Thursday, July 30, 2015

MFP Stamp Shop Christmas in July Blog Hop - Card and Ornament

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CHRISTMAS IN JULY BLOG HOP

JOIN US EACH DAY, JULY 28-31 FOR CHRISTMAS FUN, TUTORIALS AND INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop Christmas stamp sets. Just comment on the participating blogs (don't forget this one) each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) Try one of the 3 tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the MFP Blog post. The winners will be announced on AUGUST 15, 2015, on the MFP Stamp Shop Blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment the more chances you have to win. And comments on the MFP Blog count twice. ) The deadline for commenting and posting pics of your projects is Friday, August 14, 2015, at 10:00 PM EST.


Let's get started !!

Today I have a combination card and Christmas ornament for you.  Did you play with Shrinky Dinks when you were a kid?  I did.  And they have apparently had a comeback -- although now they're not necessarily called Shrinky Dinks.  The sheets are called Shrinkable Plastic.  Both my card and the ornament were made with the same stamp.  You can see how much the shrinkable plastic does indeed shrink when heat is applied.  I used my embossing heat gun and anchored the Santa by putting my piercing tool into the hole to keep it from moving all over the counter as I added the heat.  You have to make sure that, if you plan to have a hole in the top of the ornament, the hole needs to be punched before you add heat!



Here's the Design Team members celebrating Christmas in July.

 Karen
Kren
Lois  (that's me)
Marilynn
Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day for more Christmas fun. We hope to inspire you to start your Christmas cards and projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made and check back on August 15 to see if you are a winner. 

8 comments:

stamping sue said...

Dear Lois the card is Santa-riffic and the shrinky dink santa ornament is fabulous! I still have some of the shrink plastic guess it's time to pull it out and use it again. thanks for sharing with all of us.
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/

ionabunny said...

Fun with the shrunk santa. Hugz

kReN said...

Lois, that ornament is so great. Love it and TFS! kReN

Jane said...

Very cute and very clever card and ornament Lois! Love them!

Karen (TLgirl353) said...

Lois, Absolutely terrific. Love that Santa and you're ornament is adorable!

Terri Winske said...

What a clever idea to make the ornament match the card......a great little gift for someone! The Santa you picked has such a sweet expression. I have some shrinkable plastic but was afraid to try it out....you just gave me inspiration to make something with it! Thank you!

Vickie Y said...

Love the shrink dink technique and using the heat gun to shrink it! Adorable card and ornament.

loulou said...

Adorable card and ornament. I certainly did play with shrinky dinks when I was a kid. Definitely proves everything comes back into fashion some day. Now to find my macramé, lol