Rustic Cocoa Cheer - BYSHC Linky Party

I'm playing along with the Falling for the Holidays Linky Party hosted on the BYSHC blog, and this is a woodsy, rustic, holiday card.  I started by watercoloring this cup (Hug in a Mug - Pink and Main) and set it aside to dry.  The green card base was stamped with the Woodgrain stamp from Sweet Miss Daisy and then I added some diagonally striped paper (Handmade Holiday - Simple Stories).  After I die cut the Notched Square (Pink and Main), I splattered the green card base and this square with some champagne paint.  When these were dry, I wrapped some twine around the square, added a button, and affixed the watercolored cup and the sentiment with some foam tape.  This square was then added to the green card base with more 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!

 

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!