Two Releases and a Give Away to Start our Christmas in July Celebration!
Christmas in July has begun! And what better way to kick it off than with the latest Rummage Bin release called “Night Before Christmas”! Julia has created this incredible stamp set to do loads of holiday multi-tasking for you. You can use them for quick tags, cards, and bags with a few minutes and a little ink!
I just adore this sweet card! The coloring is fantastic, and it is a darling size!
This tag can be done in no time flat! A few pieces of patterned paper mounted on kraft, stamp that darling image and you are done!
The other release today is with the All Things Considered line and is called “Evergreen Holiday”. I designed this one, and it was inspired by the years I spent growing up in Oregon and going out into the forest every year to pick out the perfect Christmas tree with my family, a tradition that I enjoyed very much!
This card designed by Julia captures the wonder of a blue sky in winter after a snow storm, so beautiful!
She also created this fantastic little trifold gift card holder, love the layers of stamping and the way she has colored it is perfect!
So are you excited to have Christmas in July? Leave a comment by Friday at noon, about how early you start your holiday preparations and why, and I will pick someone to receive both of these sets!
Happy Stamping!
B-
1Corina Syanovitz
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 14:37
I ADORE Christmas in July!! I start my Christmas preparations in July. I just ordered my paper. Now I’m debating whether to get the Night before Christmas stamp set or the SEP Santa’s Lap for my cards…. so hard to choose! Thank you for the chance to win
2Marilyn Gordon
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 14:48
I start planning for my cards right now but look forward to the week around Thanksgiving when my daughter comes home and we make cards for the whole week. We make a huge mess and take over my mother’s dining room, but have so much fun.
3Kim Ross
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 14:52
Growing up, our family always held off and didn’t put the tree or decorations up until December 10th or later. My birthday was December 9th, and my parents didn’t want me to feel slighted. Isn’t that sweet?
Thanks so much for the chance to win!
4Jessica Canham
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 15:05
Wow, these sets are both gorgeous! We start decorating the house November 1st because there’s so much stuff and I like my aunt to be able to see it all when she comes up for Thanksgiving. I try to start my cards in September, but it’s so hard to get into that Christmas spirit so early!
Thanks for the chance to win!
5Melissa (SCS: Stampin_Melissa)
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 15:16
I usually start my cards in November and my shopping around the same time. These sets are just beautiful!! Thank you for the opportunity to win!
6Sarah
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 16:05
I absolutely love the vintage look and feel of these sets and would love to have them included in my stamp library. I have already started my Christmas cards and presents have been decided on (makes life easier)…no lollygagging this year!
7Jennifer Hansen
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 16:14
Never early enough!
8Lyn S
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 16:38
I’m afraid I’m a serial procratinater, I don’t usually start until November…….when the panic sets in!!
9Linda C.
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 17:02
I am a procrastinator deluxe! I start my cards after Thanksgiving.
10rhiannon
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 17:18
I LOVE both of these sets!! as for Holiday prep…I am a HUGE procrastinator…though this year I am trying to be better. We will see how that goes
thanks for the opportunity!!
11stampersuzz
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 17:25
Midddle of November I start shopping! Love the new releases! Will have to order me a set!
12Regan
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 17:52
OMIGOSH totally beautiful!!!
I plan to start early…hope I actually DO this year
13Diana
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 18:05
Well, truth be told, I would love to start now but time usually slips away. I start in October planning how many different cards to make. By Thanksgiving weekend, I’m lugging all my stamping stuff to my Mom’s house, trying to cut paper, simultaneously helping my Mom and sister with their cards. Usually I end up with a few made, and LOTS more to go. Right before Thanksgiving, I also prepare for my youth ministry group a card making workshop and we make cards to go with the Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets…That’s about 60 cards for each holiday’s baskets. Usually I’m burnt out on Christmas cards and I end up only making a special 3 or 4 cards. Last year, I simply ran out of time. This year however…..I will be having a Christmas in July cardmaking at my house with Mom, my sister and a couple of close friends. That way I can at least get some card making in…I hope!
Thanks for the chance to win the sets…They’re beautiful. Even if I’m not picked, I’ll add them to my growing Holidays collection.
14Tracey
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 18:12
These are fabulous! Love the vintage Christmas look! I’ll be honest - every year I think I should begin planning for the holidays nice & early but it just never happens. I am such a last-minute girl.
15sandra
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 18:21
there was a day when I was on Christmas watch all year round - never too early to start! Life has gotten way too busy - good things - but busy - so now I am always last minute … and sometimes a little too late!
Sandra
16Colleen Kramer
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 18:22
I start my Christmas planning after Thanksgiving. I want to remember to slow down, enjoy the time with family and friends both at Thanksgiving and Christmas. So I simplify, simplify, simplify! I started this a couple of years ago and have not looked back! Thanks for the chance of winning these beautiful sets!
17Rachel
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 18:40
well, this year I think we’ll start really early. I am a professor and the semester gets really busy. Last year graduation wasn’t until the week before Christmas so I was really rushed and never had time to enjoy the holiday.
18Andi Sexton (rrlscrapgal)
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 18:47
Oh my.. both these sets are wonderful!!!! I LOVE the vintage look! Awesome job
I actually start ‘thinking’ about Christmas in August! Yep. I do a theme each year of what my goody boxes will be (snowmen? gingerbread men? Santas? Trees?).. I start collecting my theme goodies, early, a little at a time so the ‘pain’ of shopping isn’t a huge expense… I do not like Christmas shopping! I love Christmas ‘crafting’ and making and decorating… But come Black Friday.. I hide. at home.. with Christmas Music playing in my crafty space for the next 6 weeks!!!
Fa la la la la!
19Cindy Holshouser
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 18:53
I actually start shopping a little during the summer just so I can get a jump start. I like to enjoy the holidays so I try to get a head start. These images are sweet.
20cards4u
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 18:54
Lately it seems like after Thanksgiving I start getting ready for Christmas - which leaves little time to make gifts : ( But posts like this are inspiring me to go back to my earlier ways and start making gifts now because it seems like once Halloween roles around there is no turning back! Thanks for the chance to play!
21Michelle V.
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 18:56
I used to start at the beginning of December. My brother and I both have November birthdays so growing up there was nothing to do with Christmas until December. Now that I have 2 children……I start it at the beginning of November if not earlier!
22Mary
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 19:13
I start decorating shortly after Thanksgiving. But my shopping…what a procrastinator I am…I usually do that the week before Christmas. One of these years I’ll start earlier!
23Tracy Harp
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 19:30
It seems that each year I get started later and later! I try for September but am pleased to be done within a week of Christmas!
24Tifany D.
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 20:05
It really depends on how much we’ve got going on in other areas of life how much we devote to the holidays.
Beautiful new images! I’d love to win!!!
25Janet B
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 20:08
I’m starting next month when I make my christmas cards. Thanks for the chance to win. I love these stamps.
26Jamie H.
wrote on 7 July 2009 at 20:32
Wow I adore both these sets, and to be honest my preperations never end due to the fact if i see something someone i know would love on December 26 Iam buying it and holding on to it till the next christmas, and through out the year plan out home gift ideas as well so I can make them the best they can be!
thanks for the chance to win these wonderful stamps.
27Ellen
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 3:14
oh greats sets. well I always say I’m starting early and do so with the best intentions and then end up having to rush .but this year…..it will probably be the same .
we still have the tradition to go into the wood on christmas eve to “borrow” a tree
28Karen from Ontario
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 4:33
wow….love the vintage feel of your new stamps. They remind me of some vintage Christmas cards I have collected.
I like to start making Christmas purchases asap. I usually have things bought in Sept. so that it doesn’t all come on at once and the last minute of rushing around.
29Jean Beck
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 5:12
I LOVE vintage Christmas, and these sets are to die for!!! Julia’s cards are amazing - always love her coloring and design. We usually start decorating the weekend after Thanksgiving, but I try to start collecting gifts waaay before that. This year I’ve actually started making cards and decorations already, thanks to a few online challenge blogs. Thanks for the chance to win!
30Susan
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 5:44
Just last year we started in September because we are now making crafts as gifts for the family. Last year the fleece tie blankets and this year I think beaded hook bookmarks! All the girls can help out with the production process! Thanks for the chance to win.
31Holly
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 5:51
I love Christmas, and it is my favorite holiday (next to my birthday which is 10 days beforehand). I used to start planning for it around February each year, buying or making gifts for all my family members. Now the family is absolutely HUGE what with spouses and children and extended families, we’ve had to pare it down somewhat. Now I plan together with my mom and sisters-in-law around October to see who is bringing what, and what the kids want each year.
32nancyruth
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 6:03
both stes are stunning and those samples are superlative! Thanks for the chance to win!!!
33Sharon Clabaugh
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 6:13
I do Christmas cards all year ’round and they are my most fun cards to create. Vintage Christmas is my all time favorite. Thanks for the chance to win these gorgeous stamps!
34Judith
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 6:19
I start making gifts for my family right after Christmas. I do a lot of crocheting of afghans. I also love to make card sets for my family. These two new Christmas sets would make some lovely cards and tags. Great designs!
35Rochelle
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 6:34
Yeah!! Christmas in July. I always begin (at least thinking about) my Christmas Cards in July. These are terrific designs. I’d love to win!
36Mary Duffek
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 6:37
Beautiful new sets…that bring a warm and fuzzy feeling while looking at them and then your finished projects…totally cool! Thanks for a chance to win some stamps!
37Rosemary D
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 6:51
These sets are gorgeous!! I try to start making Christmas cards early, but that is about it. Thanks for the chance to win!
38jenifer hayes
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 7:06
love both of the sets. cant wait to play with them.
39Trudi
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 7:20
Love the both sets….perfect for cards, but also for my scrapbook pages of my childhood years! I “typically” start my Christmas projects/cards in November, last minute and never get all I want done….one year, I started making 10 cards in January, with hopes to be finished by Halloween…I only got 10 cards done….My business starts Christmas NOW…so, I get a little burned out early on….and realize I better start soon. I do purchase my supplies now though!
Love love love the new sets!
~Trudi
40Mimi H.
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 7:26
I love the vintage look to these stamp sets. Oh the possibilities…
For me, Christmas preparations start the weekend after Thanksgiving, and I usually have a week vacation early in December to prepare some more.
Thanks for the chance to win.
41Cynthia Burke
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 8:10
I like to start Christmas projects right after Christmas while ideas are fresh in my mind and the weather lends itself to staying indoors to work.
42Mary
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 8:19
Wow, such talent! Those sets are unlike anything I have in my collection! I usually have good intentions of starting holiday prep early, but time always seems to slip away… We do have one tradition: we always start *decorating* for Christmas on December 2 — the date my husband proposed to me (by hiding my ring on the branches of our Christmas tree while we were decorating)… Thanks for the chance to win!
43Crafty Math Chick
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 8:30
The DT samples are AMAZING! Wow!
I prepare for the holidays all year. I work on making homemade gifts and sign up for the Christmas Card Challenge on http://www.splitcoaststampers.com to make 10 holiday cards every month so I am all set when the holidays arrive, I just have to address them all… And I am always thinking of gifts that are good for my relatives and friends throughout the year, so if something is on sale, I get it then, rather than waiting until the holidays and potentially not finding it then. Relieves holiday stress, except for the space it takes upin my closet! LOL
Thanks for the chance to win such lovely sets!
44Jan Larson
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 9:06
I don’t start my Christmas holiday planning until Halloween is over. Waiting until then makes for a kind of crazy December sometimes.
These Christmas stamp sets are both outstanding. I love vintage, and I can think of many ways to use them, not just for cards!
45Jody M.
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 9:10
Call me crazy but I start my Christmas preperations in Janauary by searching for what I hope will be the perfect gift idea. Then I buy the materials, etc. since I make many of my gifts, hoping by July I can get started on them. True to course though I’m usally still working on things that first week in December.
Love these sets!
46Stephanie P.
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 9:26
These sets are wonderfully vintage and just so beautiful!
47Barb S
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 10:12
Wow! I had seen the “Night Before Christmas” set but not yours - both are absolutely stunning. I love the vintage feel! At our house we don’t start Christmas decorating until the week after Thanksgiving, but we do start shopping well ahead - sometimes I even pick up something here and there in the summer! Cooking always starts in November for those homemade gifts. And paper crafts start whenever the inspiration hits!
48Judith Novak
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 11:44
What wonderful and versatile sets for the holidays! Christmas is my favourite holiday and I enjoy going all out when it comes to decorating which starts right after the big Thanksgiving meal is finished, left-overs put away, and the dishes are done; and they stay up at least until 12th night if not longer. Now when it comes to Christmas cards, tags for presents, and handmade Christmas gifts, and decorations for the house, I start as soon as Christmas is over on my projects for next year.
49Laura
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 11:46
these stamps are so fantastic! I especially love the look of leaving them stamped w/o and coloring. I’ve already started making some cards, but for me the “kickoff” is starting to bake batches of christmas cookies the day after christmas. thats when it really feels like christmas is coming.
50Eileen M
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 12:08
I usually start in Oct or Nov, and end up in a panic in Dec. I promised myself I would make 4 cards a month throughout the year, to be ready and not have such a panicked rush! I got some started in April, and now there they sit. I need to pull them out and get going! Winning these sets would be the perfect prod to get going!
51Sandy Hulsart
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 12:23
Wow, what wonderful sets. They are both beautiful but I love Evergreen Holiday, reminds me of cutting the tree for Christmas when I was a child. Thanks so much for the chance to win these stamps
52angela
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 13:26
I love the vintage Christmas and the samples are incredible.thanks
53Tricia Dee
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 14:15
Traditionally, we start all the decorations, etc. on December 1. Since I’m working on the Christmas Assembly for school this year, I’m already thinking about Christmas. These new stamps are just the thing to get me in the Christmas mood!
54Monika/buzsy
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 14:15
Fabulous sets! I love these new images. I start on my Christmas cards as soon as possible… I already made some… my goal is to have enough by November so I won’t have to make any when the season starts… we also do shopping in advance… whenever we see something unique on sale or clearance… we pick it up to give it away… TFS!
55Janet Sisk
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 15:07
Wow, I just love these vintage sets. They make me want to get started on my Christmas cards. I sure hope I win them and then I’ll have no excuses. LOL Thanks for the chance to win.
56Sue
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 16:16
These are great stamps. I usually start planning in July and
August and start making them in September, along with planning and making some presents.
57Maria Gurnsey
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 18:58
Last year was my first year that i made my own cards and I started in November…YIKES!! This year I plan to start when school does, I want to make super cute gift tags as well as cards and maybe a few gifts
58SusanH
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 20:05
I start around Thanksgiving usually but hopefully will jump on this Christmas cards earlier than that!!
59Marcia
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 20:31
I really begin my cards in July and the rest of preparations in October.
this sets are really beautiful!!!
Thanks for the chance to win!!!!!!!!
Hugs
Marcia
60Lori West
wrote on 8 July 2009 at 22:33
I always start to plan my cards in early fall, sometimes late summer. So I can at least get my paper and stamps decided on, and then take one weekend and make them all up. My Tree goes up the Friday after Thanksgiving. I put the tree up by myself and I adore it! All my decorations in the rest of the house (bathrooms, kitchen, etc.) get put up all throughout that weekend. :o)
Thanks for the chance to win!!!!!!
61Bette Cuddahee
wrote on 9 July 2009 at 4:02
Christmas in July, I love it. Sure will save a lot of time later on for baking cookies and wrapping “prizes.”
62Bonnie S
wrote on 9 July 2009 at 8:21
I just LOVE these two sets with their vintage images!
63Angie
wrote on 9 July 2009 at 8:22
These are beautiful vintage-y sets! I try to start my holiday card making around NOW, but so far this year I’ve only made 1! I also try to shop for my kids’ Christmas gifts starting in August, since that is when I start shopping for their birthday gifts… I just throw in one or two extra gifts and keep them until Christmas.
64Leah C.
wrote on 9 July 2009 at 9:09
Love both sets! I don’t usually start planning until very close to Christmas…I always seem to think I have more time than I actually have;)
65Carol
wrote on 9 July 2009 at 9:35
Wow, your new sets take my breath away. I start creating with Christmas papers as soon as they hit the stores in the fall. I don’t really get the house ready til early December.
66Andrea McCulley
wrote on 9 July 2009 at 11:34
What beautiful sets that can be used so many different ways! Thank you for the opportunity to win! The key to handmade items for Christmas is planning ahead and now would be a good time to start planning! We all know how fast the summer is moving and once fall hits, things seem to go even faster. These sets definitely inspire playtime to begin NOW!
67Laurie
wrote on 9 July 2009 at 19:08
Beautiful sets. I love the idea of Christmas in July and I always swear that I will start my Christmas Cards this early and get them out of the way so that I can make Christmas gifts. In actuality, I start the Christmas cards sometime around Thanksgiving and never get to those wishful homemade gifts. If it’s a good year, I get the cards done. If it’s not… I don’t usually find the holiday papers around in stares until well after CHA and that usually has bearing also. Last year I waited for papers. By the time I ordered, received, and admired, I found myself putting it away for this year. I must say that I am all set to make cards, but some new stamps would be fab!
68Judy
wrote on 9 July 2009 at 19:27
I often pick up a few gifts all during the year…….just a few. I do most of my prep in November & December. I do try to make some of my cards starting in late summer as I rarely make more than 5 alike.
The Christmas sets are great! Super nice samples!
69Laura Bohall
wrote on 9 July 2009 at 19:56
My mom (thank God) is still able to get around her kitchen so we start baking in Nov for neighbors, church friends and shut-ins. We love to attach handmade gift tags, especially to recepients who have no family, so I know these vintage-type stamps would be perfect for some of our elderly shut-ins. (so glad Julia S is part of your design team-great talent!)
70sandra m.
wrote on 10 July 2009 at 11:08
I just love those 2 sets!! They are so unique. would love to have them. I think about my Christmas all year round, you never know when you will see something that reminds you of another person. I start my stash early, then add to it throughout the year. then I do ALOT of last minute creating.
71Lottie
wrote on 10 July 2009 at 15:43
What absolutely fabulous stamps - so refreshingly different from the usual ones - and great to have card examples too for lots of inspiration