Christmas in July Blog Hop

WELCOME to the Christmas in July Blog Hop – Mama LoveBug aka Pam is very pleased to be a hop spot for this event.  

Hostess Ashley has info on her blog concerning blog candy so check this out. Drop by each site and share some Christmas cheer with each crafty Christmas card creator:

Ashley - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com/  HOP HOSTESS

Angela - http://creativecraftin.blogspot.com/

Zenita - http://www.scrappinwithz.blogspot.com/

Amanda - http://a-prata-design.blogspot.com/

Pam - http://mzlavr2.blogspot.com/

Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/  HERE

Robin - http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/ NEXT

Miranda www.nanasscrapspot.com/

An'Jenic http://anjenicgibson.blogspot.com/

Paula http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/

Cori – http://createdbycori.blogspot.com/

The premise of the hop is to showcase a Christmas card that can be created quickly.  Well, I don’t know if my project fits the bill but I’ll let you judge for yourself.

Today I’m sharing a card using Stampin’ Up punches and paper.  This can be done in assembly line fashion to create a cute and memorable little card.  

Here are the instructions:

1.  Make the following card pieces from punches – I used SU punches but you could use others if you have something that works as well

Quantity/Color/Punch/Use

1 White XL Oval (base of face)
1 Red XL Oval/Embossed (hat)
1 White Ornamental (could use heart punch embossed) (beard)
2 White Bird Wing (mustache)
1 Silver Glitter ½” Circle (embellie for hat)
1 Blush or Bridal Pink Large Oval (face)
2 Black Owl (eyes)
1 Blush or Bridal Pink Owl (nose)
1 Red Owl (mouth)
1 Green 2 ½” Circle (base of entire created image)

2. Cut the following papers – you could make this bigger if you’d like

1 red 3” x 8”
2 white 3 ¾” x 3 ½”

3.  Grab supplies
*white gel pen
*glue runner
*pop dots or mini dots

4.  Assemble your card base of the red with each of the 2 white rectangles – one for front and one for inside

5.  Adhere your pieces to create the Santa and use pop dots to “make Santa pop up or stand out” and adhere to card front

6.  Pick a sentiment that is your favorite – I used SU “A Very Merry Christmas To You” and stamp it below Santa image – you could use this again for inside, switch to another sentiment, or leave it blank and write in your own special message

7.  There you have a quick, assembly line Christmas card…..again if you don’t have the punches, you could cut these shapes out on a machine such as Cricut; Sizzix also has some Christmas dies that might also work for the image of this card or something like it.

This is a close-up of the card face

This is a pic of the card opened up and the last is what you start off with

BEFORE you leave please become a LoveBug Creations fan and/or love a comment to be in the running for Ashley's blog candy................cyberhugs.............Mama LoveBug

Next on the program  check out  - Robin - http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/