~ November 2026 - Friends of Unity Blog Hop - Bookmarks & Tags

Hello and welcome to the November 2026 Friends of Unity Blog Hop! Our theme this month is bookmarks & tags. I have made both many many times! Given a bunch away to my book club and have kept a few for myself! 

My first project will be wine bottle gift tags. I love the look of these and have always wanted to give them a try! Here's my chance!

 I started with a piece of cardstock 8 1/2" x 11" and cut 3 pieces, 8 1/2" x 3". I created the flap by scoring at 6" and hole punching with a 1 3/4" circle punch, could have used the smallest circle from the scallops and circles nesting dies, but I cannot locate the smallest circle in my set! 😞 Next it was time to embellish! The best part!

Grabbed the Holiday Hide & Peek trio from the September 2026 Kit of the Month. I corner rounded the base on a couple and edge die cut the third. I stamped the image, colored with KingArt Alcohol Markers. I distress here and there with vintage photo distress oxide, I added some silver glitter gel pen, some Nuvo Aqua Shimmer in glitter gloss and also added some enamel dots from Gina Marie Designs, as well asl some organza ribbon, bakers twine and seam binding ribbon as well. Love LOVE how these turned out and can't wait to make more!

Last project from me this month is actual gift tags!  Who can't use more gift tags?!? 

Honestly this felt a little like cheating! The With Love, From Me, set from the October 2025 KOM does it all for you!

This set, plus the Unity Make a Tag die set and the Scallops and Squares nesting dies, plus some scraps made this set of sweet gift tags! I added some bling and some ink here and there, but for the most part the stamps and the paper did the rest! I added some natural burlap twine from may arts ribbon to finish them off!

Thanks for hopping with us this month! To start the hop at the beginning, you can visit my friend Crystal here. To move onto my next friend Rachel, click here! 

{BYSHC} Sketch 75 - Merry Snowman

 

Hello and welcome November! We are down to crunch time for card creation! Sketch 75 is here and running through the end of the month.  Digi Doodle Designs is the sponsor this month. I unfortunately do not have any of their items just yet.

I did, however, choose another sponsor who frequents our linky parties....RAM Stamps! I printed digital papers from Snowy Christmas collection and the image from Christmas Merry. Colored with my KingArt Alcohol markers and accented with some white gel pen. The enamel dots are from Gina Marie Designs.

{BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2026 Linky Party - Be Merry

 

Today is the final day to enter any projects for the {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2026 Linky Party! 

This will likely be the last card from me for this linky party! Unless I do some miraculous work with cleaning the house! LOL Started with a plain white sheet of cardstock. To that I stamped several components from the Winter Shake Up set from Unity. Next I die cut the panel using the scallops and arches nesting dies. The arch was a little larger than I had wanted so I just adjusted the bottom of the die to accommodate a shorter arch! Colored with Alcohol markers and added a tiny bit of distressing using what was left on the blending brush!

The background panel is a piece of kraft that has been sprinkled with some distress spray stain in picket fence and then to add some shimmer, distress mica spray in brushed pewter. I added some foam adhesive to the die cut panel and added it over top of of some red and white bakers twine that I tied around.

Thanks for visiting and thanks for participating in the last linky party of 2026! 

{BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2026 Linky Party - Christmas poinsettia

 

Here we are.....Friday, the last day of the {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2026 Linky Party! I have a lot going on today, so not sure how many more cards I'll get posted, but here's at least one more! LOL

While this one didn't turn out as I had envisioned, it's still very lovely and shimmery! I started with a plain white piece of cardstock. To that I ink blended Antique Linen and Spun Sugar Distress Oxides. Started with splashing some water over it all for some distressing. I stamped the large poinsettia stamp (from Unity called Poinsettia Poetry) using versafine clair in Nocturne. To that I took more of the spun sugar and watercolored over all the petals. It wasn't giving the effect I was looking for so I then  grabbed some Yasutomo shimmer watercolors and added some to the petals and center. Still not quite right, I then sprinkled on some distress spray in Picket Fence over the entire panel. 

I decided to tear all the edges to create some distressing. Then I die cut the sentiment using greetings of the season {die set} from Unity. Die cut a piece of pink cardstock and added it to the front. The tiny pearls have been in my stash for years and not really sure where they are from.

{BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2026 Linky Party - Let it Snow

 

We've made it to the end of the {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2026 Linky Party! Today is the day to finish up all those projects and get them posted! To be eligible for a chance to win an amazing prize, your entries needs to be posted before midnight!

While doom scrolling last week with the crud, I saw a video about embossing vellum! I loved how it looked in the video, so why not give it a try! First I die cut a piece of vellum using the scallops and arches nesting dies from Unity Stamp Co. Next I grabbed a snowflake embossing folder (I think from Unity as well) and ran it through the machine. Die cut first then emboss to avoid smashing all the yummy raised embossing! Unsure of where the background paper is from, but it's been in my stash forever! I keep grabbing it thinking that it is white! LOL 

I grabbed this amazing three piece snowflake die from Waffle Flower called Winter Crystal Die. Die cut the snowflake layer with silver sticker paper. The other two layers from coordinating cardstock. I raised the center die with some foam adhesive. The sentiment is from a Unity kit called Winter Shake Up. 

Don't forget, midnight is the deadline! Good luck to everyone participating and also CONGRATULATIONS! You have created some amazing cards to share with friends and family this holiday season!

{BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2026 Linky Party - Happy Holidays

 

I'm still working on cards for the {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2026 Linky Party! We're getting down to the wire, so be sure your entries are in and posted before midnight on Friday!

Another card featuring stamps from another sponsor! Taylored Expressions! Although this particular set is retired, there are SOOOOO many others to choose from! This one is called Fluffy Friends - Holiday. Papers used are all scraps! and I followed an older {BYSHC} Sketch, number 51!

sketch 51

{BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2026 Linky Party - Merry Christmas Santa

 

How is it already Wednesday?!?! The {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2026 Linky Party continues for 2 more days! Be sure to have your projects entered before midnight on Friday to be eligible for any prizes!

Today's card is courtesy of another amazing sponsor, Angie Blom Digital Designs! The name of the set with Santa and the sentiment is called Hey Santa and the background script is called Christmas Joy Script Background. The Santa file has four different santa faces and a couple sentiments all on one sheet....so don't be surprised if you see him again! :) I printed, then die cut with the postage stamp nesting dies from Unity and colored with some alcohol markers. I distressed the edges as well as the edge of the script background.

I added some silver gel pen to his glasses and then some Nuvo Aqua Shimmer in Glitter Gloss to the letters! (p.s. anyone know where I can get this glitter gloss color? I can only find gold)