{BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party ~ Christmas Joy Mugs ~ Angie Blom Digital Designs

 Hello there crafty friend!

It's day 7 of the {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party!! And I'm back with a few tags that I made using an adorable digi stamp set from our fabulous Sponsor Angie Blom Digital Designs.

These cuties are from the Christmas Joy Mugs Digi Stamp. I combined and resized them on a Word Document and then I printed them off on white card stock.

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

Santa Mug: E000, E00, E11, R00, R20, R14, W0, W1, C0, C1

Santa Mug Outline: YG11, G24, G46

Snowman Mug: C0, C1, R20, R14, YR15, B000, B00

Snowman Mug Outline: C0, C1

Tree Mug: YG11, G24, G46, E11, E25, R20, R14, C0, C1

I die cut the two bottom mugs using the Tag Stacklets 5 dies from our wonderful Sponsor Taylored Expressions. I also die cut Kraft card stock and adhered those to the back of these two tags. I fussy cut the tree cup and then adhered it to a scrap of Kraft card stock and then fussy cut it again.

All of my layers are adhered using iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from Sponsor Therm O Web. I added iCraft 3D Foam Tape Jumbo Roll (white) to the back of the sentiment on the Santa mug tag and popped it up. And then I finished it off with with a little confetti called Glossy White Card Bling from Sponsor A Colorful Life Designs.

If you haven't already, stop by the {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party to check out all the wonderful Holiday inspiration being shared!! Tomorrow is the last day to enter!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

{BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party ~ Christmas Kitties ~ Angie Blom Digital Designs

 Hello there crafty friend!

It's day 3 of the {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party!! I'm excited to share another holiday card that I've made to add to my Christmas stash! This time I played with an awesome digital stamp from our fabulous Sponsor Angie Blom Digital Designs. How cute are these kitties?! I think they're meow-tastic!!

These cuties are from the Christmas Kitties Digi Stamp. I used one of the printable sheets that I normally just print off but this time I was filling my card stock sheet with other digi stamps so I did crop the kitties with the sentiment and move it on the sheet. Once I had all of my digi stamps resized and situated I printed them off on white card stock. I then die cut the kitties using the Postage Stamp Nesting Dies from Sponsor Unity. I wrapped the panel a few times with a pretty twine and tied a little bow.

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

Orange Kitty: YR20, YR15, R00, R20

Green Hat: C0, C1, YG11, G24, G46

Necklace: R14, R29, C1

Grey Kitty: N2, N4, R00, R20

Hat / Scarf: C0, C1, C3, R20, R14, R29

Snow: C0, C1, C3

Background: B000, B00

I paired up these cuties with the retired Snow Day Remix 6x6 paper pack from Sponsor Lawn Fawn. I love these papers! So bummed they are retired. I adhered the scraps of pattern paper to a white A2 top fold card base creating my festive background.

Inspiration for my card came from one of our past sketches... BYSHC Sketch 26. I love using the past sketches and changing them up a bit to fit my card.

All of my background paper layers are adhered using iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from Sponsor Therm O Web. I added foam tape called iCraft 3D Foam Tape Jumbo Roll (white), also from Therm O Web, to the back of the main panel and popped it up on the card. And then I finished it off with little snowflakes from the Christmas Confetti Clay Embellishment Mix from Sponsor Twiddler's Nook.

If you haven't already, stop by the {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2025 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!

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Christmas in July 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ Cozy Vibes Girl ~ Angie Blom Digital Designs

 Hello there crafty friend!

It's day 3 of the Christmas in July 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party!! I'm excited to share another holiday card that I've made to add to my Christmas stash! This time I played with an awesome digital stamp from our fabulous Sponsor Angie Blom Digital Designs. I love this fab girl and the great big coffee cup!! I could use one of those this morning! LOL!

This beautiful girl is from the Cozy Vibes Girl digital stamps. I used one of the printable sheets so there was no need to resize or combine anything. I just printed it off... easy peasy! I colored the images with Copic markers and used a ruler to get that line above her head just right. I fussy cut around the images leaving some white around the pom pom and hair, otherwise the rest is cut on the black line. I colored the edges of my fussy cutting on the line with a black marker so the cutting looks nice.

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

Skin: E000, E00, E11, E04

Hair: E21

Coat: E21, E25

Hat / Scarf / Gloves: BG10, BG01, BG23

Snowflake: B000, B00, B02

Cup: BV31, BV02

Lid: C0, C2, C3

Keeping with a wintry theme, I chose the Christmas Snow 6x6 Pattern Paper Pad from our NEW Sponsor Crafty Stamp Co. I wanted a pretty blue paper that would coordinate with the blue of the snowflake.

Inspiration for my card came from one of our past sketches... BYSHC Sketch 23. I love using the past sketches and changing them up a bit to fit my card is always fun too.

All of my background paper layers are adhered using iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from Sponsor Therm O Web. I added foam tape called iCraft 3D Foam Tape Jumbo Roll (white), also from Therm O Web, to the back of the main panel and popped it up on the card. And then I finished it off with a little confetti called Metallic Turquoise Card Bling from A Colorful Life Designs.

If you haven't already, stop by the Christmas in July 2025 {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!

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Holly Jolly Santa ~ Christmas Joy Mugs ~ Angie Blom Digital Designs

Hello there crafty friend! 

I made a quick holiday card featuring the adorable Santa Mug from the Christmas Joy Mugs Digi Stamps along with the Christmas Joy Script Background Digi Stamp, both from Angie Blom Digital Designs.

 

My process:

• Combine and resize the Santa Mug and sentiment digis near the top of a Word Document
• Print off digis on white card stock
• Cut off top portion of the card stock
• Ink smoosh bottom portion of the card stock with Candied Apple and Lumberjack Plaid Distress Inks leaving some white space
• Dry background with heat tool 
• Print off the Christmas Joy Script Background digi

• Die cut background with the Wonky Stitched Rectangle die from Gina Marie Designs
• Adhere background to white A2 top fold card base
• Copic color Santa Mug digi
• Fussy cut Santa Mug and trim sentiment
• Pop up both on card with foam tape

Copic Markers Used

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R00, R20

Hair/ Mustache / Beard: C0, C2, C3

Handle / Rim: R20, R14, R27

Whipped Topping: W0, W1

Inspiration for my card came from the fun #TCH113 color challenge over at The Color Hues Challenge. A Santa card is just perfect for these colors!

I love making Christmas cards. They make my day brighter.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Inky hugs,

Crystal

Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ A Winter Cheers ~ Angie Blom Digital Designs

 Hello there crafty friend!

It's day 3 of the Spring into Christmas 2025 {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 beautiful A Winter Cheers digital stamp set from our lovely Sponsor Angie Blom Digital Designs.

I combined and resized the beautiful image and sentiment from A Winter Cheers in a Word Document and printed it on white card stock. And then I had some fun coloring up this gorgeous digi!

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

Skin: E000, E00, E11

Nails: R20, R14, R27

Bracelet: Y15, Y28

Sweater: YG11, G24, G46

Mug: BG10, BG01, BG13, BG34

Snowman: C00, C2, E25, YR04, R20, R14, R27

Marshmallows: C00, C2

Candy Canes: C00, C2, R20, R14, R27

I paired up the beautiful image with the Sparkling Christmas Wishes 6x6 Paper Pad from our wonderful Sponsor Not 2 Shabby. I die cut the focal image and sentiment using a stitched rectangle die from the Scallops & Rectangles {nesting dies} from our fab Sponsor Unity Stamp Co.

Inspiration for my card today comes from our past Sketch 53. I love the simplicity of this design with the fun corner element for a twist. It's a really fun design!

All of my layers are adhered using iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from our wonderful Sponsor Therm O Web. And I finished off the card with a few Hologram Red Card Bling confetti pieces from our awesome Sponsor A Colorful Life Designs.

If you haven't already, stop by the Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party to check out all the wonderful Holiday inspiration being shared!! I have really been enjoying the cards being shared so far! Have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch 31 ~ Caffeinated Girls ~ Angie Blom Digital Designs

 Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm also sharing another card for the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch 31 in the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Facebook group. I felt like playing with some digi stamps so I looked through my files and found the gorgeous Caffeinated Girls from Angie Blom Digital Designs. Love the images in this fab set!

I combined and resized a few different images and a sentiment from the Caffeinated Girls digital stamp set in a Word Document. I printed it off and started coloring. Sadly, I started coloring before I picked my papers so the greens in my coloring were a little off. Otherwise, it works really well with the papers I found in my stash.

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

Skin: E000, E00, E11

Hair: YR20, E34

Sweater: R00, R32, YG11, YG03, G99

Cup: C00, C2, BG10, BG72

Coffee Cup Background: C00, C2, E000, E21, E25, R00, R11, R12, R14, R21, R27, BG10, BG72, YG03, YG67

Here's a look at the fun sketch for Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch 31. 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. I'd love for you to join in the fun and play with us in the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Facebook group.

I paired up this girl with the Coffee paper pad from Echo Park Paper Co. I've had these papers forever! Mostly just scraps leftover now so it was perfect for this card and I love how the colors worked so well with my coloring. 

I finished off this cute card with a few enamel dots from the coordinating Coffee enamel dots from Echo Park Paper Co. I just love how this turned out! I hope you can find time to play along with the sketch challenge. I can't wait to see what you create. Have an ink-tastic week!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Coffee is Better ~ Angie Blom Digital Designs ~ Coffee Loving Papercrafters

Hello crafty friends!

I’m super excited to be guest designing for the month of February for the Coffee Loving Papercrafters!

Today I'm sharing a fun mixed media card featuring digi stamps from Angie Blom Digital Designs. I combined and resized the frame and coffee cup from the Vintage Frames and Coffee is Better Digital Stamp Sets in a Word Document.

Printed them off on white card stock and colored them up with my Copic markers. 

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

Frame: BG000, BG01, BG72, E50, E30, E35

Cup: E50, E21, E23, E25, BG000, BG01, BG72, R20, R14

Red Background: R00, R20, R14

I ink smooshed a fun background panel using Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso Distress Inks leaving some white space on the panel. I also spattered some Ground Espresso Distress Ink from the leftover ink on my desk. I adhered the panel to an A2 card base of dark brown card stock. 

I popped up the sentiment, cup and the vintage frame using foam tape. Lots of fun dimension for this card. So much fun to make! I hope you've been inspired to get inky with your coffee stamps!

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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Spring into Christmas {BYSHC} Hop ~ Christmas Shop ~ Angie Blom Digital Designs

 Hello there crafty friend!

Today I am featuring a beautiful digi stamp from Sponsor Angie Blom Digital Design called Christmas Shop for the Spring into Christmas 2021 {BYSHC} Hop!! I just adore this stamp so much! It reminds me of a sweet vacation we had once in Pennsylvania... there was this darling Christmas shop in the little town that we stayed in. I probably spent an hour or more just admiring all the lovely Christmas ornaments... loved that little shop!

I went with a simple design for this card using the pretty Deck the Halls paper pad from Echo Park Paper for the main layer on a white A2 top fold card base.

I used one of my favorite dies from Sponsor Gina Marie Designs called Pleated Lace Rectangles dies to die cut the Christmas Shop image that I colored with the following Copic markers:

Building / Lights ~ E30, E31, Y02, Y15

Roof ~ N0, N2, N4, N6, E29, E30, E31, E37

Wreath ~ G12, G46, R000, R14, R27

Windows ~ G000, G12, G19, G29, G46, Y02, Y15, R14, R27, R32, B00

Trees / Planters ~ G000, G19, G29, E29, E30, E31, E37

Background ~ BG0000, BG000

I added a bit of Glossy Accents to the windows and it really gives a great touch to the card.

I trimmed up the sentiment to set across the bottom of the image and added an enamel dot to each side to finish up this card. I just love it!

Go check out the Christmas Collection over at Angie Blom Digital Designs... they're 40% off... just add to cart!! I just love a great sale! Angie also just had a fun new release... so many beautiful new digi stamps. I hope you'll stop by her shop!

Have you hopped over to the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog to check out all the amazing inspiration being shared?! So much fab inspiration!! I hope you'll join us in building our stash of holiday cards!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Spring into Christmas {BYSHC} Hop ~ Wonky Grinch Christmas ~ Gina Marie Design

Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back with another fun card for the Spring into Christmas 2021 {BYSHC} Hop using the fabulous Grinch Themed stamp set and the Wonky Stitched Rectangle dies... both from Sponsor Gina Marie Design!! I have been itching to use this fabulous stamp set!!

 

I'm so glad I did too! How cute it that?! It was really hard to pick which stamp to use, but I had a fun idea to use a couple of the sketches that we have used for our challenges in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group and Sketch #1 was perfect with this stamp! I colored this cute image with the following Copic markers:

Hand ~ YG11, YG17, YG23, G14

Sleeve ~ C00, C2, R000, R14, R27, R37, R46

Ornament ~ R000, R14, R27, R37, R46, gold gel pen

 

The papers I used are the Holiday Intrigue {paper pack} designed by the fabulous Angie Blom of Sponsor Angie Blom Digital Design for Sponsor Unity Stamp Co. I am such a huge fan of each of our Sponsors... if you couldn't tell! LOL I stamped the sentiment with Wow Clear embossing ink and melted Alabaster White embossing powder from Brutus Monroe. The cute little tree brad has been in my stash forever... I'm really not sure where I got it. I think it was the perfect touch to finish off this card though!!

Hop on over to the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog to check out all the amazing inspiration being shared and pull out those holiday stamps, papers and goodies... let's 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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{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge #9 ~ Spring into Christmas 2021 {BYSHC} Hop!!

Hello there crafty friend!

Welcome to the first day of the Spring into Christmas 2021 {BYSHC} Hop! It's 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!

Today I'm sharing a fun shaker card using products from four different Sponsors of our fabulous hop!! Woohoo!! The sweet Merry Girl stamp illustrated by Sponsor Angie Blom Digital Design is from Sponsor Unity Stamp Co. I did a mix of copic coloring and paper piecing and then fussy cut her out. I used the following Copic markers to color:

Skin ~ E000, E00, E11

Hair ~ E21, E23, E27

Hat / Coat / Scarf ~ C00, C2, RV10, RV11, R11

Shirt / Mittens ~ YG03, G94, Colorless Blender

Boots ~ W00, W3, W5

Pants ~ E21, E23 

Cup ~ C00, C2, R22, W00, W5

Candy Cane ~ C00, C2, RV10, RV11

Gifts ~ R14, R22, RV11

Gift Bags ~ R11, R14, R22, YG03, G94 

I still had the Sugar Cookie Christmas papers from Prima Marketing out and I thought they would work really nicely with the fun Frosty Flakes Embellishment Mix from Sponsor Twiddler's Nook. So, of course, I just HAD to make a shaker card with those cute flakes!

I made the shaker element with a 3-1/4 x 4-1/4" piece of the Sugar Cookie Christmas paper. I die cut a frame from white card stock with the Scalloped Stitched Rectangles Frame from Sponsor Gina Marie Designs and adhered a 3 x 4" piece of Clear card stock to the back of the frame. I then used some foam adhesive strips to raise the shaker frame... I added some of the Frosty Flakes embellishment mix to the pretty paper and then adhered the shaker frame over top.

Here's a look at the current April sketch... Sketch #9. I decided to flip the sketch for my shaker card so Merry Girl wouldn't cover up Santa and his sleigh in the pretty Christmas papers. Join us in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group and play along! You could even play along with the sketch and the hop!! How fun!?

Well, that's my first card for the hop! I sure hope that you like it!

Come back tomorrow to see another fun Christmas card featuring more fabulous products from Sponsor Gina Marie Designs! You won't want to miss this one... it just may turn you green!!

Be sure to check out the Spring into Christmas 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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