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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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This card is so pretty! I love the background you’ve created and that joy die is beautiful! Thank you for the inspiration…I really need to get cracking, lol.
I said it on Instagram, and I’ll say it here- this is SPLENDID!! All that color is so joyful.
Your color combos really pop and have a such a good vibe!
Beautiful card and not too hard for me!!
Love the colors on this card! Incredible!!
I love seeing carts outside of traditional Christmas colors!
Oh my, this beautiful rainbow goodness is just so happy! I love this simple but eye-catching design!
What a rainbow of wishes. Liked how you used unconventional colours for your card!
Love the colorful background, I always seem to stay in the traditional Christmas box. I’m going to try non traditional colors this year.
Love the non-traditional Christmas colors on your card!
Love the rainbow colors!
I love the bright colors! I may try to go non-traditional this holiday also.
Such a pretty card!
I have debated getting this die!! It’s really cute and fun. Love how you made the leaves a bit dimensional. And of course, the ink blended BG is sooo pretty!
Love the colors!
I love this!!! Rainbows all year round!!
What a wonderful card, I think the beautiful colors would spark joy during any holiday, and especially during those cold winter days! Thanks for sharing your colorful creativity with us!
Love the bright, non traditional Christmas colors!
Cheiron, what a cheery card. Your card is so eye-catching! The colors are warm and happy. Who doesn’t ant to receive a Joyous card?!
Love the bright joyful look of this card.
Rainbow + Christmas = my favorites!
Love this card so much! I might have to try a rainbow background with the Christmas stamps I have picked out for crafting tomorrow.Love the simplicity of this card and can see this using green mirror foil cardstock for glam. Would be great for mass producing.
Such a bright fun card! Love it for a Christmas card!
Love your bright and happy Christmas card.
I love the rainbow. I feel like when I create a Christmas card in the summer, I’m drawn to more non-traditional colors. Beautiful!
I love your background, it’s so beautiful!
I love this card; I’ not usually a fan of gems. I find them too “fiddly” for my old lady arthritic hands, but they’re perfect as berries on the holly leaves. Thanks for lovely inspiration. Time to get started on those Christmas projects, no?
Love this bright and beautiful background. Such happy colors!
Wow. This vibrant ink blending is so fun! Thanks for sharing!
What a fun and festive card, done in non-traditional rainbow shades. Love the bold sentiment with wreath die.
I love the beautiful background colors and that pretty sentiment! Adorable wreath!
Gorgeous! I also went with non traditional colours on my most recent Christmas cards, but I don’t think I have ever done rainbow on Christmas cards! Thanks for the inspiration! That wreath is fantastic looking!
So pretty! Bright & cheerful!!
So pretty! I love that beautiful rainbow of colors…and yes, I really do need to get crackin on Christmas cards. Thanks for the jolt!
Christmas in rainbow hues a great idea for a sunny Christmas in Australia. I am inspired by this and your previous ones (clicked on here, here and here). I can do something similar with what I have – Bird Crazy, Hanging Ornament dies and a whole bunch of Idea-ology charms. I especially liked your choice of colors for the leaves. Thank you.
I’m a new subscriber. I love your style! This might be the year I break with traditional colours.
Love how you were able to incorporate a rainbow in a Christmas card.
This is absolutely STUNNING! Gorgeous card! I love it!
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