{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 12 ~ White Christmas ~ Brutus Monroe

 Hello there crafty friend!

Today is the last day for the Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop... I've had a blast sharing a bunch of holiday cards with you all! I hope you've enjoyed them too! For my last card, I used an adorable scene stamp from Sponsor Brutus Monroe called White Christmas (sadly I don't see it in the shop), but I die cut just a portion of the stamp so I could make one more card for the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 12.

This sweet stamp doesn't need much coloring because the details are just amazing! I decided to pair it up with some pretty papers with traditional Christmas colors of red and green. Sadly, these papers are no longer available... they were designed by Sponsor Fresh and Renewed with Teresa when Teresa had her crafty business called Scrapping for Less. This paper pack was one of my favorites so I just had to use it for this hop! Teresa is having a giveaway on her blog... stop by and see the pretty cards she made for the hop and leave her some love!

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

Snowman ~ C00, C2, E57, R14, YR68

Bunny ~ W1, W3, W5, R01, R20

Trees ~ G12, G24, G46

Ground ~ N1, N4

And here's a look at Sketch 12. I flipped the sketch for my card and omitted the mat for the strip across the card. The sketch challenges at {BYSH} Cardmakers are meant to inspire, not require so make adjustments when needed in creating your card. As long as there's some element of the sketch in your card, it's fine.

I'm having a giveaway during the hop... to enter you just need to comment on my blog posts each day during the hop! Each comment {one per blog post, please} will get your name in a hat and my daughter will pick a winner. The winner will be announced here on my blog Sunday, August 1st.

 To see the prize package I'm giving away, check out my blog here.

Today is the last day to play along with the Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop over on the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog!! If you can find some time to get inky, join us and link up before 11:59pm PDT. Let's build our stash of holiday cards!!

Be sure to stop by Brutus Monroe and check out all the fun new products! I saw some amazing Chunky Glitter Glaze that I'm thinking I may need!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop ~ Let's Do Coffee ~ Not 2 Shabby

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I can't believe the Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop is almost over!! Time has flown by so fast! Today I'm sharing my eighth card for the hop... this may just be my favorite because I seriously had to get creative with this one. It was a bit of a challenge to make a Christmas card using a stamp set that's not geared towards Christmas at all. I was surprised to find I don't have any Christmas stamps from Sponsor Not 2 Shabby... of course, I took advantage of the sale and I've remedied that for next time but for my card today I used the beautiful Let's Do Coffee stamp set! *** Enabler Alert... I just saw that this sweet stamp set is on sale!!*** Also for the duration of the hop Not 2 Shabby is offering 20% off all Not 2 Shabby brand items!! Use Coupon: XMASINJULY 

I love this beautiful stamp set and I'm super excited I finally got a chance to play with it!! I paired it up with a gorgeous paper pack called Deck the Halls by Echo Park Paper. I created a bit of scene using images from the stamp set and framed the scene with the pretty Christmas papers. I used some Metallic Stickers from Tim Holtz called Holiday Talk for both of my sentiments on this card.

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

Skin ~ E000, E00, E11, R00, R20

Hair ~ YR0000, YR02, YR24, YR31

Clothes ~ BG11, BG23, R000, R14, R27, C00, C2, C3

Cups ~ G12, G14, G46, R000, R14, R27, C00, C2, C3

Counter ~ E21, E25, E29

Special Board ~ E21, E25, E29, N1, N3, N5

Espresso Machine ~ N0, N1, N3, N5

I'm having a giveaway during the hop... to enter you just need to comment on my blog posts each day during the hop! Each comment {one per blog post, please} will get your name in a hat and my daughter will pick a winner. The winner will be announced here on my blog Sunday, August 1st.

 To see the prize package I'm giving away, check out my blog here.

Tomorrow is the last day to play along with the Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop!! I hope you can find some time today to get inky and join us in building our stash of holiday cards! Be sure to stop by the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog to check out all the amazing inspiration being shared! So much fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop ~ Joy of the Season ~ Gina K. Designs

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We're well passed halfway through our Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop and I am loving all the fabulous inspiration being shared! I hope you've checked out the hop even if you aren't able to play along with us. So many wonderful cards and tags being shared! Today I have a card featuring a wonderful exclusive stamp set that I was fortunate to get my hands on during the STAMPtember celebration in 2018 and sadly this is the first time that I've inked it up! Isn't it sad how that happens?!

This gorgeous tree silhouette is from the Joy of the Season STAMPtember stamp set from Simon Says Stamp and New Sponsor Gina K. Designs. I just HAD to do a beautiful galaxy like background for the trees... almost like a Northern Lights background too. I used Chipped Sapphire, Black Soot and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide inks... I did a mix of ink smooshing and ink blending over the Alabaster White embossed trees and wiped the ink off the trees with an old t-shirt I use to clean off my blending brushes. I also blended the same three inks on a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2" piece of white card stock.

I die cut the tree layer with a stitched rectangle die and then I placed the tree layer over the background layer and did some white acrylic paint splatter. I set the layers aside to dry and heat embossed the sentiment with Sponsor Brutus Monroe Alabaster White embossing powder on some vellum card stock. Once the layers were both dry, I added a bit of PLUS Vellum Tape to the back of the sentiment and then wrapped the vellum strip around the back of the tree layer. I then adhered the tree layer to a white mat measuring 4-5/8 x 3-3/8". I trimmed my back layer to 5-1/4 x 4" and adhered it to a white A2 card base. I adhered the tree layer to the background on the card base and added a couple white enamel dots from Sponsor Gina Marie Designs. I am so glad I finally inked up this amazing stamp set! I need to use more of the gorgeous stamps in the set!

I'm entering my card in the Monthly Mix Challenge over at Gina K Designs!! This month's challenge is a Christmas in July challenge... so fitting!! 

I'm having a giveaway during the hop... to enter you just need to comment on my blog posts each day during the hop! Each comment {one per blog post, please} will get your name in a hat and my daughter will pick a winner. The winner will be announced here on my blog Sunday, August 1st.

 To see the prize package I'm giving away, check out my blog post ---> here.

Be sure to check out the Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop over on the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog... and come join us in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers group on Facebook! So many lovely holiday cards being shared in our group, as well!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop ~ Magic of Christmas ~ Polka Dot Orchard

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Today I'm actually sharing two cards for the Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop!! I'm using the first digi stamp that I illustrated for Sponsor Polka Dot Orchard called Magic of Christmas! This digi stamp set is near and dear to my heart since it's the first one I ever made, but also because it's Christmas! Christmas makes me happy and playing with this fun digi stamp set makes me happy. Let's check out the cards I made.

My first card features the adorable Santa's bag filled with gifts... I paired it up with paper from the Santa's Workshop paper pad by Carta Bella. I used colors from the papers to color up the image. Here's a list of the Copic markers I used:

Bag ~ R000, R14, R46, R89, Y06, Y15, Y35, Y38

Bear ~ E21, E23, E25, E51, R01, R20

Polka Dot Gift ~ R000, R14, R46, Y06, Y15

Blue Gift ~ B0000, B00, B91, Y06, Y15, Y35

Book ~ G24, G46, E23, E51, B0000, B00

Silver Gift ~ G24, G46, N0, N1, N3

Ground ~ N0, N1, N3

I die cut the panel with a stitched rectangle die with rounded corners. I adhered it to the pattern paper and finished off the card with some beautiful Green Flat Back Rhinestones from Sponsor Twiddler's Nook. Loving these pretty rhinestones!

My second card using the Magic of Christmas digi stamp set from Sponsor Polka Dot Orchard features Santa belt. A super simple card with a bit of coloring... I hadn't planned on going so big with the sentiment, but had to cover a booboo when the original sentiments got colored in too much. I used the following Copic markers for this card:

Belt ~ N1, N3, N5, N7

Belt Buckle ~ Y06, Y15, Y28, Y35, Y38

Background ~ R000, R01, R14, R20

I die cut the panel with a stitched rectangle die and adhered it to a card front of black card stock. I finished off this card with a few of the white clay snowflakes from the Happy Feet Embellishment Mix by Sponsor Twiddler's Nook! Even though I had to go bigger with the sentiment, I still like how it turned out. 

I'm having a giveaway during the hop... to enter you just need to comment on my blog posts each day during the hop! Each comment {one per blog post, please} will get your name in a hat and my daughter will pick a winner. Winner will be announced here on my blog Sunday, August 1st.

 To see the prize package I'm giving away, check out my blog here.

I can't believe it's already Day 5 of the hop! Be sure to check out the Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop over on the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog... I am definitely building my stash of holiday cards this week!! I hope you're able to play along too and build your stash!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop ~ Sweater Weather ~ Newton's Nook Designs

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It's day 4 of the Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop and I am super excited to share a card that I made using some really sweet products from new Sponsor Newton's Nook Designs!! I've been a huge fan of Newton's Nook Designs for some time... and I was tickled pink when they said yes to sponsoring our little Christmas themed hop!! Yay!

I was so excited that I actually had a hard time picking which products to use for my card! I finally decided a simple winter scene would be fun using the awesome Forest Scene Builder dies. I die cut the four trees, a few birds and the cute squirrel and colored them up with the following Copic markers:

Trees ~ YG11, G29, G46, E51, E55, E57

Cardinal ~ R000, R14, R46, YR15

Canada Jays ~ N1, N3, C00

Squirrel ~ E21, E23, E25, E27 

Eyes ~ 0.05 Copic Multi Liner

The cute bunny is from the Sweater Weather stamp set and I die cut it with the coordinating Sweater Weather die set, both from Sponsor Newton's Nook Designs. The sweet mug is from the Cup of Cocoa stamp set, also from Newton's Nook Designs. I colored up the images with the following Copic markers:

Bunny ~ C00, C2, R01, R20, E51 

Clothes ~ R000, R14, R46, C00, C2, YG11, G24, G46

Mug ~ YG11, G24, G46, R000, R14, R46, C00, C2, E21, E23, E25, E27

I fussy cut the mug and adhered it to the bunny. The plaid background paper is the Perfectly Plaid Christmas paper pack from Lawn Fawn. I die cut a hillside with a stitched border die and built my scene on my card. The sentiment is also from the Cup of Cocoa stamp set. 

I just love how this turned out!

I'm having a giveaway during the hop... to enter you just need to comment on my blog posts each day during the hop! Each comment {one per blog post, please} will get your name in a hat and my daughter will pick a winner. Winner will be announced here on my blog Sunday, August 1st.

 To see the prize package I'm giving away, check out my blog here.

Have you checked out the Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop over on the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog? So many wonderful Christmas/Holiday cards being shared!! I hope you'll join us and start building your stash of holiday cards!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop ~ Joy Bear ~ KaDoodle Bug Designs

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It's day 3 of the Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop and I am so excited to share a sweet card using an adorable digi stamp from new Sponsor KaDoodle Bug Designs!! KaDoodle Bug Designs has lots of cool cutting files and digi stamps!! I admit, I got lost oohing and aahing just looking at all the goodies. I did manage to get a couple super cute digi stamps to play with for the hop! I just couldn't resist!

This little cutie is the Joy Bear digital stamp... so much fun to color this up!! I resized the digi stamp in a Word Document and printed him off... easy peasy! Then the fun part... coloring! I used the following Copic markers to color this image:

Bear ~ E23, E27, E51, E55, R01, R20

Hat ~ R000, R14, R46, C00, C2

Wreath ~ YG11, G24, G46, R000, R14, R46

J & Y ~ YG11, G24, G46

I just had to go with traditional red and green with a touch of kraft for this card! I used a large circle die to cut my card base from Kraft card stock. I used a slightly smaller circle die to cut the holly & berry paper from the Christmas Magic paper pad by Doodlebug Design. I die cut Joy Bear with a circle die and then popped him up with foam tape. To finish off the card, I added a bunch of Red Flat Back Rhinestones from Sponsor Twiddler's Nook! Such a fun touch of sparkle it adds to the card!

I'm having a giveaway during the hop... to enter you just need to comment on my blog posts each day during the hop! Each comment {one per blog post, please} will get your name in a hat and my daughter will pick a winner. Winner will be announced here on my blog Sunday, August 1st.

 To see the prize package I'm giving away, check out my blog post here.

Be sure to check out the Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop over on the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog... let's really build our stash of holiday cards this week!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop ~ Let's Be Merry ~ Angie Blom Digital Designs

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I'm excited to share my second card for Day 2 of the Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop using a new digi stamp from Sponsor Angie Blom Digital Designs!! What could be better than a Santa card... well, a whimsical Santa gnome, of course!!

I just love this adorable Santa gnome from the Let's Be Merry digi stamp set by Sponsor Angie Blom Digital Designs! I decided to go with a non-traditional color scheme... it seemed to fit with this whimsical Santa! The papers are from the Christmas Holidays Collection by Moda Scrap. I used the fabulous Wonky Stitched Mini Slimline die from Sponsor Gina Marie Designs for the top layer and added some fun snowflakes using the Small Snowflake die, also from Gina Marie Designs. I gave the snowflakes a bit of sparkle with a Nuvo Glitter Gloss Aqua Shimmer pen.

I colored up this cute Santa gnome with the following Copic markers:

Skin ~ E000, E00, E11

Hair ~ C00, C2

Clothes ~ BV20, BV23, BV25, C00, C2

I fussy cut the Santa gnome and popped him up on the card with foam squares. To finish off the card I added a few Fall Foliage Clear with Color enamel dots from Sponsor Gina Marie Designs. I wish you could see the sparkle on the snowflakes... so pretty!

I'm having a giveaway during the hop... to enter you just need to comment on my blog posts each day during the hop! Each comment {one per blog post, please} will get your name in a hat and my daughter will pick a winner. Winner will be announced here on my blog Sunday, August 1st.

 To see the prize package I'm giving away, check out my blog here.

Be sure to check out the Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop over on the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog... I'm excited to build my stash of holiday cards this week!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop ~ Sketch Challenge 12 ~ Unity Stamp Co.

 Hello there crafty friend!

Welcome to the first day of the Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop! A full week of inspiration, fun, and prizes!! I hope you'll join us and play along... let's work on building our stash of Holiday cards all year long!! Check out the {BYSH} Cardmakers Blog for details and to link up!

My first card for the hop is a pretty card using {BYSHC} Sketch 12 and a sweet stamp set from Sponsor Unity Stamp Co. called Snowglobe Wonderland!! I paired it up with the beautiful 12 Days of Christmas paper by The Paper Studio.

I stamped the snowflakes inside the snowglobe with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink and colored up all the images with the following Copic markers:

Snowman ~ C00, C2, C3, R000, R14, R27, N0, N1, N4, YR15

Trees ~ G43, G46, E55, E57, Y06, 35

Snowglobe ~ C00, C2, C3, E51, E55, E57, R000, R14, R27

White gel pen for the dots

I fussy cut the snowman and trees and adhered them to the snowglobe. And then I added a whole bunch of Ranger Glossy Accents to the globe... this took patience because it's a pretty large surface for the globe. I added some Dazzling Diamond Glitter to the wet glossy accents and set it aside to dry overnight.

You can see some of that glittery goodness here! Such a fun added touch!

Here's a look at the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 12 that is going on right now! Why not use this sketch and enter the challenge AND play along with the Hop?! Even more chances to win prizes! Join us in the {BYSH} Cardmakers Facebook Group!

Speaking of prizes... I'm having a bit of a giveaway here on my blog!! I've been setting aside a few fun products from our Sponsors just for this hop!! How to enter? Just be sure to comment on my blog posts each day during the hop! For each comment {one per blog post, please} your name will go in a hat and my daughter will pick a winner. I'll announce the winner here on my blog Sunday, August 1st.

Be sure to check out the Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop over on the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog... let's really build our stash of holiday cards this week!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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