{BYSHC} Spring into Christmas 2025 Linky Party - Merry & Bright Coffee

 One more "merry & bright" card to add to the {BYSHC} Spring into Christmas 2025 Linky Party!

Every once in a while I just print or stamp a bunch of images and while I'm sitting with the family watching TV, I'll just color them up. It passes the time and gets the job done! This is one of those images. 

I had printed the "sheet" of Christmas Joy Mugs from Angie Blom Digital Designs and while watching TV colored on a lap table. I used King Art Alcohol Markers. I was inspired by Angie's card which is one of the samples on her website. After coloring I die cut it with the scallops and rectangle nesting dies from Unity. You may be saying to yourself.....that looks skinnier! It is. I moved the die around to get the shape that I needed.

The paper is an older Stampin Up bundle that I purchased second hand. I followed {BYSHC} Sketch 40 (pictured below) for my design. The {BYSHC} Facebook page has all of the sketches in albums! I am never without a sketch to inspire! The sentiment is also from the same set from Angie Blom. Some foam tape and a large pearl brad and it's all set!

Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party - christmas joy cuppa

 Hello again! Welcome back! I am still creating cards for the Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party! 

More scraps!!  This patterned paper is a scrap of a double sided piece from (I think) My Minds Eye. I don't have much of it left, which is why I'm using a scrap! LOL

I used a past {BYSHC} sketch for this one! Sketch 40 is pictured below! I cut my scrap in half and used both sides. The image is part of the set I recently purchased (and printed an entire sheet of) from Angie Blom Digital Designs called Christmas Joy Mugs!  Colored with King Art Alcohol Markers and distressed with some walnut stain. The card base was also distressed with some walnut stain over vintage photo. I splattered some water to give the dappled effect. Added a cute aqua color button to match that side of the paper, some Gina Marie Designs enamel dots and some twine! Cute!!

Also entering this in the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge for October! The theme is coffee + whimsical winter! What's more whimsical that Christmas lights on your coffee cup?!?! 

Falling for the Holidays {BYSHC} Linky Party! - JOY!

 How is it mid-October already?!? This is usually when the panic Christmas card making used to begin! I've been making cards all year long and my card stash is OVERFLOWING! Here's your chance to get a jump on those cards and win some awesome prizes too!

This is one of my favorite weeks of the year! I love the Linky Parties because I usually just end up digging through my scraps and just make as many cards as I can muster! It's like a treasure hunt! :)

So as I mentioned, I dug through my scraps and found this pre-printed, pre-die cut image that just needed to be colored! The two pieces of printed cardstock are also from my scraps. I used some King Art Alcohol Markers to color along with some white gel pen. The fun thing about {BYSHC} all the sketches are on their Facebook page! You can reference and look back at them anytime you need some inspiration! This happens to be sketch 40 from December 2023!

Natural twine from Timeless Twine by BellaCreationz, enamel dots from Gina Marie Designs, image from Angie Blom Digital Designs, foam adhesive from Therm-O-Web!

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Be sure to upload your image to the {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays Linky on the blog to be entered! Let's get those cards made early!!

We are in the home stretch! Sketch 40!

 And just like that it's December! If you have been following {BYSHC} all year long with our sketches, your Christmas card stash should be overflowing with goodness!!! This is the last sketch of the year!! All entries are due by December 31! Use it to either finish the cards that are going out this year, or to get a jump start on next year!

This digital image and papers are from Rachel Ann Miller (RAM) Stamps. RAM  Stamps is a sponsor of our linky parties! I received an email about a sale, went to the website and well here we are!! :) I purchased this cute "woodland snowman." The paper pack I purchased is called "snowy Christmas." I'm familiar with digital stamps, but this is a first with the digital paper pack!!  I started with a white cardbase, to that I added a piece of kraft cardstock (from Unity). I printed the image onto cardstock and colored with Tombow ABT Markers. The clouds were created using a cloud stencil from Unity and some distress ink blended over it. I then die cut it and another panel of kraft using the scallops and rectangle nesting dies from Unity. I turned the sketch on it's side to accommodate the image! Cut the two pieces of patterned paper to the measurements listed and then tied some white bakers twine around into a bow. I mounted the image over the twine using foam tape.  The sentiment was stamped directly to the patterned paper and is from Unity (small stuff Christmas). The enamel dots added are from Gina Marie Designs!

I love how sweet this turned out! Be sure to check out all the sponsors and my links for more information!

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