{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 61 ~ Nutcracker Guardians ~ Crafty Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back with one last card for the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 61 hosted in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group! Celebrating Blue Christmas with this one! My mom loved that song by Elvis Presley. She played it all the time! So naturally, I love it because it reminds me of her.

Anywho, this adorable stamp is actually a sneak peek of a new release that will be available for preorder October 20th called the Nutcracker Guardians Stamp Set!! I'm so excited for this new holiday release!! SOOO many fabulous stamps! But back to today's card, I inked up this cutie with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copic markers.

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

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R00, R20 

Hair: C0, C2

Light Blue: B0000, B000, B00

Dark Blue: B00, B02, B95, B97

Black: N2, N4, N6

And I paired this cute nutcracker up with the beautiful Christmas Snow 6x6 Paper Pack. I actually picked out the papers beforehand so I was able to coordinate my colors for coloring with the papers. I used scraps for my card! Rather than use a full 5-1/2 x 4-1/4" piece of pattern paper for my background. I thought it would be fun to use three pieces of pattern paper. And the scraps worked just perfectly. Even the gray banner behind the nutcracker is a scrap. I trimmed the fishtail and adhered it to the layers.

I stamped and trimmed the sentiment, and then I popped it up on the card. I also popped up the nutcracker after I fussy cut around him leaving a nice white border. Lastly, I added a few white glitter enamel dots to finish off the card.

Here's a look at {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 61 for the month of September. There's just a few days left to enter the challenge! 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! I'm always blown away by the creations from the DT... they are amazingly talented cardmakers!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Inky hugs,

Crystal