{BYSHC} Sketch #53 - Let Your Heart Be Light

 How is it the last day of January?!? {BYSHC} Sketch #53 ends today! Be sure to get any and all entries in before midnight! 

This started out as an experiment! LOL I stamped the tree (from Unity Stamp Co. Kit of the Month October 2024 Sweet Bliss of Christmas), in honestly not sure, but guessing it was Nuvo Hybrid Lime Burst. I then sprinkled some WOW! Embossing Powder (neutral ultra shimmer) over the wet ink.  Heated it up with my heat gun and BAMMM Super Sparkle! I added some tiny pearls as ornaments in red, gold and pearl. I stamped the sentiment from the same Kit of the Month, then die cut the panel with the scallops and rectangles nesting dies. The patterned papers are from Echo Park Gnome for Christmas. 

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{BYSHC} Sketch #53 - Warm Winter Wishes

Hello again friends! As I clean up all the Christmas decorations, I like to take a minute and check out the cards that have been sent. Some of the artwork is really nice! I try whenever possible to recycle some card fronts from time to time and give them a second life! This one that I created for {BYSHC} Sketch #53 is one!

I took the card front (the tree with the cardinals) and die cut it with the smallest rectangle from the scallops and rectangles nesting dies, then I took one of the freebie tags that come from Unity and cut it down with the tag builder die set. I cropped the corners of the rectangle to match. I added some red and white bakers twine to the tag. The banner started out as a scrap sentiment strip that turned into a hot mess because it didn't fit and the was cut weird....so I stamped it again! :)

 

Happy New Year!! {BYSHC} Sketch #53

 Happy New Year! My first card for 2025! Let the stash begin! :) {BYSHC} Sketch Challenges and Linky Parties allowed me to have not only enough cards, but some extra as well! No mad rush to create at the last minute to have enough! I am so thankful!! 

My card today features a leftover plaid background creation (I used the plaid builder stencils from Unity Stamp Co.) in blue, green and yellow with a white background. I backed it with some gold foil paper. I die cut the plaid panel with the Unity Stamp Co. scallops and rectangles nesting dies. The white triangle at the bottom was freehand cut. I added the gold paper along the edge, added it to the panel and then cut after the fact. No exact measurements on that one! The tag image is from Unity as well, ...snow buddies. I stamped onto a "freebie" tag, masked the right hand side of the stamp image as it wasn't going to fit, but I wanted to keep the tiny snowman! Colored with Tombow ABT markers. Added some ribbon and twine from my stash. The wood snowflake was also a "freebie" from Unity! The sentiment was left over from some cardmaking. I save everything! LOL

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