{BYSHC} Sketch 63 - Let's Be Merry!

 Hello again and welcome back! Now that Thanksgiving is done, it's officially crunch time! LOL If you have been following along with us all year, your card stash should be full!

Today's card is once again brought to you by way of this month's sketch sponsor Angie Blom Digital Designs . The set is called Let's Be Merry. I printed the image and sentiment, colored with King Art Alcohol Markers and measured and cut according to the sketch. Background plaid paper from Unity Stamp Co. Season Starter paper pack. Button trio from stash!

{BYSHC} Sketch 63 - Merry Christmas Bear

 Hello and Welcome to November! :| How did we get here so fast!?! Well it's definitely crunch time so glad that {BYSHC} has helped me get my Christmas card supply full and ready to get cards out!

Today begins Sketch 63! This sketch lasts throughout the month of November and our awesome sponsor this month is Angie Blom Digital Designs! I love using digital images! You have so many options! Change sizes, move things around on the page, it's amazing!

My first card for the month features this sweet set called Beary Nice, the sentiment is from Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas. Printed the image and sentiment, colored the bear using King Art Alcohol Markers. Plaid background paper and green "tree" strip are from Echo Park Snowed In. I added some enamel dots from Gina Marie Designs and stapled the sentiment to the base.

{BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party - Christmas Joy

 TGIF! Today is the final day to get your creations posted to the {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party!

Today's card features another of the Christmas Joy Mugs from Angie Blom Digital Designs! I colored this yummy cup to coordinate with the plaid paper from Echo Park Snowed In Collection. I die cut the rectangle with the scallops and rectangles nesting dies from Unity Stamp Co.

I used some Vintage Photo Distress Oxide on the background panel edges as well as the cup panel. I added some Glossy Accents to the lightbulbs and to the sprinkles. The sheer ribbon happened to be sitting on the desk and matched perfectly! Some foam tape and we're all set!

Be sure to have your entries posted before Midnight and then we patiently wait for the random drawings to take place! :)

I hope you enjoyed the week as much as I did! I may just post another or two before the day is over! Just never know! :)

{BYSCH} Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party - Spirit of Christmas

 Welcome back! The {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party is quickly coming to the end! Be sure to have your entries posted to the blog before midnight Friday night!

Today's card features a few sponsors! The card base background is papers from Unity Stamp Co. The pack is called Season Starter.

Again more scraps left over from other things. The mug is part of the printed sheet from Angie Blom Digital Designs called Christmas Joy Mugs. Colored with KingArt Alcohol Markers in colors that match the paper. The ornament was covered with Glossy Accents to give it a nice shiny texture! The sentiment is from a set of sentiment strips from Unity Stamp Co. and the circle was also cut with one of the scallops and circles nesting dies also from Unity. Twine is from May Arts and the enamel dots are from Gina Marie Designs.

I followed Sketch 46 from {BYSHC}!

{BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party - Holly Jolly

 Lots of scraps on my desk ready to be made into something amazing! {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party is my favorite way to use up some scraps!

My card is created with a digital image and sentiment from Angie Blom Digital Designs called Christmas Joy Mugs. (p.s. you can get 40% off....no code needed!)

The background paper is an older piece from Stampin Up. It was the perfect size for A2 card front! I cut it according to the {BYSHC} Sketch 51 dimensions. I added a strip of coordinating paper to the center. The Santa mug image was backed with some black cardstock as was the sentient.  I added some red enamel dots!

Don't forget....there is still time to submit your creations to be eligible for some amazing prizes!!

{BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party - Blessings

Hello again crafty friends! I hope you have had a chance to see some amazing creations and have maybe submitted one (or more) of your own! The {BYSHC} Falling for the Holiday 2025 Linky Party goes until this Friday, so there is still time!

My card is brought to you by one of our amazing sponsors....Angie Blom Digital Designs. The digital set is called Blessings Poinsettia. This floral is fussy cut from one of the mason jar images. The background is a piece of kraft cardstock, run through an embossing folder that has been inked with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide to give the wood effect. 

I did die cut it with one of the scallops and rectangle nesting dies from Unity Stamp Co. (another amazing sponsor!) to create the fancy edge. Foam adhesive, enamel dots from Gina Marie Designs and some ribbon from my stash finish it off!

In addition to these two amazing sponsors, I also used Sketch 50 from {BYSHC}....pictured below.

{BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party - Warm Winter Wishes

 Day 3 of the {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party and I have yet another card featuring some of our amazing sponsors!

Today's card uses three sponsors products and ideas!  

Started with this sweet frothy mug from Christmas Joy Mugs by Angie Blom Digital Designs, you have seen a few of these images so far in this linky party....you will likely see more! :) I colored it in pink and blue, using KingArt Alcohol Markers. The background papers are from Unity Stamp Co. Cozy Textiles (WK10/2020). I loved Crystal's card that she posted here, so I secretly.....shhhhh.....CASEd her design :) The postage stamp nesting dies and sentiment strip from simply holiday are both from Unity Stamp Co. as well! I loosely followed {BYSHC} Sketch 10 too!

I am also entering this into the Jingle Belles Rock Pink Christmas Challenge. Each October, the ladies at Jingle Belles Rock (Stephanie and Lauren) post the pink challenge in honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month! They have offered to donate $2 each for each card posted to the challenge! What an amazing outpouring of support!

sketch 10

{BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party - Merry & Bright Poinsettias

Hello again friends! {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party has begun! You have until Friday the 24th to get those entries posted to the {BYSHC} Blog to be eligible for some amazing prizes!

This card is brought to you by my many bins/piles/bags of scraps and leftover images!  The poinsettia's are part of the set from Angie Blom Digital Designs called Blessings Poinsettia.  These happen to a part of the jar. I just cut them off of the jar, I only wanted the flowers! :) The papers are from a pack from Miss Kate Designs called Holly Jolly

I die cut the panels using the scallops and rectangles nesting dies from Unity Stamp Co., and added some sheer ribbon and foam adhesive as well.

I will be adding this lovely card to the Jingle Belles Rock October Challenge! Each October the ladies of Jingle Belles Rock (Stephanie and Lauren) deem the prompt pink Christmas in honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month! For each card that is submitted they EACH donate $2 per card to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation! I do have one additional pink card in the works, so be on the lookout!

{BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party - Merry Christmas Santa!

 

Hello friends and welcome to the {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party! It's a week long flurry of creation! I hope you are able to enter many many times as the sponsor list and prizes are amazing!

Be sure to enter all of your creations on the {BYSHC} Blog post to be eligible! 

My challenge to myself is to use up as many scrap pieces of paper, spare images, leftover embellishments, an extra sentiment as possible! It's my own little personal challenge! My first card is just that!

The image and sentiment are from one of our amazing sponsors, Angie Blom Digital Designs (and right now you can get 40% off - no code needed)!! Both are from the digital set called Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas. Santa was printed some time ago, but used a different image on the same printed sheet. I colored the image with my King Art Alcohol Markers and then fussy cut out Santa, with my cutter bee scissors, to fit into the frame! The red and white paper was left from another project and happened to be the perfect size! I die cut the frame from a piece of kraft, then embossed it with a wood-grain folder and ink blended some vintage photo distress oxide over the embossing. Popped it up with some foam adhesive and then added the twine and button which were in my stash of goodies! 

Now onto the fun part!! The sponsors list is below and WOW are they awesome!

Tawny Owl Paperie

QT Cards with Mom

Unity Stamp Co.

Angie Blom Digital Designs

Crafty Stamp Co.

RAM Stamps

Creative Worship Stamps

Kraftin Kimmie Stamps

Gina K. Designs

Lawn Fawn

Digi Doodle Studios

Not 2 Shabby

Taylored Expressions

Jaded Blossom

Twiddler's Nook

A Colorful Life Designs

Club Scrap

Von Marie Design

Kat Scrappiness

Pink & Main

Newton's Nook Designs

Pajama Crafter Stamps

In Love with Paper - Cindy Messer

Markers, Ink & Paper - Cathy Preissing

Therm-O-Web

Marie Bingaman - Cardmaker

Like I said WOWOWOWOW! 26 sponsors!!! Be sure to join us on the Facebook group to get a front row seat to all the fun!! Your creations need to be uploaded to the blog before midnight on the 24th to be eligible for a prize!

Let's get this party started!!!!

{BYSHC} Christmas in July 2025 Linky Party - Cozy

 

I'm creating a bunch of cards for my stash! Christmas in July 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party is the best time to do that!

I am also continuing to go through scraps and put stuff together! The background and mug were both printed with multiples on the sheet, so they were leftover! They are both from Angie Blom Digital Designs! The mug is from Christmas Joy Mugs and the background is Christmas Joy Script Background. The background was ink blended all over with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide and then I roughed the edges up with my scissors. I followed {BYSHC} Sketch 20 for this one and measured the papers and cut accordingly. The snowflake paper is from Photoplay "It's a wonderful Christmas." The sentiment came from a cut-apart sentiment sheet (there are a couple, but here's one) from Unity Stamp Co which I attached with foam adhesive and then added some tiny enamel dots from Gina Marie Designs!

{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!

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

 I am creating a stash of cards so that the December rush isn't quite as stressful! The Spring into Christmas {BYSHC} 2025 Linky Party is the best time to get some cards done!

Typically "scrap" cards start with the scraps, but this time the image was the scrap. I had colored this cute mug from Angie Blom Digital Designs set called Christmas Joy Mugs, die cut it and then set it aside.

With these bright colors, it was a challenge to find "Christmas" paper that would go! I did dig through my stash and found the Tulla & Norbert's Christmas Party from PhotoPlay! Perfect! The bright green and blue of the paper matched well enough with the colors of the mug that I went with it! It's not your typical Christmas colored card, but definitely festive! 

The main image was colored with my KingArt Alcohol Markers, and then die cut using the postage stamp nesting die set from Unity. I took a blending brush and vintage photo distress oxide and darkened up the edges a bit. Popped the image up with some foam adhesive and added some matching green enamel dots from Gina Marie Designs. I followed the {BYSHC} Sketch 24 for my design!

{BYSHC} Spring into Christmas 2025 Linky Party - Happy Holidays!

 Hello again and welcome back! The Spring into Christmas {BYSHC} 2025 Linky Party is happening! 

My card was created with another scrap! I used My Mind's Eye "i believe" (circa 2010)! I used front and back of one scrap! 

I followed the {BYSHC} Sketch 42 (pictured below). I started with a previously printed image from Angie Blom Digital Designs, called blessings poinsettia. I colored with some KingArt Alcohol Markers, then attempted to watercolor the blue of the jar to look like water. Well it smeared the printed ink all over the place! LOL Luckily the sentiment can cover! I added a circle of vellum and popped the fussy cut image and sentiment up with foam adhesive and added some transparent green enamel dots from Gina Marie Designs as an extra little pop!

{BYSHC} Spring into Christmas 2025 Linky Party - Just for you

 Hello again and welcome back! Have you checked out the list of sponsors yet?!? What are you waiting for?!? I'll like my first days post here, they are also listed on the {BYSHC} Blog!

The linky party is usually where I grab all the scraps and bits and pieces and put cards together where they wouldn't normally be! 

For this one, the background (Christmas Joy Script from Angie Blom Digital Designs) I had printed a whole sheet of and only used one or two....so had two left. I die cut it with one of the scallops and rectangle nesting dies from Unity. The mug (also Angie Blom Digital Designs) I had already colored in an evening watching TV so it just needed to be die cut, used the scallop and banner nesting dies from Unity. I punched a couple holes in the top and tied on a red organza ribbon. Cute and simple and all "scraps"!

Doesn't have to be hard, just use your imagination! :)

{BYSHC} Spring into Christmas Linky Party - You Make Me Smile!

Hello and welcome to the {BYSHC} Spring into the Holidays 2025 Linky Party! We will be going all week long!

We will be hosting this amazing opportunity to get some Christmas cards made and added to the stash! There are prizes galore and fun to be had!!

My first card for the party is a cute santa mug from Angie Blog Digital Designs! The background was created with a bunch of scraps cut into 1/2" strips and glued to a white panel, after they were all set I die cut it using the scallops and rectangles nesting dies from Unity Stamp Co.  The papers are from all different manufacturers and paper packs. This is one of my favorite ways to use up scraps! I followed Sketch 20 from {BYSHC} (pictured below).

The santa mug was colored using KingArt Alcohol Markers.

All cards must be entered into the blog post. Anything goes as long as it's Christmas, Hanukkah, Yuletide, wintry, etc. The party will end of May 9th. After that the winners will be announced a few days later!

The list of sponsors is here! Take a look and be sure to get your entries in!

Tawny Owl Paperie

*NEW* Club Scrap

Lawn Fawn

Therm-O-Web

Taylored Expressions

Twiddler's Nook

Not 2 Shabby

Unity Stamp Co.

Angie Blom Digital Designs

Jaded Blossom

A Colorful Life Designs

Gina K. Designs

Fresh and Renewed with Teresa

Pink & Main

RAM Stamps

Newton's Nook Designs

Gina Marie Designs