{BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2026 Linky Party ~ {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 74 ~ Folk Holiday Tags ~ Taylored Expressions

Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back with a little inspiration for the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 74 hosted in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group AND it's day 2 of the {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2026 Linky Party! Today I'm sharing a pretty Christmas card featuring fab stencils and stamp from our amazing Sponsor Taylored Expressions! One lucky winner will win a $30 store voucher to Taylored Expressions!! Woohoo!

I used the gorgeous retired Folk Holiday Tags Stamp & Stencil Combo along with the retired Folk Holiday Tags Dies. This tree was so much fun to make using the stamp and stencil combo!! I see lots of fun color combos for this in my future!

For my background I used the gorgeous Create-in-Quads Layering Stencils - Mistletoe. I used the same mix of colors I used for the tree which was... Shabby Shutters, Rustic Wilderness, Kitsch Flamingo, and Candied Apple Distress Inks.

I just realized I forgot a sentiment for this card! LOL! Well, I'll have to add one before I mail it. I finished off the card with a few tiny enamel dots from the retired Christmas Enamel Dots. I believe I got these enamel dots in last years Advent Calendar from Taylored Expressions.

Here's a look at {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 74 for the month of October. If you're interested in seeing a bunch more inspiration for this sketch, check out the amazing inspiration from the design team over on the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog! I turned the sketch on the side for a portrait card this time.

Join us for the {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2026 Linky Party!! Start building your stash of holiday cards and who knows... maybe you'll win a prize!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Inky hugs,

Crystal

{BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2026 Linky Party ~ Christmas Mailer ~ Angie Blom Digital Designs

Hello there crafty friend!

I'm so excited to share my first card for the {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2026 Linky Party hosted by the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group! This is our sixth annual Falling for the Holidays Linky Party! Woohoo!! This event is a great excuse to get ahead on your holiday cards to relieve some of the stress later on in the year during the holidays. I am super excited to add a few more holiday cards to my Christmas card stash and I sure hope that you'll join in the fun!

My first card features a fabulous digital stamp from our wonderful Sponsor Angie Blom Digital Designs called Christmas Mailer Digital Stamp. So many beautiful digital stamps in this set... it was really hard to pick just one but I do love this cute Santa. I combined and resized this fun digital stamp in a Word Document and printed it off on white card stock.

I also used the fabulous Christmas Joy Script Background Digital Stamp for my background. I printed this off with the Santa postage on one sheet of white card stock. I trimmed the sheet and die cut the script background using a die from the Scallops & Rectangles {nesting dies} from Sponsor Unity Stamp Co.

Copic markers I used:

Skin: E000, E00, E02

Hair / Beard / Mustache / Postage: C0, C2

Fur Trim: W0, W1, W3

Hat / Coat: R20, R14, R27

Holly: YG11, G24, G46

Berries / 25 Cents: R20, R14, R27

I adhered the background to a red A2 card base using iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from Sponsor Therm O Web. And then I popped up the sentiment and postage focal piece using the iCraft 3D Foam Tape Jumbo Roll (white) also from Therm O Web. I finished off the card with a few red glitter enamel dots from Sponsor Gina Marie Designs.

I'm also a Sponsor for the {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2026 Linky Party!! I have a wonderful prize set aside for one lucky winner. For a chance to win my fun prize make a Christmas card and link it up to the linky party blog post on the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers blog. All of the winners of all the amazing prizes will be announced on the {BYSHC} blog on Wednesday, October 28th.

Be sure to stop by the {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2026 Linky Party to check out all the wonderful holiday inspiration from our Sponsors and the {BYSHC} Design Team!! I'm so excited to continue building my stash of holiday cards for 2026... I hope you'll join in the fun and play along!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Inky Hugs,

Crystal