Christmas in July!

I've been wanting to make a card to link up to the Happy Little Stampers challenges going on right now. July kicked off the start of their Christmas challenge

and their CAS challenge,

so today's cards meets both of their requirements.

Very unconventional Christmas colors, wouldn't you say?
I started with a white cardstock panel cut from MFT's Inside Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangles and stamped the flower burst image using a very old stamp set that I purchased at a craft store. Sorry, I can't even tell you the name of it because the packaging has been long gone. I then stamped my tree images using Stampin' Ups Festival Of Trees, in the same colors as my flower bursts and fussy cut them. I placed them over the flower bursts, alternating the colors. The sentiment was heat embossed in white on black cardstock and I cut it into a fishtail banner and mounted it to the card and finished it off with a button.
An unconventional Christmas card made with the colors of July!

My next card was made using the same style and colors and was actually the first card I made. I had so much fun with the colors and design, that I wanted to make a Christmas card using the same style.

I used PTI's Summer Sweetness and inked the stamps using the Rock & Roll method.

I'm also entering one or more of these cards into the following challenges
Word Art Wednesday
Simon Says Monday Challenge

Thanks so much for looking! Blessings~ Birgit