Christmas in July Blog Hop

Welcome to our Christmas in July Blog Hop! 

We recently opened up an affiliate program through Share-a-Sale (a way for us to give back to those of you who spread the word about SNSS - affiliates get a small % of any sales generated from their affiliate links of our products) and we are SO EXCITED to be teaming up with some of our brand new affiliates for this hop! Hooray! There's lots of inspiration along the hop... and that's not all...

Since Christmas is a time of giving, we thought Christmas in July should be too! There's a drawing for a fabulous $50 gift code to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps shop from all of the comments at all of the stops along today's hop. So be sure to leave a little love as you hop about!

Comment Giveaway - $50 gift code to SNSS

Comment Deadline - 11:59 pm ET July 31, 2019
Winner will be randomly selected from all the comments on all the blog posts linked below.
Winner will be announced here on the blog on August 1, 2019

Sweet 'n Sassy Blog
Julee Tilman
Bev Gerard
Ceal Pritchett
Dina Kowal
Gayle Bond
Giovana Smith
Jane Bosi
Jeanne Streiff
Julie Cassell
Lee Ann Barrett
Lyn Tomlin
Monika Davis
Sheri Gilson
Stephanie Serrano

If any links misbehave along the way, you can always hop back over here for the full list!

But that's not all! We're also kicking off a Christmas in July sale today! Through July 31, all stamp sets in our Christmas and Winter categories are 25% off. No code needed! It's the perfect time to pick up some supplies to get a jumpstart on your holiday crafting!

Now for my card for today. Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps has so many timeless Christmas sets! I love a good Christmas card that puts the reason for the season right up front and center and these stamps make it so easy!

For this card I pulled out two of my favorite Christmas sets, O Holy Night and We Three Kings. I thought the star of wonder sentiment would pair so beautifully with the nativity image.

 I first sponged peacock feathers distress oxide on a piece of cardstock, then embossed the nativity silhouette in white over the top of it.  I cut this with a circle die and then matted with thin foam for some dimension.

I decided to follow the current Mojo Monday sketch for the layout, so stamped and embossed the star of wonder sentiment from We Three Kings in the upper corner of my card panel.  Next I masked off a section and blended with peacock feathers and broken china ink. I added some of the teeny star images from O Holy Night in white pigment ink for some texture.

Next I cut a horizontal strip of black cardstock and then a slightly smaller one of  white and embossed it with the silent night sentiment.  I finished off with a bit of washi tape at the bottom for accent and a star rhinestone embellishment from my stash.

That's all the creative details on this card! Next stop on the hop is my blog, Poetic Artistry where I'm treating you to another Christmas creation.

In other news, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is celebrating hitting 10,000 likes on their company page on Facebook. If you haven't already, be sure to head over there for a SERIOUSLY awesome giveaway!