Christmas in July!

Hi Stampers!

We are celebrating Christmas in July this week for our Loves Rubberstamps Challenge! I LOVE Christmas stamps and papers and need to make Christmas cards throughout the year so I can actually send some homemade ones out - LOL!

Here is my very first Christmas card of the year...YAY! 

I absolutely LOVE this image! This is the Wee Stamps Berry from Whimsy Stamps! She is so much fun to color and I love how this turned out! I colored her with a mix of spectrum noir markers and copic markers. This is a new hair color that I saw and I totally love it and will be using is more :) It is E25, E31 & E50.

 I decided to go ALL OUT on this one and decorate the inside of my card too. I love the look of the cards when the insides are decorated also and am going to try and do this more often! I think it really takes the card to the next level. Besides when the outside is super beautiful, I would think you would want the inside to be just as pretty.

Here is how I decorated the inside...

I placed the sentiment on the upper flap and that way I had a writing space on the bottom to hand write a note and sign the card. I kind of like this way of doing the inside, but it will be a bugger to mail! Might be hand delivering cards this year...LOL!

Here is a closer look at my sentiment which is from a Stampin Up! Set called Many Merry Messages.

And here is a close up of my sweet little Berry!

I hope you will dust off your Christmas stamps and play along with us this week!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!
Laura

I will be entering this in the following challenges:

Songbird Challenge Blog - #24 Use Ribbon
Stamp and Create - July Challenge - Christmas in July
The Stamp Spot - Christmas in July
Color Me Creative - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss - Sweet #192
C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Christmas
Shelly's Images - Christmas in July
Dutch Dare Card Challenges - Tic Tac Toe - Stitching, Bling & Ribbon