Christmas in July - Day 1

Welcome to Christmas in July!

Get ready for some great ideas that you can start creating now for Christmas.
Along the way today, you'll find card and gift ideas, a scrapbook layout page or two 
and even a couple great decorating ideas. 

We hope this hop gets you in the holiday spirit a little early this year. 

Theresa is giving away a $20 Stampin' Up Gift Certificate to one lucky winner AND
take 10% off any order placed through her (not available on website) by July 30th. 
Email her at scrapsbygracie AT gmail.com with your order. 

All you have to do to win this fabulous prize is comment on each of the blogs.
That's it! It really is easy.  Of course, we would love it if you became a follower too. 

Comment buttons can be found at the bottom of the post (on most of the blogs).
Now on with the hop!
Today, I decided to show off some quick layouts I put together. I have enough paper to do a thousand layouts but I'm not the layout type of personality. I have a friend who has been motivating me and we've been getting together on the weekends to scrapbook. I like simple easy layouts and found these to be just that.

The first two takes a solid piece of cardstock and then you cut up decorated paper in ribbon tail cuts and glue it on in a pattern that suits you. I found a similar design in a Google search and thought it was something I could do and I did!

Now for the second layout, I wanted something whimsical and cute. Using polka dots is the key to this look even though this is another simple layout. I have a Cricut and Cameo but decided to use up some of the stickers I have collected over the years.

Thanks for stopping by today and I can't wait to see you again tomorrow!

Here is today's hop line-up in case you get lost along the way.

Theresa ~ http://scrapsbygracie.blogspot.com
Kim ~ www.katydidcards.com
Alicia ~ http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com
Lisa ~ http://lisaslittlerascals.blogspot.com/
Miranda ~ www.nanasscrapspot.com
Holli ~ Sunflowerholli.blogspot.com
Sharon ~ http://piece-ofheart.blogspot.com
Sarah ~ www.sarahbiswabic.blogspot.com
Amanda ~ http://salnclts76.blogspot.com
Jearise ~ http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com
Be sure to hop tomorrow too for even more great holiday projects and ideas. 
You can start tomorrow at Theresa's blog.