{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 40 ~ Joy of Baby Jesus ~ Unity Stamp Co.

 Hello there crafty friend!

I'm sharing one last Christmas card for the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 40 for the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group. This month's sketch is really great for those larger stamped images so I was excited to play with the Joy of Baby Jesus stamp from Unity.

This beautiful stamp was one of many released during the Brown Thursday/Black Friday sales over at Unity and I just love it! So pretty and perfect for holiday cards.

I paired it up with the beautiful Star of Bethlehem paper pad from Hobby Lobby that I got a couple of months ago. I just love the blues and black in these pretty papers and thought they complimented the sweet stamped image so nicely.

I did alter the sketch for my design just a bit by using the second largest stitched rectangle die from the Scallops & Rectangles {nesting dies} to die cut the panel. So it's larger than the sketch calls for and I omitted the mat. I also moved my sentiment and just added another strip of pattern paper to lay across the image in place of the sentiment strip. Here's a quick list of the Copic Markers I used:

Skin: E000, E00, E11

Hair: N1

Clothes: E50, E51, B91, B93, B95, B97, E21, E23, E25

Outline: B0000

Ground: E23

Here's a look at {BYSHC} Sketch 40 for the month of December!

There's still a few days to play along with the sketch! The challenge ends on December 31st. I hope you'll join in the fun and start building your stash of holiday cards for 2024. 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!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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Advent Calendar Day 1 ~ {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 40 ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend!

It's time for Day 1 of the 2023 Advent Calendar from Unity!! I just love Unity's Advent Calendar! It gets more amazing each year. My plan is to reveal the Advent Calendar stamp on my YouTube channel each day and also have a short blog post. Fingers crossed, friends, that I can keep it up!

The delicate flourish tree stamp is the first Advent Calendar stamp. I heat embossed it with my go-to white heat embossing combo of Anti-Static Powder and Sugar Cube Pigment ink from Taylored Expressions, Alabaster White Embossing Powder from Brutus Monroe and my Wagner Precision Heat Tool... all on Pinefeather card stock from Papertrey Ink. And then I die cut it with the smallest stitched circle die from the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies}.

Today's card is also my first card for {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 40! I think this'll be another fun sketch! Head on over to Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers blog to see some more inspiration using this fun sketch. And if you'd like to join in the fun while also building your stash of holiday cards, join us in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group.

I created my pretty layers using the White Winter {paper pack} also from Unity. The light stripes paper is die cut using the smallest rectangle die from the Scallops & Rectangles {nesting dies}. 

The sentiment is also heat embossed with my white heat embossing combo on Pinefeather card stock. I trimmed it and cut a fishtail on the end. I adhered the sentiment directly to the card but I added foam to the back of the circle die and popped it up on the card.

You can check out my video revealing the Advent Calendar Day 1 stamp and my process in making this card here... Advent Calendar Day 1 | Unity Stamp Co.

I believe there are still some Advent Calendars available if you didn't order one yet. Just enabling!! I'll be back tomorrow for Day 2 of the 2023 Advent Calendar from Unity!

Have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

 

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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