Christmas in July with Elizabeth Craft Designs

I'm playing with Elizabeth Craft Designs products this month and enjoying every bit of it, especially adding to my Christmas cards.  

The Die Cut Divas' challenge is "Christmas In July"

The prize to the randomly drawn winner is a $25 gift certificate.

I didn't have time to make a card with this fantastic train set and I finally did a happy dance on completing this card.  I have to give credit to one of the designers for Elizabeth Craft Designs for turning a fence into train tracks.  Yes, I had to have the train, the cars and the "train tracks" - um, fence.  The set has 4 slimline dies with two small flower making sets.  But today, it was all about cutting the "tracks".  I didn't use the sprinkles that come with the train engine, but added Nuvo dots. The only thing I colored were the Christmas lights and then added Glossy Accents to them for lots of shine.

I took the picture on my Smoke Tree in the back yard.  The tree literally looks like it's made of smoke.

Supplies:
Elizabeth Craft Designs Holiday Train
Elizabeth Craft Designs Train Cars
Elizabeth Craft Designs Adventure Edges 2 "train tracks" but I wish I had bought
Elizabeth Craft Designs Slimline Adventure Edges.  I pieced together the tracks.
Elizabeth Craft Designs set of Winter/Christmas Words no longer available at ECD
My Favorite Things Cloud Stencil
Distress Ink - Broken China
Copic markers
Scrap paper
Nuvo Crystal Drops Gloss - Red Berry
Vagabond die cut machine

I would like to enter the following challenges

The Corrosive Challenge - “Anything Goes” #6

Love to Craft Challenge ‘ “Always Anything Goes” #69

Mix It Up Challenge Blog Anything Goes” #60

DL. ART "Anything Goes"

A Perfect Time to Craft - "Anything Goes" #7-2022

Crafts Galore Encore - "Anything Goes" #101

SheepSki Designs Challenges #64 "Christmas in July"

Just A Little SheepSki Designs Thanks

Thank You to Sheep Ski Designs for their sponsorship of Die Cut Divas and I couldn't just do one card with this fabulous strawberry image.

SheepSkiDesigns is the Die Cut Divas' sponsor for June and I have another creation using those beautiful images.

SheepSkiDesigns is offering a prize of three images of your choice!

Supplies:

SheepSkiDesigns Strawberry Season # 33

Kat Scrappiness Never Ending Square Dies

Copic markers

Vagabond die cut machine

Happy Father's Day To All The Fathers Out There

 My oldest son likes to grill and used to grill outdoors a lot, so I thought this would be pretty meaningful to make for him for Father's Day.  It was fairly simple and I did die cut two of the flame dies out of a yellow file folder and sponged them with vintage photo distress ink (I sponged the back of one).  I liked the fuller flames.

Close up

Supplies:

Elizabeth Craft Designs Back Yard Barbecue
Little B Handwritten (happy die cut)

Silver & Copper papers in stash

Vintage Photo Distress ink 

Vagabond die cut machine

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The Paper Funday - #42 "Anything Goes" w/optional "Masculine"

Aud Sentiments  Summer & a Sentiment

Crafty Calendar "Anything Goes"

Let's craft and create #184 "AG" & a sentiment

June World Wide Open Design Team Challenge Starts Today

   World Wide Open Design Team Challenge

You MUST be a DT on any Design Team in the World to be eligible to enter this Challenge ~ New exception rule, this challenge is now open to any of Julia Spiri Facebook Members, and you are not required to be on a DT.

The challenge runs from June 15th through July 12th, 

2:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight

Julia Spiri April Elf

Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangles

QuicKutz Nesting Circles

Wire Swirls "Earth Tones"

Copic markers

Vagabond die cut machine

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The Paper Funday - #42 "Anything Goes" w/optional "Masculine"

Aud Sentiments  Summer & a Sentiment

Crafty Calendar "Anything Goes"

Let's craft and create #184 "AG" & a sentiment

Love To Scrap Challenge #155 "Anything Goes"

Mix It Up Challenge #59 "Anything Goes" without optional technique twist

Time to Make another Christmas Card

  I colored these cute animals and then I wasn't sure if I wanted to have them on a hillside or a woodland or something else.  I found this card from a very old Hero Arts card set which had an owl under the top left critter.  You never know what will work.  I got this stamp set a couple months ago, but never got the chance to use it.  Easy to color and a snap to use a matching die.  

Supplies:
Sunny Studio Sledding Critters stamp
Sunny Studio Sledding Critters dies
Elizabeth Craft Designs sentiments (no longer available)
Elizabeth Craft Designs brrrrr  (no longer available)
pre-cut strips - not sure which company in blue and red
Copic markers
Hero Arts pre-made cards
Vagabond die cut machine

I'd like to enter the following challenges:
Christmas Kickstart Challenge - # 63 Pawfectly Pawsome Christmas
Classic Design - ATG June # 6
Colour Crazy - "Anything Goes" (starts on a Friday) 
NBUS (Never-Before-Used-Schtuff) Sledding Critters never used before
Merry Little Christmas Challenge "Anything Christmas Goes" #44 Peace on Earth Xmas "Always Christmas & Anything Goes" # 17 The 12 months of Christmas challenge - "Anything goes" #89
Sparkles Forum Christmas Challenge  Cute Christmas Critters #137

Reveal for the Card Chain Challenge for May

 I'm always fascinated by the cards and everyone's style that people make and always pleased to receive a card from someone near or far.  I think this card qualifies for a "fancy fold".  I certainly hope so.  

I've found the Sunny Studio small sets to be such fun and will work so well with the new Whimsy fold card die I purchased.  I used the Just Bee-cause stamps & matching dies on each fold of the card.  It was so much fun to put together.  I used at least one bee for each page of this mini slimline tri-fold card with lots of little hearts on the first two pages.  Those hearts are so small, I could use the scraps from the Sunshine die cut to cut them out.

Front of my card

2nd layer of card

Inside of card

Back of card 

I die cut and stamped a back piece for this card.  Since I used a light weight card stock for the card, this extra bit of paper adds a bit more stability to the card and gives a good place to write a proper note.

Supplies:
Whimsy Mini Slim Tri-fold card die set
Sunny Studio Just Bee-cause stamps & matching dies
Sunny Studio Sunshine die
Kat Scrappiness Mini Slimline Diamond Wire & Wood Grain Frame die
Kat Scrappiness Mini Slimline Embossed Edges dies (back of card)
Copic markers BG0000, Y04, Y08, 100
Vagabond die cut machine

The challenge information for May is below.  We could have chosen a sketch, theme or product to work with and I chose fancy fold. 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

A Perfect Time to Craft Challenge "Anything Goes" #6-2022

Creative Moments - "Anything Goes" #234

Creatalicious  "Anything Goes" #236

Love to Craft Challenge ‘ “Always Anything Goes” #68

Mix It Up Challenge Blog "Anything Goes” w opt twist

Crafts Galore Encore - "Anything Goes"

Krafty Chicks #614

Crafty Catz AG

June with Morgan's Artworld

  The June Challenge for Morgan's Artworld is "Anything Goes" from June 1st to June 27th.

You can use any image or project you have posted in June. For purchasing Morgan's ArtWorld Images, please visit the website at Creative Art Design Studio.  

Join Morgan's ArtWorld Facebook Group HERE!

My inspiration card for June

What a wonderful image for a Christmas card.  This was an easy image to color and such a quick one too.  I'm very happy with it.  I did have a talk between myself and me on whether to stamp directly on the inner part of the bell, use a die cut or use one of the "Warm Wishes" die cut sentiments I had made when I was in the mood to just stamp winter sentiments and die cut them.  I went with the die cut sentiment which I think adds more depth.

Creative Design Studio Xmas Bell

Elizabeth Craft Design Studio Stitched Rectangles dies

Magenta stencil (no name on stencil)

Copic markers

Vagabond die cut machine

Scrap papers

I'd like to enter the following challenges:
A Perfect Time to Craft Challenge "Anything Goes" #6-2022

Creative Moments - "Anything Goes" #234

Gem of a Challenge - "Anything Goes" Wk 11                        
Creatalicious  "Anything Goes" #236

Love to Craft Challenge ‘ “Always Anything Goes” #68

Mix It Up Challenge Blog "Anything Goes” w opt twist

Crafts Galore Encore - "Anything Goes"