Today the fun Get Cracking on Christmas monthly card challenge I've shared in the past is even more fun than usual! This month there's a whole bunch of friends all sharing Christmas cards - it's a big ol' holiday party in July! Get Cracking on Christmas was started by Jenn Shurkus, when she asked her friends Chari and Cheiron to join her each month, to challenge each other to get some Christmas cards made throughout the year, instead of waiting for crunch time in November. Somehow I weaseled my way into the fun and have joined them a few times in the past. It's so fun to spend a little time giving all of those beautiful holiday stamps I own some love - and I'll be thankful in December when I actually have a stack of Christmas cards, ready to go! You should have made your way here from Cheiron's blog. If you didn't, hop on over to Jenn's blog & start at the very beginning!
For my card today, I'm using a die that was just revealed as part of the Hero Arts winter release for 2018. It won't be available on the Hero Arts website until August 22 - and your favorite retailers have begun ordering it, so you should start seeing it in their stores very soon!
The die is called Paper Layering Neighborhood, and it creates the cutest little village scene. I thought it would be fun to make a shaped card using it, since there are two dies included - one to cut the inner portion of houses, and one to cut out around the entire scene. I cut just the frame for the back of the card, scored one side and attached it to the card front.
The little windows all come out when you die cut, so I backed the front panel with a die cut piece from vellum, which I inked up yellow to look like glowing lights in the windows. The front of the card is done in kraft paper, and colored with my Prisma pencils. I wanted it to be a cute, pastel Christmas village.
I finished the card by adding glitter "snow" along the roofs.
I have an extra set of these dies - so if you'd like to win one before you can even buy it, leave me a comment on this post telling me how you feel about snow. I'll randomly draw a winner, and post it back here on this same post on July 26.
Speaking of snow - as a second prize, I have an extra set of Snowflake Infinity Dies for another random winner!
Now head on over and see what my crafty friends are up to. Next up is Caryn! And here is the entire hop list:
Jenn Shurkus
Susan Opel (posting on Jenn's site)
Chari Moss
Cheiron Brandon
Libby Hickson (you are here!)
Caryn Davies
Emily Midgett
Vera Yates
Tifany DeGough
Jana Millen
Lydia Fiedler
Lisa Cisneros
Susan Wymer
Jessie Banks
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Teri Anderson
Lisa Henke
How about you get cracking on Christmas, too? Make some cards and tag them #getcrackingonchristmas on social media, so we can see what you make!
Happy Stamping!
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