Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party - Joy

 Hello again! This Falling for the Holidays 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party is about half over! Be sure to get your card creations posted to the blog before the 25th!

More scraps means more cards! The patterned papers I used for this one are from Unity Stamp Co. North Pole Collection. The "Joy" stamp is part of the 2020 Unity Stamp Co. Advent Calendar! I stamped it using lumberjack plaid distress oxide and then embossed with clear embossing powder.  I used the scallops and square nesting dies to cut the center squares. I cut out the center of the scalloped square and then mounted the center using some foam adhesive. Added some red enamel dots from Gina Marie Designs and followed {BYSHC} sketch 33 to create this card!

Christmas in July 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party - Peace on Earth

 Sneaking in one (maybe two) before the midnight deadline! Christmas in July 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party has 3-ish hours left! LOL

Definitely not a good picture of this cutie at all! It's 9pm and the sun is gone! :) Taken by the light of my craft room!

pulled papers literally from the scrap bag (picture below)!! The reindeer I had already stamped and die cut for another project that didn't get used. Grabbed a sketch from {BYSHC} #33 and cut to size! I added some twine and some white enamel dots to make it fun!!

Use what you have! I talk myself out of paper all the time! LOL I have so much and the scraps can create all by themselves! I've proven that this week!! I have so many more that I am sure I'll never get through them all! It's so fun!!

Thanks for joining us this week! I hope you enjoyed all the inspiration and good luck and I hope the "random.org" Gods are forever in your favor! :)

Christmas in July 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party - Christmas Joy

 Didn't expect to get another one in, but I did! Christmas in July 2024 {BYSHC} Linky Party ends at midnight.

The only thing on this card that's "new" and not from the scrap bin is the die cut tag! It was a regular panel, but I cut it into a tag!

The snowflake panel didn't stamp perfectly the first time so it went in the scrap bin and has now gained new life!! I grabbed a sketch that matched the size and shape of the image. Sketch 33 fit the bill! I love being able to go through my scraps and see what I can come up with! It's like a treasure hunt! My desk is an absolute mess, but wow....what a fun week!!  The snowflake background, the scalloped and rectangle die set, the tag die and the sentiment strips are all from Unity! Enamel dots from Gina Marie Designs and ribbon from stash!

Don't forget to get your cards in before midnight!

{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge #33 - Holiday Joy

This is the last Friday of {BYSHC} Sketch 33 Challenge! Next week starts a new challenge! My last card for this sketch is one of my favorite itty bitty stamps from Unity Stamp Co.

This Holiday Joy Christmas Tree is well loved by me!! If you scroll through my posts.....you'll see this one a lot!! What I love about it is that it's "self-contained" if that makes sense! It is it's own image....doesn't need much! So I stamped it with versafine clair in nocturne, colored with Tombow ABT markers. Then I distressed it a bit with some vintage photo. I sprinkled some water on to give it a little more of a distressed feel. Papers are from several different places....just kind of grabbed some scraps that all went together! Gina Marie designs enamel dots and some twine for the finish!

{BYSHC} Sketch challenge #33 - Celebrate

 {BYSHC} are back at our regularly scheduled sketch challenge! Thanks to everyone who participated in our linky party! We had a record number of entries!

This card started with a white top fold cardbase. I followed the sketch dimensions and used papers from Carta Bella Home for Christmas. I used two different itty-bitty stamps from Unity Stamp Co.....hey there-wise guy and ornamental season. If you are unfamiliar with the Itty-Bitty collection....they are small stamp sets (usually an image and a sentiment) that pack a lot of punch! I colored this sweet birdy with my Tombow ABT Markers and added some acrylic dots from Gina Marie Designs.