Christmas in July with Joy Clair Dog Gone Christmas

Hello and welcome!  I'm here today with a card for our week long "Christmas in July" event!

I used the Joy Clair Dog Gone Christmas stamp set.

Here's how I made my card:

1) I stamped all the images and colored them with Leisure Arts Colored pencils.  Then I decided which ones I wanted to use and saved the others for another card.

2)  I cut them out, however, you can use the cutting files that come free with every set that you buy.

3)  I added Spectrum Sparkle pen to the string of lights on the dog house.  You can see the sparkle below:

4)  I took Distress Inks in greens and blues and inked with a ink blending tool, the clouds with a cloud die cut and used Post-It tape to mask off a line for the grass.

5)  I cut the panel with a wonky rectangle die, and I cut an extra wonky die from plain white for the inside of the card.

6)  I laid everything out on the card so I would know where to place my sentiments, etc. then I stamped the paw notes and sentiments from the same set with my mini Misti and Versafine Clair Nocturne ink.

7)  Next, I added the dog house and popped up the singing puppy on foam tape for dimension.

8)  Lastly, I added the finished panel to a top folding red A2 card base and added the white wonky die on the inside.

Here's a close up look:

And one final view of my card and the supplies I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I had so much fun playing with this adorable stamp set:   Joy Clair Dog Gone Christmas!  Joy Clair has lots of holiday stamps to check out HERE!  Come back tomorrow for more inspiration from the amazing Joy Clair design team!