Inspired By......Hot Chocolate

 Thought I would jump in on the current inspired by challenge. I'm feeling inspired by the pink and brown and all the hearts! 

This is a weekly challenge and it usually changes before I have a chance to get to it! LOL But today feels like the right day!

I really didn't have anything in mind when I started, just knew that I loved the colors and wanted to get to my craft desk! I grabbed first the embossing folder from Sizzix and Stampin Up called Falling Petals (likely retired). I first ink blended over with my pink blending brush, not what I was looking for. Then I added some vintage photo.....still not right. I then went with some walnut stain and some cotton candy stickles on a few hearts and it's better! :) Next I grabbed a Unity Stamp Co. set called Love to Go. It's perfect with all the hearts! 

Stamped the cute cup onto white cardstock, die cut it along with a piece of patterned paper from Unity's Enveloped in Love paper pack, with the Make a Tag Die set also from Unity. Colored with my King Art Alcohol Markers and added more of the pink stickles. I added some pink grosgrain ribbon and pink and brown bakers twine from Timeless Twine and some foam tape to give some dimension!

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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!

Our amazing generous sponsors are:

Tawny Owl Paperie

Not 2 Shabby

Colorado Craft Company

RAM Stamps

Gina K Designs

Twiddler's Nook

Taylored Expressions

Lawn Fawn

Angie Blom Digital Designs

Therm-O-Web

Newton's Nook Designs

Pink & Main

Jaded Blossom

Unity Stamp Co.

Gina Marie Designs

A Colorful Life Designs

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!!

Back to our regularly scheduled linky party!

 Back to regular programing! LOL I have managed to create another card for the Falling for the Holidays 2023 {BYSHC} Linky Party!

Another amazing sponsor is Angie Blom Digital Designs! I recently purchased this digital kit and completely forgot about it until last night! 

The kit is called Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas and contains this adorable Santa along with a bunch of other images! There are three 8 1/2" x 11" images to print and cut to create 4 seperate A2 cards! While I loved the "HO HO HO" background with Santa provided....I had already colored Santa alone by himself and when I printed it I failed to correct the margins so it was off! :p So I typed my own HO HO HO background and used that!  I colored Santa with a combination of generic alcohol markers and Tombow ABT Dual Brush markers. I cut him out and then added some white gel pen to accent. The brick background was created by using up the leftover ink on the blending brush over a brick stencil! Added some foam tape and red enamel dots (Gina Marie Designs) along with some bakers twine (Timeless Twine by BellaCreationz) and some burlap twine to the bow (May Arts Ribbon).

{BYSHC} Christmas in July Linky Party - Merry Penguin

 One day to go! The final day to get your entries posted to the {BYSHC} Christmas in July Linky Party is tomorrow!! So many beautiful entries so far!

Today's card follows the latest sketch challenge at Tawny Owl Paperie! Also happens to be one of our sponsors!!

Today's card started with a piece of white cardstock that I glued all the strips to! Multiple scraps contributed to this! I cut the strips at a 1/2". After all the strips and corners were glued, I die cut with the scallops and rectangle nesting die set from Unity Stamp Co. The sweetly dressed penguin is an itty bitty stamp from Unity called hey there...wise guy. Stamped on white cardstock with versafine clair in nocturne and colored with my Tombow ABT water based markers. A couple wraps of twine from Timeless Twine by Bella Creationz and a few red enamel dots from Gina Marie Designs and he's ready to go!

Tomorrow is the last day for linking up your creations! 

{BYSHC} Christmas in July Linky Party - Warm & Cozy

 The {BYSHC} Christmas in July Linky Party is a great time to get a stash of cards ready so December isn't so crazy!! I'm literally going through my stash of Christmas paper pack scraps and creating any and everything!! 

My card today features a paper pack and stamps from Unity Stamp Co. The paper pack is called Watercolor Winter, the mittens are stamped with one stamp twice. It is from the 2022 Advent Calendar and the sentiment is from a set called Warm & Cozy.

I followed a sketch from Tawny Owl Paperie. Crystal is the best with sketches!! You will likely see more of her sketches this week!! LOL

Easy peasy! Measured and cut a bunch of scraps that all went together, glued them to a kraft base that measures 4.25" x 5.5".  The circles were cut using the Unity Stamp Co. Scallops and Circles Nesting Die set. The sentiment was also cut with Unity Dies (set was included in a kit and not sold in the store yet). Added some natural colored twine and foam adhesive and this is the result! All scraps!!

{BYSHC} Christmas in July Linky Party - Snowmie

 Hello friends! Welcome to day 2 of the {BYSHC} Christmas in July Linky Party! 

Today's card, like yesterday's card, came about after I learned of a new-to-me technique! Pretty simple really.....two different background stamps used together! 

Started with a white cardstock base of 4.25" x 5.5". Both background stamps are from Unity Stamp Co. First I stamped the background called A Little Christmas Carol using vintage photo distress oxide, then I stamped the background called Christmas All Around using a combination of lumberjack plaid distress oxide and evergreen bough distress ink. I die cut the panel using Unity's scallop and rectangle nesting die set and distressed the edges by blending over more vintage photo. The snowman (called Snowmie) is a favorite of mine! I stamped him onto a piece of white cardstock using VersaFine Clair in Nocturne, colored with Tombow ABT water-based markers and fussy cut him out! Added some natural twine and foam tape and he's ready to go!

Can't wait to make more of these background panels!! So addicting, easy and fun getting combinations together and colors that all coordinate!!

Don't forget that the linky party goes until Midnight on the 28th! Fantastic list of sponsors with amazing prizes!! Get your entries in to be eligible!!

{BYSHC} Christmas in July 2023 Linky Party Kickoff!

 Welcome to the first day of the {BYSHC} 2023 Christmas in July Linky Party! So much fun to be had this next week! Starting today, running through the 28th, enjoy lots of posts and inspiration to get some Christmas cards made and ready for December! 

Today's card features a new-to-me technique of multiple background stamps and colors! So much fun to create this (and a few others)! The background stamps are from Unity Stamp Co. (which happens to be one of our amazing sponsors)! Started with a white cardstock panel cut to 4.25" x 5.5". Stamped the Linen background stamp using weathered wood distress ink. On top of that I stamped the Santa Express background stamp using a trio of colors (vintage photo and crackling campfire distress oxide and forest moss distress ink). I ink blended around the edges with more vintage photo. Next I took a manilla tag and ink blended more vintage photo over it to darken it up. Stamped the sentiment using straight Vintage Photo. If you look closely the black stick tree is on a clear piece of plastic that I die cut with the scallops and circles nesting die set from Unity Stamp Co. from a piece of wrap that was around a stuffed toy we had purchased! It has a ton of trees all over it! I cut another piece from it and will use that later! ;) Next I added the twine (red/green and natural from Timeless Twine by Bella Creationz, the jute twine from May Arts and the gold thread kreinik metallics blending filament)! I loved the look of a tag tie technique that Sandhya used and tried to recreate it! I love how this turned out!

The sponsor list is so amazing! At the end of the week prizes will be awarded! Enter often for a better chance at a prize!!

Unity Stamp Company

Angie Blom Digital Designs

Tawny Owl Paperie

Gina Marie Designs

Jaded Blossom

Colorado Craft Company

Therm O Web

Not 2 Shabby

Gina K. Designs

Newton's Nook Designs

Fresh and Renewed with Teresa

Taylored Expressions

RAM Stamps {Rachelle Anne Miller Stamps}

Graciellie Design

Lawn Fawn

*NEW SPONSOR* Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Twiddler's Nook

Pink & Main

A Colorful Life Designs

Good luck to all and I can't wait to see all the inspiration!!

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