Color Hues Challenge #142 ~ Cute Pumpkins ~ Angie Blom Digital Designs

Hello there crafty friend! 

I'm so excited to be joining the Color Hues Challenge as a guest designer today! I'm always blown away by the inspiration shared by the Design Team! Thanks so much for having me Color Hues!

These colors are all about Fall... at least for me! And Fall includes lots of pumpkins so I went with a fun pumpkin digi stamp for my card today.

I used the beautiful Cute Pumpkins digital stamp from Angie Blom Digital Designs. I resized and combined the pile of pumpkins and sentiment in a Word Document. And I printed it off on white card stock. And colored the pumpkins up with Copic markers.

Copic Markers used:

Amber: Y11, Y15, Y35, Y38

Burnt Red: R20, R14, R37, R89

Stems: E21, E25

Leaves: YG91, E21

Outline: C0

I die cut a layer of red using a die from Papertrey Ink called Love to Layer: A Little Loopy Die. I cut the pumpkins layer to fit just inside the loopy frame. A cute burlap string bow finishes off the panel.

I popped up the panel on a kraft top fold card base using foam tape. So much fun! I hope you'll play along with the fun challenge crafty friends!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Inky hugs,

Crystal

Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch 46 ~ Halloween Cups ~ Angie Blom Digital Designs

 Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing my first card for the new Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch Challenge 46 in the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Facebook group. I couldn't wait to print off the fun pumpkin mug from the Halloween Cups digital stamps from Angie Blom Digital Designs.

I just printed off the one mug from the Halloween Cups digital stamps. But there's a pretty good chance I'll print off one of the other ones too. Love the cute ghostie cup! Anywho, I combined and resized the pumpkin mug and sentiment in a Word Document and printed it off on white card stock. I had lots of fun coloring up the mug... I used colors from the fab pattern papers.

Pumpkin Mug: BG10, BG34, BG13, C3, C5, V000, V04, V05

Yellow: Y35, Y38

Whipped Cream: C0, C2

I paired up the cute mug with the Spooky Nights 6x6 Paper Pack from Ink N' Splatter available at Digi Doodle Studios. I don't see the physical papers on the website anymore but they do have the Spooky Nights 6x6 Digi Pattern Papers.

Here's a look at the fun sketch for Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch Challenge 46. 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 can't wait to see what you all do with this sketch!! 

I adhered all of my layers to a black A2 card base. I sure hope you can find time to play along with the sketch challenge. Have an INKriffic week!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch 45 Continued ~ Cozy Fall Cups ~ Angie Blom Digital Designs

 Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing a fall themed card for the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch Challenge 45 in the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Facebook group. And I'm playing along with a fun color challenge over at the Color Hues Challenge.

I combined and resized one of the beautiful digi stamps from the Cozy Fall Cups digital stamps from Angie Blom Digital Designs. I actually added the stamp twice along with the sentiment in a Word Document and then printed them off on white card stock. I colored up one of the beautiful images with my Copic markers and added some highlights with a white Prismacolor Pencil.

Copic markers used:

Dusty Blue: B00, B91, B93, B97, C2

Brown: E21, E23, E25

Coffee: E21, E23

Cream Leaves: E50, E51, E21

Steam / Ground: C0, C2

As I mentioned above, my inspiration came from the #TCH140 challenge over at The Color Hues Challenge. I think the colors really worked nicely for a fall card.

I die cut the pumpkin cluster with the sentiment using the largest die from the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies} from Unity. I fussy cut the Copic colored pumpkin and cup leaving a white border and adhered it over top of the other one. This way I didn't lose the fun dots and hearts around the image after fussy cutting it.

Here's a look at the fun sketch for Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch Challenge 45. 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. Since I added the sentiment above the image I omitted the sentiment strip on the bottom.

I found a pretty blue piece of pattern paper in my stash. I ran it through my Big Shot with a pretty cable knit embossing folder from Love Nicole. I adhered the pretty paper to my card base and popped up the circle with foam tape. There's still lots of time to play along with the sketch challenge. I sure hope you can find time to play along. Have an INKriffic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch 45 Continued ~ Ghostly Treat ~ Angie Blom Digital Designs

 Hello there crafty friend!

If you missed it last week... I'm trying to get us all set up for homeschool starting back up on Monday so I'm extending the Sketch 45 Challenge until September 28th. Today I'm sharing another fun card for the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch Challenge 45 in the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Facebook group. A sweet Halloween card featuring an adorable digi stamp from Angie Blom Digital Designs.

I resized and combined the cute ghost digi and sentiment from the Ghostly Treat digital stamp set in a Word Document and printed them off on white card stock. And then I colored the image very simply with a few Copic markers.

Copic markers used:

Ghost: C0, C2, 

Hands: E00, E11

Socks: V12, V06

Candy: YR15, YR68, V12, V06, YG11, YG63

Ground: C0, C2

Outline: YG00, Colorless Blender

I die cut the cute ghost using a die from the Wonky Stitched Circle dies from Gina Marie Designs. I paired up the cute focal image with the Halloween Magic 6x6 Paper Pad from Echo Park Paper Co. No idea if these are still around or not. They've been in my stash for a long time, I'm pretty sure.

Here's a look at the fun sketch for Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch Challenge 45. 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'm having so much fun with this sketch. I'll admit I'm not upset to be playing with this sketch some more. I love it!

Just like the last few cards, I adhered the sentiment to the circle and then popped up the whole focal image with foam tape. I sure hope you can find time to play along with the sketch challenge. Have an INKriffic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

{BYSHC} Spring into Christmas 2026 Linky Party ~ Christmas Kitties ~ Angie Blom Digital Designs

Hello there crafty friend!

I'm so excited to share my first card for the {BYSHC} Spring into Christmas 2026 Linky Party hosted by the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group! This is our sixth annual Spring into Christmas Linky Party! Woohoo!! This event is a great excuse to get ahead on those holiday cards to relieve some of the stress later on in the year during the holidays. I am super excited to add a few more holiday cards to my Christmas card stash and I sure hope that you'll join in the fun!

For my first card I've made a sweet holiday card using the adorable Christmas Kitties from our Sponsor Angie Blom Digital Designs. I used one of Angie's printable images where she's done the work in combining the images for four different cards on one sheet. Only I cropped just the one image I planned to use and combined it with other digital stamps in a Word Document and printed them off on white card stock. I colored up the cute kitty image with Copic markers. 

Copic markers I used:

Kitty: YR20, YR21, YR15

Hat: C0, C2, R20, R14, R27

Scarf: R20, R14, R27

Tree: YG11, G24, G46, E53, E55, E57

Ornaments: R00, R14, R27

Star: Y11, Y15, Y38

Green Present: YG11, G24, Y11, Y15, Y38

Polka Dot Present: C0, C2, R00, R14, R27

Snow: C0, C2

I like to revisit some of our past sketches when I'm looking for inspiration. I went WAY back and chose BYSHC Sketch 2 for my card today. I flipped the sketch to fit my card design.

The beautiful plaid papers are from the retired Plaids for Christmas paper pad from Sponsor Not 2 Shabby. And I die cut the kitty using the retired Frayed Edge Stacklets dies from Sponsor Taylored Expressions. I adhered the sentiment to the focal image and popped them both up with foam tape.

I'm also a Sponsor for the {BYSHC} Spring into Christmas 2026 Linky Party!! I have a wonderful prize set aside for one lucky winner. 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. All of the winners of all the amazing prizes will be announced on the {BYSHC} blog on Wednesday, April 22nd.

Be sure to stop by the {BYSHC} Spring into Christmas 2026 Linky Party to check out all the wonderful holiday inspiration from our Sponsors and the {BYSHC} Design Team!! I'm so excited to continue building my stash of holiday cards for 2026... I hope you'll join in the fun and play along!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

{BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party ~ Nicolette Digi Stamp ~ Digi Doodle Studios

Hello there crafty friend!

I'm so excited to share my first card for the {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party hosted by the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group! This is our fifth annual Falling for the Holidays Linky Party! Woohoo!! This event is a great excuse to get ahead on those holiday cards to relieve some of the stress later on in the year during the holidays. I am super excited to add a few more holiday cards to my Christmas card stash and I sure hope that you'll join in the fun!

For my first card I've made a sweet holiday card using the beautiful Nicolette Digi Stamp from our Sponsor, Digi Doodle Studios. I combined Nicolette and a few other digi stamps {for future projects} in a Word Document and printed them off on white card stock. I colored Nicolette up with Copic markers. 

Copic markers I used:

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R00, R20

Hair: Y21, E43, E44

Glasses / Lips: R14, R29

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

Scarf: R20, R14, R29, YG11, G24, G46

Coat: E21, E23, E25, C0, C1

Boots: E21, E23, E25, R20, R14, R29, YG11, G24

Sweater: R00, R20

Jeans: B00, B91, B93, B95

Gift: E21, E23, R20, R14, R29, YG11, G24, G46

The fun background was created using two fun stencils from our Sponsor, A Colorful Life Designs. I lightly stenciled over the Cozy Knit Stencil with Candied Apple Distress ink being sure to lighten my touch as I moved towards the edges of the card. And then I used the Outline Holly Stencil for the side. I blended Mowed Lawn and Lumberjack Plaid Distress inks. I used iCraft Pixie Tape from our Sponsor, Therm O Web, to mask the leaves so I could blend over the berries and then to mask the berries so I could blend over the leaves.

 

The sentiment is from the Bring Me Joy, Girl digital stamp from Sponsor, Angie Blom Digital Designs. This is one of the extra digis I printed off with Nicolette. I trimmed it and adhered it across the bottom of the card using the iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from Sponsor, Therm O Web. I used iCraft 3D Foam Tape Jumbo Roll (white), also from Therm O Web to pop up Nicolette on the card. I finished off the card with a few green rhinestones from the Green Flat Back Rhinestone Mix from Sponsor, Twiddler's Nooks. A quick and cute card to start off the Linky Party!

I'm also a Sponsor for the {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party!! I have a wonderful prize set aside for one lucky winner. 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. All of the winners of all the amazing prizes will be announced on the {BYSHC} blog on Tuesday, October 28th.

Before you leave, be sure to stop by the {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party to check out all the wonderful holiday inspiration from our Sponsors and the {BYSHC} Design Team!! I'm so excited to continue building my stash of holiday cards for 2025... I hope you'll join in the fun and play along!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Inky Hugs,

Crystal