Creative Scrapbooker Magazine - Fall 2023!

 This feeling really never gets old! Creative Scrapbooker Magazine has once again chosen one of my cards for publication in their Fall 2023 issue!

Right here on page 126! Thanks from all of us was created with Unity Stamps and dies!

Stay tuned! I may just do it again! ;)

Welcome to August!

 New month, means new {BYSHC} Sketch!! Challenge #36 is live!! This sketch runs through the end of August! 

My card today feels somewhat like a "cheat." LOL Sometimes they feel like that! 

Papers are from Echo Park Gnome for Christmas 6x6 paper pack. The red strip is a piece of scrap from Stampin Up and the gold is washi tape! I added some glossy accents to the word "Believe" and the berries. Red enamel dots from Gina Marie Designs to finish it off!

It doesn't need to be hard to be beautiful! :)

{BYSHC} Christmas in July Linky Party - ONE MORE CARD!!

 ONE MORE CARD!! {BYSHC} Christmas in July Linky Party ends in a few hours! I had a few minutes so I made one more! :)

I had stamped two of these images to take with me to my daughter's dance studio this morning, but only used one.....so had one left over and ready to color!

Started with a white card base. Played with SEVERAL sketches and layouts and nothing looked right. Glued down, pulled it back up, glued again, moved stuff around.....sometimes it just takes a little while and some adjustments! Papers are scraps from Stampin Up. Colored with Tombow ABT Water based markers, sequins from unknown. Snowman is from Unity Stamp Co. Snow Day Like Today. Sentiment is from Lawn Fawn from Ho-Ho-Holidays. Foam tape, washi tape, thrown together and it works! :)

When you finish a card at 6pm and it's raining....you get a dark picture! 

{BYSHC} Christmas in July Linky Party - All Is Bright

 Here it is!! The last day to link your cards! The {BYSHC} Christmas in July Linky Party ends at midnight!

Today's card was a lightbulb moment late last night! I am not at home this morning so had to load up all my supplies and finish it at my daughter's dance studio! LOL

Started with a white cardstock panel that I ink blended faded jeans, broken china and speckled egg onto. Next I watered down some white acrylic paint and splattered it everywhere (including my glasses, my hands, the desktop, etc.)!  Stamped the snowman (from Unity Stamp Co. called Snow Day Like Today) onto a plain white scrap of regular cardstock. Colored with Tombow ABT Waterbased markers and then fussy cut him out! The ink blended panel was die cut using Tim Holtz Deckle Edge nesting dies and then glued down onto kraft. Burlap twine is from May Arts Ribbons and was tied around the panel. The sentiment was a second-hand purchase so I am unsure of which set it was from. The snowman and the sentiment were both mounted with foam adhesive for added dimension and the clear sequins were also from Unity but part of a Whit Kit and do not appear to be available on their own.

Considering that I colored, cut, glued and tied everything together while NOT at home was definitely interesting but completely do-able!!!

Be sure to get your entries linked before midnight! The link will close and then we'll wait for the prize announcements!! 

Sketch #35 on the last day of the Linky Party!

 Hello everyone! Today is the last day of the {BYSHC} Christmas in July 2023 Linky Party! Get your entries in by Midnight! In the meantime....Sketch #35 is almost history! My card today features some fussy cutting and patience!

Papers are from Echo Park Paper Co. Gnome for Christmas. The "Merry Christmas" chipboard sign was also from Echo Park (Home for Christmas). The holly bunch is a stamp from Unity Stamp Co. called Christmas Wishes. I stamped it out onto white cardstock, colored it with Tombow ABT markers, then cut it out. The red enamel dots are from Gina Marie Designs!

{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 - Snowflakes

 Another day.....another Christmas Card! {BYSHC} Christmas in July Linky Party is almost to the end! Friday at Midnight is the last chance to enter!

Today's card features  stamps and die sets from Unity Stamp Co. 

Started with a piece of plain white cardstock that I "ink smooshed" some winter looking colors onto. Ink smooshing is the technique where you smoosh some different ink colors onto a non-porous surface (acrylic block, acetate sheet, leftover plastic from a stamp set) then spritz with water. You then "smoosh" the paper into the ink or the ink onto the paper! I created the panel some time ago so I cannot remember the exact colors that I used. So as I am going through things looking for scraps and odds and ends to create with I came across this! I took a stamp set from Unity called Heart of Christmas and stamped it on one corner and then the other using white pigment ink by gina k designs. Embossed it with some white embossing powder also from gina k designs. Die cut it with the scallops and rectangle nesting dies set from Unity. The tan polka-dotted background was cut with the same die set. The Heart of Christmas set has a TON of sentiments and the large scripty words have matching dies!! :) I first die cut my word, then stamped Christmas using Villainous potion and then embossed it. Merry is part of another sentiment that says Merry Christmas....I only needed the Merry part! :) This strip was mounted with foam adhesive for added dimension. To add the sparkle....the sequins are from Spiegelmom Scraps (combo of country winter and autumn wonder).

Get those cards posted!!