Thursday, July 14, 2011

Christmas in July

I must admit I would never think of Christmas in  the summer month of July, but there seems to be a lot of challenges that do!  I had to get my Christmas stuff out from under the day bed and out of the closet to work on these. LOL. There's one from Stampsmith TSC 17 Christmas and  even Grungy Monday 15 hosted by Linda at Studio L3 has a technique challenge from the amazing Tim Holtz this week called 12 Days of Christmas 2007 day 7. So,  while I was at it I decided to use  it for this week's Simon Says Stamp and Show  Sewing Faux or Otherwise  and Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog  Anything goes.

I have to admit I love the Tim Holtz Technique for back ground, but true to my style I added some glitter into the mix and it worked. You can't see it in the photo,  I'll have work on my scanner to show glitter in the future! The Christmas stamp is one of Time Holtz's too. I colored it with watercolor and added red Stickles for the hat. There's a piece of red glitter ribbon, a wax seal, a distressed #25 tag and some green glitter branches with sequin star ornaments. I added some faux stitching, some organza ribbon and some gold fiber to complete this little Christmas tag.

Hope you will get to be jolly like a Santa this week.
take care, gerri
"Merry Christmas in July"



"Christmas details"

27 comments:

  1. fabulous fabulous fabulous, thats all I have to say, carry on! LOL

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  2. I love christmas in July Gerri- just cause it's winter here in Nz and I do miss cold english christmases :-( Great xmas tag- love the glitter and the santa x Deb x

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  3. Gerri this is stunning! I love that stamp and your background!

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  4. Gerri, this really shines! Beautiful piece! Thank you so much for joining our 'off season' challenge at The Stampsmith this week!
    Val ;)

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  5. Gerri, your Christmas tag is stunning! Love every detail!

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  6. This looks so authentically vintage dear friend! I love the rich color of your tag and the stickles and glitter take it over the top again! Just fabulous Gerri!

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  7. Gerri
    Absolutely delighted to see you joined in the fun at TSC once again and what an entry. Full of richness and vintage charm.
    I have a feeling you will love the new theme which I am hosting - Vintage.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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  8. Very very nice, even if it is Christmas in july! I love how you did this!

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  9. This is just gorgeous! So pretty!

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  10. A great festive shade - so rich and deep. Fabulous stamping and colouring...!

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  11. Gerri, i hear you. I DON'T like to think of christma in July :-( I even don't like to see Christmas stuff in stores in September! ... but you are right, i found some christmas in July theme challenge, and I made one my self! LOL! oh well...Luv your card! Luv your coloring on Tim's Stamp and luv the wax seal too! Awesome card! :-)

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  12. Great job with this technique. A gorgeous tag.

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  13. Fabulous Christmas tag ! Love the richness of it and the fab colouring of the images.

    Marie

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  14. Very pretty! Thanks for joining the challenge at Simon Says Stamp & Show.

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  15. Fabulous work here! I'm so not thinking about Christmas because it means winter. ;-)

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  16. Gorgeous, Gerri! Just the sight of it cooled me a little. (It's in the upper 90's today) ;-)

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  17. This is stunning, Gerri. The colors are fantastic and I really like the way you placed the image off the tag. Fab!

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  18. Stunning and perfect for Xmas in July!!!

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  19. Wow your work is stunning - definetly need to be a follower!

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  20. Great tags. I can't seem to get in the Christmas mode yet. It seems that you did thro

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  21. Fantastic piece, love the wax seal.

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  22. I love this tag and being Christmas is right up my street. My friend and I are having Christma in July at the end of the month all day!! Including Dinner and music!!

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  23. Love your gorgeous tag, what wonderful work.
    Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamps Challenge.
    luv
    Debby

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