Felix the Fox ~ Preview Day 2 ~ The Greeting Farm

 Hello there crafty friend!

It's Day 2 of previews at The Greeting Farm for the July release. I am loving the super cute foxes in the FELIX THE FOX stamp set!! They are all SO cute!

I inked up just the one fox for my card, but I used a bunch of the other stamps in the set. I stamped all the images with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them up with Copic markers. I added white dots to the red mushroom with a Sakura White Gelly Roll pen.

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

Fox: E95, E97, E09, R00, R20, W0, W2, W3, N2, N4, N6

Shorts: BV02, BV34, BV08

Log: E25, E57, E29 

Bushes / Grass: YG11, BG34, BG49

Tree: E25, E57, E29, Y11, Y15, YR15

Falling Leaves: Y11, Y15, YR15, R20, R14, R27

Mushrooms: W1, W2, W3, R20, R14, R27

Blue Bird: YR16, B000, B91, B93, E000, E00, E21

I paired up the cute fox with a few scraps of paper I have from Lawn Fawn. I don't actually know the name of these papers. I adore the colors though... they inspired my whole color scheme.

I fussy cut all of the colored images and colored the edges with a Memento Tuxedo Black marker. I adhered all the images on the yellow pattern paper. I adhered the trimmed sentiment to the bottom of the panel and then popped up the panel and sentiment with foam tape.

This card was so much fun to make! Be sure to stop by the TGF blog to see all the makes from the design team. The release goes live in the store on the 15th at 12am EST.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ Holiday Grumplings ~ Taylored Expressions

 Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back for Day 2 of the Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party with a grumpy holiday card! It was so much fun checking out the inspiration shared yesterday for the start of the Linky Party. So many beautiful cards! Today I'm sharing a card using a funny stamp from return Sponsor Taylored Expressions called Holiday Grumplings.

I inked up one of the cute critters from the retired Holiday Grumplings stamp set from our fab Sponsor Taylored Expressions. His grumpy face just makes me smile!! LOL! I stamped him with Black Amalgam ink and colored  him up with Copic markers. I decided he needed a hat so I also stamped the top of the cute snowman bear in the set and just fussy cut the hat after I colored it.

I used the retired coordinating Holiday Grumplings die set to die cut the fox. I cleaned up the edges of my fussy cutting by coloring the edges black with a Memento Tuxedo Black marker.

Here's a quick list of the Copic markers I used for this hilarious stamp:

Fox: N2, N4, N6, W00, W1, W3, E11, E15, E09, C00, C2

Hat: R20, R14, R27, C00, C2

Bell: Y11, Y28 

I paired up the grumpy fox with the retired Snow Day Remix paper pack from Sponsor Lawn Fawn. I die cut the polka dot paper using the retired Stitched Bracket Stacklets from Taylored Expressions. I adhered all my layers together using iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from our wonderful Sponsor Therm O Web. I die cut the sentiment using a circle die from the Stitched Circle Stacklets from Taylored Expressions. I added a bunch of iCraft 3D Foam Squares from Therm O Web to pop up the sentiment.

My card design was inspired by {BYSHC} Sketch 1. I went WAY back in the sketches! I used the measurements directly from the sketch for my card. The only thing I changed up was I used the red snowflake scrap from my papers and I used scraps for my background rather than just one piece of pattern paper. I love this sketch!

Before you leave, be sure to stop by Taylored Expressions, Lawn Fawn, and Therm O Web! I love all of our wonderful Sponsors!! And 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!! Have a fantastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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You Are My Sunshine ~ Preview Day 2 ~ The Greeting Farm

 Hello there crafty friend!

It's Day 2 of previews at The Greeting Farm for the March release. Oh. My. Cuteness... all the critters in the You Are My Sunshine stamp set are just too cute for words!!

I created a sweet little scene on a slimline card with some fun layers. I used the Slim Line Cloud Coverage Stencil from Picket Fence along with the Hills & Grass Stencil from Newton's Nook Designs. And I used Tumbled Glass & Mowed Lawn Distress Inks to blend over those stencils.

I stamped all the images with Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored them up with Copic Markers. I used a bunch of markers so the list is a bit long this time:

Bird: B000, B00, Y11, Y15, YR15

Deer: R00, R20, E21, E51, E23, E25

Daisy Garland: C00, C2, Y11, Y15

Bunny: C00, C2, R00, R20

Bear: R00, R20, E51, E33, E35, E37, N2, N4, N6

Bear's Flower Crown: YG11, YG03, YG63, R11, R22, V000, V12, V15, Y11, Y15

Fox: E51, E95, E97, E09, N2, N6

Flowers: Y11, Y15, YR15, V000, V12, R00, R11, B000, B00

I die cut the stenciled layers using dies from the Scalloped Card Panels Die from Trinity Stamps. I fussy cut all the critters and flowers and then colored the edges of my fussy cutting with a black marker.

I adhered the layers to a slimline card measuring 7 x 8-1/2"; scored at 3-1/2". And then I adhered all the critters and flowers to the card. To finish it off, I stamped the sentiment directly onto the card. This was so fun to make! I enjoyed coloring all the critters and flowers for the scene. The release goes live in the store on the 15th at 12am EST.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Ink Swipe Technique with Oxides ~ December Challenge ~ Kindness Is Like Snow ~ Unity Stamp Co.

 Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing more inspiration for the December challenge over in the Unity Show & Tell group. It's All About Backgrounds this month!! I got inky with the beautiful Kindness Is Like Snow stamps. I adore this fox!

The background was created by swiping oxide inks directly onto a piece of distress watercolor paper measuring 4-1/4 x 5-1/2". I inked it up with Villainous Potion, Seedless Preserves, Wilted Violet, Tumbled Glass and Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide inks. I then blended the inks with some water and a paint brush.

A bit of water splatters and white acrylic paint splatters to add more snow in the background. I then dried the background completely with a heat tool. Applied some anti static powder and stamped the snowflakes from the Kindness Is Like Snow stamps with white pigment ink. And then I added some white embossing powder over the snowflakes and heat embossed them with my heat tool.

Next I stamped the beautiful fox from the Kindness Is Like Snow stamps. I colored him up with the following Copic markers:

Fox ~ E95, E97, E09, W00, W1

Scarf ~ B000, B91, B95, B97, B99, V12, V17

You can check out my Copic coloring video here... Fox Copic Coloring | Kindness Is Like Snow | Unity Stamp Co. {My process video is further down in the blog post}

I continued the sentiment inside the card by masking the top portion with a post-it note.

You can check out my process video here... Ink Swipe Technique with Oxides | December Challenge | Kindness Is Like Snow | Unity Stamp Co.

What do you think of the ink swiping technique with the oxide inks?! I am in love!! I have a feeling I'll be playing with this technique often! The All About Backgrounds challenge is coming to an end. I can't believe how fast December has flown by. I hope you can find some time to play along and be sure to enter your card into the album before the challenge ends on December 31st. I'd love to see what you create so please share your cards in the Unity Show & Tell group and tag me too!! I have had a blast sharing inspiration for the last three months. I hope you all have also enjoyed the inspiration. Echo will be starting up a new challenge next Thursday... how exciting! I can't wait to see what she has in store for us all!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Stay Cozy Fox ~ Kindness is Like Snow ~ Unity Stamp Co.

 Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing a CAS card featuring the new Kindness is Like Snow stamp that was just released for Unity's Cyber Week Sale. I've been wanting to play with a CAS card idea on black card stock and thought this beautiful fox stamp would be perfect with this design.

I used an oval shaped stencil from My Favorite Things called Oval Extraordinaire to mask my True Black card front and ink blended Tumbled Glass, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot Distress Oxide inks over the oval opening. First I ink blended Tumbled Glass and then I went over that with the Chipped Sapphire. I then blended a bit of the Black Soot around the edges.

I kept the stencil and a post it note on my card front and splattered some white acrylic paint over the ink blended oval. Love the starry night sky this created! I stamped the beautiful fox and colored it with the following Copic Markers:

Fox ~ E95, E97, E09

Scarf ~ V000, V12, V15, V17

I fussy cut the fox and popped it up on the card using foam tape. I originally used the 'Kindness is like snow.." sentiment but then I realized that there's no snow on my card and it didn't make any sense to use that sentiment. So... I pulled it off of my card as carefully as I could. It wasn't pretty. To cover up the mess I die cut another card front of True Black card stock with a stitched hillside die. I pulled up the bottom of the fox and then I adhered the card front slightly under the fox. I stamped the 'stay cozy' sentiment, trimmed it and adhered it in the bottom right corner. Still pretty CAS but I did have to add that layer to cover up my boo boo. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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