Advent Calendar 2025 Day 2 ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend!

It's Day 2 of the 2025 Advent Calendar from Unity!! I hope you had fun creating something using your Day 1 stamp yesterday. I'm excited to share my card for Day 2! I think it turned out pretty nice.

Today's stamp is a beautiful pinecone. I stamped it and the sentiment with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

You can check out my video revealing the Advent Calendar Day 2 stamp and my process in making this card here... Unity 2025 Advent Calendar Day 2 | Unity Stamp Co.

Inspiration for my card came from the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch 38! I turned the sketch for a landscape card.

I die cut the pinecone and the pattern paper using a die from the Scallops & Squares {nesting dies}. 

I paired up the lovely pinecone with the Where Winter Lingers {paper pack}. I finished up the card with a sweet sentiment from the Simple Little Wishes stamps. So perfect together!

I'll be back tomorrow for Day 3 of the 2025 Advent Calendar from Unity!

Have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Thanks ~ Miss Anya with Love ~ The Greeting Farm

 Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing a sweet thank you card featuring Miss Anya from the recently released Miss Anya with Love from The Greeting Farm! 

I paired up the beautiful Miss Anya with some pretty papers in my stash called Painted Crush from Ink N' Splatter. I've been pretty good about picking out my papers first and then coloring my stamped images but I colored this one first. So I found myself searching through my papers to find something that would work and I think these papers work very nicely.

I inked up Miss Anya with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her up with Copic markers. I fussy cut her on the line and then I used a Memento Tuxedo Black marker to color the edges of my fussy cutting. This makes the cutting look nice and neat.

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

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R00, R20

Hair: Y21, E43, E44

Heart: R20, R14

Dress / Shoes: B000, B00

Brick: E11, E15, E97, E09

I die cut a circle from white card stock using a die from the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies} from Unity. It was a little too much white space behind Miss Anya so I blended some Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink focusing on the center of the circle and leaving white space around the outer edges. I adhered Miss Anya to the circle, along with the sentiment that I colored with R20 and R14. I popped up the circle and Anya with foam tape.

I finished off the card with a few glittery purple enamel dots. I love the touch of glitter and a bit more purple. I hope I've inspired you to get inky! Have a wonderful day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

You're So Cool ~ Monster Mayhem ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend! 

Have you seen the adorable monsters that just released at Unity? Monster Mayhem has three of the cutest monsters and a bunch of fun sentiments. I just had to ink up one of these cuties!

I stamped the cute monster with Black Amalgam ink and colored it up with just a few Copic markers. I fussy cut the monster leaving a white border around the image. I wanted to add a bit of shine to the glasses so I added glossy accents.

Here's a quick list of the ones I used:

Monster: V0000, V000, V12, V15

Spikes: RV00, RV11, RV14

Glasses: Y06, Y15

Teeth: C00, C2

I thought I'd pair up this cutie with a fun ink smooshed panel in my stash. I used Scattered Straw, Evergreen Bough, and Iced Spruce Distress Inks for the background. I die cut the panel using a rectangle die from the Scallops & Rectangles {nesting dies}. 

I had a fun ide for the sentiment. I die cut the sentiment using a die from the Scallops & Banners {nesting dies}. And then I die cut two scraps of black card stock using the same die. I then layers those die cuts and boom... a fun sentiment strip. I added foam tape to the back of the monster and popped him up on the card just above the sentiment strip grounding the monster on the card. I finished off the card with a few enamel dots from my stash. Can you see them? They are clear. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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Some Hearts Feel Like Home ~ Pookie ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend! 

I'm so excited to share another card for Unity's March release. I couldn't pass up playing with the adorable new kitty rightly named, Pookie!! Isn't she just the most adorable addition to the Rescue Tales collection?! Love her!

I stamped Pookie with Black Amalgam ink and colored her up with just a few Copic markers.

Here's a quick list of the ones I used:

Pookie: N0, N2, N4, R00, R20

Eyes: G12, G05

Ground: R00, R20

I die cut the adorable kitty using a die from the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies}. And I paired up Pookie with the Gosh, I Love You {paper pack}.

I finished off this cute card with a few pink enamel dots.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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Release Day Blog Hop ~ Party Animals ~ The Greeting Farm

 The February 2025 New Release is now available for purchase in The Greeting Farm Store! This month we introduced 3 new stamp sets. Our first set called SNAPSHOT ANYA features our picture perfect girl using her new Polaroid Camera as her friends strike a pose. Next, we brought you all the cute TGF critters ready to wish you a happy birthday in a set called PARTY ANIMALS. Lastly, we introduced MISS ANYA RED CARPET which is the perfect set for prom or a fancy night out.

I found some cute papers in my stash to make my card for today. I masked the adorable Party Animals stamp using a post-it note to cover a portion of the goose. I also used my mask from the card the other day to cover the critters so I could stamp the balloon. I knew it would be cut off a bit when I die cut the image so I stamped it again on a scrap of card stock, along with the cake and party hat. I die cut the image with a X Stitched Circle die from Gina Marie Designs. I stamped and trimmed the sentiment. And then I popped up the focal image and sentiment with foam tape. I finished up the card with a few glittery pink enamel dots from the Cherry Blossom Spring Cottage enamel dots from Not 2 Shabby.

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

Bunny: W00, W1, W3, R00, R20

Bear: E70, E71, E74, N0, N2, N4, N6

Bird: Y21, Y15, YR15

Fox: E30, E31, E35, E37, N0, N2, N4

Goose: C00, C2, YR21, YR15

Table: E50, E53, E55

Background: B0000

Balloon / Hat / Plate: G000, G00, G02

Cake: E21, E23, E27, YR21, YR15, RV10, RV02

My card design was inspired by the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch 29.

To celebrate this release we are having a short BLOG HOP! One lucky fan will take home the entire release! You have until February 18th, 12pm CST/1pm EST to leave your comments on each Designer's Blog. Then head back to The Greeting Farm Blog to let us know you completed the hop. **Remember to qualify for the prize you MUST leave a comment on each Designer's Blog AND The Greeting Farm Blog letting us know you completed the hop.

NOTE: Comments on The Greeting Farm Blog are admin approved so it may take a day for your comment to be visible. Please only comment once, and use the same name on all the blogs when leaving a comment. Do not pick the Anonymous option (otherwise we won't be able to verify that it's you). We will announce the random winner later in the week on the Blog and in our Facebook Group: The Greeting Farm Fan Page.

TGF Design Team:

Crystal

Cynthia

Elisabete

Meg

This is a short hop, and definitely worth playing along! If you want to grab your favorites now, you can purchase the new stamps HERE. We will have more cards featuring the New Release from our Design Team Leaders starting on the 18th so be sure to stop by The Greeting Farm Blog to see more inspiration.

Happy Hopping!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Best Decision You Ever Made ~ Snarky Valentines ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend! 

I'm back today to share a quick and funny Valentine's Day card using the awesome Snarky Valentines stamps from Unity's January release. So many hilarious and fun sentiments!

I went with a very simple card design so the sentiment would be the star. I love this! Pretty sure this will be my hubby's Valentine's Day card! LOL

I paired the Snarky Valentines sentiment with the beautiful Enveloped in Love {paper pack}. I actually had these papers in the pack already for a card. Easy peasy! I die cut the sentiment using a banner die from the Scallops & Banners {nesting dies}. Distressed the edges leaving a little bit of white peeking through in the center. I added a bunch of foam tape to the back of the banner and popped it up on the card. And then I finished this card off with one heart enamel dot.

To finish off the card, I added one heart enamel dot from my stash. Such a fun card to make!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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Release Day Blog Hop ~ Coffee Couple ~ The Greeting Farm

 The January 2025 New Release is now available for purchase in The Greeting Farm Store! This month we introduced 3 new stamp sets. Our first set called ANYA IN NEW YORK features our fabulous girl touring all the hot spots in the Big Apple. Next, we showcased the cutest critters reading to each other in a set called BOOK LOVER. Lastly, we introduced COFFEE COUPLE featuring Anya and Ian drinking their favorite brew.

I made a fun coffee card with a vintage vibe. I just had to ink up the sweet Anya from the Coffee Couple stamp set! She is just too cute. I paired her up with some fun coffee papers in my stash that I had previously die cut. I distressed the edges with a bit of Vintage Photo Distress Ink and adhered them to a script paper from the same paper pack. I heat embossed the sentiment with white pigment ink and white embossing powder on black card stock. After fussy cutting Anya and coloring the edge of my cutting, I adhered her to the sentiment strip and then popped them both up with foam tape. And finished off the card with some black and white enamel dots.

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

Skin: E000, E00, E21, E04, R00, R20

Hair: Y21, YR24, YR18

Dress / Shoes / Hairband: B000, N2, N4, N6

Cup: E0000, E51, RV32, RV17, RV19

To celebrate this release we are having a short BLOG HOP! One lucky fan will take home the entire release! You have until January 18th, 12pm CST/1pm EST to leave your comments on each Designer's Blog. Then head back to The Greeting Farm Blog to let us know you completed the hop. **Remember to qualify for the prize you MUST leave a comment on each Designer's Blog AND The Greeting Farm Blog letting us know you completed the hop.

NOTE: Comments on The Greeting Farm Blog are admin approved so it may take a day for your comment to be visible. Please only comment once, and use the same name on all the blogs when leaving a comment. Do not pick the Anonymous option (otherwise we won't be able to verify that it's you). We will announce the random winner later in the week on the Blog and in our Facebook Group: The Greeting Farm Fan Page. 

TGF Design Team:

Crystal

Cynthia

Elisabete

Meg

This is a short hop, and definitely worth playing along! If you want to grab your favorites now, you can purchase the new stamps HERE. We will have more cards featuring the New Release from our Design Team Leaders starting on the 16th so be sure to stop by The Greeting Farm Blog to see more inspiration.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Coffee Couple ~ Preview Day 3 ~ The Greeting Farm

 Hello there crafty friend!

It's the final day of previews at The Greeting Farm! Today we have a super cute couple with a coffee theme. So excited for this set!

Need Coffee? YES! Always should be the answer! LOL! I thought it would be fun to create a background with the sentiment so I stamped it several times. And then I ink smooshed the panel with Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso Distress Ink. I was pleasantly surprised that the sentiments didn't bleed. Phew. I'm thinking it was because the sentiments had set overnight to dry, but it could also be that I didn't use a lot of water to thin out the ink. Either way... I'm happy with how it turned out. The coffee rings in the background are from my mug that actually had tea in it at the time. Heehee... I just placed my mug in the inky puddle of Ground Espresso ink and then 'stamped' the panel with it. I added a few spatters to the inky background using the rest of the Ground Espresso ink on my table.

I stamped the adorable Ian with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored him up with Copic markers. I'm pushing myself to use other markers. I tend to grab the same ones over and over. Not for this card! 

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

Skin: E000, E00, E21, E04

Hair: Y21, E42, E43, E44

Jacket: B91, B95, B97, B99

Hoodie: G82, G17, G29

Yellow T-shirt: Y11, Y15, Y17

Khakis: E30, E33

Shoes: N0, N2, N4

Cup: C00, C2, RV10, RV11, RV04, YR21, YR15

I trimmed the panel and adhered it to a dark brown card base. Fussy cut Ian and colored the edges of the fussy cutting with a Memento Tuxedo Black marker. I added a bit of white gel pen to the eyes. And then I added foam tape to the back of Ian and to the extra sentiment that I had stamped and trimmed.

I popped them up on the card and finished it off with a few brown enamel dots. So fun! The release goes live in the store on the 15th at 12am EST... that's tomorrow! Woohoo!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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You Are Impeckable ~ Impeckable Silhouette ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend! 

I'm back today to share a quick chicken card using the awesome Impeckable Silhouette stamps from Unity's Cyber Monday release. These birds are so fun!

I stamped them all in a fun line and then tore my paper.

I paired the Impeckable Silhouette chickens with the beautiful Barnyard Bouquet {paper pack}. I tore the gingham papers from the pack and adhered all of my layers to the pretty chicken pattern paper.

I stamped the sentiment, trimmed it up and then popped it up with foam tape. To finish off the card, I added a few white enamel dots from my stash. Such a fun card to make and so easy peasy!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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Unity Advent Calendar 2024 Day 1 ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend!

It's time for Day 1 of the 2024 Advent Calendar from Unity!! I just love Unity's Advent Calendar! It gets more amazing each year. My plan is to reveal the Advent Calendar stamp on my YouTube channel each day and also have a short blog post. Fingers crossed, friends, that I can keep it up!

The Day 1 stamp is a lovely sentiment tree! It's so pretty! I heat embossed it with a Wow Clear Embossing Ink and fine black embossing powder from Stampin' Up.

You can check out my video revealing the Advent Calendar Day 1 stamp and my process in making this card here... Unity Advent Calendar 2024 Day 1 | Unity Stamp Co.

Inspiration for my card came from the {BYSHC} Sketch 11! Be sure to check out my other blog post today for the brand new {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 52. Christmas is going to be here before we know it... join us for the sketch challenge and finish up those last few cards you need!

I die cut the pretty tree using a die from the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies}. And mat the focal image with another circle die cut using another die from the set.

I paired up the pretty tree with the North Pole Collection {paper pack}. And finished off the card with a few black enamel dots from Spellbinders.

I'll be back tomorrow for Day 2 of the 2024 Advent Calendar from Unity!

Have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

 

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Back Fold Cat Card | Purr-ty Cats | Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend! 

I saw a super fun card the other day on either Instagram or Facebook... not sure. Anywho, it had a super fun fold called the back fold so I just had to try it.

And the awesome new Purr-ty Cats were just the ticket for this back fold design. Each of the kitties is stamped with Black Amalgam ink from Gina K. Designs on Stampers Select White card stock from Papertrey Ink. 

They're each die cut with a circle die from the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies}. The black circle mat is also die cut with a slightly larger die from the same set.

I paired up the kitties with the Timeworn Paws Anthology {paper pack}. The circles and sentiment are lightly distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

Here's a look at the fold. I finished off the card with some enamel dots from Spellbinders and a panel inside the card.

You can check out my process video for this card here... Back Fold Cat Card | Purr-ty Cats | Unity Stamp Co.

And a look at the inside. This was such a fun card to make and SO EASY!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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Fun Fold Chicken Card | Fly This Coop | Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend! 

Today I'm sharing a fun fold card featuring the awesome Fly This Coop from Unity.

I stamped Fly This Coop with Black Amalgam ink on Stampers Select White card stock. I colored up the chicken with Copic markers.

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

Feathers: E21, E13, E15 Eyes: C00, C1, C3 Beak: YR21, YR15, YT27 Waddle: R20, R14, R27 Hat: BG000, BG72, BG75 Pom Poms: C00, C1, C3 String: BG72

Paired up the fun chicken with the Barnyard Bouquet {paper pack}. The colors in these papers are gorgeous!

The chicken layers and the layers behind {and inside the card} are all die cut using dies from the Deckle & Stitches Nesting Die Set.

You can check out my process video for this card here... Fun Fold Chicken Card | Fly This Coop | Unity Stamp Co.

The sentiment is also die cut using a die from the Deckle & Stitches Nesting Die Set. I finished up the card with a few enamel dots from the Flora Enamel Dots from Carta Bella.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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Light Up the World ~ Echo of Kindness ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend! 

The birthday celebration continues over at Unity with Whit's Birthday Sale!! And another amazing release, of course! Woohoo! I don't know about you but I was super excited to see a new Angie Girl!! Isn't she just darling!? And my daughter is always making hearts with her fingers like this. This girl could totally be her. I love it!

I stamped the girl and sentiment from the beautiful new Echo of Kindness stamps using Black Amalgam ink from Gina K Designs onto Stampers Select White Card Stock from Papertrey Ink. I colored up the girl with my Copic markers. I die cut the girl with a die from the Stacked Baroque die set from Tim Holtz and Sizzix. I added these cool dies to my stash awhile ago and just found them in the wrong place... lol! So I thought I'd use them for this card. Aren't they perfect with this sketch? I also die cut a piece of True Black card stock from Papertrey Ink using the slightly larger die from the same die set.

I trimmed the four pattern papers from the gorgeous Enveloped in Love {paper pack} from Unity to 4 x 5-1/4" and then I used a ruler and pencil to cut my angles. I basically did the same measurements and cuts that I used in this video... Cutting & Assembling Papers for {BYSHC} Sketch 29. I then adhered the papers to a True Black card front measuring 4-1/4 x 5-1/2". And as I often do, I adhered the panel to a Stampers Select White Card Stock A2 top fold card base.

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

Skin: E000, E00, E11

Hair: E70, E71, E74, E77

Dress / Hair Tie: R000, R11, R32, R43

Inspiration for my card came from the {BYSHC} Sketch 29. It's not just a fabulous sketch for Christmas cards! LOL! This is an absolute favorite of mine! It always makes for a lovely card.

I die cut the sentiment using a die from the Scalloped & Stitched Sentiment Nesting Dies from Unity. I softened the brightness of the white card stock by blending with my brown blending brush. I didn't add any ink to it so it would stay light. I adhered the sentiment to the girl and added foam tape to the back of both. Popped it up on the card for a bit of dimension. I added a few black enamel dots from my stash to finish off the card. I love how this turned out! Hope you have an ink-tastic day! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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