{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 19 ~ Hot Cocoa Love ~ Not 2 Shabby

 Hello there crafty friend!

It's been a busy week at the Minkler house and I've been getting worried that I wouldn't have time to make my weekly Christmas card. So when I had a bit of time I thought I'd use some fun ephemera that I got awhile ago but haven't played with yet. And I got the coordinating papers too!

So... here's my card!! Cute, right! I love how quick it came together using ephemera and the pattern papers! And since it was so quick I actually made two cards!!

I picked two cute pattern papers from the Hot Cocoa Warm Hearts paper pack from Not 2 Shabby and cut them to 4 x 5-1/4". I stacked the papers together and cut them at an angle. Cutting the papers together makes it very easy to line them up for this particular card design.

I adhered the pattern papers to a black card front and die cut some black card stock with the Stitched Ric Rac die from My Favorite Things. I adhered the Ric Rac die cut to the card. And popped up the ephemera piece with foam tape.

Now for card #2!! Aren't those marshmallows just THE cutest! I love them! 

I used the leftover pieces from the first card which made this card SO easy!

The Cocoa Love ephemera pack didn't have any Christmas sentiments so I looked through some of my other ephemera packs and found the Say Cheese Christmas ephemera from Simple Stories that had a couple sentiments that worked perfectly for my cards.

Here's another look at the fun {BYSHC} Sketch 19 for the month of February! There's still a few days to play along with the sketch! If you'd like to see more inspiration for the sketch head on over to the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog! I'll be back on Tuesday with inspiration for the new {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 20!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 19 ~ Wonderland ~ Unity Stamp Co.

 Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing my weekly Christmas card and I used THE cutest snowman stamp from Unity called Wonderland!! I just love this cute stamp so much... such an adorable snowman with his big head and little body! Oh my gosh... I just love him so!

I had colors in mind for him when I picked him out but I didn't think to pick out my papers before coloring. So I was in a bit of a pickle when it came to pairing up the colored image with papers. I decided quickly though that I wanted blues in the papers and then I remembered the Winter Blues papers from Ink n' Splatter.

You can't go wrong with plaid and I love the snowflake papers... I did still wonder if it would work with the snowman. But once I added the stitched Ric Rac die cut over that line where the papers meet... I was sold. What do you think?  

Here's a list of the Copic Markers I used to color up the snowman:

Snow ~ B000, B00

Nose ~ Y06, YR15, YR68

Buttons ~ N0, N1, N3

Hat ~ N0, N1, N3, N5, N7, R20, R14, R27

Scarf ~ C00, C2, R20, R14, R27

Here's another look at the fun {BYSHC} Sketch 19 for the month of February!

I hope you'll join us and play along with the sketch! There's a bunch of inspiration for this sketch on the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog! Give us a visit over there and check it out! I'll be back next Friday with one last Christmas card using this month's sketch!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 19 ~ Winter Bunny Cuddlebug ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing a sweet Christmas card using the adorable Winter Bunny Cuddlebug stamp from Unity Stamp Co. My daughter adores bunnies so I tend to collect bunny stamps and this one has been a favorite of ours for some time now.

Before I started coloring up this cutie I picked out my papers. I chose the Christmas Magic paper pack from Doodlebug Design. My main reason in picking this paper is I wanted traditional red and green in the paper with a bit of pink too. I love pink in my Christmas cards... I don't really know why. It's not my favorite color or anything... I just like it!

I cut my pattern papers and adhered them to a green card front measuring 4-1/4 x 5-1/2". And then I stamped the sweet bunny and the sentiment with Gina K Black Amalgam ink on Stampers Select white card stock from Papertrey Ink.

Oh my gosh, I just realized I forgot to adhere the stitched Ric Rac that I had die cut to cover the line between the pattern papers!! LOL! Ooops... oh well. Anywho, I trimmed the sentiment and adhered it to a green mat. And then I colored up the cute bunny with the following Copic Markers:

Fur ~ C00, C2, C3

Inside Ears / Nose ~ R00, RV10, RV11

Hat / Mittens ~ C00, C2, YG11, G14

Cape / Socks ~ C00, C2, C3, R20, R27

Present ~ E21, E23, R20, R27

Snow ~ C00, C2

Here's another look at the fun {BYSHC} Sketch 19 for the month of February!

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 {BYSH} Cardmakers blog! I'll be back next Friday with my regular weekly Christmas card using this month's sketch!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 19 ~ Let it Snow Shaker Card ~ Doodlebug Design Inc.

  Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back with two more cards for the new {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 19 using some more really cute Doodlebug Design products! For more details about the sketch challenge head over to the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group!

First of all, I apologize for the lighting on this photo... it was really hard to get a good photo with the glare off of the acetate, but how stinkin' cute is this? I just had to use one of the Doodle Pops that I've been hoarding.

I adore this sweet Snow Wonder Shaker-Pop from the Let it Snow Collection! It's just too cute!

My cards today are very similar to the two cards I made a couple days ago... I contrasted the cute background paper with the snow red paper but this time I die cut a couple My Favorite Things Stitched Ric Rac die cuts from white card stock and adhered them over the line between the pattern papers.

I had the leftover pieces of pattern paper from the first card and thought... why not make another card! I mat the pattern papers on red card stock just like the first card.

I popped up the adorable die cut Santa from the Odds & Ends pack with some foam tape. 

The sentiments on both cards are cut-aparts from the Let it Snow paper pad. I mat them with white card stock and adhered them to the cards. Both easy peasy... and adorable!

Here's a look at the fun {BYSHC} Sketch 19 for the month of February!

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 {BYSH} Cardmakers blog! I'll be back next Friday with my regular weekly Christmas card using this month's sketch!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 19 ~ Merry & Bright ~ Doodlebug Design Inc.

 Hello there crafty friend!

I can't believe it, but it's the first of February already and that means it's time for a new sketch challenge over at the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group! Today I'm sharing not one, but two cards, using the new {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 19 along with some really cute Doodlebug Design products! 

How stinkin' cute is this polar bear? I love him! I paired him up with the Let It Snow papers.

I thought it would be cute to have some background paper with the polar bear in it too. 

I contrasted the cute background scene paper with the diagonal plaid paper and added a skinny strip of pink pattern paper from the paper pad. I mat the cut-apart sentiment on some white card stock and adhered it to the card. And I popped up the cute polar bear die cut from the Odds & Ends pack with some foam tape.

And for card #2... I went with a very similar design but this time I featured the adorable snowman.

How sweet it that little hat?! So cute!

The sentiment is another cut-apart from the paper pad. I mat it again with white card stock and popped up the snowman with foam tape. Easy peasy... and adorable!

Here's a look at the fun {BYSHC} Sketch 19 for the month of February!

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 {BYSH} Cardmakers blog! I'll be back on Friday with my regular weekly Christmas card using this month's sketch!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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