BYSHC FALLING FOR THE HOLIDAYS 2026 LINKY PARTY

 

It's that time of year again, my friends...it's time for the {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays Linky Party!  WOOHOO!!!😄

Our sponsor list is AMAZING as always:

A Colorful Life Designs

Angie Blom Digital Designs

Club Scrap

Creative Worship Stamps

Digi Doodle Studios

Fresh and Renewed with Teresa

Gina K. Designs

Gina Marie Designs

In Love With Paper with Cindy Messer

Jaded Blossom

Kat Scrappiness

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

Lawn Fawn

LazzieJ's Crafting Corner with Jacinda Chen {NEW!}

Markers, Ink & Paper with Cathy Preissing

Newton's Nook Designs

Not 2 Shabby

Pajama Crafter Stamps

Pink & Main

QT Cards with Mom

RAM Stamps

Stamping Bella

Tawny Owl Paperie

Taylored Expressions

The Crafting Duo

The Greeting Farm

Therm O Web

Unity Stamp Co.

Von Marie Designs

Waffle Flower

Whimsy Stamps {NEW!!!}

That's 31 sponsors...my lucky number!

Here's my card for the start of the Linky Party:

This is the first card I have made in a while, and I had lots of fun putting this together.  The background stencil is from sponsor 💥A Colorful Life Designs💥and it's called Merry Christmas Stencil. I placed the stencil over the panel at an angle and used Cherry Red ink from sponsor 💥Gina K Designs💥to blend through the stencil. The panel was die cut with my *favorite* Wonky Stitched Rectangles die set from 

💥Whimsy Stamps.💥 The cutie patootie critter is the Winter Llama from Scrap Diva Designs. He is fashionably dressed for winter with his glittery hat and scarf! To make him stand out from the background better, I adhered him on top of a My Creative Time Round Oval cut from vellum.

As always, we are looking forward to seeing your Christmas/holiday cards in the linky, which is located on the BYSHC blog.  

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

 💖~ Marie 💖

BYSHC CHRISTMAS IN JULY 2026 LINKY PARTY

  Hello, my friends! It's time for the CHRISTMAS IN JULY Linky Party at Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers!

As you can see on the festive graphic, the linky party starts today and runs through the 24th. That's a full week of Christmas and holiday card making fun! And let's not forget the list of fabulous sponsors who are offering prizes!

 Tawny Owl Paperie

QT Cards with Mom

Unity Stamp Co.

Crafty Stamp Co.

Lawn Fawn

A Colorful Life Designs

Jaded Blossom

RAM Stamps

Gina K. Designs

Newton's Nook Designs

Club Scrap

Taylored Expressions

Digi Doodle Studios

Stamping Bella {NEW SPONSOR!!}

Creative Worship Stamps

Not 2 Shabby

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

Gina Marie Designs

Therm O Web

Fresh & Renewed with Teresa

So many great sponsors! 😊

My job has been crazy busy the past few months, and I did not have time to create a new card for the start of the linky party, so I am sharing my 1st card for Sketch 71:

Everything used to create this card is from My Creative Time, except for the card base, which is Accent Opaque 100lb cardstock, the action wobbler that the super cute Gingie baker is mounted on, and the candy cane he is holding, which comes from Hobby Lobby. I really adore Emma's products from My Creative Time; they are so dang cute, and her dies are always unique and fun! The specific products used are:

Pretty Scallop Rectangle Frame

Ginger Doily Dies 

Ginger Chefs 6x6 paper pad (retired)

It's Cookie Season (the dies that coordinate with the stamp set also coordinate with the above-mentioned paper pad)

4" Circle Card Dies

Cozy Holiday Wishes Stamps & Dies

If I had more time, I would make more versions of this card with the other pretty papers and cute gingies in the paper pad, as this sketch is too much fun to create with!

Alright, now it's your turn to make a Christmas or holiday card and link it up to the blog post at the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers blog. The Spring Linky party had a total of 421 entries by the end of its run, so let's see if we can beat that number, shall we?  I know we can do it, so let's goooo!

Until next time, take care of yourselves and each other.

💖 ~ Marie 💖

BYSHC SPRING INTO CHRISTMAS 2026 LINKY PARTY

 Hello, my friends! It's time to SPRING INTO CHRISTMAS with the team at Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers!

As you can see on the pretty new graphic that Crystal created, the linky party starts today and runs through the 17th. That's a full week of Christmas and holiday card making fun! And let's not forget the list of fabulous sponsors who are offering prizes!

Tawny Owl Paperie

Unity Stamp Co.

Angie Blom Digital Designs

QT Cards with Mom

Jaded Blossom

RAM Stamps

A Colorful Life Designs

Not 2 Shabby

Digi Doodle Studios

Gina K. Designs

Club Scrap

Twiddler's Nook

Pajama Crafter Stamps

The Greeting Farm

Lawn Fawn

Creative Worship Stamps

Pink & Main

Taylored Expressions

Crafty Stamp Co.

Newton's Nook Designs

Isn't that a great bunch of sponsors? 😄

To start things off, I created this card using products from 3 of our linky party sponsors.

 The Snow stencil is from A Colorful Life Designs, and the white glitter snowflakes were die cut using the Mini Snowflakes set from Lawn Fawn. All of the inks I used are from Gina K. Designs. I started off by heavily inking "Let it snow!" with In The Navy and lightly inking the snowflakes with Sea Glass. After I cleaned the ink off the stencil, I replaced it on top of the panel and covered the snowflakes in Recollections brand white glitter paste. When the paste was dry, I die cut the stenciled panel with one of the Wonky Stitched Rectangles from Whimsy Stamps. Since it really bugs me when the insides of letters are missing (even though I know they can't be part of the stencil), I used a white gel pen to add the centers of the "e's" and "o's." It isn't perfect, but it made me happy to add the letter centers back in! 😊 The Mini Snowflakes were sprinkled in where I thought they looked good, and I glued the panel onto a slightly larger navy mat.

I think this card would be perfect for any type of winter holiday card, even for a winter birthday!

OK, now it's your turn to start building your 2026 Christmas card stash, if you haven't already...come join us at the {BYSHC} blog and add your makes to the linky party!  It's really a win/win situation...you get to increase your Christmas card stash, AND you have a chance to win one of the many amazing prizes being offered by the sponsors!  What are you waiting for?  LET'S GO!

💖 ~ Marie 💖

{BYSHC} FALLING FOR THE HOLIDAYS 2025 LINKY PARTY

 

Hello crafty friends! It's Fall, which means it's time for the Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party, WOOT, WOOT! If you are worried about the size of your Christmas/holiday card stash, then this linky party is for YOU! We have a HUGE line up of fabulous sponsors, so you don't want to miss a chance to win one of the prizes! (I have highlighted the sponsors whose products I used on this card.)

Tawny Owl Paperie

QT Cards With Mom

Unity Stamp Co.

Angie Blom Digital Designs

Crafty Stamp Co.

RAM Stamps

Creative Worship Stamps

Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps

Gina K. Designs

Lawn Fawn

Digi Doodle Studios

Not 2 Shabby

Taylored Expressions

Jaded Blossom

Twiddler’s Nook

A Colorful Life Designs

Club Scrap

Von Marie Design

Kat Scrappiness

Pink & Main

Newton's Nook Designs

Pajama Crafter Stamps

In Love With Paper - Cindy Messer

Markers, Ink & Paper - Cathy Preissing

Therm O Web

Another Card Maker? - Marie Bingaman

My first card features a gorgeous stencil from sponsor A Colorful Life Designs called Baroque Swirl Snowflake.

I decided to try my hand at ink blending a stenciled design on patterned paper, and thought that Gina K's Powder Blue and In the Navy inks went perfectly with this pretty blue plaid paper from Lawn Fawn.  

A snowflake this size really needs to be showcased on a square card, IMO, so I used the 5x5 Card Die Layers from My Creative Time to die cut the scalloped square layer and the zigzag stitched layer. The sentiment is from the Simon Says Stamp and Honey Bee Stamps Warm Wishes collab set from 2022, heat embossed in a combination of Ranger's Navy and Bridal Tinsel embossing powders. The snowflake got spritzed with some Perfect Pearls mixed with water before I removed the stencil for some subtle shimmer.  The layers are all adhered to a gorgeous navy glitter cardstock from Recollections called Night Sky.

I think it turned out stunning, if I do say so myself. 😍 

Alrighty, friends, it's time for you to join in the fun for a chance to win a great prize from one of our sponsors, AND you'll be building up your stash of Christmas/holiday cards! That's a win/win in my book! Head on over to the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers blog to add your cards into the Linky... Oooo, and let's see how many cards we can get into the Linky this time!

Thanks so much for stopping by and take care!

💖 ~ Marie 💖