Christmas in July 2023 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ Wrap Up & Winners Announced

It's time to announce the winners of our Christmas in July 2023 {BYSHC} Linky Party!!

Before we get to that I have to say a HUGE THANK YOU to the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Design Team... without the help of these amazing ladies I never would have been able to pull this off, so THANK YOU all SO very much! I hope you all know how much I appreciate each of you.

Also a HUGE THANK YOU to our amazing Sponsors!! THANK YOU so much for sponsoring this fun event and for being so very generous!! We appreciate each of you SO MUCH!!

AND last but not least, a GINORMOUS THANK YOU to all of you that participated in the linky party by sharing your creations, as well as hopping along and commenting on the creations that were shared!! You all really helped to make our linky party fantastic!

We had an amazing 240 link ups!! A new record for our Christmas in July Linky Party!! So much amazing inspiration shared and we've really added to our holiday card stash... I hope you all feel great about that!

Let's get to the prizes, shall we?

A Colorful Life Designs >>> ONE $25 Gift Code <<< #215 Darnell

Angie Blom Digital Designs  >>> TWO $15 Gift Certificates <<< #169 laura_creates + #166 Marie Bingaman

Colorado Craft Company >>> TWO Christmas Prize Packages {$34 retail value each} <<< #71 VanessaB + #85 Pam Vansant

Fresh and Renewed with Teresa >>> THREE - Mystery Christmas Collections {$10-12 retail value each} <<< #107 Jacinda + #35 inkedbyeileen + #237 Karen L K

Gina K Designs >>> TWO $25 Gift Cards <<< #218 wilmadegraffenreid + #125 Lisa :D* Alternate winner - #50 Melanie H

Gina Marie Design >>> TWO $10 Gift Cards <<< #14 Joyce Verdon + #99 Teresa

Graciellie Design >>> ONE $15 Gift Card <<< #43 Vannessa Osbourn

Jaded Blossom >>> ONE $25 Gift Certificate <<< #223 BDCraftsMore

Lawn Fawn >>> ONE $25 Gift Card <<< #129 stampedby_leslie

Newton's Nook Designs >>> ONE $20 Store Credit <<< #40 Larelyn Sartini

Not 2 Shabby >>> ONE $25 Gift Certificate <<< #219 myasperations

Pink and Main >>> ONE $25 Gift Certificate <<< #130 LeAnne Pugliese

RAM Stamps >>> ONE $10 Gift Card <<< #187 Cindy C.

{NEW} Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps >>> ONE $25 Gift Code <<< #32 Brenda Katrein* Alternate winner - #231 Meghan 

Tawny Owl Paperie >>> ONE Christmas Prize Package {$54 retail value} <<< #84 Tracie C.

Taylored Expressions >>> ONE Wreathed in Joy Card Kit {$65 retail value} <<< #190 rdstanton

Therm O Web >>> TWO $25 Gift Cards <<< #88 Jenni Shamblin + #118 Suzanne H

Twiddler's Nook >>> Winner's Choice ~ ONE $30 Gift Card or ONE Holiday Prize Pack curated by the owner <<< #225 Cathy P* Alternate winner - #115 Teri Kellum

Unity Stamp Co.  >>> THREE $25 Gift Cards <<< #216 I Card Everyone + #152 Deanna M + #66 Alisa Howard* Alternate winner - #156 Keight Krafts

*** Bonus Prize ***

Linky Party Commenter <<< Becca Yahrling

*** Prizes must be claimed by August 7th or another winner will be chosen in your place***

Please send an email to buildyourstashholidayhop@gmail.com with Christmas in July 2023 {BYSHC} Linky Party Winner in the subject line and include the name of your prize, your physical address AND email address in the body of the email. Even if you've won in the past or you believe I have your contact information, please send it in the email.

If you haven't had a chance yet to check out all the fabulous creations shared, I hope you will!! There are so many wonderful cards... SO MUCH inspiration! And if you're looking for even more Christmas inspiration, come join us in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group. Lots of wonderful inspiration being shared there each month as we build our stash of holiday cards with fun sketch challenges!! Stop by and check out our current sketch challenge that ends today... {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 35! If you don't have to time to play along, that's totally fine... we have a new sketch starting tomorrow, too! Hope you'll stop by and give us a visit.

Christmas in July 2022 {BYSHC} Linky Party ~ Wrap Up & Winners Announced

It's time to announce the winners of our Christmas in July 2022 {BYSHC} Linky Party!!

Before we get to that I have to say a BIG THANK YOU to the {BYSH} Cardmakers Design Team... without the help of these fabulous ladies I never would have been able to pull this off, so THANK YOU all SO very much!

Also a BIG THANK YOU to our amazing Sponsors!! THANK YOU so much for sponsoring this fun event and for being so very generous!! We appreciate you!!

AND last but not least, a great BIG THANK YOU to all of you that participated in the linky party by sharing your creations, as well as hopping along and commenting on the creations that were shared!! You all really helped to make our linky party fantastic!

We had an outstanding 219 link ups!! A new record for our annual Christmas in July Linky Party and really a new record for all of our past linky parties!! So much amazing inspiration shared and we've really added to our stash of holiday cards... I hope you all feel great about that!

Let's get to the prizes, shall we?

Angie Blom Digital Designs  >>> ONE $30 e-Gift Card <<< #68 Laurie A

Brutus Monroe >>> ONE $25 Virtual Gift Card <<< #26 Vannessa Osbourn

Colorado Craft Company >>> FIVE Christmas Prize Packages {$45 retail value each} <<< #187 Migdalia Rodriguez + #152 Teresa Russell + #54 Deanna Mulder + #130 Cindy Messer + #217 Karen L K

Fresh and Renewed with Teresa >>> THREE - Mystery Christmas Collections {$10-15 retail value each} <<< #79 Cathy P. + #65 inkedbyeileen + #38 SHartl

Gina K Designs >>> TWO $25 Gift Cards <<< #158 myasperations + #98 Gaylynn M

Gina Marie Design >>> TWO $10 Gift Cards <<< #64 Lisa :D + #141 Melanie H

In Love with Paper >>> ONE Unity Stamp Prize Package {$70 retail value} <<< #171 Jacinda

Jaded Blossom >>> ONE $25 Gift Certificate <<< #85 Robyn Jordan

Lawn Fawn >>> ONE $25 Gift Card <<< #93 Suzanne H

Markers, Ink & Paper >>> ONE Winter Wishes Prize Package {$25 retail value} <<< #43 Debra Davison

Newton's Nook Designs >>> ONE $20 Store Credit <<< #197 Janis in ID

Not 2 Shabby >>> ONE $25 Gift Certificate <<< #74 Amanda Wilcox

Polka Dot Orchard >>> FIVE $12 Gift Cards {Digital Only} <<< #120 Danni + #107 VanessaB + #22 glennis f + #39 karenladd + #92 tina z.treebug

Tawny Owl Paperie >>> ONE Christmas Prize Package {$60 retail value} <<< #134 Marie Bingaman

ToniStamps >>> ONE Christmas Whimsy Card Kit {$19 retail value} <<< #36 rdstanton1

Twiddler's Nook >>> ONE $20 Gift Code <<< #14 Jenni Shamblin

Unity Stamp Co.  >>> THREE $25 Gift Cards <<< #193 Cat Valdez + #116 Jane Bosi + #83 Toni Tessler

What's Brewin' From Robyn's Nest >>> ONE Christmas Prize Package {$50 retail value} <<< #190 Doreen Guilfoyle

*** Bonus Prizes ***

Linky Party Commenter <<< Denise Bryant

Hashtag Winner <<< Wilma DeGraffenreid

*** Prizes must be claimed by August 8th or another winner will be chosen in your place***

Please send an email to buildyourstashholidayhop@gmail.com with Christmas in July 2022 {BYSHC} Linky Party in the subject line and include the name of your prize and your contact information {physical address AND email address} in the body of the email.

If you haven't had a chance yet to check out all the fabulous creations shared, I hope you will!! There are so many wonderful cards... so much inspiration! And if you're looking for even more Christmas inspiration, come join us in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group. Lots of wonderful inspiration being shared there each month as we build our stash of holiday cards with fun sketch challenges!! Stop by and check out our brand new sketch challenge that starts today... {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 25!!

Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop ~ Wrap Up & Winners Announced

It's time to announce the winners of our Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop!!

Before we get to that I have to say a BIG THANK YOU to the {BYSHC} Cardmakers Team... without the help of these fabulous ladies I never would have been able to pull this off, so THANK YOU all so much!

Also a BIG THANK YOU to our amazing Sponsors!! Thank you for being so quick to say yes to sponsoring and for being so very generous!!

AND last but not least, a great BIG THANK YOU to all of you that participated in the hop by sharing your creations, as well as hopping along and commenting on the creations that were shared!! You all really helped to make our 2nd Annual Christmas in July hop fantastic!

We had an amazing 183 link ups!! So much amazing inspiration and we've really started to build our stash of holiday cards... I hope you all feel great about that!

Let's get to the prizes, shall we?

Angie Blom Digital Design >>> TWO $25 Gift Cards <<< #115 Denise Bryant + #100 Griselda F.

Brutus Monroe >>> ONE $25 Virtual Gift Card <<< #11 Robyn Jordan

Fresh and Renewed with Teresa >>> ONE Christmas Prize package {$45 value} <<< #152 Suzanne H.

Gina K. Designs >>> TWO $25 Gift Cards <<< #53 Merry Little Christmas (Holly Flores) + #122 holidays (Vanessa B.)

Gina Marie Designs >>> TWO $10 Gift Cards <<< #68 Charlotte E. (Lady Joyful) + #37 Kim Klinkovsky

KaDoodle Bug Designs >>> ONE $20 Gift Card <<< #104 Glennis F.

Newton's Nook Designs >>> ONE $20 Store Credit <<< #160 Eileen Mathys

Not 2 Shabby >>> ONE $25 Gift Certificate <<< #103 Meghan Kennihan

Polka Dot Orchard >>> THREE $15 Gift Cards {digital only} <<< #67 worldofmichaeltrent + #49 rdstanton1 + #40 Becca Yahrling

Twiddler's Nook >>> TWO $20 Coupon Codes <<< #91 djdavison814 + #181 Lucy E.

Unity Stamp Co. >>> TWO $25 Gift Cards <<< #178 Angie B. + #58 Vannessa Osbourn

*** Prizes must be claimed by August 9th or another winner will be chosen in your place***

Please send an email to buildyourstashholidayhop@gmail.com with Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop in the subject line and include the prize and your contact information in the body of the email.

If you haven't had a chance yet to hop along and check out the fabulous creations shared, I hope you will!! There are so many fabulous cards to be inspired by! And if you're looking for even more Christmas inspiration, come join us in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group. Lots of wonderful inspiration being shared there each month as we build our stash of holiday cards with fun sketch challenges!!

Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop!

Welcome to our Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop! 

This hop will run from today, July 23 - 30, 2021. 

A big THANK YOU to Design Team member, Lea Keisling, for providing our new hop graphics!! Isn't that beachy snowman just the cutest?!

We have some sweet returning Sponsors and a few wonderful new Sponsors all sharing some love for our second hop of the year:

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Angie Blom Digital Design  >>> TWO $25 gift cards

Brutus Monroe >>> ONE $25 virtual gift card

Fresh and Renewed >>> ONE Christmas prize package {$45 value}

Gina K Designs >>> TWO $25 gift cards

Gina Marie Design >>> TWO $10 gift cards

KaDoodle Bug Designs >>> ONE $20 gift card

Newton's Nook Designs >>> ONE $20 store credit

Not 2 Shabby >>> ONE $25 gift certificate

Polka Dot Orchard  >>> THREE $15 gift cards {digital only}

Twiddler's Nook >>> TWO $20 coupon codes

Unity Stamp Co.  >>> TWO $25 gift cards


We are SO thankful for all of our sweet Sponsors!! Give them a big shout out in the comments below!

We invite you to give our blog a follow so you can keep up with our monthly sketch challenges and future hops!! And then join us over in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group!! We'd love to see your creations there, too! And follow us on Instagram... {BYSH} Cardmakers!

Anyone is eligible for a Sponsor prize if they link up a new Holiday project {Christmas, Hanukkah, Yuletide, wintry, etc.} - please NO back-linking. Please remember to use the hop graphic in your post and link to this blog post. Use the following hashtag in all your social media posts: #christmasinjuly2021byshchop

Winners will be chosen randomly with Random.org and will be announced on Monday, August 2nd here on the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog. Winners must claim their prize within 7 days or a new winner will be chosen.

Please note that the inlinkz is scheduled to close on Friday, July 30th at 11:59pm PDT.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 12 ~ More Inspiration

 Welcome back to the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog! So happy you've dropped by!

Before we share a little more inspiration for Sketch 12, we wanted to let you know that if you have signed up to receive email notifications of new posts for this blog, you may notice that the emails look a little different. Feedburner is no longer providing this service so we've switched to Follow.It. Please confirm with Follow.It that you'd like to continue receiving email notifications of new blog posts. If you are not already signed up to receive email notifications for this blog, why not sign up and receive notifications with lots of fun Holiday inspiration?! There's a little box ----> on the right side of the blog. Just add your email address and follow the directions in the email that is sent to you. Ok... back to the pretty Holiday cards we're sharing today!

Today we're sharing more inspiration from the {BYSH} Cardmakers team and featuring another cute card submitted by one of the members of our Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group! 

April Sarandrea

Jacinda Chen

Jenni Shamblin

Migdalia Rodriguez

Robyn Jordan

Featured Card from Group Member...

Michael Trent

Sketch 12 for the month of July.

Come join us in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group to play along with the {BYSHC} Sketch 12!! We'd love to see what you create using the July sketch!

The sketch challenge is open for the entire month of July. Entries must be added to the challenge album in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group to be eligible for a prize. The winner will be chosen randomly from the entries and announced in the Facebook group. Join in the fun and start building your stash of holiday cards now. Can't wait to see what you all create!

Next week begins our Christmas in July 2021 {BYSHC} Hop! 

Grab your Christmas and wintry holiday goodies and start building your stash of holiday cards!!

• Please use the above graphic and hashtag #christmasinjuly2021byshchop
• Direct link to BYSHC hop post: https://byshcardmakers.blogspot.com/2021/07/christmas-in-july-2021-byshc-hop.html
• No backlinking
• All projects should be Christmas, Hanukkah, Yuletide, wintry, etc.

Christmas in July 2020 Hop ~ Wrap Up & Winners Announced

The Christmas in July 2020 Hop is all done but the winners of our very first hop still need to be announced. 

Before we get to that I have to say a BIG THANK YOU to the Build Your Stash Holiday Hop Team... without the help of these fabulous ladies I never would have been able to pull this off, so THANK YOU all so much!

AND a BIG THANK YOU to our five fabulous Sponsors!! Thank you for being so quick to say yes to sponsoring and for being so very generous!!

AND a great BIG THANK YOU to all of you that participated in the hop by sharing your creations, as well as hopping along and commenting on the creations that were shared!! You all really helped to make our first hop fantastic!

We had an amazing 145 link ups!! I'm blown away by all the inspiration!

Let's get to the prizes, shall we?

Angie Blom Digital Design >>> ONE winner - THREE Digital Kits {Winner's Choice} <<< #30 Becca Yahrling

Graciellie Design >>> TWO $15 Gift Cards <<< #7 Robyn Jordan + #77 Susan Renshaw

Polka Dot Orchard >>> THREE $12 Gift Cards <<< #16 Alaine Tanner** + #116 Denise Bryant + #82 Suzanne H. **editing for alternate winner #103 KT Fit Kitty

Scrapping for Less >>> THREE Winners - Christmas Stamp & Paper Pad bundle {Random} <<< #60 Eileen Mathys + #10 Vannessa Osbourn + #23 Kristina Hein

Unity Stamp Co. >>> FOUR $25 Gift Cards <<< #144 Kim Klinkovsky + #133 Jayanthi Joseph + #27 Tracie C. + #25 Made by Moongirl

*** Prizes must be claimed by August 12th or another winner will be chosen in your place***

Please send an email to buildyourstashholidayhop@gmail.com with Christmas in July 2020 Hop in the subject line and include the prize and your contact information in the body of the email.

If you haven't had a chance yet to hop along and check out the fabulous creations shared, I hope you will. There are so many fabulous cards, tags, and even a beautiful ornament! And if you're looking for even more Christmas inspiration, come join us in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group. Lots of wonderful inspiration being shared there!

That's a wrap for our first Build Your Stash Holiday Hop!!

Thank you all so much!

Christmas in July 2020 Hop

Welcome to the first ever Build Your Stash Holiday Hop... our Christmas in July 2020 Hop! 

This hop will run from today, July 25 - August 1, 2020. 

We have some sweet Sponsors sharing some love for our first hop:

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Angie Blom Digital Design  >>> ONE winner - THREE digital kits {Winner's Choice}

Graciellie Design  >>> TWO $15 gift cards

Polka Dot Orchard  >>> THREE $12 gift cards

Scrapping for Less  >>> THREE winners - Christmas Stamp & Paper Pad Bundle {Random}

Unity Stamp Co.  >>> FOUR $25 gift cards


We are starting off small, but I'm super THANKFUL for these sweet Sponsors being our first!

Join us over in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group!! We'd love to see your creations there, too! And follow us on Instagram... Build Your Stash Holiday Hop IG!

Link up your new Holiday projects {card, tag, ornament, etc}, please no back-linking. Please remember to use the hop graphic in your post and link to this blog post. Use the following hashtag in all your social media posts: #byshhchristmasinjuly2020

Winners will be chosen randomly with Random.org and will be announced on Monday, August 3rd here on the Build Your Stash Holiday Hop blog. Winners must claim their prize within 7 days or a new winner will be chosen.

Please note that the inlinkz is scheduled to close on Saturday, August 1st at 11:55pm PDT.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Join Us for Our Very 1st Build Your Stash Holiday Hop!!

We hope you'll join us for our first hop starting July 25th!!

More information Coming Soon!!!