{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 52 ~ Christmas Cheer ~ Gina K. Designs

Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back with one last card for the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 52 hosted in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group! Today I'm sharing a sweet mini slimline card featuring an adorable stamp set and coordinating die set from our amazing sponsor, Gina K. Designs, called Christmas Cheer! 

This adorable stamp comes as a bundle with the dies or separately just with the stamps. I just had to ink up the adorable car and the Christmas lights in this wonderful set of Christmas stamps. I stamped them with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them up with my Copic markers.

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

Car: R20, R14, R27, R39

Windows: B000, B00

Tires: N0, N2, N4, C00, C1

Headlight: Y11, Y15

Tree: YG11, G24, G46

Christmas Lights / Tree Ornaments: R00, R20, R14, G00, G12, Y11, Y15, B000, B00

I paired up this adorable set with the Let it Snow paper pack from Carta Bella. I love the mix of colors in these papers. A little darker... more earthy. I tried to keep my coloring darker as well to coordinate.

I heat embossed the beautiful sentiment using my go to mix of products: TE Anti-Static Powder Tool, Sugar Cube Pigment Ink from Taylored Expressions, Alabaster White Embossing Powder from Brutus Monroe, and a Wagner Precision Heat Tool. 

TIP: When heat embossing on pattern paper be sure to warm up the heat tool well before starting to melt the powder and be careful not to direct the heat on the paper too long. I adhered all of the layers to the card using Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue.

Here's a look at {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 52 for the month of December. 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! The design team, as always, rocked this sketch!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 52 ~ Joy of the Season ~ Gina K. Designs

Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back with a little inspiration for the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 52 hosted in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group! Today I'm sharing a lovely Christmas card featuring a wonderful die and stamp set from our amazing sponsor, Gina K. Designs, called Joy of the Season! 

Unfortunately, the Joy of the Season stamp set was an exclusive set in collaboration with Simon Says Stamp for STAMPtember maybe a couple of years ago now, so it's no longer available. I sure do love it though! I stamped the gorgeous deer using Sea Glass and Tranquil Teal inks from Gina K. Designs. I fussy cut the deer leaving a white border.

I die cut Sea Glass card stock from Gina K. Designs using the gorgeous Snowflake Cover Plate die. I then trimmed a piece of white card stock to fit behind the cover plate die. I adhered a 1-3/4" wide piece of Sea Glass card stock across the front of a white A2 card base.

I heat embossed the beautiful sentiment using my go to mix of products: TE Anti-Static Powder Tool, Sugar Cube Pigment Ink, Alabaster White Embossing Powder and a Wagner Precision Heat Tool. I trimmed the sentiment and mat it with white card stock. I adhered all of the layers to the card using Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue and popped up the deer using Scrapbook Adhesive Crafty Foam Tape. And I finished off the card with pretty Frosty Rhinestones from Gina Marie Designs. 

Here's a look at {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 52 for the month of December. I decided to do an A2 card instead of the mini slimline design in the sketch. If you're not a fan of mini slimline cards, feel free to alter the design for an A2 card like I did or even an A7 card. Whatever works for you. 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! The design team, as always, rocked this sketch!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 52 ~ Wishing You Mini ~ Gina K. Designs

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 mini slimline Christmas card featuring my favorite little stamp set from our fab sponsor, Gina K. Designs! Gina K. Designs has generously offered up a $25 gift certificate as a prize for the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 52 this month! Amazing!!

I've played with the Wishing You Mini stamp set from Gina K. Designs a few times now. I love the mix of sentiments and the snowflakes. I decided to do some gold heat embossing to coordinate with the gold glitter in the papers.

I paired up the pretty stamps with the Miss Mary Christmas paper pad from Hobby Lobby. I prepped the Garden Green card stock from Stampin' Up using the TE Anti Static Powder Tool from Taylored Expressions. The sentiments and snowflake are stamped with Wow Clear Embossing Ink. I used Antique Gold Embossing Powder from Simon Says Stamp to sprinkle over the wet ink. And then I melted the embossing powder with the Wagner Precision Heat Tool. 

I die cut the pretty snowflake using a circle die from the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies} from Unity. I popped up the wishing you sentiment and the snowflake using foam tape. It was so fun to used colored card stock for this card. I don't use it often enough.

Here's a look at {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 52 for the month of December. It's been a long time since we've done a mini slimline design. If you're not a fan of mini slimline cards, feel free to alter the design for an A2 card or even an A7 card. Whatever works for you. 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! The design team, as always, rocked this sketch!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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