Advent Calendar 2025 Day 17 ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend!

It's Day 17 of the 2025 Advent Calendar from Unity!! I am truly enjoying the variety of stamps in this years advent calendar.

Today's Advent Calendar stamp is a beautiful ribbon with a tiny heart! I stamped it with Picked Raspberry Distress ink.

You can check out my video revealing the Advent Calendar Day 17 stamp and my process in making this card here... Unity Advent Calendar 2025 Day 17 | Unity Stamp Co.

A closer look at {BYSHC} Sketch 26! I love this sketch!

I die cut the ribbon with the smallest die from the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies}. Mat it on black card stock die cut using the slightly larger die. Popped up the circle with foam tape.

I paired up the ribbon with a couple of awesome stamp kits from Unity. The awesome sentiment is from the Pink is the New Black stamps. And the background stamp is the Cancer Support background stamp. I ink smooshed my panel with Kitsch Flamingo and Picked Raspberry Distress Inks and then stamped the background.

I'll be back tomorrow for Day 18 of the 2025 Advent Calendar from Unity!

Have an INKredible day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Advent Calendar 2025 Day 5 ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend!

It's Day 5 of the 2025 Advent Calendar from Unity!! Do you have a favorite of the stamps so far? I think the snowman from yesterday is my favorite so far though I do love today's stamp! 

We're taking a break from the holiday cards with this one. A really cute sentiment gift is today's stamp! So fun!

You can check out my video revealing the Advent Calendar Day 5 stamp and my process in making this card here... Unity Advent Calendar 2025 Day 5 | Unity Stamp Co.

I die cut the cute sentiment gift with a die from the Scalloped Tags {die set} (not currently available). I stamped the really awesome That's a Wrap stamp to accompany today's advent stamp. I colored it up with just a few Copic markers: RV10, RV14, and RV29.

I paired up the sentiment and ribbon with a piece of pattern paper from the Yay, It's Today {paper pack}. The star paper is trimmed down to 4 x 5-1/4". Love all of these together!

I'll be back tomorrow for Day 6 of the 2025 Advent Calendar from Unity! Just a quick note that my post tomorrow will be a little bit later... I'll be posting at 9am CST.

Have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch 27 ~ A Little Ruffled ~ Unity Stamp Co.

 Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing a bit more inspiration for the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch Challenge 27 in the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Facebook group. I had a fun idea to turn the sketch for a card featuring the adorable chicken from the A Little Ruffled stamps from Unity.

The sweet chicken is stamped with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and then colored up with a handful of Copic markers: E21, E23, YR21, YR15, YR27. I paired up the adorable chicken with the Enveloped in Love {paper pack}. I was drawn to the colors in the paper for this one and really the sweet chicken looks like it needs some love so these papers are perfect! I had some scraps of the papers in my paper pack and thought it would be fun to tear them. What do you think? Maybe I should have torn the small tag on the focal image too? 

Here's a look at the fun sketch for Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch Challenge 27. 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 feel my cards are a good example of that, as I'm always making adjustments... this time I turned the sketch and added a tag focal piece.

I used the Make a Tag {die set} for my tag layers. I combined three fun ribbons from my stash and tied them together with some twine. Totally inspired by Jenni Shamblin's pumpkin card from our Friends of Unity hop this month! I love how she mixed ribbons... not sure mine worked as nicely but going with it anyways. LOL! The tag is popped up on the card with Scrapbook Adhesive Crafty Foam Tape.

I embossed the sentiment on Kraft card stock with Sugar Cube White Pigment ink from Taylored Expressions and Alabaster White Embossing Powder from Brutus Monroe and the powder is melted with a Wagner Precision Heat Tool. I'm having so much fun with this sketch! I hope you can find time to play along! There's still a few days to play! The challenge ends on Monday, November 25th. I can't wait to see what you create. Have an inktastic week!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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