Glad Tidings -- Christmas in July #15

 

 

Sadly, I did not meet my goal of 31 cards this month.  On the bright side....I did get 20+ cards made so I really got a leg up on my holiday cards.  If I continue to make a couple of cards per week, I will have all that I need by the first part of December.

 

For this card I used sketch #101 from Sketchbook Saturday on the Random Acts of Creativity blog:

 

I am also entering this card at Paper Smooches Anything Goes Challenge

 

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Some recent Junkin' Finds

I love to hit thrift stores, consignment shops, yard sales and estate sales.  I also peruse eBay and Craig's List.  My favorite shows are American Pickers and Pawn Stars.  I am a junker at heart I guess.  My mom and I would go out yard sailin' on Thursdays (her day off) when my boys were little and those days are some of my favorite memories with her.  I want to occasionally do a blogpost with some of my favorite and recent finds.

 

When I found this small bushel basket it was an ugly, beat up brown (wish I had taken a picture of it).  I lightly spray painted it white (spray paint is a junker's favorite go to item!!) and used some anchor printed washi tape (paper craft tape) around the top of it and I love the end result:

 

 

Here are a few more Items I found recently:

 

We have a large gallery wall with photos that my hubby took (he's an awesome amateur photograher) and nice white frames are not cheap to come by.  When I see them, I grab them.  This one is 11x14 and was $6.  The basket is perfect to hold my Christmas in July cards that I am creating this month and set me back $2.  The glass coasters were 50 cents apiece and you put your own photos in them.  I have a summer beachy theme going right now.  Here is an example of a couple of them:

 

The cool thing about these coasters is they are so easy to change up the photos....I can see changing them for fall, Christmas, etc.
 

My favorite find this summer has been this set of 2 teak adirondack chairs and a matching table for $75:

 

 

We are not sure if we will just clean them up and leave them natural or paint them a bright summery color.  What is your opinion?

 

Thanks for stopping by and I would love it if you would share your favorite recent find in the comments below.

 

I am linking this up to Crafty Goodies Gone Junkin' Friday post.  I love to see what Connie shares on Friday.

Chicago 16 Miami 0

I waited nearly 3 years to scrap this awesome picture of my hubby and I along with my son Matt, his beautiful wife Amy and my granddaughter Abby who was 2 1/2 at the time.  Matt and his family had come to see us in Florida and I was able to score some Bears vs Miami tickets.  We are all BIG Bear fans and had an awesome time at the game especially since the Bears shut out the Dolphins.

 

I used this sketch from Let's Get Sketchy:

 

 

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Christmas Greetings -- Christmas in July #14

Here is #14 of my Christmas in July cards.  If I am going to meet the challenge of 31 cards this month I need to have a very productive weekend these next 2 days!!

 

For this card I used this sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch:

 

 

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Christmas in July #13

 

Here is the 13th card that I am sharing in my Christmas in July series this month.  I love those little metal letters and have very few of them left so I was glad I could spell out J-O-Y.  For this card I used this sketch from Sketch-n-Scrap:

 

 

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Joy Joy Joy

 

I love my little winter owl stamp from Lawn Fawn and he will most likely appear on several of my Christmas cards this year.  (Yes it is still July and I am still making Christmas cards)

 

I am entering yhis cute little card in Lawnscaping's Paper Piecing challenge.  I paper pieced his cute little scarf and the inside of the polaroid frame.

 

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Best Wishes

We are back from our last planned trip for this year and while I always love to travel, I love coming home and picking up my normal routine that I enjoy so much.  Tonight I made some cards for challenges and wanted to share this one.

 

I used this sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch:

 

I am also entering this card in Simon Says Stamp's By the Sea Challenge.

 

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