TLT - Christmas In July - New Release AND a Blog Hop!

Woo hoo!!! It's TLT and it's a NEW RELEASE and it's a BLOG HOP!!!! What more can you ask for lol??? It's been a long time since we had a hop so we're all super excited here at LCI Central :-D I thought M Pee (aka Michele) was going to faint with excitement she loves her image so much lol. 

Before I tell you all about it I want to thank everyone who entered our Double Trouble Challenge...all the entries were fabulicious and if you want to see if you were the Overall Challenge Winner, Winner using an LCI image (both £10 shopping vouchers) or a Top 3 winner make sure you check over at the Challenge Blog.


One more thing before I start. If you already haven't noticed we have a brand new Ladybug on board...Susan aka Paper, Card, Ribbon and Flowers. I couldn't resist when I received her email begging (slightly embarrassing I know) to be part of the team...the sizable cheque didn't hurt either lol! So please give Susan a humongous Ladybug welcome...I think she's a little bit nervous and a whole lot excited and we are so happy to have her on our team :-D

Ok I can't wait any longer to tell you about our Christmas in July hop.  The rules are easy peasy...

1. Leave a comment on each of the DT posts as you hop

2. Each DT member will have a letter for you to collect... once you have them all they will spell a word which you then email to lcichallengeblog@aol.com

3. Leave a comment on the Challenge blog letting us know which image you like best

4. Display our badge in your side bar to spread the word.

I'm the last stop on the hop and you should have arrived here from Laurie but if you want to start at the beginning go back to the Challenge Blog. 

The winner will receive all 6 images and there will be 5 runners up prizes of 2 images of your choice each...how's that for an early Christmas prezzie! Of course there will be the usual challenge prizes of Overall winner and LCI image winner so there's plenty for everyone

Are you ready for my card? Here you go...

The range of digi images is called Christmas Delight illustrated by Floral Delights fabulous illustrator Jan White. We had such a blast with these images. The one I'm using today is called Holly & Ivy Delight and have used it twice on my card, flipping it so they're like bookends. I couldn't decide whether to have the vase on the outside or the ivy and swapped them about a dozen times before I settle on the ivy. Now I'm looking at it again I wonder if it should have been the vase lol.

I had one sheet of this pp left over from last year or the year before....or was it the year before?? Not sure when but I remember loving it when I bought it lol. The red stripes are lovely and glittery :-D I sized the images quite small, colored them with my Copics and cut them out with a square Nestie and the flourish with a 

Die-namics die.

I added Siam Swarovski crystals for berries

A peek at the inside

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes

Lollipop Crafts - Christmas in July

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

PanPastel UK Challenge -  Use a Digi

The Paper Players - Christmas in July

The Squirrel and The Fox - Christmas in July

So Now you've seen the new collection twice and I hope you love it as much as I do. It is a bit different but that's what it's all about right? 

As it's the summer and everyone will be busy with their kids and holidays the Christmas in July challenge will be for a month so you have plenty of time to rearrange the 13 letters you've collected and enter our challenge. 

Remember the summer sale is on too where you can purchase ALL cling stamps at 1/2 price!

Thanks for hopping by...

Catch ya later x