Hello and welcome to my blog! Today I am taking part in a blog hop with some fellow enthusiasts who love sharing their creative talents using their Stampin' Up!® products. This month in the Stamping Inkspirations blog hop we are creating projects with a Christmas in July theme.

There were several inspirational pictures and colour combinations to choose from this month. I selected the traditional green and red combo to work with.

The colours are Granny Apple Green, Garden Green, Real Red, Crumb Cake and Pecan Pie. I managed to incorporate every colour except for Crumb Cake!

The Christmas theme and the green colours immediately made me think of the Frosted Forest bundle. It's one of the new Online Exclusive offerings - I have used a few on my card today!

I stamped the outline of the trees using Garden Green, to provide a dark, structured outline, and then filled in the body of the tree by adding ink through the masks using blending brushes. There are three masks to create layers of colour giving depth to the images. I used two layers of Granny Apple Green, creating a deeper shade, before adding a final layer of Garden Green.

I created a selection of trees on Basic White and Granny Apple Green card and then die cut some of them using the coordinating dies. In addition, I used one of the circle dies from the Spotlight on Nature set to cut part of a tree out. Then I layered it up over a Granny Apple Green tree and added another smaller tree in the foreground.

Heat embossing is one of my favourite techniques to use, and so I couldn't resist adding some for the greeting. It's another new Online Exclusive set called Greetings of the Season (the DSP comes in a 6" x 6" stack called Iconic Celebrations). To continue the tree theme I embossed the matting layer of Garden Green card using the Timber 3-d folder. I added some gold trim and a few of the gold Blooming Pearls to coordinate with the gold heat embossing.

I am happy to have tried out so many of the new Online Exclusive products on this card and can't wait to use them again. Whilst I cannot believe that we are already in July, I am grateful to have made a start to my Christmas cards!

This was so much fun to put together and I hope that I have inspired you. Please continue along the hop to see what the others have created too...enjoy the projects! We would love to hear from you and so if you have been inspired, please leave a comment.

Angie McKenzie ● Aurélie Fabre

Jan Musselman ● Mo Rootes

Leonie Stuart ● Karen Henderson ● Annette Ball

Judith Patterson ● Tricia Butts

Do you need any of the products used on today's cards? If you live in the UK please take a look in my online Stampin' Up! shop. You can follow the link or click on the pictures below of the products I have used today.

Stay safe and as always, happy crafting,

If you would like to order any supplies, and you live in the UK, I would love to be your demonstrator. Use the current hostess code (July 2024 code: DC2X7RAY) to get some free product (it will follow in the post after the end of the month). If your order is over £150 do not use the code as you become the hostess and get the rewards. To place an order please visit my online shop HERE.

If you would like to join my team, you can choose your starter kit HERE and if you have any questions, please contact me at furrycatdesigns@gmail.com

All Star Video Class Bundles

The Video Class Bundles have 12 AMAZING video tutorials to inspire you each month. This month we are featuring the Full of Life Suite from the Annual Catalogue.

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Bonus Days

Bonus Days are back! Stampin' Up! is running this popular promotion once again. For every £45 spent on products between 3rd - 31st July you will earn a £4.50 coupon to redeem between 1st and 31st August

Click on the images of the products I have used today to purchase them in my online shop:

Rembember to use the current hostess code.

July 2024 code: DC2X7RAY

Hello and welcome to my blog. I am delighted to be part of the All Star Video Class Group. We create a Video Class Bundle with exclusive tutorials complete with photos, video directions and a supply list that includes both Metric and Imperial measurements, and we also hop together each month sharing another, new project using the same suite.

This month we are using the Full of Life Suite and this is a sneak peek of the projects included in this month's bundle of video tutorials.

Here is a closer look at the sneak peek of my project in the tutorial bundle.

To enjoy the video class bundle of tutorials you have several options:

shop with me - if you order from my online store you will receive that month's bundle for free
purchase - buy the bundle for £11.50
Join my Team - team members will receive the tutorials for free

During July 2024 a subscription option is also available - you purchase five months you receive the sixth month (December 2024) for free.

Every month for the next six months we will be using current Stampin' Up! Suites to create a Video Class Bundle, each containing 12 exclusive video classes. We will be using products from both the Annual Catalogue and new upcoming releases:

July 2024 - Full of Life Suite
August 2024 - Mediterranean Blooms Suite
September 2024 - Unbounded Beauty Suite
October 2024 - Suite to be announced
November 2024 - Suite to be announced
December 2024 - Suite to be announced

Thank you so much for joining me today for the All Star Design Team Video Class Bundle Blog Hop for July 2024. At the start of each month, each of creates another project using the featured suite of products to give you even more inspiration. Here is my additional Full of Life Suite project.

I was on a mission to use an entire sheet of paper for my project today - I wanted minimal waste (without saving left over pieces to use another day!) and this is what I came up with. The small, bright tiles of colour really appealed to me. The spectrum of colours provides you with so many choices for coordination. I plumped for Coastal Cabana.

The sheet of DSP is cut vertically into two evenly sized pieces from which I trimmed one of the rows of tiny squares (note to self - cut them off before splitting the paper in two and then they can be used to decorate the inside!).

I created a landscape cardbase from Thick Basic White card, choosing the height to accommodate the shortened DSP. The side flaps house the half sheet of DSP which creates an overlap over the middle of the card. Before adhering the DSP to the card I added texture using the Distressed Tile 3-d embossing folder - it gives them a mosaic feel.

I stamped and white heat embossed the so excited for you words on to Coastal Cabana card a couple of times. Then, I snipped them apart into smaller sections and arranged them on two nesting circles, cut using the Spotlight on Nature dies together with some foliage from the Full of Life bundle and a Bakers Twine bow. To add this decoration to the card I used some of the left over Basic White to create a belly band - it's about three squares deep. The circles sit proudly in the middle of the card front.

This suite caught my eye right from the start - the heart die cut did it! Now I have had a chance to create with it, I love the whole suite. The brightly coloured papers, the shimmery gems and of course the die cuts are all fabulous to work with. I hope you feel inspired to create with it too. Let me know what you think in the comments below. If you would like more ideas using this suite you can purchase the tutorial bundle (along with previous tutorials) HERE.