Christmas in July 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ Winter Cardinal ~ Pink & Main

 Hello there crafty friend!

I couldn't help myself I'm sneaking in another card for the Christmas in July 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party! So I've played with this adorable Winter Cardinals Stamp Set from our lovely Sponsor Pink & Main a couple of times now. And I'm happy to say that with this card, I have stamped all of the adorable cardinals! How fun is that!? It's not often that I stamp every stamp from a stamp set.

I stamped the adorable cardinal using Memento Tuxedo Black ink in my mini misti with the Pressure Pal from our awesome Sponsor Twiddler's Nook. I love this tool! It comes in handy when my hands are hurting. I colored up the adorable Winter Cardinals using my Copic markers and die cut it using the X Stitched Circle die from our lovely Sponsor Gina Marie Designs. Unfortunately, I'm not finding this awesome die set on the website. I mat the cardinal with a black circle but it was in my file folder of black card stock. No idea what I used to die cut it though I would guess I used the Nesting Circles Dies from Sponsor Waffle Flower.

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

Cardinal: R20, R14, R46, C00, C1, C3, YR15

Scarf: C00, C1, C3, YG11, G24, G46

Holly: YG11, G24, G46, R20, R14, R46

Snow: C00, C1, C3

I'm also playing along with the Color Hues Challenge today! Red and Green are so perfect for a Christmas card! This fun challenge is open until July 29th, if you want to play along! 

The fun background was created using two dies from Pink & Main. I die cut New Leaf card stock from Papertrey Ink using the Plaid Cover Die Panel A. And then I die cut Pure Poppy card stock from Papertrey Ink using the Plaid Cover Die Panel B. These fabulous dies also come at a bit of a discount in a bundle called the Plaid Cover Dies Bundle. I adhered them over the front of a black A2 card base of True Black card stock also from Papertrey Ink using iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from our fab Sponsor Therm O Web.

I found a scrap of black card stock that was the width I was looking for but wasn't quite the length so I just cut it in half. I heat embossed the sentiment on the bottom piece. I prepped the card stock using the TE Anti-Static Powder Tool from Sponsor Taylored Expressions. And then I stamped the sentiment using the Sugar Cube White Pigment Ink from Taylored Expressions. I added some Alabaster White Embossing Powder and melted the powder with my Wagner Precision heat tool. I actually forgot to wipe away the excess powder... that's why it's so visible in the photo. Ugh. No time to redo! So just imagine it's all cleaned off. ;)

 I adhered the wide strip of black card stock on the top and bottom of the card and then I used iCraft 3D Foam Tape Jumbo Roll (white) from our lovely Sponsor Therm O Web to pop the cardinal circle up on the card. I finished off the card with three green Flat Back Rhinestones from Sponsor Twiddler's Nook.

My card design is inspired by a past sketch... the {BYSHC} Sketch 26. This is a classic sketch! I thought it would be perfect with this fun background and the circle focal image.

Have you stopped by the Christmas in July 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party to check out all the wonderful Holiday inspiration being shared?! I've been inspired by so many of the cards! That's why I just had to make so many extras! LOL! I sure hope you'll stop by and check it out! Have an ink-credible day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Christmas in July 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ Beautiful Poinsettia Stencil ~ A Colorful Life Designs

 Hello there crafty friend!

I couldn't help myself I'm back again today to share a couple more cards I made for the Christmas in July 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party! I've been so inspired by the cards shared over at the Linky Party... I just HAD to get inky! 

And my order from our amazing Sponsor A Colorful Life Designs did just arrive so I really wanted to play with a couple new stencils. Yay! I ended up inking up both the Beautiful Poinsettia Stencil and the Merry Christmas Stencil. I wanted to see what these beautiful stencils would look like on Kraft card stock from Papertrey Ink.

 I once again used the awesome 5.5 x 8.5" Grip Mat from Sponsor Waffle Flower. I placed my 4-1/4 x 5-1/2" piece of Kraft card stock in the center of the grip mat and placed the Beautiful Poinsettia Stencil over it. I blended Candied Apple, Fired Brick and Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide inks over the inner leaves of the poinsettia.

I blended Mustard Seed Distress Oxide ink over the center of the poinsettia. And then I blended Twisted Citron and then some Pine Needles Distress Oxide inks over the ends of the leaves. I replaced the panel with a new piece of Kraft card stock and then placed the Merry Christmas Stencil over the panel. For this second stencil I just blended Candied Apple and a bit of Fired Brick Distress Oxide inks.

I die cut both panels using the Postage Stamp {nesting dies} from Sponsor Unity Stamp Co. I cut the panels from corner to corner using my Tim Holtz Tonic Guillotine Comfort Paper Trimmer. I cut one panel first and then I laid the left corner piece on the other full panel as a guide. I made sure it was line up right on the edge and then I cut the second panel. I hope that makes sense. It really made it easy for the two panels to line up together on the card bases.

I distressed the outer edges using Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink. I love the vintage vibe it gives the card stock. I placed the two triangle pieces {one Merry Christmas and the opposite poinsettia} back in the die and then adhered them together with a scrap of thin card stock. It was just a scrap maybe 2" wide that covered the center line from behind. I adhered the panels to a red A2 top fold card base of Pure Poppy Card Stock from Papertrey Ink. I adhered all my layers using iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from Therm O Web.

And then I splattered the cards using Apple Barrel White Acrylic paint that I spritzed with a tiny bit of water. I debated adding a strip of card stock across the card where the two triangles meet but I decided against it. I didn't want to take away from the stenciled backgrounds. What do you think? Should I have added a strip of card stock across?

 All that was left was the sentiments. I applied some anti static powder using the TE Anti-Static Powder Tool from Sponsor Taylored Expressions to a scrap piece of Kraft card stock. I stamped the beautiful sentiment from the Sketched Poinsettia Stamp Set from Waffle Flower using Sugar Cube White Pigment Ink from Taylored Expressions. I then added some Alabaster White Embossing Powder from Brutus Monroe. I melted the powder using a Wagner Precision Heat Tool. I used the fabulous Pressure Pal from our awesome Sponsor Twiddler's Nook when I stamped the sentiments. Once the sentiments had cooled I wiped off the anti static powder using a microfiber cloth. I distressed the edges of the sentiments with the Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink. Trimmed the sentiments and then popped them up with iCraft 3D Foam Tape Jumbo Roll (white) from our lovely Sponsor Therm O Web.

I hope you'll stop by the Christmas in July 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party to check out all the wonderful Holiday inspiration being shared! I've been inspired by so many of the cards! I sure hope you'll stop by and check it out! Have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Christmas in July 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ Wishing You Mini ~ Gina K. Designs

 Hello there crafty friend!

It's day 7 of the Christmas in July 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 am a huge fan of snowflake stamps and I've had the Wishing You Mini stamp set from Gina K. Designs in my stash for a good long while. I love this cute stamp set!

I finally played with the awesome Postage Collage Die and Postage Collage Coloring Stencil from our amazing Sponsor Waffle Flower. I just adore snowflakes in blue! I die cut a piece of white card stock using the Postage Collage Die. And then I cracked open my 5.5 x 8.5" Grip Mat also from Waffle Flower. Another fabulous tool that's been in my stash for awhile but I haven't gotten around to using until now. And I'm very happy with it. Glad I finally tried it out! I placed the die cut panel on the grip mat and blended Tumbled Glass Distress Ink over the first stencil in the Postage Collage Coloring Stencil set. Keeping the stencil over my panel, I then stamped the Wishing You Mini snowflakes using Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks; and then stamped the stars with Black Soot Distress Ink. I used the fabulous Pressure Pal from our awesome Sponsor Twiddler's Nook when I stamped the snowflakes and stars in my mini misti.

I messed up two of the rectangles {left middle and bottom right} so I redid them using the same steps. I stamped the 'A Happy Holiday' sentiment on the longer rectangle. And then I trimmed them both and added foam tape called iCraft 3D Foam Tape Jumbo Roll (white) from our lovely Sponsor Therm O Web. I heat embossed the 'wishing you' sentiment on black card stock. I prepped my black card stock with the TE Anti-Static Powder Tool from our wonderful Sponsor Taylored Expressions. I stamped the sentiment using the Sugar Cube White Pigment ink, also from Taylored Expressions, and added Alabaster White Embossing powder from Brutus Monroe. I then melted the embossing powder using my Wagner Precision Heat Tool. After letting the melted powder cool a bit, I rubbed my card stock with a microfiber cloth to remove the anti static powder. I fussy cut the sentiment and adhered it directly to the rectangle.

I removed the backing from the foam tape and popped up the two pieces. You can see the dimension it gives the card in this photo. Love it! Who knew I'd end up loving that I messed up the panel! Haha! I adhered the postage layer to a 3-7/8 x 5-1/8" mat of black card stock and then adhered it to a white A2 top fold card base. All of my layers are adhered using iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from Therm O Web. I used a Sakura White Gelly Roll pen to add dots of snow to the background. And then I finished off the card with a few white rhinestones from the Frosty Rhinestones from our fabulous Sponsor Gina Marie Designs. 

Just a few more days to play along with the Christmas in July 2024 {BYSHC} 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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Christmas in July 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ Sketched Poinsettia ~ Waffle Flower

 Hello there crafty friend!

I couldn't help myself I'm back again today to share another card I made for the Christmas in July 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party! I've been so inspired by the cards shared over at the Linky Party... I just HAD to make another card! 

I stamped the beautiful poinsettia from the Sketched Poinsettia Stamp Set from our lovely Sponsor Waffle Flower. I used the awesome Sketched Poinsettia Coloring Stencil to color the beautiful poinsettia. I blended Candied Apple and Fired Brick for the leaves; Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade with a touch of Vintage Photo for the center of the flower; and Twisted Citron, Pine Needles and Crushed Olive Distress Oxide inks.

I'm also playing along with the Color Hues Challenge today! Red and Green are so perfect for a Christmas card! This fun challenge is open until July 29th, if you want to play along! 

 I die cut the poinsettia using the Sketched Poinsettia Matching Die and set it aside. I stamped the sentiment from the Sketched Poinsettia Stamp Set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. And then die cut it using the coordinating die. I used the fabulous Pressure Pal from our awesome Sponsor Twiddler's Nook when I stamped the poinsettia and the sentiment in my mini misti.

The fun background was created with iCraft Easy-Tear 1/4" Tape and Deco Foil Color Harmony Transfer Foil Multi-Pack, Shades of Green from our awesome Sponsor Therm O Web. I laid stripes of the tape across a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2" piece of white card stock. And then I laid a piece of Electric Lime foil over the tape with the shiny green facing up. No need for a laminator for these fabulous foils! I just used my bone folder to press the foil into the tape. I went over the whole panel a couple of times from both directions and pulled up the foil. It was perfect! I love it! 

I die cut the foiled background using the Frayed Edge Stacklets dies from Sponsor Taylored Expressions. I adhered the poinsettia and sentiment to the foiled panel using iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from Therm O Web. And then I popped up the whole panel onto a white A2 top fold card base using iCraft 3D Foam Tape Jumbo Roll (white) also from Therm O Web. Such a quick and fun card to make!

I hope you'll stop by the Christmas in July 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party to check out all the wonderful Holiday inspiration being shared! It's all been so awesome! I sure hope you'll stop by and check it out! Have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Happy Fall Slimline Card ~ Fall Collab with Teresa ~ Waffle Flower

Hello there crafty friend!

I'm so excited! Today I'm starting a fun Collab with my sweet friend, Teresa, from Fresh and Renewed with Teresa. We will be sharing a Fall card {or cards} each Thursday for the next couple of weeks. And we're both having a giveaway!! Details for my giveaway are further down in my blog post.

I thought this would be a great time to use products that I haven't used before. I'm a bit of a collector... LOL! Aren't we all! But this year I've been working hard to make my crafty purchases more intentional... buying things that I will use. However, I still have lots and lots of stuff that I added to my collection over the years. I mean I've been making cards now for over 20 years! The collection sure can build over that time. I'm super excited to play with a few of those must have Fall goodies that haven't been touched yet.

Today I'm sharing a sweet Fall inspired slimline card featuring the adorable Happy Fall Stamp Set and Dies from Waffle Flower. I don't even remember when I got this cute combo. I was looking through my stamps and spotted it... thought it would be perfect for a fun card. 

And right behind my Waffle Flower collection of stamps and dies is my Whimsy Stamps collection. I saw the awesome Slimline Postage Die that I've also never used before. I remember wanting this die so bad and then I never used it. Such a shame. But now I've used it and it was so fun to create a little scene using the different sections of the die.

I don't know why but coloring images for Fall is one of my most favorite things to do! I just love the color combos, I guess. I had so much fun coloring up all these cute images. Here's the list of Copic markers that I used for them all:

Flower Pot: YR31, YR21, Y06, YG03, YG63, N0, N1, N3

Pumpkins: YR21, YR15, YR16, YR27, E21, E23

Mouse: N0, N1, N3, N5, R00, R20, B000, B02

Mug: YR31, YR21, R00, R20, R43

Girl: E000, E00, E11, E04, E21, E23, YR31, YR21, B000, B02

Hay Bale: YR21, YR15, YR16, YR27

Pie: N0, N1, N3, E21, E23

Bear: W00, W1, W3, W5, B000, B02

I chose stamps and a die that I'd never used before so I had to also choose papers that I hadn't used before. I have quite a collection of Fall papers. Again, I love the colors so I'm just drawn to them and I have to have them all. I looked through my stash and found a pretty set of papers that were actually created by Teresa for her little crafty company called Scrapping for Less. She closed down her shop awhile ago now so these aren't available anymore, sadly. But she does still design papers for Not 2 Shabby. If you love pretty papers, head on over there and check them out.

The adorable Happy Fall Stamp Set didn't have a sentiment so I heat embossed a pretty sentiment from the Bountiful Fall stamps from Unity. I stamped it with Sugar Cube pigment ink from Taylored Expressions on a scrap of Kraft card stock and then melted the Alabaster White embossing powder that I had applied to the white ink using my Wagner Precision Heat Tool. Trimmed it up, cut a fishtail on the right side, and popped it up on the card along with the Slimline Postage Die and all the cute critters. 

To save some time so the video wasn't super duper long, I did most of my coloring off camera. I did record my coloring of the sweet girl though. You can check out the rest of my process in my video... Happy Fall Slimline Card | Fall Collab with Teresa | Waffle Flower.

I sure hope you've enjoyed the card I shared today. I hope you'll give my YouTube channel a visit and then stop by Teresa's YouTube channel, too! As I mentioned above, I'm having a giveaway!! I haven't had a chance to put the prize together just yet so I don't have a photo to share but it will be awesome!! I promise!! To be eligible you must comment on each video Teresa and I both share during our whole Fall Collab over the next couple of weeks!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 32 ~ Letter to Santa ~ My Favorite Things

 Hello there crafty friend!

It's time for a new sketch challenge over in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers! Today I'm sharing a sweet Christmas card using an adorable stamp from My Favorite Things called Letter to Santa. I just adore this cute stack of critters!

I paired up these cuties with the Cheerful Plaid 6x6 Paper Pad also from My Favorite Things. Plaid is just perfect for Christmas cards, don't you think? It's one of my favorites and I just love the colors in these papers!

I pulled my color palette for my card from the Cheerful Plaid paper pad. Such a dream to color up these critters. Here's a quick list of the Copic markers I used:

Bear ~ E51, E55, E57, E59, R20, RV13, YG11, YG23, YG63

Bunny ~ C00, C1, C3, RV000, R20, R43, BG000, BG10, BG01, BG72

Possum ~ W00, W1, W3, W5, R20, R43, R29

Bird ~ R20, R43, R29

Letter ~ C00, C1

Mailbox ~ BG000, BG10, BG01, BG72, R20, R43, R29, E51, E55, E57, E59

I used the Snowflake Swirl Embossing folder from Darice to give the critters a little snowy background. I die cut the snowy background with a die from the Additional Circles die from Waffle Flower. And then I mat it onto a white card stock circle die cut using the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies} from Unity. I like how the bottom of the circle kinda grounds the critters.

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!

I'm also playing along with the Ready, Set, Christmas! Challenge over at My Favorite Things! Making Christmas cards all year long makes me so happy and being able to play along with challenges makes it so much fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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Scrapping for Less ~ Waffle Flower ~ Winter Wishes

Hello there crafty friends! 

I'm back with a super cute card using the adorable Winter Wishes stamp set by Waffle Flower!!! 

Oh my goodness... I love this adorable set!!

If you check out the link for this set above, you'll notice that I omitted one of the kids. I knew that I had just enough room for two kids in my card design so... sadly one of them had to be omitted. But since I colored this stamp in steps with my Stampin' Up markers, it was really easy to just color the two kids. This is an easy 2-layer builder stamp set... meaning you stamp one portion and then easily line up the next portion to stamp. I started with the hats and colored them to match the beautiful colors in the Santa's Workshop papers by Carta Bella. I used Green Galore and Cucumber Crush for the little boys hat and Watermelon Wonder and Real Red for the girls hat. The eyes and mouth are also part of this first stamp. I used Chocolate Chip for the eyes and Blushing Bride for the mouth.

Once I had the hats done, I removed the first stamp and lined up the second stamp. It was so easy to line these up! I wanted to add some blue into the card to play off of the background paper I chose so I used the Soft Sky marker. The cheeks and nose are also part of the second stamp... I used the Blushing Bride marker again. Now at this point, I had a little bit of dimension in the hat with the different colored markers I used, but the mittens and pom poms needed a little something so I pulled out my copic markers. I'll be honest, I don't know if coloring on dye ink with copics is totally safe, but I haven't had an issue with my markers. I used BG000 and BG01 on the pom poms, mittens, and bow. Then I got to thinking the faces needed to be colored in... they were just white at this point. So I pulled out my got to skin copic markers ~ E000, E00, and E21. I was careful to color around the cheeks, mouth, nose, and eyes because I really wasn't sure what would happen... Lol! Coloring in the faces really gives this adorable stamp that extra cute touch!!

I stamped the sentiment with the same markers... Cucumber Crush, Watermelon Wonder, and Soft Sky. The dot in the 'i' for the word Winter connected to the letter since I had to ink it up a few times to get nice coverage, so I made a new dot! To finish off my card, I thought a little hot cocoa cup would be a fun addition. I just happened to have the Cup of Cocoa stamp set by Newton's Nook Designs on my desk so I inked up the stamp with the Real Red and Soft Sky markers. I then colored it in with the following copic markers ~ B0000, B00, R00, R14. I stamped the snowflake with the Cucumber Crush marker but it was too dark so I went over it with a white gel pen. It's not quite white... LOL! But the nice tinge of blue works perfectly with the blues I have in the card. I sure love how this card turned out!!

This fun card is another take on the sketch that I created for the November Sketch Challenge in the Scrapping for Less Show & Share Facebook group... we'd love to have you join us and play along!!  You don't need a blog to enter the challenge as you're adding a photo of your creation directly in the Challenge album in the group. You are welcome to include a link to your blog in the description of your creation.

Here's one more look at the card... I'm so happy that I could add the hot cocoa element so that I can enter my card in the Fall | Winter 2019 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!!

Today is the last day to play along with this hop! I sure hope you get a chance to play!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal