Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ Blue Christmas ~ Club Scrap

Hello there crafty friend!

I'm so excited to share my first card for the Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party hosted by the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group!! This is our fifth annual Spring Linky Party!! Woohoo! Just a note... though it has Spring in the name the linky party is focused on Christmas and wintry holiday cards. It's a great way 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 bunch of cards to my Christmas card stash and I sure hope that you'll join in the fun. 

For my first card I'm featuring beautiful papers from our brand NEW Sponsor, Club Scrap. The last year or two I've really started liking nutcrackers. And I really love this one in blue! I adhered all my paper layers to a 5x7" card base using the iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from our lovely Sponsor Therm O Web.

These lovely papers are actually from the Blue Christmas Page Cutaparts and the Blue Christmas Photo Folio. Aren't those blues just gorgeous?!?! I love them! I trimmed the nutcracker paper to 3-1/8 x 6-3/4". The paper strip on the right side measures 1-3/16 x 7".

I added a few confetti pieces from our fabulous Sponsor, A Colorful Life Designs. These ones are called Crystal Metallic Quicksilver. And then I finished off the card with a pretty bow using ribbon from the Blue Christmas Photo Folio.

My card was inspired by the {BYSHC} Sketch 42 minus the sentiment and a bit of an adjustment to the layout. This sketch worked great with these papers! 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 revisiting the sketches and will likely be sharing a few during the Linky Party.

I'm also a Sponsor for the Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} 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. Stop by the Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party to check out all the wonderful Holiday inspiration that's already been shared 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! Let's build our stash of holiday cards this week!! Have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 54 ~ Winter Remix Berry Stencil ~ Club Scrap

Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back with one last card for the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 54 hosted in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group! Today I'm sharing a lovely holiday card using the Winter Remix Berry Stencil from our lovely Sponsor Club Scrap. Unfortunately, I bought this item on clearance and it looks like they aren't available any more.

I blended Vintage Photo and Scorched Timber Distress Inks over the branches on the stencil. I blended Spun Sugar and Festive Berries Distress Inks over the berries.

I used Copic markers to add depth and shadow to the branches and berries. I used T5 for the branches and R20, R14, and R37 for the berries.

I used the measurements from the sketch for my card. To make the two panels on top stand out from the others I distressed the edges very lightly with a brown blending brush without adding more ink to the brush. I die cut the sentiment from the cut apart papers from the Gnome for Christmas Maze Book in a Box using a circle die and popped it up on the card. The ribbon is a grosgrain ribbon from Stampin' Up. It's really old. LOL! I think it's called cranberry.

Here's a look at {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 54 for the month of February. Today is the last day to enter this challenge! 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 always blown away by the creations from the DT... they are amazingly talented cardmakers!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 54 ~ Gnome for Christmas ~ Club Scrap

Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back with a little inspiration for the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 54 hosted in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group! Today I'm sharing another sweet holiday card again featuring fun papers from our wonderful brand new sponsor, Club Scrap!

So since I'm new to Club Scrap I only have a couple of products from them. Which means I'm playing with the Gnome for Christmas Maze Book in a Box again. I love the fun papers in this pack! Aren't the snowman, gingerbread and gnome just too cute?!

I am in love with this textured paper! I used the same measurements as last time which are on the sketch except for the red layer isn't a 4 x 5-1/4" card front. Because I only have so much of the paper in this kit, I decided to cut it down to just 4 x 2". 

I trimmed up the focal image leaving a bit of a border around the edge and then I popped it up using foam tape. And then I finished off the card with a few brown enamel dots from the Winter Berry Branch enamel dots from Gina Marie Designs.

Here's a look at {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 54 for the month of February. 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! The design team, as always, rocked this sketch!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 54 ~ Gnome for Christmas ~ Club Scrap

Hello there crafty friend!

It's time for a new sketch challenge over in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group! Today I'm sharing a sweet Christmas card featuring fun papers from our wonderful BRAND NEW sponsor, Club Scrap! Club Scrap has generously offered up a $25 gift certificate as a prize for the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 54 this month! So fabulous!!

For my first card this month, I used papers and a cut apart sheet that I got on clearance over at Club Scrap last year. It's actually called Gnome for Christmas Maze Book in a Box, but I used it for a sweet holiday card. Though I did get instructions on how to create the awesome book in a box and I think I'm going to attempt to make it with other products since I've cut into these papers already.

Before I get into all the measurements I used... can you see that texture in the card stock?! Isn't it amazing! I don't often use textured card stock like this so it was so fun to play with. Okay, so my top four papers all measure 1 x 3-1/4" per the measurements on the sketch. The green paper on the bottom measures 4 x 2". And then the bottom layer of brown paper measures 4-1/4 x 5-1/2" and it's adhered to a white A2 top fold card base.

I cut the long strip of cut apart paper using my large Tonic Guillotine. I trimmed the cute gnome paper and popped it up on the card with a bunch of foam tape. And then finished off the card with a few red enamel dots from the Winter Berry Branch enamel dots from Gina Marie Designs.

Here's a look at {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 54 for the month of February. 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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