{BYSHC} Christmas in July 2025 Linky Party - Warm wishes

 

I'm sneaking in one more card for the Christmas in July 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party! Never know, there may be one or two more! LOL

As I sit down to straighten up or check emails.....all the linky party leftovers are sitting right here in front of me! I had to make something! I found a sketch that worked with what I had and went with it! Sketch 7 (added below) and some Unity paper that came from a thank you gift! Cut and measured according to the sketch. The image is from Angie Blom Digital Designs, Christmas Joy Mugs. I die cut it with the smallest make a tag die set, then backed it with some grey cardstock. Stapled some ribbon to the top and added the sentiment. I colored it with KingArt Alcohol Markers. White enamel dots from Gina Marie Designs and some foam adhesive to finish!

{BYSHC} Christmas in July 2025 Linky Party - peace love joy 2

 A post specifically for the second card! Wouldn’t work with same blog link! 

{BYSHC} Christmas in July 2025 Linky Party - Peace Love Joy x2

 

We are winding down on this linky party! If you have cards to be posted, have them in before midnight TONIGHT! 

So a 100% complete confession....I purchased this background (Frosted Fauna) and the reindeer (Winter Cheer and Deer) specifically because of Lisa Arana's cards! I loved her cards and just wanted to make them! :) I'll include her cards at the bottom! 

Red and kraft and pistachio and grey. The red one I stamped directly onto red cardstock, then added the kraft and the banner which I ink blended a little with Vintage Photo. All the die cuts are done with Unity dies....scallops and rectangle nesting dies and the scallops and banner nesting dies. The green one I stamped the background in versafine clair nocturne onto white cardstock, then ink blended the entire panel with Cracked Pistachio (note to self....ink blend first THEN stamp the background on...less muted). I added Gina Marie Designs Enamel Dots to finish! 

Mine are a little different, which is fine but I can't wait to make more of these!!

I LOVE THEM!!

Lisa Arana's cards! <3

{BYSHC} Sketch 59 - All is Calm

 Hello again! {BYSHC} Sketch 59 would be a great way to get some cards entered for the Christmas in July 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party! The party ends tonight! Lots of prizes to be randomly awarded!

It's been a busy busy few months around here! Graduation, dance nationals, college orientation and just plain summer things! So this card was created with just a pad of paper and some dies! The paper is Park Lane (Joanns [RIP]) Holiday Pine. I chose coordinating papers, cut according to the measurements in the sketch and added the background to the card base. The circles were cut using dies! The largest circle is from Unity's Scallops and circles nesting dies and the smaller one is from Stampin' Up. These were all cut from a piece of patterned paper in the pack as well as the sentiment! I then added some white enamel dots from Gina Marie Designs and it's finished! It doesn't have to be hard to be beautiful! 

{BYSHC} Christmas in July 2025 Linky Party - Noel

 

Still creating cards for the Christmas in July 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party!

Today's card  features some scraps that were left on the desktop and BYSHC Sketch 56 to use them up!

I had all of these scraps laying on the desk, you can likely see where I used them in previous posts in this linky party! The sentiment is from the 2020 Unity Advent Calendar. Both pieces were die cut with the scallops and circles nesting dies. I used glossy accents on the letters to spruce them up a bit! They were too "dull" and it needed a little something. I distressed around the edge with whatever ink was left on the blue blending brush! No need to re-ink....just use up what's there!

I then added some foam adhesive to the sentiment circles and added some Gina Marie Designs Enamel Dots (IMO the BEST)!

{BYSHC} Christmas in July 2025 Linky Party - Peace Love Joy

 

I just can't stop making cards! LOL The Christmas in July 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party ends on Friday! How many cards will be entered?!?

My card started with a piece of patterned paper that came in a "thank you" bag from Unity Stamp Co., not sure which pack it's from. I found a sketch that would work with the stamp set I grabbed (Unity's The Sweetest Snowman), and sketch 55 it is! Die cut the patterned paper with the largest die from the scallops and rectangles nesting dies. This one was easy to put together! Just colored this sweet guy in with King Art Alcohol Markers. The hardest part?!?!? Finding the right base colors for both the card base and the backer for the image! LOL Ultimately I found a dark green scrap big enough for the snowman, but not for the entire card! I added the sentiment to the snowman....couldn't figure out a better place! 

Feels a little plain, but the plaid is pretty predominant!

{BYSHC} Christmas in July 2025 Linky Party - Magic of Christmas

 

Hello and welcome back! The Christmas in July 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party is rounding the bend! Only a few days left to get your entries in for a chance at some amazing prizes!

Considering that today is "Membership Makes Wednesday at Unity Show & Tell, I've created this lovely card using two of the amazing membership kits! 

This started with a piece of white cardstock to which I stamped the Unity Background of the Month 11/21...branches and berries using Gina K Designs Dye ink in fresh asparagus. Next I stamped the cute deer and tree from the Uniquely Unity Kit from 10/24....simply holiday deer using Versafine Clair Nocturne. I used an edge die called Land Borders Die Set from Newton's Nook Designs.  I did die cut the edge before coloring. Then I smooshed some distress oxide in vintage photo and lumberjack plaid onto an acrylic block and added some water and the use of a water brush to color this guy in. The ornament and star were colored with Tombow ABT Markers. I then glued everything together and die cut the entire panel with the largest of the scallops and rectangles nesting die set from Unity. The sentiment from the same Uniquely Unity kit was also stamped and then fussy cut into individual strips and glued on. The colored pearls are from Gina Marie Designs!

For those of you following along......both of the solid cardstock pieces were scraps from a 12x12 sheet that I had die cut a bunch of boxes for my daughter's graduation gifts!! :)