Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ Holiday Grumplings ~ Taylored Expressions

 Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back for Day 2 of the Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party with a grumpy holiday card! It was so much fun checking out the inspiration shared yesterday for the start of the Linky Party. So many beautiful cards! Today I'm sharing a card using a funny stamp from return Sponsor Taylored Expressions called Holiday Grumplings.

I inked up one of the cute critters from the retired Holiday Grumplings stamp set from our fab Sponsor Taylored Expressions. His grumpy face just makes me smile!! LOL! I stamped him with Black Amalgam ink and colored  him up with Copic markers. I decided he needed a hat so I also stamped the top of the cute snowman bear in the set and just fussy cut the hat after I colored it.

I used the retired coordinating Holiday Grumplings die set to die cut the fox. I cleaned up the edges of my fussy cutting by coloring the edges black with a Memento Tuxedo Black marker.

Here's a quick list of the Copic markers I used for this hilarious stamp:

Fox: N2, N4, N6, W00, W1, W3, E11, E15, E09, C00, C2

Hat: R20, R14, R27, C00, C2

Bell: Y11, Y28 

I paired up the grumpy fox with the retired Snow Day Remix paper pack from Sponsor Lawn Fawn. I die cut the polka dot paper using the retired Stitched Bracket Stacklets from Taylored Expressions. I adhered all my layers together using iCraft UltraBond Adhesive from our wonderful Sponsor Therm O Web. I die cut the sentiment using a circle die from the Stitched Circle Stacklets from Taylored Expressions. I added a bunch of iCraft 3D Foam Squares from Therm O Web to pop up the sentiment.

My card design was inspired by {BYSHC} Sketch 1. I went WAY back in the sketches! I used the measurements directly from the sketch for my card. The only thing I changed up was I used the red snowflake scrap from my papers and I used scraps for my background rather than just one piece of pattern paper. I love this sketch!

Before you leave, be sure to stop by Taylored Expressions, Lawn Fawn, and Therm O Web! I love all of our wonderful Sponsors!! And if you haven't already, stop by the Spring into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party to check out all the wonderful Holiday inspiration being shared!! Have a fantastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Set of St. Patrick's Day Cards ~ All the Luck ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend! 

I'm a huge fan of St. Patrick's Day cards! I don't know what it is about them, but I love to make them and I love to send them to my friends. So I was super excited to see the March Madness Warehouse Sale over at Unity this weekend. Lots of fun St. Patrick's Day goodies {and lots of other stuff}!!

So I had to make a couple of cards... well, four to be exact! Once I started I just couldn't stop! 

I started with a fun sketch and cut my papers for two cards. My first one features a stamp from the All the Luck stamps. Such a fun stamp! I paired it up with the Clover & Charm {paper pack}. The plaid paper measures 4 x 5-1/4". The shamrock paper is die cut with a die from the Scallops & Squares {nesting dies}. It's tucked under the kraft card stock across the card. And the focal image is popped up on the card with foam tape.

Card number two is very similar. The sentiment is from the Lucky Cuts Ephemera. I distressed the edges of the pattern papers and the ephemera piece. I also popped up the sentiment with foam tape.

Now, I had scraps and I wanted to see what I could do with them. I tore the edge of this beautiful paper and adhered it to a Kraft card base. The sentiment is popped up on the card with foam tape. Super easy peasy! 

And the last card is very similar using two leftover strips. Also adhered to a Kraft A2 top fold card base. The sentiment is popped up with foam tape. A fun set of cards and they actually didn't take very long. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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Spring into Christmas {BYSHC} Hop ~ Wonky Grinch Christmas ~ Gina Marie Design

Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back with another fun card for the Spring into Christmas 2021 {BYSHC} Hop using the fabulous Grinch Themed stamp set and the Wonky Stitched Rectangle dies... both from Sponsor Gina Marie Design!! I have been itching to use this fabulous stamp set!!

 

I'm so glad I did too! How cute it that?! It was really hard to pick which stamp to use, but I had a fun idea to use a couple of the sketches that we have used for our challenges in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group and Sketch #1 was perfect with this stamp! I colored this cute image with the following Copic markers:

Hand ~ YG11, YG17, YG23, G14

Sleeve ~ C00, C2, R000, R14, R27, R37, R46

Ornament ~ R000, R14, R27, R37, R46, gold gel pen

 

The papers I used are the Holiday Intrigue {paper pack} designed by the fabulous Angie Blom of Sponsor Angie Blom Digital Design for Sponsor Unity Stamp Co. I am such a huge fan of each of our Sponsors... if you couldn't tell! LOL I stamped the sentiment with Wow Clear embossing ink and melted Alabaster White embossing powder from Brutus Monroe. The cute little tree brad has been in my stash forever... I'm really not sure where I got it. I think it was the perfect touch to finish off this card though!!

Hop on over to the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog to check out all the amazing inspiration being shared and pull out those holiday stamps, papers and goodies... let's build our stash of holiday cards this week!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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