Wacky Watercooler Christmas in July Blog Hop

Our Blog Hop runs in a circular fashion.  No matter where you begin, you'll wind up back in the exact same place again if you keep going to the "next" blog.  It works the same way whether you do the usual forward through the blog posts or if you work your way through in reverse order. 

If you arrived at my blog from Bev's blog, Welcome! I am sure you came away with plenty of ideas.

For this hop we were challenged to do 3 things, a Christmas card, a catalog CASE, and a card using one of the new punches. I made all three of the cards Christmas.

First up catalog CASE on page 8 is the card I CASEd.

For my CASE I turned the sketch upside down, I stamped it in Vesrsamark and embossed it with embossing powder using White Christmas stamp set.

Next a card using a new punch, well so far I have only bought two of them so I used the Banner Triple Punch. I used the new Every Blessing stamp set, stamped the image with Versamark and embossed with black embossing powder and the sentiment with gold embossing powder. I sponged the back ground.

For my last card I used White Christmas but the sentiment from Petite Pairs. I stamped on Watercolor Paper with Stazon and lightly watercolored it. I used lots of Dazzling Diamonds on the branches and snow banks.

Next up on our hop is my granddaughters blog, Jaylin is turning 11 on Saturday. Jaylin was invited to join our hop as a budding young stamper her blog is Crafting with Colors. 

Celebrate Today

This past week was Spring Break in our area and I didn't make it into my stamping room all week!  I spent the week working on my laundry room remake. So far one wall is down 6 electrical lines rerouted or added, plumbing for sink added and drywall up.  I also prepared for the freezer 66 pounds of asparagus. So this morning I made a card!

Stamps: Celebrate Today
Paper: Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Calypso Coral, So Saffron
Ink: Coastal Cabana
Misc: Balloon Framelits, Arrows Textured Embossing Folder, Bakers Twine, Shaker Frames, 20130-2015 In Color Sequin Assortment

Remember everything in Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, Pistachio Pudding & Baked Brown Sugar will be retiring, the list comes out on the 23rd and it will be while supplies last!