Christmas In July Blog Hop Day Two

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Happy Wednesday my wonderful crafty friends. Today is the second day for the My Treasured Kutz "Christmas In July " Sneak Peek Blog Hop and I have two more Christmas cards to share with you. I also have today's Freebie to share with you, so make sure to keep an eye out for the information on how to get it.

My Treasured Kutz “Christmas In July Blog Hop” Day Two.

If you missed “Day One” click HERE.

Hop between our designers to see what they have created with all of our new products.  Each day you will have a chance to win a $10.00 Gift Card to My Treasured Kutz store, along with a “FREE” SVG Digital Cut File per day, and a 25% discount code for any purchase at My Treasured Kutz for the month of July.  To participate, please visit each of the Designers’ Blogs for inspiration for all the Christmas Products.  Comment and show them some love for all their hard work.  We will choose One Winner each day to receive the $10.00 Gift Card to My Treasured Kutz store.  The winners will be posted Saturday, July 11th on the My Treasured Kutz Blog.  So check back and follow the instructions posted there if you are one of the winners.  Also, as your hopping between blogs, look for the post with the link for the Daily “Free” Digital File and the 25% Discount Code.

For my first card I have a lovely Kissing Under The Mistletoe Card.

This card way pretty easy to make. To start with I cut my card base and mat out of Recollections Cardstock from Michaels using my Cricut Explore. I chalked the mat of the card with a chalk pom-pom and some brown chalk, I did it in more of a circular motion bringing it in towards the center to create the look it has. I then inked the edges of the mad with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.

The mistletoe and Mr. and Mrs. Claus are metal dies by My Treasured Kutz called "Meet Me Under The Mistletoe" and "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus". I cut both dies using my Sizzix Big Shot and Michaels Recollections Cardstock. 

To create the mistletoe I shaped the leaves and berries using a shaping stylus and then added some green chalk to make it pop a bit more. I also used red Offray ribbon to add a bow to the mistletoe, I felt it added a nice touch.

I attached all pieces of the card using Elmer's CraftBond Permanent Tape Runner and Scotch Quick-Dry Adhesive. Finishing it up with the sentiment "Best Wishes for a Happy Holiday!" To apply the sentiment I used a miscellaneous stamp from my stamp collection and Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.

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Now on to my second card. I couldn't really come up with a catchy name for this one so I'm just going to call it my "Happy Holidays" Card.

Almost all of this card was created using my Cricut Explore. The only thing I didn't cut with the explore is the "Wondering Moose" which is a My Treasured Kutz metal die that I cut with my Sizzix Big Shot.

The grassy hill and winter cabin is from the My Treasured Kutz SVG Digital Cut File called "Winter Mountain Scene Background Card" which was cut with my Explore. When I cut my card base on the Cricut Explore I also used the pen tool and "Has a Writing Style" option to write the sentiment "Happy Holidays". The font I chose was Baby Steps and I used the Cricut silver metallic marker.

Now for the best part of my "Happy Holidays" card; the "Stitched Tree" SVG Digital Cut File. The "Stitched Tree" is today's FREEBIE for the hop. I'm so excited about this SVG File because I actually designed it. I cut the Stitched Tree out with my Cricut Explore - *Because this is a stitched file, it can not be cut out as a small embellishment, it's meant to be more of a medium size or focal point embellishment. When attaching the pieces of the Stitched Tree I used Elmer's CraftBond Foam Mounting Tape on the top and bottom piece to give the tree a little dimension.

To receive your “Free” My Treasured Kutz SVG Digital Cut File” for today.

You must send an e-mail to :  MTKContests@gmail.com, include in subject line:  BLOGHOP070815

And include in body of the e-mail, your e-mail address.  You must do this today, for the file is only free today 7/8/15.  We will then send the file to you.

The 25% Discount Code is WZB19M1509K.

This code is good through July 31, 2015

Now you can “Hop” over to Shannen's Blog to see her creation.

If you miss one of the posts, here are their direct links:

My Treasured Kutz
Wahnita
Jessica
Shannen
Theresa
Mary

Thank you for stopping by and hopping along!

**Remember to come back tomorrow for more 

creative, exciting projects**

Have A Blessed Day!