{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 32 ~ Sugar Cookie Christmas ~ Prima Marketing Inc.

 Hello there crafty friend!

I'm sharing another Christmas card for the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 32 for the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group. I had a fun idea for a vintage style card filled with sweet ephemera and pretty papers from Prima Marketing Inc. called Sugar Cookie Christmas.

I've had these beautiful papers in my stash for quite awhile. It's been a long time since I've played with them though so I grabbed them. This is a large card... one that wouldn't fit in an envelope unless I made one. But I'm thinking this one will go in a package or maybe I'll hand deliver it. The Vintage Cream card base measures 8 x 10" and it's scored at 5". So it's a 8 x 5" card.

I just couldn't cut that paper... I wanted the girl and the roses on the other side. I did cover up some of the roses with the Santa paper and the ephemera pieces but still. I couldn't cut into it. 

There's a lot of dimension here too. I added foam tape between the Santa ephemera pieces. And then I added more foam tape to the combined Santas doubling up the foam tape on the Santa in the front so that he'd lay flat. The holly ephemera was just stuck to the back of the foam tape and then I added liquid glue to adhere the whole piece onto the die cut circle. The Santa paper is also in the paper pad. I die cut it with one of the circle dies from the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies} from Unity.

The bottom piece {with the lines on it} is also a piece of ephemera along with the sentiment and the mint heart. I adhered the die cut circle to the bottom ephemera piece and then I added another layer of foam tape so the whole thing is popped up. 

I wrapped the front of the card with some of the Sugar Cookie Christmas Trims... it's like a glittery eye-lash string or ribbon. I wrapped it around three times and adhered it inside the card with some scotch tape. I cut a 4-7/8 x 7-7/8" piece of Vintage Cream card stock from Papertrey Ink and adhered it inside the card to cover up the trim and tape. Love how this big vintage style card turned out!

Here's a look at {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge #32 for the month of April. 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!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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Vintage Hugs ~ Advent Calendar Day 18 ~ Unity Stamp Co.

  Hello there crafty friend!

It's Day 18 of my Countdown to Christmas series!! I'm sharing a little reveal and a project each day on my YouTube channel using the fantastic Advent Calendar from Unity Stamp Co!! Please be sure to subscribe to my channel so you don't miss a day of this fun countdown series!

Day 18 ~ the cutest little typewriter!

I paired it up with the Romance Novel papers from Prima Marketing Inc.

The adorable typewriter and sentiment, from the Doily Hugs and Wishes {March 2021 Sentiment Kit}, are just stamped with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink from Tsukineko.

Check out my process video here... Unity Advent Calendar Day 18.

I'll be back tomorrow with Day 19 of the Advent Calendar reveal and a cute mini slimline card!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 14 ~ Sugar Cookie Christmas ~ Prima Marketing Inc.

 Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing a super quick card that I created for the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 14 using some pretty papers and ephemera. I love when the papers make a card come together so quickly! Just like my cards from last week, the sentiment and focal piece is a cut apart from the Sugar Cookie Christmas paper pad by Prima Marketing Inc.

I trimmed the cut apart and mat it on white card stock. I trimmed the other layers of pattern paper from the same Sugar Cookie Christmas paper pad and also mat them on white card stock.

I adhered all the layers to a white A2 top fold card base adding scraps of card stock underneath the top layers so that each of the layers would lay flat.

I popped up the little ephemera cup with foam squares and added some fun sparkle with Sprinkled Sugar Stickles. Another Christmas card for my stash!

Here's a look at the fun {BYSHC} Sketch 14 for the month of September!

I hope you'll join us and play along with the sketch! If you're interested in seeing a bit more inspiration, check out the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog! I'll be back next Friday with one last Christmas card using Sketch 14!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge #9 ~ Sugar Cookie Christmas ~ Prima Marketing

Hello there crafty friend!

Happy Friday!! I am back with my weekly Christmas card and this time I'm using some sweet Vintage style ephemera and papers from Prima Marketing!! My go-to item for any card that I need in a hurry is ephemera... and I couldn't resist the gorgeous Sugar Cookie Christmas collection from Prima Marketing. The soft pinks and blues and those fabulous vintage images... oh my heart!!

Isn't this just precious?! I chose the papers first with the sketch in mind, of course, and then I had to decide which ephemera pieces to use. The 'acme soap' piece was perfect for the slanted focal piece and that deer was an obvious choice since I already had this paper picked out!

I did end up switching around the background papers though. I originally had the deer paper under the focal piece, but you couldn't see any of the deer so I flipped the double sided papers and voila! Love it! I mat the 'acme soap' ephemera piece and the delicate leaves paper with Sweet Blush card stock from Papertrey Ink... coordinates perfectly!! I adhered the mat layers together and then wrapped it with the beautiful Tinsel Trim just taping the ends to the back of the card stock. I added a gorgeous Say It In Crystals embellishment with just a little Ranger Multi Media Matte to help it stick over the Tinsel Trim and then added two more near the top. I popped up the deer ephemera with foam squares. I cut a diagonal on the left side of the Merry Christmas sentiment and added a couple layers of scrap card stock to the bottom portion behind the sentiment so it'll sit flat on the card. All done! I love it!

Here's another look at the fun {BYSHC} Sketch 9. I'll be back next week with another Christmas card using this fun sketch! I hope you'll come check it out.

Speaking of checking things out, drop by the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog... we're featuring a mix of creations shared by the {BYSH} Cardmakers team and a fun card randomly chosen from the challenge entries in the {BYSH} Cardmakers Facebook group.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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