Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch 41 ~ Garfield ~ Rubbernecker Stamps

 Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing more inspiration for the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch Challenge 41 in the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Facebook group. A fun owl card!

I inked up the cute Garfield owl from Rubbernecker Stamps and colored it with some Copic markers that coordinated with my papers. I used the Garfield Die to die cut him. Sadly, Rubbernecker Stamps is no longer in business. I believe it was actually taken over by Brass & Bliss Craft Co. but I couldn't find this cute stamp anywhere to share with you all.

Copic Markers used:

Owl: W1, W3, W5, W7

Eyes: Y11, Y15, Y38

Beak / Feet: YR15, YR27

Cup: BG10, BG01, BG72

I paired up Mr. Garfield with the Ninth Street paper pad from The Paper Studio AKA Hobby Lobby. I just love the mix of colors in these papers! And the designs are fun too. I thought it was fun to die cut circles from the circle papers. I used the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies} from Unity.

Here's a look at the fun sketch for Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch Challenge 41. 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 used larger circles and replaced the middle circle with the owl. 

All the pattern papers are adhered directly to a white card base. I stamped and trimmed the sentiment from the retired Hoot Hoot Hooray stamps from Unity. I popped up Garfield and the sentiment with foam tape. I 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

Membership Wednesday ~ November 2024 KOM Every Step of the Way ~ Unity Stamp Co.

  Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing a pretty card featuring the fantastic couch stamp from the November 2024 Kit of the Month membership from Unity called Every Step of the Way. Another fab KOM with lots of wonderful stamps!

I stamped the beautiful couch and table using Black Amalgam ink from Gina K. Designs onto Stampers Select White card stock from Papertrey Ink.

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

Couch: RV0000, RV10, RV11, R81 Coffee Table: BG70, BG72, BG75, E51, E55, E57 Mug: BG93, BG96, BG99 Green Pillows: BG93, BG96, BG99 Yellow Pillows: Y21, Y26 Gray Pillow: N0, N2, N4 Books: BG70, BG72, BG75, E51, E55, E57, BG93, BG96, BG99 Box: Y21, Y26 Blanket: B95, B97, B99 Couch Leg: E55, E57 Grounding: N0, N2

I coordinated my colors with the colors in the lovely Hello Darling paper pad from The Paper Studio that I got at Hobby Lobby years ago. I've always loved these papers! The colors are so pretty!

The couch/table panel is popped up on the card using foam tape, otherwise, all the paper layers are adhered directly to a white A2 top fold card base turned on the side for a landscape card.

You can check out my process video here... Copic Color with Me | November 2024 KOM Every Step of the Way | Unity Stamp Co. I hope you'll grab your alcohol markers and join me in coloring up this fun stamp. Please know that this video is a little longer. In an effort to better show how I color, I didn't speed up the video as much as I do for a regular process video. I'd love to hear constructive feedback on this video, if you have a moment... leave me a comment either here or on my YouTube channel.

Here's a quick look at this month's Kit of the Month membership! Isn't it fabulous!

Well, that's it for me today! I hope you've been inspired to play with your membership stamps! 

Hope you 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 35 ~ Christmas Basics Papercrafting Kit ~ The Paper Studio

 Hello there crafty friend!

I'm sharing another Christmas card for the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 35 for the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group. I made this sweet card while on vacation last month. I've really enjoyed making cards with this fun kit.

I can't get enough of the plaid paper in this kit. It makes a fun backdrop for the other papers. I really love the die cuts in the kit, too. They've been a great size for cardmaking. My only complaint is the shine on them. It's fine in person but taking photos has been difficult.

All my layers are cut per the sketch dimensions. I used a corner rounder for the corners on the green paper. The sentiment and puppy die cuts are both popped up on the card with foam tape.

I finished off the card with a couple red rhinestones that were included in the kit. Super easy peasy card and I think it turned out pretty cute.

Here's a look at {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge #35 for the month of July. 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!

 Next week our Christmas in July 2023 {BYSHC} Linky Party begins... I hope you'll join us for fun, inspiration and lots of prizes! Be sure to use the above graphic in your social media posts if you participate.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 35 ~ Christmas Basics Papercrafting Kit ~ The Paper Studio

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 Christmas card using some new goodies that I bought during our vacation. There just happened to be a Hobby Lobby near by so I just HAD to check out it out!! Hee hee!! I found some fun goodies including this neat Christmas Basics Papercrafting Kit from The Paper Studio that was on sale 40% off. Can't beat that!

I took very minimal supplies on vacation and actually forgot a bunch of essentials. LOL! Ohhh... you'd think I was new to papercrafting but really it just wasn't my focus for vacation. Anywho, I only took my Tim Holtz/Tonic Guillotine Comfort Paper Trimmer which wasn't big enough for the 12 x 12" papers in the kit. Sooo... I folded the 12 x 12" papers in half with a really good crease and then I just tore it in half. I was then able to cut it using my trimmer. Easy peasy! 

I also forgot glue! LOL! Seriously! I really only planned to do a bit of coloring if I had a chance. So glue was not on the radar. I got all my papers cut and the design all set and adhered it all together when I got home. I had a lot of fun with the kit. I do wish the ephemera pieces didn't have so much of a shine on them. They were very difficult to get nice photos of... ugh.

Aside from the drama of creating without all my crafty things, I really had a blast putting this card together. And I'm really loving this new sketch!! The design team has done a wonderful job with this sketch too. I hope you'll stop by the {BYSHC} blog and check out their cards.

Here's a look at {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 35 for the month of July. 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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Just Saying Hello ~ Advent Calendar Day 14 ~ Unity Stamp Co.

  Hello there crafty friend!

It's Day 14 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 14 ~ a sweet teapot!

I paired it up with the Hello Darling papers from The Paper Studio and a sentiment from the So Very Grateful {January 2018 Sentiment Kit} from Unity. 

The teapot and sentiment are stamped with Black Amalgam ink from Gina K. Designs and colored up with copic markers.

Check out my process video here... Unity Advent Calendar Day 14.

I'll be back tomorrow with Day 15 of the Advent Calendar reveal and a pretty card!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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~ Friends of Unity March 2021 Blog Hop ~

 Hello there crafty friend!

Welcome to our March 2021 Friends of Unity Blog Hop! Last year's Friends of Unity Sketch was such a big hit that we were excited to do it again this year and I've been so excited to share!! This is such a fun sketch and I've had fun creating a few different cards to share with you all today! But first, let's take a look at the sketch...

Fun, right?! So many possibilities with this one! I hope you'll join us in the fun and share a card or two in the Unity Show & Tell Facebook group... we'd love to see your creations!!

My first card features the new March 2021 Uniquely Unity membership kit... My Smiles Begin... I adore this new beautiful stamp! I've always loved cameras and even aspired to be a professional photographer at one point in my life.

I decided to flip the sketch for this card... no particular reason... it just seemed to work for this image. I used a mix of papers from the Mint Berry paper pack by The Paper Studio. I love the mix of pinks and mint in these papers... they just seemed perfect for this image! And to finish off the card, I added a little camera clip. So fun!

I used the following Copic markers for this stamp:

Skin ~ E000, E00, E11, R00, R20

Hair ~ E30, E35, E47

Clothes ~ R11, R32, R43, RV10

Camera ~ BG10, BG23, G000, G12, T0, T2, T4

Outline ~ BG0000, BG11

My second card features the beautiful girl in the Graduation Wishes set... I found myself in need of a graduation card and was struggling to decide on the design when it hit me that this could work along with the Friends of Unity Sketch! It's a different take on the sketch since I already had the image die cut using the Geometric Double Frame dies from Gina Marie Designs but I think it still totally works!

This was one of those times where I colored the image before finding the papers... and I was lucky enough to find the beautiful Early Bird Collection papers by BoBunny in my collection of papers! I think they work wonderfully with this pretty grad!

I used the following Copic markers for this stamp:

Skin ~ E0000, E00, E11, R00

Hair ~ E51, E55, E57, E77

Clothes ~ BG0000, BG01, BG10, B39, B45, Y08, Y38, 100

My last card features the beautiful tulips from the March 2021 Kit of the Month... Hope to Be... such an amazing KOM this month!! Loving all the Spring images! I decided to change things up for this one by doing a little Spotlight Technique and rather than using a patterned paper for my background to have it CAS. Fun twist on the sketch, right?!

I wanted the Spotlight Technique to really shine for this one so I kept the other colors neutral with just black and white. That also meant that I had to dig through my paper stash to find one that would work and I decided on the Coffee papers by Echo Park. To finish this one off, I add a couple enamel dots from two different collections... unfortunately, they were also loose in my stash so I'm not sure which collections they came from. What do you think? Probably not the typical Easter card, but I really love how it turned out. 

Here's the list of Copic markers for this one:

Tulips ~ Y96, Y11, YR07, YR15

Leaves / Stems ~ YG11, YG17, G14

Pitcher ~ BG05, BG15, BG57

Outline ~ BG0000, BG01

I tried to keep the chit chat to a minimum... I hope you've stuck around to the end! Before we move on to the hop though, I need to announce the winner from last month's hop.

Drum roll, please....

Doenene!!!!

Congratulations Doenene!!!! Please email me at crystalominkler@gmail.com to claim your prize. 

Prize must be claimed within two weeks. 

I believe a few of my friends are having giveaways so be sure to check out all the fabulous creations along the hop and comment on each blog for a chance to win!!

Let's get to the hopping...

Crystal <--- you're here

up next ---> Eileen

Dawn B.

Colleen

Bobbie Sue

Kim

Dawn F.

Rachel

Joyce

Alaine

Robyn

Thanks so very much for supporting our little hop!

We appreciate you!!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Unity Stamp Company ~ Uniquely Unity ~ In A Snap!

Hi there crafty friends!

I'm so excited to share my card today using the gorgeous new Uniquely Unity stamp called In A Snap from Unity Stamp Company!! I was inspired to go all black and white for this card because of the sentiment. 'Thanks for the memories'... just got me thinking about my childhood and the black and white photos that I used to look through in our family photo albums. So, I thought this stamp would be fun to color in black and white!

I was a little concerned because I'd never done this technique before using Copic markers... but I think it turned out really nice! I used only five Copic markers for this card ~ N0, N1, N2, N5, and the Colorless Blender.

Oh... and as a note or a tip... I have been changing out the broad tips for fine tips on all of my sketch markers and the fine tips came in very handy for the tight spots in coloring this image. 

Once I had my image colored, I die cut it with the beautiful Pleated Lace Rectangle die from Gina Marie Designs. I adhered gorgeous Harper's Boutique papers by The Paper Studio to my white card base and then popped up my panel using foam tape. To finish this card off I added a few drops of the Nuvo gloss ebony black crystal drops. I love how this turned out!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Polka Dot Orchard ~ Coffee Lovers Spring I Summer 2019 Blog Hop

Hey crafty peeps!

I'm back with another... yes, another... coffee themed card for the Spring/Summer 

Coffee Lover's Blog Hop!! I absolutely love love love this gorgeous coffee cup stamp by

Polka Dot Orchard called Good Morning Spring.

It's so beautiful and was so much fun to color!!

I used the following Copic markers to color this digi stamp ~ BG000, BG01, BG09, BG49, Y000, Y13, Y17, E0000, E95, G000, G07, G17, W00, W1

I have been in the habit of finding my papers first and then coloring, but today I colored AND then went searching for just the right papers... Lol... it got a little scary! But I found these gorgeous papers with a very similar yellow and warm greys that I thought would be perfect! The papers are from The Paper Studio and they are called Ninth Street.... a gorgeous pad of papers!!

I just love how this card turned out!

Be sure to check out the Spring / Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop!!

Thanks for checking out my blog!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Inspired By Challenge ~ Happy Birthday!

Hello! I'm sharing a quick post today for my entry to the Inspired By Challenge...

I've had this beautiful daisy stamp from Unity Stamp Company's May Hope Sustain You sentiment kit on my desk for awhile. I've been itching to ink it up but just haven't had a chance... today was the perfect time! I pulled the greens and yellow from the Inspired By image to color the daisy stamp, using the following Copic markers ~ Y000, Y06, Y11, Y35, G14, G17, N0, N1, 0. I was also inspired by the 'shadow stripes' in the background and so this pretty striped paper in my stash from The Paper Studio's Pink Lemonade paper pack was a must!

Since I'm always in need of birthday cards, I decided to use the 'happy birthday' sentiment from the Abundant Blessings sentiment kit. I stamped it on kraft card stock with VersaMark watermark ink and heat embossed ultra fine white embossing powder. All that was left was adhering my layers. I popped up the main panel and the sentiment with foam tape. Voila!

That's it for me! Such a fun summery challenge... there's still lots of time to play along so head on over to the Inspire By challenge blog to check it out!

Thanks for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal

~ Friends of Unity March Blog Hop ~

Hello! Wow! February zipped right on by, didn't it?! I can't believe it's already time for another Friends of Unity Blog Hop! We decided to go with a New Beginnings theme for this month. So naturally I started thinking about Spring. It's a time of new beginnings.

Spring is so close... soon the trees will turn to their gorgeous greens and the flowers will soon be in bloom. I, for one, cannot wait for some warmer weather. So with the theme New Beginnings on my mind, when I saw the February 2018 Kit of the Month {Being Who You Are}, I just knew I had to use it! 

I adore C.S. Lewis' books and when I saw this quote, I just had to use it on my card. And how sweet is this clock?! It was a must, too! I have to admit, I struggled deciding on what to do with the clock. 

I have my papers all picked out. I used a paper pack that I got last month at the Hobby Lobby. This one is called Kirby Teesdale Studio by The Paper Studio. I love the blues and greens in the paper and those fabulous flowers along the edge. I decided to keep the card pretty simple and let the paper shine! I added a few layers to bring the greens and blues to the eye, but I also wanted the sentiment to pop so I added a few layers of black. 

How sweet did this clock turn out?! I decided to paper piece it with papers from the same paper pad. I actually stamped it out three times. First on a piece of white card stock because the patterned papers are thin and I didn't want to accidentally tear it while I was fussy cutting. And then once on each of the papers. I cut out the face of the clock and adhered it to the pink patterned paper. I fussy cut the pink layer and adhered it to the white card stock and then I fussy cut the whole thing out. I'll admit it was a tad bit tedious, but I love how it turned out and that extra layer of paper really made it easier handle while I cut. My final touches on the clock were to add some black to the edge of the image to help it pop. For that, I used the Memento tuxedo black marker. I used a pink copic marker to add a touch of pink to the hearts on the face of the clock and I used a grey copic marker to add some grey to the hands on the clock. I went over the whole face of the clock with Fun Stampers Journey Journey Glaze. My first application was kind of bumpy so I did a second...and then a third application, letting each layer dry before adding to it. It's not perfect, but I think in person it looks really cool. ;) 

That's it for my card for this month's hop!

Now let's go see what the other hoppers have, shall we?! Oh, but before you hop away I have a fabulous giveaway up for grabs... what is it, you say? A grab bag!!! Yes! A fantastic grab bag of Unity stamps... and I'm thinking 25 stamps is a good number! LOL! So all you have to do to enter is leave me a comment below! It's that easy! :) Now, let's go check out the fabulous creations from the other gals in the hop!

~ Let's Hop ~

Crystal O. Minkler <--- you're here

up next ---> Eileen Mathys

Amber Trubiak

Robyn Jordan

Jeanie Hays

Dawn Fields

Thanks for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal

A Happy Masculine Birthday!

Hello! I know when it comes to those masculine birthday cards, it can be hard to figure out a design. I found myself in need of a handful of those very cards. Thank goodness I happened upon a great card in Unity Show & Tell that I was able to CASE and duplicate pretty quickly so I can mark that off my to-do list.

I just adore this moose from the Winter Wild SMAK kit. I was super excited to receive it as my gift for being the Growing in Unity girl a couple months ago. I stamped the trees with Peeled Paint Distress Oxide ink by first stamping them off on a scrap so that I would get a lighter image. I then stamped the the moose over the trees using Walnut Stain Distress Oxide ink. I also added a little bit of Vintage Photo and Antique Linen Distress Oxide inks to give the moose a bit more dimension. Once that was done, I ran them through my big shot with my Brushed Off Rectangle die from Papertrey Ink. Then the fun part... which patterned paper to use with it?!?! 

I finally decided on some fun plaid papers from a paper pad by The Paper Studio called Lewis Family Vacation. I am loving these papers!! I chose a few different ones and die cut them using a rectangle stitched die. The leftover scraps from the die cutting made for quick flags! I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from the For the Guys kit and cut it down to a flag, as well. And then I adhered the layers to a white card base after stapling the flags to the main panel using mono multipurpose glue. I made 4 of these pretty quick since I used the Tim Holtz Platform. I plan on making some more... I need just a few more and why not stock up?!

Thanks for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal

~ Friends of Unity December Blog Hop ~

Hello and welcome to our first Friends of Unity Blog Hop!!

Amber and I were chatting the other day and realized that we had the same idea stirring... let's start a blog hop featuring our favorite stamps from Unity Stamp Company!! Fabulous!!

That conversation quickly turned into a fantastic group of friends - old and new - that are just as excited to hop sharing their love of Unity. Our name was born... Friends of Unity! 

Enough with this silly intro... let's get inky!

I love wreaths! I think I've mentioned that before, but I am really in love with this Cheery Christmas wreath designed by Graciellie Designs for Unity Stamp Co. The detail to this stamp is simply amazing! I really wanted to make this special so I had to go with the No Line Coloring technique. I stamped the image using Simon Says Stamp's Barely Beige ink. I then pulled out my prismacolor pencils and got to coloring. I had a blast blending and layering color... I love these pencils!

Once I had the wreath colored, I went digging through my endless Christmas papers. I found this gorgeous holly and berry paper in a paper pack by The Paper Studio called Pine St. Square. I die cut the paper with a rectangle stitched die and layered it with a scrap of Garden Green card stock from Stampin' Up! I set that aside and pulled out a kraft card base. I blended the edges of the card base with Vintage Photo and Black Soot distress inks. I wrapped some gold thread around the patterned paper several times and then I adhered the patterned paper to the card base. I tied a little bit of gold ribbon round the thread. And then I decided to die cut the wreath using the Mod Square Stax die from My Favorite Things. I blended the edges of this piece with the same distress inks and then I popped up the whole thing on the card base. To finish off my card I wanted a small sentiment so I used the 'Merry Christmas' from the Entwined Poinsettia kit. I stamped it in VersaMark ink and then heat embossed Ultra Fine Antique Gold embossing powder from Simon Says Stamp.

I absolutely love the way this card turned out! I sure hope that you do too!

~ Let's Hop ~

Crystal O. Minkler <--- you're here

up next ---> Wynne Grob

Eileen Mathys

Robyn Jordan

Jeanie Hays

Amber Trubiak

Dawn Fields


Thanks so much for stopping by for our first Friends of Unity blog hop!!

Hope to see you next month for our second hop!
~ Crystal