Stamps & Stretchy Pants

Hello to all of my friends and family! Wishing you the very best as we kick off a NEW YEAR! I am always excited for a new year and all the NEW that it can represent—new opportunities to try new things (maybe a Facebook live….), go new places (can’t wait for the Norway Incentive Trip with Shepard in May), read new books (did you see my post yesterday with all the new book recommendations), stamping with NEW STUFF (can’t wait for the Occasions Catty to go live in a few days) and meeting new friends! The world is full of so many interesting people, I can’t wait to meet some of them in 2023 (I have a whole new bunch of Artisan Design Team friends to get to know!)

Here is a little fun card for some creative inspiration. I was inspired by a card that Cindy Schuster shared recently on Stampin’ Fancy Friday and since I didn’t give out too many Christmas cards, I thought it would be fun to make some for a few crafty friends!

Petal Pink is my favorite color as of late, and if you check through the new DSP coming out in the Occasions Catalogue, you will see its a popular color with the concept artists over at Stampin’ Up! too.

The stars in the background are from an ancient stamp set called Perpetual Birthday Calendar and the main sentiment ‘Hooray’ is from a current set called Big Hooray in the Annual Catalogue. The sentiment ‘to the new year’ is trimmed from a stamp in another retired set called Cheers to That. So this card is really a mix of everything!

The main sentiment is ombre with Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Mint Macaron and Pool Party ink—literally all my favorite colors on this card!

I am really excited about the new Alphabet A la Mode dies in the Occasions Catalogue and I used them with the Foam Adhesive Sheets and all my scrap pieces of gold or goldish toned paper…this projects was such a good way to use up scraps and bits that I seem to hang on to. I also went over the ‘Hooray’ with my Wink of Stella pen so it had a bit of sparkle too.

I used a mash up of embellishments—new Pastel Adhesive Backed Gems, Polished Dots and some Elegant Gems.

I hope you have a creative 2023 and I invite you along on my journey! I can’t wait to see what this year has in store and I am starting a new hashtag #goodstuff2023 to manifest all the good stuff to come my way and yours!

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The end of 2020 is so near we can almost start celebrating! So of course I had to design a page layout to capture our celebrations tomorrow as we say Hello to 2021! I think this page is simple and sophisticated and won’t take you long to assemble. You can substitute any stamps that you have too as you will see that I combined retired, current and BRAND NEW stamps all on this layout with a mixture of fonts and design styles.

I designed this page on Very Vanilla 12x12 because I new that I wanted to use gold accents and Very Vanilla has a warmer tone to it. I used a photo mat of Basic Black to accommodate a future 5 x 7 photo. I can anticipate my family taking a selfie so this photo orientation supports that better.

The sentiment ‘Cheers…’ is from a retired set called Cheers to That. It is a set that I will keep in my collection as I do find that sets to do with New Years do not come around very often. It is stamped in Versamark with gold embossing powder on Very Vanilla. Behind the sentiment I added some retired black twine and some new gold hued ribbon called Fine Art Ribbon. And of course I had to add the Matte Black Dots from the Love You Always suite—love! A few glittery stars and this little section is perfect.

I wanted to use a Gold Hoop as well on my page to highlight the word Hooray. I used my Stampin’ Write Basic Black marker to highlight the word Hooray from the rest of the stamp as it is a part of a phrase. This stamp is from the You Are Amazing stamp set which is the stamp set designed to complete the You Are Amazing Project Kit.

I added a gold leaf behind the hoop which is cut from Gold Foil paper and the Forever Flourishing Dies. 2021 is cut from black glitter paper using the Playful Alphabet dies and Foam Adhesive Sheets. I really like this little vignette!

Let’s Celebrate is from the Bloom & Grow stamp set in the annual catalogue. It is also modified from its original form and is embossed with gold embossing powder and cut using the largest circle from the Circle Dies. I added a little gold metallic thread behind and a couple die cut starts from the Stitched Stars dies. Gilded Gems were the perfect accent here!

I hope you and your family have a wonderful New Years however you are celebrating and can capture a memory together!