Happy New Year – Celebrate 2013!

It’s that time of year again – New Year’s Eve!!  Out with the old and in with the new.  2012 was an interesting year.  Personally and in work I thrived this past year and am just getting started – look out 2013!  The world was an interesting place these past 365 days.  Some glorious, and some downright frightening!  All in all, I think it was a good year.  That being said, I’m happy and thrilled to ring in a bright new opportunity for growth, prosperity, love, friendship and CREATIVITY!!!!

For my final post of 2012, I decided to remake one of my all time favorite cards from 2012.  This was the card I designed for my sweet mother in-law Vigie.  I wanted to give it a new twist – the all new Sale-a-bration Designer Series Paper Sycamore Street and a new size – 4 1/4” x 5 1/2”.  Enjoy my new twist on my favorite. 🙂

Celebrate your 2012 and Celebrate the new horizons you have yet to explore in 2013!

Creative tips:

• Keep your mattes uniform.  Here I played with some 1/16” mattes.  I did switch up the colors since the Sycamore Street DSP was so colorful. 
• Strips of card stock are great fillers for an odd amount of space.  Here you see Tangerine Tango 3/8” strips behind the greeting.  They added a fun element to this birthday card and are a great way to use up scraps!
• I had a strange amount of white the the top two corners, so I added a little piercing.  To continue this flow I decided to add a smaller amount to the corners of the Old Olive Matte as well.

• To create the banner ends, use a 1” square punch.
• My original idea was to stamp the greeting on several sheets of cardstock and cut out some of the letters, giving the greeting a fun feel, but since the card had so many colors already, I decided to stick with the Clean and Simple look of just one color – Rich Razzleberry.
• To create a little pop, the Greeting Accent Framelit is popped up by using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• When adding Pearl Basic Jewels to your project – use a paper-piercer or Paper Snips tip to lift them from the sheet.  That way you will easily grab the glue dot beneath the pearl and have a much easier time placing it on your project.

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Stamp Sets – Seasonal Sayings (128009) Paper – Sycamore Street DSP (SAB – Free Perk) Whisper White (10730), Old Olive (100702), Rich Razzleberry (115316), Summer Starfruit (126839), Tangerine Tango (111349), Chocolate Chip (102128) Ink – Rich Razzleberry (126950) Cool Tools – 1” Square Punch (124094), Apothecary Accents Framelits (127003), Paper-Piercing Tool (126189), Stampin’ Pierce Mat (126119), Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack (126187) The Perfect Finish – Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Pearl Basic Jewels (119247)