Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ Purrs & Cocoa ~ Not 2 Shabby

 Hello there crafty friend!

I'm sneaking in one last card for the Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party! I had one more stamped image colored up from Spring Break and thought I'd make a quick card using a past Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch.

I stamped the adorable cocoa kitty from the Purrs & Cocoa stamp set from Sponsor Not 2 Shabby using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it up with Copic markers. I fussy cut the cocoa kitty leaving a white border around the edges.

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

Kitty: RV10, R20, N0, N2, N4

Marshmallows: C00, C2

Cocoa: E21, E23, E25

Mug: R20, R14, R27

Tree: YG11, G24, G46

I paired up the cute kitty with the retired Knit Picky 6x6 Paper Pad from Sponsor Lawn Fawn. I die cut the background layer using the largest die from the Scallops & Rectangles {nesting dies} from Sponsor Unity Stamp Co. I trimmed the banner layer and green paper. I cut a fishtail for the one end and then used a corner rounder punch for the green paper.

My card was inspired by TOP Inky Inspiration Sketch 4. I love the CAS vibe of the sketch! I was going to leave my background white for more of a CAS card, but decided to use up some of my older papers. I've had these Lawn Fawn papers for years now. Time to finish it up!

I adhered all of my layers using iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from Sponsor Therm O Web and then adhered the panel to a white A2 top fold card base. I popped up the cocoa kitty using 3D Foam Squares, also from Therm O Web. I finished off the card with three confetti pieces from the Hologram Red Card Bling from Sponsor A Colorful Life Designs.

I have had SO much fun playing along with the Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party! I hope that you'll stop by the Linky Party and check out the cards that have been linked up. Lots of fabulous inspiration!! Don't forget the Linky Party ends at 11:59pm PST tonight. Get those entries in! Have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ Winter Cardinals Set 2 ~ Pink & Main

 Hello there crafty friend!

I can't believe how fast the time is going by! It's the last day of the Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party! It's always so sad to reach the end, but I'm super happy to be adding so many cards to my stash! Yay!

This time I used the adorable Winter Cardinals Set 2 from our wonderful Sponsor Pink & Main. I just adore this stamp!! The birds are so cute and they're kissing under the mistletoe... AWWWW... Super cute! I stamped the image using Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white card stock and colored them up with Copic markers.

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

Left Bird: R20, R14, R27, C00, C2, YR21, YR04

Right Bird: R20, R14, R37, C00, C2, YR21, YR04

Scarves: YG11, G24, G46

Branches: E21, E23, E25

Mistletoe: G24, G46

Bow: R20, R14, R27

As always, I used the fabulous Pressure Pal from our awesome Sponsor Twiddler's Nook when I stamped the sweet birds. I also used it when I stamped the sentiment. I die cut the panel using the X Stitched Mini Slimline Die from Sponsor Gina Marie Designs. I wrapped the corners with some Natural May Arts Burlap String and tied a pretty bow. I popped up the panel using iCraft 3D Foam Tape Jumbo Roll (white) from Therm O Web. 

My card design was inspired by past {BYSHC} Sketch 44. This simple sketch has become a favorite and it was perfect with this cute stamp.

I wanted to use another fun stencil for a lovely background for these two lovebirds. I grabbed the Simple Christmas Trees Stencil from Sponsor A Colorful Life Designs. I blended lightly with Vintage Photo Distress Ink over the stencil on Kraft card stock. I trimmed the panel to 5-1/4 x 4" and adhered it to an A2 kraft card base.

I hope you'll stop by the Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party to check out all the wonderful Holiday inspiration being shared! I've been inspired by so many of the cards! I sure hope you'll stop by and check it out! Have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ Little Love Deer ~ Unity Stamp Co.

 Hello there crafty friend!

It's day 7 of the Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party! I colored up this sweet deer while on Spring Break with the fam. I just had to make it into a card for the linky party!

I stamped the adorable deer from the Little Love Deer from our fab Sponsor Unity Stamp Co. using Black Amalgam ink from Sponsor Gina K Designs. I colored it up with a handful of Copic markers and fussy cut the image leaving a white border. Once the ink was dry, I added touches of white gel pen to the dots on the deer.

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

Deer: E000, E21, E23

Scarf: R20, R14, R27

I had a scrap embossed panel in my stash of scraps and I thought it would be fun to use for my background on this card. I love the texture it adds even though I covered most of it up. The panel was embossed with the retired Peaceful Poinsettia embossing folder from Sponsor Taylored Expressions.

My card was inspired by past {BYSHC} Sketch 41. I altered the measurements just a bit. For the top left piece I cut my paper to 3-1/4 x 1-3/8". The bottom left piece measures 3-1/4 x 2-1/4". And the right side piece measures 1-3/4 x 3-7/8". The pattern paper is called Christmas and it's from Carta Bella.

 

 I die cut two circles from white card stock for the deer layers using dies from the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies} from Unity. I adhered all of my layers using iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from Sponsor Therm O Web and then adhered the panel to a white A2 top fold card base that I turned on the side for a landscape card. I finished off the card with a few confetti pieces from the Hologram Red Card Bling from Sponsor A Colorful Life Designs.

I am having so much fun playing along with the Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party! I hope that you'll stop by the Linky Party and check out the cards that have been linked up. Lots of fabulous inspiration!! Don't forget the Linky Party ends at 11:59pm PST on Friday May 9th. Get those entries in! Have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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How's it Growing? ~ Petal Princesses ~ The Greeting Farm

 Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm wondering How's It Growing?! Haha... I'm sharing a sweet card featuring one of the beauties from the Petal Princesses Big Kit from The Greeting Farm!

I was so excited when my kit arrived that I just had to ink up a few of the cute Petal Princesses!! I was going to share the beautiful Daisy Anya from the kit but I saw her on the blog already a couple of times so I went with my next fave... Peony Anya! Isn't she gorgeous! Unfortunately, I can't seem to find the Petal Princesses Big kit on the website. But if you'd like to add her and the rest of the Petal Princesses to your collection, you can check out the Farmers Market and submit a request via email... maybe it'll be available for the next Farmers Market.  

I inked her up with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her up with Copic markers. I fussy cut Peony Anya on the line and then I used a Memento Tuxedo Black marker to color the edges of my fussy cutting. This makes the cutting look nice and neat.

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

Skin: E000, E00, E11, E04, RV10, R20

Hair: Y11, E33, E15, E09

Flower: BV00000, BV31, BV23

Leaves: YG91, YG95, YG97

Dress: C00, C2, C3, BV0000, BV31, BV23

Shoes: BV0000, BV31, BV23

I paired up Peony Anya with the C'est La Vie paper pad from Pink Paislee. These pretty papers had peonies and I thought they would be fun to use with this beautiful Anya. I cut them down to 4-1/8 x 5-3/8" and adhered a 1" strip of the peony paper along the right edge. 

I wanted to add a bit of a frame around Anya so I die cut a rectangle from vellum card stock using the Loopy Rectangle from Gina Marie Designs. I die cut a couple of hearts using the Dashes and Frills Hearts Die Set from Unity. And then I finished off the card with a few enamel hearts from the Doodlebug Design I Love Snow Shape Sprinkles. I hope I've inspired you to get inky!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ Holly Jolly Elf ~ Rachelle Anne Miller Stamps

 Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back with another fun holiday card for the Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party! My card today features a cute digi stamp from the Holly Jolly Elf digital stamp from our wonderful Sponsor Rachelle Anne Miller Stamps.

I combined and resized the cute deer and elf digi stamp and the sentiment in a Word Document and then printed it off. I colored up the cuties with Copic markers.

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

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R00, R20

Hair: E21, E23

Elf Hat / Clothes: R20, R14, R27, BG10, BG01, BG34

Deer: E21, E23, E25, N2, N4, N6

Deer Collar: R20, R14, R27, Y11, Y15, Y28

I created a fun scene for the deer and elf using papers from the retired Snow Day Remix 6x6 paper pack from Lawn Fawn. I used the sentiment papers for my background layer that measures 4 x 5-1/4". I die cut the snowy papers using a die from the BIG Scallops & Rectangles {nesting dies} from Sponsor Unity Stamp Co. I also die cut the printed digi stamp and sentiment using the same die. I trimmed the panel just above the sentiment and after I colored the reindeer and elf, I fussy cut them leaving a white border. 

My card was inspired by {BYSHC} Sketch #34. This is a simple sketch that's great for scene cards. Another fun past sketch from the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers group.

I die cut a scrap of white card stock using the same rectangle die and then I die cut it again using the Stitched Hillside Borders from Sponsor Lawn Fawn. I adhered the hill and sentiment layers to the snowy paper and used a piece of red grosgrain ribbon to cover the edge between the papers. I wrapped it around the back of the card and then covered the back of the panel with a bunch of 3D Foam Squares from Sponsor Therm O Web.

I hope you'll stop by the Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party to check out all the wonderful Holiday inspiration being shared! I've been inspired by so many of the cards! I sure hope you'll stop by and check it out! Have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ Large Gingerbread Girl ~ Jaded Blossom

 Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back with another fun holiday card for the Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party! My card today features a cute stamp from our wonderful Sponsor Jaded Blossom called Large Gingerbread Girl. I adore this large ginger!! So cute!

I inked up a cute background using the Layered Gingerbread Men Stencil from Sponsor A Colorful Life Designs. This fab stencil has two stencils in the set. I inked up the gingerbread cookies on Kraft card stock using Vintage Photo Distress Ink. And then I replaced the stencils and blended Candied Apple Distress Ink over the second stencil.

I also stamped the cute sentiment in my mini misti and used the fabulous Pressure Pal from Sponsor Twiddler's Nook. The sentiment is from the retired Gingerbread Hugs from Sponsor Not 2 Shabby. I heat embossed the sentiment by prepping the card stock with the TE Anti Static Powder tool from Sponsor Taylored Expressions. I stamped the sentiment using Sugar Cube Pigment ink from Taylored Expressions. I dusted the wet ink using Alabaster White embossing powder from Brutus Monroe and then melted the powder with a Wagner Precision Heat tool.

My card is inspired by the current Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch 32. I turned the sketch on the side for a fun twist. Such a fun sketch! Join us in the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Facebook group to play along with this month's sketch challenge!

I inked up the adorable gingerbread and the name of this stamp is true! It's a large gingerbread girl! LOL! I colored her up with my Copic markers and then die cut her using a die from the BIG Scallops & Rectangles {nesting dies} from Sponsor Unity. I die cut a scrap of red card stock using a die from the Stitched Hillside Borders from Sponsor Lawn Fawn. I trimmed and adhered the sentiment to the card and adhered the red hillside piece to the card. And then I popped up the gingerbread panel using 3D Foam Squares from Sponsor Therm O Web.

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

Gingerbread: E21, E23, E25

Bow / Cheeks / Hearts: R20, R14, R27

Icing: C00, C2

I hope you'll stop by the Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party to check out all the wonderful Holiday inspiration being shared! I've been inspired by so many of the cards! I sure hope you'll stop by and check it out! Have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Inky Paws Challenge #240 ~ Sketch Challenge {Week 1} ~ Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party

Hello there crafty friend!

Who's up for a new challenge?! It's time to get our paws inky with a fun SKETCH challenge! I'm always up for a good sketch and this one is so fun! You have until Friday, May 30th to get your entries in for the #240 Sketch Challenge and a chance to win a $20 store credit to Newton's Nook Designs!

Inky Paws Challenge #240 - Sketch Challenge

I am loving all of the layers! So many possibilities!

It's never too early to start working on Christmas cards! I inked up the cute wreath from the Holiday Postage Sampler Stamp Set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it up with Copic markers. I die cut it using the coordinating Holiday Postage Sampler Die Set.

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

Green: YG11, G24, G46

Red: R20, R14, R27

You can check out my process video here... Holiday Postage Sampler Christmas Card | Inky Paws Challenge 240 | Newton's Nook Designs.

I paired up the cute stamp with some papers from the Meowy Christmas 6x6 Paper Pad. The polka dot paper was a scrap and the holly and berry papers were too. I was pleasantly surprised that the papers fit in the scalloped die with just a tiny bit trimmed off of the edge.

I die cut a piece of white card stock using the stitched scalloped die from the Framework Die Set. And I die cut a circle from white card stock using a die from the Circle Frames Die Set. I stamped the cute little sentiment directly to the circle and popped up the wreath with foam tape.

I am entering this beautiful card in to the Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party! Yay! I love creating for this event while also building my stash of holiday cards. And to top it off, Newton's Nook Designs is one of our fabulous Sponsors. Join us for a chance to win a prize!

Now it's your turn to get your paws inky with your Newton's Nook Designs products and create a project using this wonderful sketch. Be sure to link up to the Inky Paws Challenge! Can't wait to see your projects!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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