Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ Snow Angel Newton ~ Newton's Nook Designs

 Hello there crafty friend!

It's day 7 of the Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party!! I'm super excited to share another sweet card that I've made to add to my holiday stash this week! I just added the adorable Snow Angel Newton Stamp Set from our fabulous Sponsor Newton's Nook Designs to my collection and I just HAD to ink him up! Isn't he just the cutest?!

I die cut white card stock using the large zig zag frame die from the Frames & Tags Die Set. I heat embossed the snowflakes using my favorite combination of products... I stamped the sentiment using the Sugar Cube White Pigment ink from Sponsor Taylored Expressions, and added Alabaster White Embossing powder from Brutus Monroe. I then melted the embossing powder using my Wagner Precision Heat Tool. And then I blended a bit of Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink over the area making sure to cover the snowflakes. This helped the snowflakes to pop on the background.

I stamped the adorable Snow Angel Newton Stamp Set in my mini misti using the fabulous Pressure Pal from our awesome Sponsor Twiddler's Nook. I colored up the kitty with some Copic markers and then I die cut him using a die from the Snow Angel Newton Die Set. I really wanted to add a wobble spring but I couldn't find my small ones and the big ones were just too big. If I ever find them, I'm definitely copying this card and adding the wobble spring!

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

Kitty: R00, R20, YR21, YR15, YR27

Hat / Scarf: C00, C2, V000, V12, Colorless Blender

Snow: B0000, B00, Colorless Blender

I die cut the sentiment twice from white card stock using the Merry Christmas Die Set. I used my blue TE Blender Brush to ink up one of the sentiments just a little bit leaving some white. I adhered the sentiments together using the Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue. And then I adhered all of my layers to a white A2 card base using the iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from Sponsor Therm O Web.

The Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party is coming to an end!! Tomorrow is the last day to enter the linky party! I have thoroughly enjoyed the inspiration being shared! I hope you'll join in the fun! Have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ Unity October 2024 KOM Sweet Bliss of Christmas ~ Unity Stamp Co.

 Hello there crafty friend!

It's always so surprising to me how fast the last few days of the Linky Party just zip on by! We are nearing the end of the Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party! I'm super happy to be adding so many cards to my stash! I hope you've been inspired to play along with us. My card today features a couple of stamps from the October 2024 Kit of the Month called Sweet Bliss of Christmas from our amazing Sponsor Unity Stamp Co. It's also Membership Wednesday... a fun day to share inspiration for the awesome memberships over at Unity! I just had to ink up the beautiful tree stamp from this month's fab KOM! Good news!! The KOM membership is now available for Canadian shoppers!! Woohoo!!

I had a fun idea for a simple shaped card. Actually it came to mind while I was sleeping and woke me up! That was so crazy! I was trying to figure out a card design when I was falling asleep so it only makes sense that the idea would wake me up! LOL

 I die cut my base first using the largest die from the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies}. I had a 8-1/2 x 4-1/4" piece of Pure Poppy card stock from Papertrey Ink that I scored at 4-1/4" for a square base. I placed the die over the closed/folded card base and secured it with washi tape so that the die didn't cut through the top of the fold. I die cut another red circle for my top layer. And then I die cut a piece of Stampers Select White card stock using the next smallest circle die from the same set.

 I stamped the wonderful tree using Crushed Olive Distress Ink. I used the corner of the Walnut Stain Distress Ink pad to ink up the trunk of the tree. I wiped off the excess on the branches and then stamped it. I think it adds a subtle touch of brown for the trunk. I stamped the Merry Christmas sentiment using Candied Apple Distress Ink. And then I stamped the Full of Merry sentiment from the September 2024 KOM called Wander and Wonder using the same red ink. I fussy cut both of the sentiments. I adhered all of my circle layers using the iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from Sponsor Therm O Web. I added foam tape from Therm O Web called iCraft 3D Foam Tape Jumbo Roll (white) to both of the sentiments and popped them up on the card.

I finished off the card with a bunch of red confetti from the Hologram Red Card Bling from Sponsor A Colorful Life Designs. Pretty much all of the confetti is adhered over the ornaments on the tree stamp. I think I may have added two extras just to balance out the tree a bit. It was so fun making a circle shaped card!

I hope you'll stop by the Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party to check out all the wonderful holiday inspiration being shared! Seeing all the inspiration makes me want to just make more cards! I sure hope you'll stop by and check it out! Have a fabulINK day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ TOPII Sketch 26 ~ Holiday Sweater Mug ~ Jaded Blossom

 Hello there crafty friend!

It's day 5 of the Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party!! I'm always surprised at how fast the Linky Party goes by! I can't believe we're over halfway through! My card today features the super cute Holiday Sweater Mug stamp set from our wonderful Sponsor Jaded Blossom. I'm also sharing inspiration for the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch Challenge 26 in the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Facebook group. 

I paired up the pretty mug with the gorgeous Sparkling Christmas Wishes 6x6 Paper Pad from our Sponsor Not 2 Shabby! These papers are SO gorgeous!! I adhered all of my pattern paper layers using the iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from Sponsor Therm O Web. I added foam tape from Therm O Web called iCraft 3D Foam Tape Jumbo Roll (white) to the back of the pretty mug.

The pretty plaid background paper was die cut with the largest die from the Frayed Edge Stacklets from Taylored Expressions. You may recognize the sentiment that I used on my card yesterday. It was perfect for this card too. It's from the Flurries of Love stamp set from Sponsor Pink & Main, an exclusive STAMPtember stamp from Simon Says Stamp. So I inked it up again and die cut it using a stitched die from the Scalloped & Stitched Sentiment Nesting Dies from Sponsor Unity. I stamped both of these clear photopolymer stamps in my mini misti using the awesome Pressure Pal from Sponsor Twiddler's Nook. I love this handy tool for helping me stamp my clear stamps!

As I mentioned above, my card design is inspired by the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch 26. This has been a fun sketch to play with! There's still some time to play along with the challenge if you're interested. I host this fun sketch challenge in the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Facebook group. The sketch, as always, is meant to inspire not require. So let the sketch lead in your design, but don't feel limited by it. For example, I moved the sentiment on my card today.

I finished off the card with Hologram Red Card Bling from Sponsor A Colorful Life Designs. The perfect final touch! Love how this card turned out! 

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

Poinsettias: R20, R14

Stars / Diamonds: G00, G82

Mug: C00, C2

Coffee: E21, E23, E25

I really hope you'll stop by the Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party to check out all the wonderful Holiday inspiration being shared!! So many fabulous cards! Have an INKcredible day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ Flurries of Love ~ Pink & Main

 Hello there crafty friend!

It's day 4 of the Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party!! I'm having so much fun seeing all the wonderful entries in the linky party! Today I'm adding another cute card to my Christmas stash! This time I played with the super cute Flurries of Love stamp set from Sponsor Pink & Main that was an exclusive stamp for STAMPtember over at Simon Says Stamp. It was just too cute for me pass up! If you love this stamp set, check out Hello Winter over at Pink & Main... some super adorable and cute snowmen stamps! Just saying!

I paired up the cute Flurries of Love with the Knit Picky 6x6 Petite Paper Pad from our Sponsor Lawn Fawn! These pretty papers aren't available anymore. But they do have some similar papers called Knit Picky Winter Petite Paper Pack. I love these pretty papers! I've had them for quite awhile and thought it would be fun to use some of the scraps for the paper scrap quilting technique that Jenni Shamblin shared for our last linky party. It's a great technique for scrap papers.

I had hoped to share a video for this technique but time has not been on my side. But the basic idea is to adhere strips of pattern paper diagonally to a piece of copy paper leaving a little space in between the paper strips. I used a 8-1/2 x 5-1/2" piece of copy paper and just went all the way across with my strips of paper. I used 1/2" strips of pattern paper for the card I shared earlier this month for the Friends of Unity Blog Hop. But for this card I used 3/4" strips of pattern paper and then I cut the paper into 3.4" strips. And then I adhered the strips again to a piece of copy paper leaving a bit of white space between the strips. I then die cut the panel using the largest die from the Scallops & Rectangles {nesting dies} from our lovely Sponsor Unity Stamp Co. All of my papers layers are adhered using the iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from Sponsor Therm O Web. 

I stamped the cute images using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them up with my Copics. I die cut the images using the coordinating dies and then adhered them to a white stitched circle that I die cut using a die from the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies} from Unity. I also die cut a red mat using a die from that set from Pure Poppy card stock from Papertrey Ink. I then added foam tape called iCraft 3D Foam Tape Jumbo Roll from Therm O Web to the back of the circles and popped the focal image up on the card. To finish off the card I added a bit of red bling from the Hologram Red Card Bling from Sponsor A Colorful Life Designs. I just love how this card turned out! 

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

Snowman: C00, C2, R00, R20, YR15

Snowman Hat: N2, N4, N6, R20, R14, R46

Scarves: YG11, G24, G46

Penguin: C00, C2, N2, N4, N6, R00, R20

Penguin Hat: C00, C2, R20, R14, R46

Mug: R20, R14, R46, G00, G02, G05, G16

Hearts: R14

If you haven't already, stop by the Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party to check out all the wonderful Holiday inspiration being shared!! So much amazing inspiration! You can't help but be inspired to make a card or two! I sure hope you'll join in the fun! Have an ink-tastic week!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ Nutcracker Dolls ~ Not 2 Shabby

 Hello there crafty friend!

It's day 3 of the Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party!! I'm excited to share another sweet card that I've made to add to my Christmas stash! This time I played with the adorable Nutcracker Dolls Stamp Set from our fabulous Sponsor Not 2 Shabby! {Sadly, this cute stamp set is no longer available} I've had this super cute stamp set in my collection for awhile and finally inked up one of the adorable dolls! Love it!

It was so much fun trying to color up this cutie with similar colors to the nutcrackers in the fun Christmas Time 6x6 Paper Pad from our lovely Sponsor Newton's Nook Designs. I love when I can use goodies from multiple crafty companies... it's a fab mashup and just SO much fun!

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

Skin: E000, E00, E11

Hair / Beard: C00, C2

Yellows: Y11, Y15, Y28

Teal: BG02, BG13, BG57, BG18

Black: N2, N4, N6

All of my layers are adhered using iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from Sponsor Therm O Web. I used True Black card stock from Papertrey Ink and Island Indigo card stock from Stampin' Up. All of my measurements are directly from one of our past {BYSHC} sketches {below}. I did change up the sketch a bit... I die cut a circle of Vellum card stock from Papertrey Ink using a die from the X Stitched Circle dies from Sponsor Gina Marie Designs. Unfortunately, these don't seem to be available anymore.

I went WAY BACK for my inspiration for today's card... I used {BYSHC} Sketch 7! Have you visited the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group? We host a fun sketch challenge each month to inspire our holiday cardmaking all year long. I love using sketches for my cards... it makes designing the cards so easy!

The sweet sentiment is from a cute stamp set from our fantastic Sponsor Gina K. Designs called Wishing You Mini. I paired up a couple of the sentiments and heat embossed them on black card stock. I prepped the card stock with the TE Anti-Static Powder Tool from our wonderful Sponsor Taylored Expressions. I stamped the sentiments using Sugar Cube Pigment Ink, also from Taylored Expressions. I sprinkled Alabaster White Embossing Powder from Brutus Monroe over the wet ink and then melted the powder with a Wagner Precision Heat Tool.

If you haven't already, stop by the Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party to check out all the wonderful Holiday inspiration being shared!! I have so many wonderful ideas for future cards! So inspiring! I hope you have an ink-redible day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ Bunny & Guinea: Reindeer Ride ~ Rachelle Anne Miller Stamps

 Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back for Day 2 of the Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party with another cute holiday card! It was so much fun checking out the inspiration shared yesterday for the start of the Linky Party. So many wonderful cards! Today I'm sharing a card using a sweet digital stamp called Bunny & Guinea: Reindeer Ride from our lovely return Sponsor Rachelle Anne Miller Stamps AKA RAM Stamps.

When I create with digital stamps or digis, I always fill up a whole sheet with images and sentiments. So I printed this sweet digi off along with the cute bear from yesterday. I combined and resized all the images into a Word Document and printed them off. The sentiment actually came with the bunny and guinea pig but I cropped it and separated them. Because of this there was a tiny bit of the rein just over the sentiment and I covered that bit up with one of the red enamel dots {over the 'r' in Christmas}. I colored up the adorable bunny and guinea pig with my Copic markers and fussy cut them leaving a white border around the edges.

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

Bunny: C00, C1, C2, R00, R20

Reindeer Antlers / Reins: E21, E23, E25 

Antler Band: YG11, G24, G46, G00, G12

Guinea Pig: E21, E23, E25, R00, R20

Hat: C00, C2, R20, R14, R46

To create my background I used the awesome Fractured Card Layout Die Set from our wonderful Sponsor Newton's Nook Designs. I trimmed five pieces of pattern paper from the lovely Watercolor Winter {Paper Pack} from Unity Stamp Co. I secured them two at a time from the front of the die using washi tape and ran them through my Big Shot. I die cut a white card front measuring 4-1/4 x 5-1/2" using the die to get the white fractured piece. This also die cuts the center square and triangles which I'll save for a future project.

I adhered all my layers together using iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from Sponsor Therm O Web. And then adhered the fractured card front to a white A2 top fold card base. I added foam tape from our awesome Sponsor Therm O Web called iCraft 3D Foam Tape Jumbo Roll (white) to the back of the critters and sentiment and popped them up on the card. I then added the four red enamel dots from the Red & Green Foil Mirror Enamel Dots from our lovely Sponsor Gina Marie Designs to finish off the card. 

 Woohoo!! I'm so excited to have another card done for my stash! If you haven't already, stop by the Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party to check out all the wonderful Holiday inspiration being shared!! Have a fantastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ Beary Nice ~ Angie Blom Digital Designs

Hello there crafty friend!

I'm so excited to share my first card for the Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party hosted by the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group! I can't believe that it's time for our last Linky Party of 2024... where has the year gone?! So bonkers!

Today I'm sharing a sweet holiday card featuring the absolutely adorable Beary Nice Digital Stamp from our amazing Sponsor Angie Blom Digital Designs. This bear just released recently and I had to add him to my collection! I combined the cute bear with the fun sentiment from Blessing Poinsettia Digital Stamps in a Word Document. I resized them both and printed them off with a couple other digital stamps.

Here's a quick list of the Copic Markers I used to color up the bear and birds:

Bear: C00, C2

Nose: N0, N2, N4, N6

Scarf: N0 N2, N4

Birds: R20, R22, R43, R27

Bird Hat & Scarf: C00, C2, N0, N2, N4, N6 

I paired up the cute bear with the beautiful Hot Cocoa Warm Hearts 6x6 Paper Pad from our lovely Sponsor Not 2 Shabby. I used the pretty plaid pattern paper for my background layer measuring 4-1/4 x 5-1/2". It's adhered to a white A2 top fold card base using iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from our awesome Sponsor Therm O Web. 

I die cut the bear panel using the X Stitched Rectangle dies from our wonderful Sponsor Gina Marie Designs. I also die cut a couple scraps of the pattern paper using two washi dies from the Wonderful Washi {die set} from our fabulous Sponsor Unity Stamp Co. I popped up the bear panel using iCraft 3D Foam Tape Jumbo Roll (white) from Therm O Web. A quick and cute card to start off the Linky Party! Yay!

My card was inspired by the {BYSHC} Sketch 23! Have you visited the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group? We host a fun sketch challenge each month to inspire our holiday cardmaking all year long. I love using sketches for my cards... makes designing the cards so easy! I wouldn't be surprised if I use a couple more of our past sketches for the Linky Party.

I'm also a Sponsor for the Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party!! I have a wonderful prize set aside for one lucky winner. No photo for the prize as I'm leaving it as a fun surprise but it's retail value is $42 and all the goodies are from our fabulous Sponsors!! 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. The winner will be announced on the {BYSHC} blog on Tuesday, October 29th.

Before you leave, be sure to stop by the Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party to check out all the wonderful Holiday inspiration that's been entered already!! I'm so excited to continue building my stash of holiday cards for 2024... I hope you'll join in the fun and play along!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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