BYSH Cardmakers Spring into the Holiday's Linky Party Day 5

 

I'm back with another card for the BYSH Cardmakers Spring into Christmas Linky Party. My project uses a pre cut and scored A2 heavyweight Toffee side fold card base from Taylored Expressions, one of our great sponsors. My pattern papers are from Echo Park. My red pattern paper is cut to 4" X 5 1/4".

I recently purchased the florals and flutters card kit from Taylored Expressions and included in the kit was the Happy Square sheets TE Map. It includes 5 laminated maps to create 19 unique card layout. To use these maps you start by cutting your cardstock to 5.75” square. These were designed to use with a 6” X 6” background stencil, but they work great with your 6” X 6” pattern paper. I used one of the maps to cut my pattern paper panels for my card. I used a dark green piece o pattern paper to cut a mat that was 1/4” larger than my the width and height of my pattern paper panels. In case you were wondering, the Happy Square Sheets maps are not currently available for individual purchase, they do currently offer 3 different volumes of their Happy Half Sheets TE Maps for individual purchase. I would suggest checking back at the TE Store if you are interested in the TE square maps, they may be offered for individual purchase at a future date.

I used two of the smaller square dies from the Taylored Expressions Square Stacklets Die set to make my Christmas gift for my card. I ended up using my Cricut Joy2 to cut my bow for the present top, I couldn't finf my TE Little Bits Mini Bows dies. I cut the tails off of my bow with some scissors as I decided I didn't want to use them. I ised my paper trimmer to cut a couple of thin green strips for the ribbon to wrap around my present.

I diecut my tag using a small tag die from the Newton's Nook Frames and Tags Die set. I white heat embossed my sentiment onto the tag. The sentiment is from the Taylored Expressions Itty Bitty Sentiments - Holiday. To finish my tag I tied a bow using some tan colored twine that I fed through the hole in the tag. I attached the tag to the top of my gift with a glue dot.

Thanks for stopping by. I'm linking this card up with the BYSH Cardmakers Spring into the Holidays Linky Party. I hope you will link up a project for your chance to win a prize from our great sponsors.

BYSH Cardmakers April Sketch #68

 

I'm here today to share my inspiration project for the BYSH Cardmakers April Sketch #68. Here is a look at the sketch.

The pattern paper I used on my card is from Echo Park. I used two of my infinity circle dies to cut my circles, one from black cardstock and one from some white glitter card stock. I used my Cricut to cut my santa and sleigh from black cardstock. I used some Cosmic Shimmer Glue to adhere santa to the glitter circle. I used more liquid adhesive to adhere the two circles together, then used some 1mm foam tape to add the circle to my card front. My sentiment was white heat embossed on a scrap of glossy black heavy weight card stock and is from the Taylored Expressions Mini Strip Stamps - Holiday 2 Stamp set.  The sentiment was adhered to the front of my card.

I appreciate you stopping by to get a look at my inspiration project for the new April Sketch #68 challenge. I encourage you to go visit the BYSH Cardmakers blog to check out more inspiration from my fellow design team members. Then head over to our Facebook group and enter your project for a chance to win a prize.

I also encourage you to check out our  Spring Linky Party and link up your entry for a chance to win a prize from one of our awesome sponsors. You can check out more information about our sponsors on the BYSH Cardmakers blog.  Hope to see you over there.

BYSH Cardmakers Spring into Christmas Linky Party Kickoff

Today is the kickoff of our BYSH Cardmakers Spring into Christmas April 2026 Linky Party. My project for the kickoff features pattern papers from the Doodlebug Designs Oh What Fun 6" X 8" paper pad. I used foam tape to adhere the two pattern papers together. I used some Gina K. Designs Connect glue to adhere the focal image to the middle of the aeched opening. The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions Mini Strip Stamps - Holiday 2 and die cut with the Mini Strips Die. Both Gina K. and Taylored Expressions are just two of our many wonderful sponsors for our Linky Party. 

I appreciate your visit today. Now, I hope you will head over to the BYSH Cardmakers blog and check out all the inspiration offered up by the rest of the Design Team, find out about the rest of our great sponsors, and see a list of the prizes you will have a chance to win when you link up a holiday card project. Can't wait to see you there.

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BYSH CARDMAKERS SPRING LINKY PARTY

COMING EVENT! BYSHC SPRING LINKY PARTY

Our {BYSHC} Spring into Christmas 2026 Linky Party will begin in 2 weeks!! Wondering what this is? It’s a fun event where we build our stash of holiday cards and link up our new holiday cards to the Linky Party on the {BYSHC} blog for a chance to win prizes. Lots of fun, inspiration and prizes!! Hope you’ll join us! More information will be on the {BYSHC} blog next week! 🎅🏼⛄️❄️🎄

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BYSH Cardmakers Sketch #67 March Challenge Project 2

 

Welcome back. I'm back with my second project for the March Sketch #67 Challenge over at BYSH Cardmakers. Time is short but you can still post your picture of your card made using Sketch #67 in our Facebook group. Here is a look at the sketch.

The pattern paper I used on my projrct is from an older 6" X 6"  Echo Park paper pad in my stash. I finished my project with some clear confetti discs with two down the left side of the card panel, and three along the bottom right.

I hope you will head to the BYSH Cardmakers blog to check out the rest of the design team inspiration then head to our Facebook group to add your project.

BYSH Cardmakers Sketch #67 March Challenge

 

Hi everyone. I'm back with my first project for the BYSH Cardmakers March Sketch #67 challenge. Here is a look at the sketch.

I can't wait to show you my project. I think my little penguin is so cute.

I kept my card fairly simple while following the sketch. My pattern papers are from Doodlebug Designs Oh What Fun paper pad. My penguin image is from a Gina K. Designs stamp set, I colored him with some Ohuhu Markers after stamping him. I then die cut hin out using the matching dies. I added him to my square using a bit of foam tape.

My sentiment stamp is from a Waffle Flower stamp set. I used a sentiment die from my stash to cut it out. The sentiment Is adhered directly to the card front with liquid adhesive. I added some little clay white snowflake elements from an embellishment pack in my stash.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit. Now, I hope you will head on over to the BYSH Cardmakers blog to check out the rest of the inspiration by the design team, then head on over to our Facebook group and submit your project utilizing this month's sketch.

I'll be back soon with my other project using the March sketch. Until next time.

BYSH Cardmakers February Sketch Challenge #66 2nd Project

 

I'm back with my second project for the BYSH Cardmakers Sketch #66 Challenge using this month's sketch.

For my project today I started with some white dotted gold pattern paper cut tu 4" X 5 1/4".  For my focal image, I used a stamp from a Simon Says Stamp card kit that was released just a few month's ago. I stamped the image twice on white cardstock using some Simon Says Stamp soft navy ink.  I used the coordinating die to cut out the village portion pf the image and adhered it directly over the one stamped on the first panel with some 1mm foam tape.

Before adhering the diecut village to the main image, I used the coordinating stencil yo add a light coating of some Tim Holtz sparkling grit paste that I lightly sprinkled with some Rock Candy glitter. Once dried I then adhered it to the main panel.

I then adhered my stamped panel to my cardbase. I stamped my sentiment with that same soft navy ink onto a scrap of the gold pattern paper. I used the ink pad to lightly ink the edges of my sentiment to help it stand out from the background. I popped the sentiment up with a foam strip. To finish the card I added some navy blue sparkles in the upper right hand corner.

While tomorrow is the last day to play along with this challenge, a new one will be starting March 1st. Watch for inspiration projects on the BYSH Cardmakers blog. You can enter your last minute projects on our Facebook group. Thanks for stopping by.