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get cracking on christmas: july 2021 (and a GIVEAWAY!)
UPDATED: THE WINNER OF THE GIVEAWAY IS: Richard! I have sent you a message so I can get your prize to you! Remember, I will never ask you to register or sign up for anything to get your prize. Thanks to all who left such lovely comments.
Hello there crafty friends and thank you for joining us for another month of Get Cracking on Christmas. This fun challenge was started by my friend Jenn Shurkus as a way to work on your Christmas cards all year long. I love to work on some special cards for certain people throughout the year. I always love a good rainbow Christmas card…you can see some others I have made over the years here, here, here, and even here!
I have something really special for your this month, we are celebrating Christmas in July with giveaways! I wanted to give something that everyone worldwide could enter to win. My giveaway is a $25 gift card to Simon Says Stamp, so you can pick out your own gift (which is exactly what I like to do!). All you need to do is leave a comment on this post and you will be entered to win. I will select a winner on Monday, July 19th and update this post :) 
For this card, I wanted to use the Reverse Confetti Wreath of Joy die. I have wanted it for a while, and finally just added it to my cart in my last Simon order. It is so cute and there are so many possibilities with it. To create my card, I ink blended a panel of Distress Watercolor Cardstock with my favorite rainbow of Distress Inks: Picked Raspberry, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, and Wilted Violet. I misted the panel with some water and blotted off the droplets then misted it generously with Tsukineko Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Spritz which really makes the color pop! I cut the die, letters and leaves and arranged the word Joy. I gently folded each leaf shape in half to give it some dimension and adhered it with a Lawn Fawn glue tube. I added a couple of red Studio Katia Lipstick Red Crystals to the wreath to look like "berries'.
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