Continuing with Christmas in July, I have a sweet Christmas thank you card to share with you today. This little bunny is from the stamp set called The Softest Thoughts from Unity Stamp Company and he makes the cutest card. ❤️💚
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I die cut around the image using these Scallops & Rectangles Nesting Dies and stamped the word “thanks” with red ink. This stamp is discontinued, but I’m sure you have at least one thank you stamp in your collection you can use. 😉 I layered the stamped piece to green card stock die cut with the same die set and attached it to a white card.
Make a few Christmas thank you cards now and you’ll be ready when the holidays get here! 🎄❤️💚
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I trimmed the image and layered it to green card stock. I attached a piece of red patterned paper to a white card and then attached the stamped image to the upper left corner. I stamped “Merry Christmas” with green ink on white card stock, die cut around it with these Scalloped & Stitched Sentiment Nesting Dies, and attached it to the card with foam tape. My sentiment stamp has been in my collection forever – use your favorite Christmas sentiment from your collection.
I have a quick and easy Christmas in July crochet pattern to share with you today. This Crochet Christmas Tree Scrubby is cute, quick, and will make washing all those holiday dishes a little bit easier. 🎄
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I stitched up my scrubbies using Yarn Bee Scrub-Ology Scrub It! yarn in Green, White, and Fire Red using an I/5.5mm crochet hook. You can find the pattern below along with links to free PDFs – one with photos and one without.
Crochet Christmas Tree Scrubby
Yarn Bee Scrub-ology Scrub It! yarn – I used Green, White, and Fire Red
I/5.5 mm crochet hook
Stitches used in US terms:
Chain – ch
Single Crochet – sc
Single Crochet Decrease – sc Dec
Slip Stitch – ss
Row 1: ch 15. sc in back bump of 2nd ch from hook and each stitch across. (14 stitches)
Row 2: Ch 1. Work sc dec over 1st 2 stitches. Sc in next 10 stitches. Work sc dec over last 2 stitches. Turn. (12 stitches)
Row 3: Ch 1. Sc in each stitch across. Turn. (12 stitches)
Row 4: Ch 1. Work sc dec over 1st 2 stitches. Sc in next 8 stitches. Work sc dec over last 2 stitches. Turn. (10 stitches)
Row 5: Ch 1. Sc in each stitch across. Turn. (10 stitches)
Row 6: Ch 1. Work sc dec over 1st 2 stitches. Sc in next 6 stitches. Work sc dec over last 2 stitches. Turn. (8 stitches)
Row 7: Ch 1. Sc in each stitch across. Turn. (8 stitches)
Row 8: Ch 1. Work sc dec over 1st 2 stitches. Sc in next 4 stitches. Work sc dec over last 2 stitches. Turn. (6 stitches)
Row 9: Ch 1. Sc in each stitch across. Turn. (6 stitches)
Row 10: Ch 1. Work sc dec over 1st 2 stitches. Sc in next 2 stitches. Work sc dec over last 2 stitches. Turn. (4 stitches)
Row 11: Ch 1. Sc in each stitch across. Turn. (4 stitches)
Row 12: Ch 1. Work 2 sc dec. (2 stitches)
Row 13: Ch 1. Work 1 sc dec (1 stitch)
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Making the tree trunk.
Turn your piece so you are working across the bottom.
Row 1: Skip the first 5 stitches on Row 1 of the tree and attach yarn in the next stitch with a slip stitch. sc in same stitch as slip stitch and in next 3 stitches. Turn. (4 stitches)
Rows 2-3: ch 1 (does not count as a stitch). sc in each stitch across. Turn. (4 stitches)
These Christmas Tree Scrubbies would also make a fun hostess gift. Here’s a link to a free PDF for a simple label wrap that you can print for gift giving…
I have more Christmas in July fun to share with you today.🎄 These Christmas Gift Tags are super quick to make. You can make them ahead of time so you’re ready when it’s time to wrap all the gifts.🎁
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Super quick and easy to make! You can write “to and from” on the back of the tags for gift giving. Any smaller Christmas themed stamps in your collection will work great for making your own tags.🎄🎁
Christmas in July continues today with these Wood Snowflake Ornaments. ❄️ They are easy to make and may even be a fun Summer project to do with the kids.
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To make these Snowflake Ornaments, you’ll need some 2-inch wood ornament cutouts and laser cut 1-inch snowflake wood cutouts. I had the ornament cutouts in my craft stash – I think I got them in the Dollar Spot at Target last year. If you can’t find ornament shapes, these wood circle shape cutouts would work great. You’ll also need bakers twine for making the hanger and white and dark brown acrylic paint.
First paint the ornament shapes with 2 coats of white acrylic paint, letting it dry between coats. I painted both the front and the back so it has a finished look. Once completely dry, lightly dry brush both sides of the ornament with dark brown paint. Then dry brush the snowflakes with the same dark brown paint. Glue the snowflakes to the center of the ornaments and tie a piece of bakers twine to the top for a hanger.
These will not only look great on your Christmas tree 🎄, but they will also make cute package tie-ons for all your Christmas gifts.
You have to have Christmas stockings for Christmas in July! 🎄 These Crochet Mini Christmas Stockings from Speedy Crochet are so cute – and work up so quickly! You can find the free pattern here.
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I used I Love This Yarn in Fire Red, Jelly Bean, and White with a G/4.5mm crochet hook to stitch up my mini stockings. My finished stockings measure about 5 inches tall. They are a great project for using up those left over bits of yarn from other projects. 🙂
The stockings are the perfect size for gift cards or cash. You can fill them with tiny treats, use them for package tie-ons, or even ornaments for the tree. 🎄
This is a clean and simple card that is great when you are short on time but still want to send handmade birthday wishes. It only takes a few minutes to make and can be made in any color combo.
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I stamped a solid circle stamp (similar to this) twice with a light blue ink and once, overlapping the lighter circles, with a darker blue ink on white card stock. I embossed the card stock using a dot embossing folder, layered it to blue card stock, and attached it to a white card.
I stamped the sentiment with dark blue ink, punched it with a label punch, and attached it to the card using foam tape. My label punch is discontinued, but this is a great set of sentiment dies that I use all the time.
You could also get the same effect by using 1.5 inch circles punched from coordinating card stock in place of the stamped circles.
This simple layout makes a great masculine card which are sometimes hard to create! And it can be a card for any occasion just by changing the sentiment. 🙂
I have a bag of vintage wood spools that I picked up quite a while ago at a thrift store. And to be honest, I forgot I had them! 🙃 I was doing some cleaning in my craft room and decided I needed to create something with them.
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And since it’s time for Christmas in July 🎄, this Vintage Wood Spool and Bead Garland was a great way to use some of them! I had all the other supplies I needed in my craft stash – red and white wood beads, red and white ribbon, and natural twine.
The garland was super easy to make. I cut pieces of ribbon to fit around the spools and glued it onto each spool using this glue. Then I tied a loop using a double knot at one end of the twine. Simply thread the spools and beads onto the twine in whatever pattern you like. Tie another loop at the end of the garland. And that’s it!
For my garland I used 23 wood spools and 24 each of red and white beads. My finished garland measures about 58 inches long. Of course you can make yours any length you’d like.
You don’t have to use vintage spools. You can find wood spools a little larger than the ones I used here. And these beads are similar to what I used. You can also make the garland in any colors – it would be so cute to decorate your craft or sewing room!
Just popping in to say Happy 250th Birthday to all of my friends in the USA! 🇺🇸
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I hope you have a fun day celebrating with your family and friends!
You can find all the details for this cute Winnie the Pooh card in this post.
Cookie bars are the perfect Summer treat! They don’t take long to make and since you bake the whole batch of dough at once, your kitchen doesn’t get too hot. 😊 And you still have time to whip them up for your July 4th celebration! 🇺🇸
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There are lots of recipes for M&M cookie bars out there. This Soft and Chewy M&M Cookie Bar recipe is one of my favorites! It has chocolate chips as well as M&Ms because you can never have too much chocolate! 😋 You may even have most everything you need already in your kitchen.
This is a large batch recipe – you’ll make them in an 11 x 17 rimmed baking sheet – so it’s a great recipe to take to BBQs and potlucks. The recipe calls for lining your baking sheet with parchment paper – do not skip this step! It makes everything so much easier! I also got my hands a little wet to make it easier as I was spreading the dough.
Here’s the dough ready to go into the oven and after about 22 minutes baking. My kitchen smelled so good!
After the cookies are cool, cut them into bars and enjoy!!
These Soft and Chewy M&M Cookie Bars are really easy to make. And you can make them start to finish – including cooling time – in about an hour! I promise everyone will love them! 😋
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