‘Christmas in July’ ~ Traditional Card Idea

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As I share in my video creating Christmas-themed cards in July is not something I can recall doing before, however I thought I would do something this year, despite us being in the middle of a heatwave here in the UK. I am planning to do a short series of 3 cards, today I have chosen traditional colors and theme, I will then do a more contemporary one and will end up with a whimsical one toward the end of the month. I hope you enjoy this one as I am very fond of using the more traditional colours of red, green and white with a little hint of gold!!

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Funky Folds Hop ! ~ July 2026

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Welcome to the Funky Folds Hop ~ a community for like minded paper crafters who love to make cards with funky folds and to share our ideas. Funky actually means “modern and stylish in an unconventional or striking way” so hang onto your hats and see what the talented artisans have to offer 🙂

We don’t have a specific theme ” anything goes” it is all about the fold!! Today I share a Pop Out card which has an anniversary theme but would work for any occasion, Oh and have given measurements for 2 different sizes 🙂

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Inspire, Create Challenge # 219

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ooooooo it is a tough one this month, a colour challenge using Yellow, Pink and Orange!! I guess it kinda lends itself to something floral but I gonna try and not do that……….. wish me luck!!! As I explain in my video, this idea was from my husband !!! He said………. ‘how about’………….. and so I did!!!!!

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2026 Flip Over Desk Calendar ~ July

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For the last 5 – 6 years I have designed and enjoyed making my flip over desk calendar for the ladies who came to my classes.  As I have done for the last few years I am going to be sharing one at the start of each month. Like last year, I recognize not everyone is into making 3D items so have created a card for each month, using elements from the calendar for that month and included a video to show how I went about making the card.

So today I share 2 versions, a July 4th for my American friends and a pretty bee for my friends in the rest of the world!

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Clever Coloring Technique for Handmade Birthday Cards

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If you are like me and not so good at coloring – today’s technique is a great one for you! Once again I am using some simple supplies, Stamps, Ink & Paper to create the card – so you should be able to use the idea with supplies from your own stash. I have used pinks, lavenders and greens for mine and used a birthday greeting but this would make a great thank you card in any colors you have.

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Inspire, Create Challenge # 218 with Colouring Technique

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This week’s challenge was to feature an ‘Animal/Creature – so in other words a ‘critter’ I chose this as a chance to share another very simple coloring technique – using a Blender Pen, that along with just some stamps, ink and paper (#SIP) it is a card that your could produce from any supplies you might have in your stash. Checkout the video below to see how this has basically turned into the perfect card for a fella!!!

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Cute Card for Little Boy ~ Using Minimum Supplies

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Today I am sharing a card using the simple supplies of Stamps, Ink & Paper. It is an idea that you can use to create a card for practically any occasion. The card is for the small son of a neighbour, who is celebrating his 2nd birthday this weekend. I love how it turned out and I think it will be a card creating technique I might just use again.

Each time I post a project on this blog and my You Tube channel I think of it as a ‘class’ sharing ideas & techniques that you can follow, sometimes they are simple and straightforward with the minimum of supplies (like today) sometimes, they are a bit more fancy with special folds or fancy techniques using more supplies. Either way I hope you enjoy them 🙂

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