OSAT Ju{Christmas}ly: (<---Christmas in July; get it??)

Hello, and welcome to another month of hoppiness with our wonderful group of stampers!  You may have been directed here by the lovely Lori @ StampinDreams.com or another one of our OSAT hoppees, in which case you already know what this is all about and may proceed directly to my Christmas in July card! 

If you are starting the hop here, then welcome!  You are in for a special treat today; you have landed in the middle of a blog hop!  That's right, there are about 20 stampers that have gotten together just to make projects to share with YOU!  Our theme this week is Christmas in July and here is my offering:

 

So I consider myself to be fairly festive, but I was a little confused by the whole Christmas in July Theme.  Now don't get me wrong, I'm definitely no Scrooge McDuck, but I just was unsure if there is a difference between "Christmas in December" and "Christmas in July"...and from what I have gathered there really isn't. Correct me if I'm wrong, but is "Christmas in July" kinda just "Christmas isn't here yet but I want to celebrate anyway?"  I guess I'm still confused... but I must admit that I have become a fan of Christmas in July, whatever the meaning may be!  It was fun to make a Christmas card in the summertime, and it would be even FUNNER to get some presents next (hint, hint), Lol!

True to my style, I needed to over-complicate and use mostly non-Christmas products to make this card.  I grabbed the Build a Birthday set and the Farmer's Market DSP.  I made a strand of Christmas lights with the Build a Birthday candle and hung it on my Farmer's Market fence.  Finished it off with a  sentiment from the Merry Everything stamp set which I coloured with markers to add some festive lighting  to the border.  It ended up being a pretty simple card overall, but it certainly satisfied my vision of how I hoped it would turn out :-)

 

Christmas in July ended up being contagious.  As I was making my card, my protégé ;-) also joined the fun and created a set to share with you!  You'll have to visit {her blog} in a few days to hear more about it:

 

 

 

 

So thanks for joining us!  Up next is the very talented Justin Krieger!  Just click on the button below to visit him, or if you've lost your way through this hop, there is a map below!

 

Here's the itinerary:

 

You may have come from --->Lori

But now you are here ---> James

Next is ----> Justin

And then ----> Maggie
And so on...

Kim

Elizabeth

Tina

Andrea

Andrea

Debra

Wynne

AJ

Megan

Holly

Martie

Ginger

Diane

Marisa
And then do it all over again!

Cheers!!
 

Merry Everything Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$17.00

Farmers Market Designer Series Paper

$11.00

Build A Birthday Photopolymer Stamp Set

$16.00

Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies

$27.00

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