Poinsettia Cocoa Cup - BYSHC Linky Party

I'm playing along with the Falling for the Holidays Linky Party hosted on the BYSHC blog, and this card is full of wintery pastel vibes.  I embossed the green background with the Pine Branch folder from Pink and Main, and then I dragged a green ink across the top to deepen the color of the branches.  After I die cut and assembled the poinsettia (Hot Drink Add On dies - Pink and Main), I splattered the flower and the green background with some champagne paint.  I die cut and assembled the hot drink cup (Hot Drinks To Go - Pink and Main), added the poinsettia, and added this to the green background with a small pink strip behind it.  Lastly, I added the sentiment (Merry Sentiment Word Dies - Pink and Main) with some foam tape.

Come play along with us and post your holiday/wintery cards in the Linky Party on the BYSHC blog.  We'd love to see what you create!

 

Snowflake Ornament in Greenery - BYSHC Linky Party

I'm playing along with the Falling for the Holidays Linky Party hosted on the BYSHC blog, and this is a very green card with a pop of pink.  I used the Close Up Branches stencil from A Colorful Life Designs (use code HollyFan10 to save 10%) to add some greenery to the background, rotating the stencil and using a different ink color to give this some dimension.  Next, I stenciled the same green inks (Poblano Pepper and Spearmint from Taylored Expressions) over one of the snowflakes from the Three Snowflakes stencil.  I cut this out with a circle die and adhered it to the die cut darker green ornament and added this to my greenery background with some foam tape.  After I added the little ornament cap to the top, I added a deep pink bow and the sentiment (Taylored Expressions) as well as a little rhinestone to the center of the snowflake.

Come play along with us and post your holiday/wintery cards in the Linky Party on the BYSHC blog.  We'd love to see what you create!

 

Simple Cookie Christmas - BYSHC Linky Party

I'm playing along with the Falling for the Holidays Linky Party hosted on the BYSHC blog, and this is a sweet and simple Christmas cookie platter.  I used some old Recollections paper (Sugar Plums) for the green background and the red plaid strip, and then I added a scalloped frame around these.  I die cut a smaller scallop frame, but I left the white rectangle inside to make this look like a platter and then I added the white embossed Christmas cookies (Cocoa and Cookies - Pink and Main).  The sentiment (Merry Sentiments Word dies - Pink and Main) was die cut from white cardstock and added to the red plaid strip.

Come play along with us and post your holiday/wintery cards in the Linky Party on the BYSHC blog.  We'd love to see what you create!

 

Sweet Cocoa Wishes - BYSHC Linky Party

I'm playing along with the Falling for the Holidays Linky Party hosted on the BYSHC blog, and this is my second card for this fun week.  I stamped and watercolored this gorgeous cup from Pink and Main (Hug in a Mug) and then adhered it to a vellum circle with some foam tape.  After I glued some plaid paper (Jovial - Basic Grey) to a black card base, I added a strip of green cardstock and then I adhered my vellum circle.  I added the sentiment from the same stamp set and then added some glitter enamel dots from Pink and Main.

Come play along with us and post your holiday/wintery cards in the Linky Party on the BYSHC blog.  We'd love to see what you create!

 

Country Star Noel - BYSHC Linky Party

I'm playing along with the Falling for the Holidays Linky Party hosted on the BYSHC blog, and this is my first card for this fun week.  I started by running a cream cardstock panel through an embossing folder (Snowy Pines from Honey Bee Stamps) and then brushing some brown ink around the edges and over the embossed areas to give it a distressed look.  Next, I die cut the red star and all the little greenery/pinecones, orange slice, and bow (Barn Star Wreath - Spellbinders) and assembled them and glued them to the embossed Snowy Pines panel.  Lastly, I die cut the sentiment (Festive Corner Cuts - Concord & 9th) and adhered it below the star.

Come play along with us and post your holiday/wintery cards in the Linky Party on the BYSHC blog.  We'd love to see what you create!

 

Leaf Circle Thanks

There is a new challenge over on the Pinkfresh Studio blog, and I thought I'd give it a try.  For the October 2026 challenge, the theme is Fall Foliage, and they gave us the following colors as inspiration: Clementine, Begonia, Regal Kiss, and Spanish Moss along with Black and Gold.  

I pulled out those ink colors and did some ink blending on regular white cardstock.  Then I pulled out my Floral Circles and die cut my ink blended panels with the leafy circles and then glued them to similarly sized black circles.  Next, I die cut the Thanks (Basic Sentiments set) from another ink blended panel.  After I ran a black cardstock panel through my Empress with the Stitched Diamonds coverplate, I adhered the three circles (the middle is on foam tape) and the Thanks.  I really wanted to add some gold splatter but these ink blended die cuts are so vivid and striking against the black cardstock.  I didn't want to take the focus away from these gorgeous fall colors.

Have you played in the Pinkfresh challenges?  Check them out and give it a whirl!

 

Christmas Trio - BYSHC Christmas in July

 Good morning! Today is the last day to enter your cards for the BYSHC Christmas in July Linky Party, and I wanted to play with some Sweet Miss Daisy stamps for this card.  These adorable holiday characters are from the Just for You set, and I colored them with Copic markers before putting them into die cut photo frames.  I chose the colors from the baking prompt of the July Art Nudge challenge and they worked great for these holiday characters!

Come join the fun over on the BYSHC blog - just make a Christmas, Hannukah, or wintery card and share it in the Linky Party.  We'd love to see what you've created for your holiday card stash!