{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 49 ~ Transfer Gel Duo Spatters ~ Therm O Web

Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back to share one last card for the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 49 in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group! I experimented a little bit and was pleasantly surprised that it worked! Hee hee! I'm sharing a fun ink blended and spattered Christmas card featuring some awesome crafty goodies from our amazing sponsor, Therm O Web! Therm O Web has generously offered up a $25 gift card as a prize for this month's challenge! There's still a few days to enter! They also shared an exclusive code with us for 10% OFF our orders on their website... use code BYSHC10.

I wasn't quite sure where this card was going until I got there! LOL! Do you ever have that happen to you?! I started with a vibrant background that I blended using Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, and Blueprint Sketch Distress Inks. I did a bit of water spatters on the background. And then I got to thinking how could I do some foiling spatters... oh, how fun it was to figure out how and then see that it worked!

While I was thinking about how I'd add foil spatters, I trimmed my background and die cut a scrap of Stampers Select White card stock from Papertrey Ink using the hill die from the Land Borders Die Set from Newton's Nook Designs. I adhered them together with iCraft UltraBond Adhesive and then set the panel aside. Next, I stamped the adorable critters from the fun exclusive 2024 STAMPtember set from Newton's Nook Designs and Simon Says Stamp called Happy Paw-lidays {sadly, it's sold out}. Speaking of Simon Says Stamp... I'm entering this fun card in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes over on the SSS Blog.

I decided to Copic color the adorable kitty and stamped the sentiment using Wilted Violet Distress Ink. I actually stamped the sentiment on the card but I messed it up by pushing too hard. It happens! So I stamped the sentiment again, trimmed it up and popped it up on the card using iCraft 3D Foam Tape Jumbo Roll (white). I die cut the kitty using the coordinating Happy Paw-lidays die set and also popped up the kitty on the card. But I'm getting ahead of myself. The foil spatters created with Transfer Gel Duo and Silver Shattered Glass Deco Foil Transfer Sheets were done before the popping up of anything {check out the video below!}.

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

Kitty: R00, R20, N0, N2, N4

Hat / Scarf: C00, C2, B00, B02, B04, B28

Present: V000, V12, V15, V17

Ribbon: RV10, RV11, RV14

You can check out the quick video showing how I made the fun foiled spatters here... Fun Foil Spatters | Transfer Gel Duo | Therm O Web.

Here's a look at {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 49 for the month of September. I've had a blast with this sketch! There's just a few more days to play along with the sketch! 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! Lots of super creative inspiration this month from the design team. Loving it!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 49 ~ Flurry Forest ~ Therm O Web

Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back again to share more inspiration for the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group! Today I'm sharing a fun Christmas card featuring some awesome crafty goodies from our amazing sponsor, Therm O Web! Therm O Web has generously offered up a $25 gift card as a prize for the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 49 this month! Awesome!! They also shared an exclusive code with us for 10% OFF our orders on their website... use code BYSHC10.

I wanted to go with a nearly CAS design for my card today. I wanted a lot of white in the background. I started with a fun Deco Foil Toner Card Front called Flurry Forest by Therm O Web and Unity. I'm a bit obsessed with the Silver Shattered Glass Deco Foil Transfer Sheets. I just love the mix of colors you get from the silver shine. So stinking fun! I heated up my laminator for a good 10-15 minutes so it was nice and hot. I ran the card front through my laminator with the deco foil sheet shiny side facing up. I always love the reveal when you pull off the deco foil sheet... AWWWW!!! 

I had my snowflake scrap leftover from my first card for this month's sketch using the Deco Foil Toner Card Front called Snow Many Flakes by Therm O Web and Unity. Unfortunately, this card front is retired. I adhered the snowflake panel to the tree panel and then adhered the whole card front to a white A2 top fold card base turned on its side for a landscape card using iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from Therm O Web. I set the card aside and started looking for a stamp set to play with.

Confession: my desk, actually, my entire studio looks like a tornado ran right through it. There's stuff all over my desk and on the floor. It's almost scary to walk in there right now. I hope some of you can relate. Or am I the only one?

While I was looking for a stamp set, I thought I'd tidy my desk just a bit. Well, I came across this adorable stamped image already colored and ready to go! BINGO!! Isn't she just the cutest?! This super cute stamp is from The Greeting Farm and it's called Anya Reboot. It's a big 8-1/2 x 11" photopolymer stamp set with a bunch of Anyas. Sadly, I don't see it on the website right now but you can always request it for the next Farmer's Market!

Anya was stamped on Stampers Select White card stock and colored up with Copic markers. Now, because I found this cutie already colored up on my desk, I'm not totally positive what markers I used. But I have a pretty good idea what I used {listed down below} because I tend to use my favorite combos. Especially for Christmas coloring. I fussy cut Anya and colored the edges with a black marker to make the fussy cutting nice and neat. I added foam tape to the back of Anya called iCraft 3D Foam Tape Jumbo Roll (white), also from Therm O Web. I stamped a cute sentiment from The More the Merrier, also from The Greeting Farm. I colored the tree and ornament on the sentiment. I trimmed up the sentiment and then adhered it using the iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from Therm O Web again. 

Copic markers I believe I used for Anya, plus the sentiment tree and ornament:

Skin: E000, E00, E11, E04

Hair: E51, E53, E55, E57

Reds: R20, R14, R46

Greens: YG11, G24, G46

Boots: N0, N2, N4

Tree: YG11, G24, G46, Y15

Ornament: R20, R14, R46, Y15

Here's a look at {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 49 for the month of September. Loving this sketch! It's even fun turned on its side. I can't wait to see what everyone does with it. 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 amazing inspiration from the design team over on the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog! Lots of super creative inspiration this month from the design team. Loving it!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 49 ~ Snow Many Flakes ~ Therm O Web

Hello there crafty friend!

It's time for a new sketch challenge over in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group! Today I'm sharing a fun Christmas card featuring some awesome crafty goodies from our amazing sponsor, Therm O Web! Therm O Web has generously offered up a $25 gift card as a prize for the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 49 this month! So awesome!!

I started with a fun, but sadly retired Deco Foil Toner Card Front called Snow Many Flakes by Therm O Web and Unity for my snowflake layer. Therm O Web has a whole bunch of Deco Foil Toner Card Fronts available on their website though. I trimmed a piece of Silver Shattered Glass Deco Foil Transfer Sheet and laid it on top of the card front foil facing up. I heated up my laminator for a few extra minutes after the green light turned on and ran the foil topped card front through my laminator. I've found my laminator does better if it has those extra couple of minutes. I grabbed my Stormy Sky and Chipped Sapphire Distress Mini Ink pads and just pulled them across the card front giving a windy look to the background. I used a water pen to blend out the harsh lines from the ink pads. It's softened up with not much water. The card fronts hold up pretty well to water anyways. I then scraped the edge of the card front with the Chipped Sapphire just giving it a darker edge. A substitute for using a mat.

I die cut a piece of Stampers Select White card stock from Papertrey Ink using a Stitched Hillside Borders die from Lawn Fawn. I adhered the snowflake panel to a white A2 top fold card base using iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from Therm O Web and then adhered the hill on the bottom edge using the same glue. I set the card base aside and started die cutting all the fun pieces from the Sizzix Tim Holtz Cozy Winter Thinlits dies. I pretty much used the cover sheet from the dies as my guide for colors... except for the bears scarf. I wanted to do a fun green. I used Dark Chocolate, Kraft, New Leaf, True Black, Pure Poppy and Stampers Select White card stock from Papertrey Ink for the bear. I Copic colored with YG11, G24 and G46 on the scarf; and colored the front of the mug on white card stock using BG70 and BG72. For the branch I die cut it from Early Espresso card stock from Stampin' Up. The snow is Stampers Select White card stock that I added some shadow to with a C00 and C1 Copic marker.

I die cut all the pieces for the little bird and adhered them all together using the iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from Therm O Web. I used Stampers Select White, Kraft, and Pure Poppy card stocks for the bird. I Copic colored the beak using YR12 and Y11; the Kraft and white card stock of the bird's body using E000, E51, and E55; the Pure Poppy card stock of the head and tail using R20, R14 and a tiny bit of R46; the white card stock of the wing using N0, N2, N4; and lastly YR12 and E55 on the white feet of the bird. To finish off the card, I stamped a sentiment from the Simple Little Joys itty bitty stamp from Unity. It was a perfect fit because I find joy in snow and a good cup of coffee. This was such a fun card to make!

Here's a look at {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 49 for the month of September. Loving this sketch! I can't wait to see what everyone does with it. 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 amazing inspiration from the design team over on the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog! Lots of super creative inspiration this month from the design team.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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