Dies R Us "Joy To The World"

Happy Monday, everyone! Welcome back...

  Today I'm sharing some "Christmas in July" inspiration.  I'm not really wanting the Christmas season yet because we are enjoying a fabulous summer with family and friends.  But, I decided to get a head start on the special cards I make and send every year.  So, that brings me to the first of several "Christmas in July" cards I will be sharing with you.

"Joy to the World"

I created this card using the Precious Marieke Santa's Book.  This die cut is so versatile and can certainly be used year round for all kind of projects.  There are four layers to the book although I used only three of them.  The base is a "leather-like" specialty paper that I thought would make a good book cover.  The next layer and the banner tag are basic cardstock.  The top and background layer for the Nativity Shooting Star is an elegant blue velvet paper from SEI.  I love this paper and have a collection of fifteen different colors.  The Nativity Shooting Star has beautiful details and looks fabulous cut from gold matte glitter paper.

I cut double of three sizes of the book pages.  One layer from each of  the specialty papers and three from cardstock, one of each size.  I adhered the specialty papers to the matching cardstock size with Scor Tape.  This helped give the lighter weight paper more stability.

I added the sentiment banner between the top two pages along with a ribbon book mark down the center.  The sentiment is Verve and stamped with Versafine Ink.

A close up of the Nativity Shooting Star shows the intricate details.

I used the following die cuts on this project:
 

Precious Marieke Santa's Book
 

Tutti Designs Nesting Stitched Banners
 

Tutti Designs Nativity Shooting Star
 

Thanks for stopping by the DRUS Blog...I hope you are inspired to use die cuts on all your projects.

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Challenges entered:
Christmas Card Challenges #17 - Christmas Card Theme/July 25
Christmas Card Throwdown - July Colors/July 30
CrazyHazelnut Christmas Card Challenge #342 - July 21 
Dragonfly  Journeys #96 - Christmas in July/July 22 
Holly And Ivy Christmas Challenge #10 - Anything Christmas Goes/July 22
Merry Monday - 2nd Annual Christmas in July Summer/August 26 
Stampart #101 - Christmas in July/July 17

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Vicki