Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch 26 ~ Bitty Forest ~ Unity Stamp Co.

 Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing a bit more inspiration for the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch Challenge 26 in the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Facebook group. Another fun sketch for scraps! I wanted to created a holiday card using the beautiful Bitty Forest stamps from Unity that just released. I love these stamps! So I went looking through my paper scraps and came across these beautiful grey and white papers.

I wouldn't normally open up another package of scrap papers until I had finished off the last one, BUT I just had to for this card! The paper scraps that I've been using are from my days with Scrapping for Less which closed a few years ago so the papers aren't available anymore but if you like the papers stop by Not 2 Shabby and check out the papers they have. My sweet friend, Teresa, is the designer for their papers and she designed the beautiful papers I used for my card today.

Here's a look at the fun sketch for Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch Challenge 26. The sketch, as always, is meant to inspire not require. So let the sketch lead in your design, but don't feel limited by it. My rectangle scraps today measure 2 x 2-1/2".

 I stamped the trio of trees twice and both of the deer from Bitty Forest with Smokey Shadow ink from Papertrey Ink. The panel is die cut using a die from the Postage Stamp {nesting dies}. The sentiment and sentiment mat are die cut using dies from the Scalloped & Stitched Sentiment Nesting Dies. The grey mat is also paper from the scraps.

I adhered all my layers directly to a white A2 top fold card base. The postage focal piece is popped up on the card with foam tape. I finished off the card with a few shiny pieces of confetti from the Crystal Metallic Quicksilver Card Bling set from A Colorful Life Designs.

 I hope you all have fun with this sketch! I can't wait to see what you create with it. 

Have an ink-tastic week!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 50 ~ Flake Explosion ~ A Colorful Life Designs

Hello there crafty friend!

It's time for a new sketch challenge over in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group! Today I'm sharing a fun Christmas card featuring a fabulous stencil from our amazing sponsor, A Colorful Life Designs! A Colorful Life Designs has generously offered up a $25 gift card as a prize for the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 50 this month! So wonderful!!

I am a HUGE fan of A Colorful Life Designs stencils! I couldn't wait to play with this brand new stencil that just released today called Flake Explosion Stencil! Isn't that a fun name for this cool stencil?! I love it! I spritzed the back of the stencil with some Pixie Spray that temporarily adhered the stencil to my 4-1/4 x 5-1/2" piece of white card stock. And then I ink blended Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean and Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide inks all over the stencil creating a fun blue background. I love blue for snowflakes!

I also ink smooshed a scrap of white card stock with those same three oxides and die cut it with the stitched circle die from the Ornamental Greetings Ornament dies from Unity {looks like these aren't available right now}. I stamped the beautiful new cabin and a tree from Bitty Forest that just released over at Unity using Black Amalgam ink. And then I die cut it using the plain circle die from the ornament set. I colored it up very simply with just a handful of Copic markers. I used B0000, B00, YG11, G24, G46, E55, and E57. I die cut a few more stitched circles from white card stock. I die cut three toppers from white card stock and adhered two together. I adhered those to the cabin circle. And then I adhered the stitched circles together and adhered them to the front of the cabin circle. I adhered the third topper to the back of the cabin circle and then I die cut one last plain circle from white card stock and adhered that to the back of the ornament. Gosh... I hope this all makes sense! I tried to record my process for this one but I had technical issues. 

Shaker cards and I don't get along very well. It's a love/hate relationship really and I didn't really want to mess with a shaker so I went with a faux shaker card. Actually, it's a faux shaker ornament. I added some Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue to the base of the ornament and just dropped some of the awesome Winter Wonderland Card Bling. I scooted a few around and then added those two strays on either end. I love how it gives the appearance of a shaker! So fun!

I finished off the card with a sentiment from Bitty Forest and I added a bit more Winter Wonderland Card Bling to the centers of the flakes. I added a bow to the ornament using a white organdy ribbon from my stash. And then I used three Pixie Dots to temporarily adhere the ornament to the card. So the recipient can remove the ornament and add it to their tree or leave it on the card. I love how this turned out! Head over to A Colorful Life Designs to check out the fab Christmas release and all the awesome new Card Bling!!

Here's a look at {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 50 for the month of October. Loving this simple sketch! I can't wait to see what everyone does with it. I hope you'll join us and play along with the sketch. If you're interested in seeing a bit more inspiration for this sketch, check out the amazing inspiration from the design team over on the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog! Lots of super creative inspiration this month from the design team.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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Unity Lovers ATCs ~ Repeat Stamping ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend! 

I just wanted to share the Repeat Stamping ATCs that I made for the Unity Lovers ATC swap this month. I used the fun colors from our Friends of Unity Color Challenge as my inspiration for the cards so I wanted to share these since the challenge ends today. Go whip up a pretty Fall card using the colors from the graphic {shared below in the blog post} and your Unity products and enter your card into the album in the Unity Show & Tell Facebook group before midnight tonight! 

I ink smooshed the ATCs with Fossilized Amber, Carved Pumpkin, Fired Brick and Scorched Timber Distress Ink. I blended a bit more Fossilized Amber over the white areas. 

I repeat stamped one of the beautiful trees from Pines of Endearment on each card using Scorched Timber Distress Ink. And then I stamped the sentiment from Letting Go.

I finished up the ATCs with a little bit of Inkon3 Liquid Pixie Dust spatters.

Here's a look at the graphic for the challenge. The challenge ends tonight! I hope you can play along with us! That's it for me today. Have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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Fall Book Lovers Card ~ Just One More Chapter ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend! 

I'm back with a sweet book lovers card for Unity's latest release. I love to read!! I even listen to books while I craft. It's gotten to where I almost need to have a book playing in the background for my mojo to get going! I was so excited to play with the new Just One More Chapter! Love it!

I stamped the book girl  and sentiment using Black Amalgam ink from Gina K. Designs and then I colored up the girl with my Copic markers. The girl was die cut with the new Maple Leaf Die. The edges of the leaf were distressed with a bit of Antique Linen Distress Ink.

Here's a quick list of the Copic markers I used:

Skin: E000, E00, E11

Hair: E70, E71, E74

Shirt: E40, E81

Pants: B91, B93, Colorless Blender

Books: C00, C2, YR21, YR15, YR16, YR27, YG61, YG63, E51, E55, E57, B91, B93

Ring: N2, N4

Nails: YR16

Ground: C00, C2

My pattern paper layers are from the beautiful Enrich the Soul {paper pack}... definitely my top five Fall paper packs! Love the colors in these papers! I die cut the leaf and sentiment papers using the largest die from the Deckle & Stitches Nesting Die Set.

You can check out my process video for this card here... Fall Book Lovers Card | Just One More Chapter | Unity Stamp Co.

The sentiment was die cut using a die from the Scalloped & Stitched Sentiment Nesting Dies. I adhered all of my layers together using Tombow Mono Adhesive liquid glue and then I popped up the Maple Leaf girl using Scrapbook Adhesive Crafty Foam Tape. Loving how this turned out! I hope you have an inkredible day! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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Funny Happy Retirement ~ Flamingle into Retirement ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend! 

It's time for Unity's latest release!! I am so excited to share a funny retirement card with you all today! How fun is this awesome flamingo!? I love it! Flamingle into Retirement just released and I am loving the awesome sentiments included with this beautiful stamp!

I stamped the fun flamingo and sentiments using Black Amalgam ink from Gina K. Designs and then I colored up the flamingo with my Copic markers. I then die cut the flamingo using a die from the Scallops & Banners {nesting dies}. 

Here's a quick list of the Copic markers I used:

Flamingo: RV0000, RV10, RV11, RV14, BG10, BG02, BG13

Eyes: C00, C2, B00, B04, B29

My paper layers are from the beautiful Flutter Away {paper pack}. I am in love with the colors in these papers! And the feathers pair well with bird stamps! I just cut the feather & dot paper to 4 x 5-1/4" and cut my scrap of striped paper to 5-1/4" in length. Not sure what the width is since it was just a scrap. Those paper layers are adhered to a white A2 top fold card base.

The hilarious sentiment is popped up on the card with foam tape. Heehee! It's so fun! I stamped the Happy Retirement sentiment and then die cut it with the coordinating die called Happy Retirement {coordinating die}. I actually adhered this sentiment crooked and had to pull it up. What a mess!! It tore the paper underneath so I die cut a scrap of the same white card stock using the same die from the Scallops & Banners {nesting dies}. I trimmed it to just cover up the mess on the bottom of the banner. I then stamped and die cut the Happy Retirement sentiment again and this time I adhered it straight on the card. And bonus, it covered up the line on the banner to hide my fix! I added a little Card Bling from A Colorful Life Designs and called this one done!

Love how this turned out! I hope you have an inkredible day! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 49 ~ Transfer Gel Duo Spatters ~ Therm O Web

Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back to share one last card for the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 49 in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group! I experimented a little bit and was pleasantly surprised that it worked! Hee hee! I'm sharing a fun ink blended and spattered Christmas card featuring some awesome crafty goodies from our amazing sponsor, Therm O Web! Therm O Web has generously offered up a $25 gift card as a prize for this month's challenge! There's still a few days to enter! They also shared an exclusive code with us for 10% OFF our orders on their website... use code BYSHC10.

I wasn't quite sure where this card was going until I got there! LOL! Do you ever have that happen to you?! I started with a vibrant background that I blended using Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, and Blueprint Sketch Distress Inks. I did a bit of water spatters on the background. And then I got to thinking how could I do some foiling spatters... oh, how fun it was to figure out how and then see that it worked!

While I was thinking about how I'd add foil spatters, I trimmed my background and die cut a scrap of Stampers Select White card stock from Papertrey Ink using the hill die from the Land Borders Die Set from Newton's Nook Designs. I adhered them together with iCraft UltraBond Adhesive and then set the panel aside. Next, I stamped the adorable critters from the fun exclusive 2024 STAMPtember set from Newton's Nook Designs and Simon Says Stamp called Happy Paw-lidays {sadly, it's sold out}. Speaking of Simon Says Stamp... I'm entering this fun card in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes over on the SSS Blog.

I decided to Copic color the adorable kitty and stamped the sentiment using Wilted Violet Distress Ink. I actually stamped the sentiment on the card but I messed it up by pushing too hard. It happens! So I stamped the sentiment again, trimmed it up and popped it up on the card using iCraft 3D Foam Tape Jumbo Roll (white). I die cut the kitty using the coordinating Happy Paw-lidays die set and also popped up the kitty on the card. But I'm getting ahead of myself. The foil spatters created with Transfer Gel Duo and Silver Shattered Glass Deco Foil Transfer Sheets were done before the popping up of anything {check out the video below!}.

Here's a quick list of the Copic Markers I used for the kitty:

Kitty: R00, R20, N0, N2, N4

Hat / Scarf: C00, C2, B00, B02, B04, B28

Present: V000, V12, V15, V17

Ribbon: RV10, RV11, RV14

You can check out the quick video showing how I made the fun foiled spatters here... Fun Foil Spatters | Transfer Gel Duo | Therm O Web.

Here's a look at {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 49 for the month of September. I've had a blast with this sketch! There's just a few more days to play along with the sketch! If you're interested in seeing a bit more inspiration for this sketch, check out the amazing inspiration from the design team over on the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog! Lots of super creative inspiration this month from the design team. Loving it!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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Membership Wednesday ~ September 2024 UU Some Moments are Gold ~ Unity Stamp Co.

  Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing a quick Fall card featuring the lovely stamp from the September 2024 Uniquely Unity membership from Unity called Some Moments are Gold. A little heat embossing with repeat stamping plus some splatters... gotta love a quick card!

I started by prepping my Kraft card stock from Papertrey Ink using the TE Anti-Static Powder Tool from Taylored Expressions. I stamped the sentiment first with Wow Clear Embossing Ink. I applied some Golden Gourd Embossing Powder from Brutus Monroe over top the wet ink and then melted the powder with a Wagner Precision Heat Tool. I then stamped the pretty leaf multiple times over the background. I turned it this way and that... it almost feels like the leaves are falling.

I dusted the panel with the embossing powder and then melted all the powder with the heat tool. I love this embossing powder over the kraft. It gives it a nice yellow/orange gold color. I masked the sentiment with a piece of post it note. I added some spatters to the background using Bronze and Dark Roast Silk from Fun Stampers Journey. I heat set the spatters with the heat tool and then I die cut the panel using the largest scallop die from the BIG Scallops & Rectangles {nesting dies}. 

The panel is adhered to a 4-1/8 x 5-3/8" piece of Early Espresso card stock from Stampin' Up. And then the whole panel is adhered to a Kraft A2 top fold card base. I don't know about you but I am so ready for Fall and this sentiment is me wishing it gets here soon!

 

Here's a quick look at this month's Uniquely Unity membership! SO beautiful!

That's it for me today! I hope you've been inspired to play with your membership stamps! 

Hope you have an INKtastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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