Spring into Christmas 2023 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ Gingerbread Hugs ~ Not 2 Shabby

Hello there crafty friend!

I'm so excited to share my first card for the Spring into Christmas 2023 {BYSHC} Linky Party hosted by the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group!! This is our third annual Spring Linky Party. Though it has Spring in the name the linky party is focused on Christmas and wintry holiday cards. It's a great way to get ahead on those holiday cards to relieve some of the stress later on in the year during the holidays. I am super excited to get a jump on my Christmas card stash and I sure hope that you'll join in the fun. 

For my first card I'm featuring the super adorable Gingerbread Hugs stamp set from our wonderful return Sponsor Not 2 Shabby. I just adore this sweet mug filled with Christmas goodies and baubles. I paired this sweet stamp up with the wonderful Plaids for Christmas 6x6 paper pad also from Not 2 Shabby. There's just something about plaid with Christmas! I love it! I adhered all my layers to a white A2 top fold card base using the iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from our wonderful Sponsor Therm O Web.

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

Gingerbreads ~ E21, E23, E25, E27, R20, R14, R27

Candies / Mug ~ R20, R14, R27, C00, C1, C3, YG11, G24, G46

Stars ~ Y11, Y15 

Red Bauble ~ R20, R14, R27

I die cut the colored image with the coordinating dies from the Gingerbread Hugs Shabby Snips dies from Not 2 Shabby. I stamped the sentiment with Sugar Cube Pigment ink from returning Sponsor Taylored Expressions and then heat embossed some white embossing powder giving the sentiment a raised and shiny look on the dark brown card stock. I popped up both the sentiment and the gingerbread focal piece with lots of thin foam tape.

Though I didn't record my whole process in making this card, I did record and share a video on my YouTube channel of how I cut the pattern paper and adhered it to the mats. You can check it out here... Cutting & Assembling Papers for {BYSHC} Sketch 29.

As mentioned in the video, my card was inspired by one of our past sketches... Sketch 29! This sketch has definitely become a favorite! Have you visited the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group? We host a fun sketch challenge each month to inspire our holiday cardmaking all year long. I love revisiting the sketches and will likely be sharing a few during the Linky Party.

Yay!! I'm also a Sponsor for the Spring into Christmas 2023 {BYSHC} Linky Party!! I have a wonderful prize set aside for one lucky winner. I usually share a picture of the prize but this time I thought I'd make it a surprise... and I'm waiting on one or two more goodies that I plan on adding to the prize so I didn't want to share just some of the goodies. LOL! For a chance to win my fun prize make a Christmas card and link it up to the linky party blog post on the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers blog. 

Before you leave, be sure to stop by Sponsor Not 2 Shabby... they are having a new quarterly release tomorrow, but you can always stop by and check out all the amazing products on the site now. And if you haven't already, stop by the Spring into Christmas 2023 {BYSHC} Linky Party to check out all the wonderful Holiday inspiration from our Sponsors and the {BYSHC} Design Team!! I'm so excited to continue building my stash of holiday cards for 2023... I hope you'll join in the fun and play along! Let's build our stash of holiday cards this week!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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