circles

I2-1001 Impressabilities Paisley

Red, green, gold and black brads

Gold button

String

Gold Eyelets

Black Ink

Texture Stamp

Alpha Stamps

Charcoal Embroidery Floss

Black pen

Red ribbon

Chipword - Star

Printed paper

Red fibres

1-126E Tutu Pink

S4-230 Labels Six

Dyed scrunched seam binding

Antique Linen Distress ink

Pink Petunia Versamagic ink



Here is a cute idea for some quick little bookmarks.

Bazzill Basics Paper:

9960D Kraft

8811E French Vanilla

Other Materials Used:

Patterned Paper

Assorted Embellishments

Project created by Design Team member-KIRSTY

Here is another pretty card from Sheree.

10-1001E Bazzill White

6-638E Forget-Me-Not

4-406E Chiffon

S4-294 Lacey Circles

S4-190 Labels Four

S4-136 Classic Heart

S4-137 Classic Scalloped Heart

JB-09880 A Warm Hello

Kaiser Craft Patterned Papers 

Black Inkpad

Today I have another card using this week's colour combo of Steel Blue, Raven, Pomegranate and Salt. 

The card is a basic centre step card.  To make the embossed cardstock really stand out, I've rubbed a versamark pad lightly over the surface.  This gives a slightly darker shade of the Pomegranate to the raised areas.

I've embellished the Parisian Accent Die with some Swarovski Crystals, and although it is difficult to see in the photo these really do sparkle.  

Steel Blue

Raven

Pomegranate

Swiss Dot Salt

S5-049 Carnation Creations

S5-034 Parisian Accents

S4-310 Labels Eighteen

I2-1001 Impressabilities Paisley

CL-02120 Vintage Floral Labels

Organza Ribbon

Swarovski Crystals

Versamark Inkpad

White Embossing Powder

Glimmer Mist (This has been sprayed on the flower)

Welcome to another Turorial Tuesday. Today's tutorial from Kirsty, is for a window card with the addition of some "dangly stars."

9960D Kraft

Dare to Dream

Buttons

October Afternoon Printed Paper

Step One:

It's time again for another colour challenge. This week we have the colours Raven, Salt, Steel Blue and Pomegranate.

10-1047E Salt

7-762E Steel Blue

Pomegranate

S4-161 Labels One

Jet Black StazOn ink

Dyed scrunched seam binding

Created by Design Team member-TERESA

Here is a lovely idea for a box to hold a small gift, or maybe a gift card. Why not make a matching set of tiny notecards to slip inside.

Bazzill Basics Paper:

8-820E Rope Swing
8-806D Natural
1-126E Tutu Pink

Spellbinders:

S5-019 Labels Eight
S4-248 Labels Thirteen
S4-072 Flower Creations

JustRite Stamps:

CL 02100 Vintage Oval Labels

Other Materials Used:

SW3001 3mm Swarovki Crystals
SW4001 4mm Swarovski Crystal
Brads for flower centres
Versamagic Pink Petunia ink
Timber Brown StazOn ink
Antique Linen Distress Ink

Created by Design Team Member-TERESA

Here is a lovely Gothic style card incorporating several Spellbinder dies.

Products Used:

Bazzill Red

Bazzil White

Raven

Wisteria

S4-265 Cross Collection

S5-042 Fleur De Lis Doily Accents

S4-140 Petite Ovals Small

S5-025Labels Seventeen

S5-050 Rose Creations

I2-1001 Impressabilities-Paisley

Crystals

Glitter Pen

Gold Paint

White Ink

Purple Ink

Organza Ribbon

Black Fibres

By lightly brushing over the embossed surface with an inkpad, you can really make the pattern stand out.

Created by Design Team member-SUE

Here is another card using thecolours in this week's colour combo challenge. 

Here is a lovely layout created by Sue.

Here is a cute layout incorporating stitching using the Bazzill In Stitch'z Templates and Floss.

8-820E Rope Swing

2-214E Red Devil

5-5122E Lizard

LF-127 Grand Scalloped Squares

S4-116 Circles Small

S4-125 Classic Scalloped Circles Small

303495 Stitchz Floss - Crayons

303222 Formal Flourish - In Stitch'z

Thickers alpha - Patchwork, coloured with B29 Copic marker

Patterned paper - Simple Stories

Today we have a topiary made using Rose Creations. By altering the colours you could adapt this project for numerous occassions.

Here is a beautiful wedding page. Kirsty has combined some little blossoms with the Rose Creations flowers to create some lovely floral embellishments.

9960D Kraft 

303060 Vintage Vines-Ruby Slippers

Spellbinders:

Here is a lovely idea for a pocket card.  You could adapt this idea to make invitations, gift card holders or any number of  projects. 

Notice the clever use of the nested circles to make an attractive embellishment.

Here is a card I made using the technique from yesterday's tutorial.  For my flower I added some stamens which have been coloured using Copics.  I also scrunched up the leaves to go with the vintage look of the flower.