Happy New Year's Eve Stampers!
I hope all of you have a safe Happy New Year's Eve and wonderful 2015! It has truly been a blessing to me to see how many of you visit my blog and I read and treasure each one of your comments :-)
2014 has been a bit of a tough year for us since my husband was diagnosed with cancer in the fall, but Lord Willing, he is handling the chemo well so far and we are praying that he will be in remission once the chemo is finished in the spring :-) We know that all things work together for good to those who love Him and we are resting in His Promises :-)
This card was the first one I originally created for the SUO113 “Project Life by Stampin’ Up!®” Challengeand decided to hold it one extra day for the New Year :-)
I decided to incorporate a few of my favorite weekly challenges as well- the FMS167 Challenge at Freshly Made Sketches and the SC94 Inspiration Photo at Stampin’ Celebration. 
If you have not already done so, I hope you will find the time to check the rest of the Design
Team projects at all of the challenge sites and come join in on the fun!
To create this card:
Mount a piece of Hello
Honey Moonlight Designer Series Paper (DSP) to a piece of Basic Black
cardstock, trim and mount onto the Whisper White card base.
Trim the Project Life® by
Stampin’ Up!® Smoky Slate plaid card from the Everyday Adventure collection in
half and punch along the bottom with the Spiral Border Punch.
Punch a piece of Basic
Black cardstock with the Spiral Border Punch (I used a scrap strip wide enough
for the vertical panel created above) and adhere behind the bottom portion of
the PLxSU plaid panel, offset just a bit to create a shadow effect.
Add the vertical punched
panel to the card front per the sketch.
Trim two additional Project
Life® by Stampin’ Up!® cards from the Everyday Adventure collection (Smoky
Slate Polka Dot and the Days of the Week), mount the Smoky Slate Polka Dot
piece onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock, trim and adhere onto the Days of
the Week panel. Mount this panel to the
card front.
FYI- I had the globe image
from The Open Sea already printed and ready to go from a previous My Digital
Studio (MDS) card project (in my organized scrap bag)- you can also stamp the
image onto Whisper White cardstock using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink.
Punch out the globe with
the 2 ½” Circle Punch and punch out another 2 ½” Circle from Basic Black
cardstock (split the black circle in half and mount behind the globe image).
Create the Basic Black bow
using the new Bow Builder Punch and add the Smoky Slate button to the center
(use a small silver of Basic Black cardstock to mimic thread in the button). Add the globe image to the card front using
Stampin’ Dimensionals®.
Use the Big Shot™ with the
retired GoGo Boots Sizzlits™ to cut out the numbers from Smoky Slate cardstock
and add to the card front.
Stamp the sentiment from
the 2015 Sale-A-Bration set, A Happy Thing, using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink
onto Whisper White cardstock and create the banner using the Hexagon
Punch. Mount onto a piece of Basic
Black cardstock and create the banner points, again with the Hexagon Punch.
Add the sentiment to the
card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card
Stamp Sets: The Open Sea (MDS version), A Happy Thing
Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black;
Printer Ink- Black
Paper/Cardstock: Project Life® by Stampin’ Up!® Everyday
Adventure, Basic Black, Whisper White, Smoky Slate
Accessories: Big Shot™, retired GoGo Boots Sizzlits™, Punches-
Bow Builder, Hexagon and Spiral Border;
Smoky Slate button,
Thanks again for taking
the time to stop by – I sincerely hope that all of you have a fabulous and
blessed 2015!
