Happy New Year!! I am thrilled to be participating in the Seasons Givings blog hop again this year! The hop is in it’s 6th year and is the brainchild of the amazing Latisha Yoast! EVERY stop on this hop is hosting a separate giveaway and there are A LOT of stops (over 60!)! 😉 We want to thank you, fabulous readers, for a wonderful year of crafty support and friendship!
Yesterday I posted a round-up of my favorite cards of 2017 with a separate giveaway that you can find here but I did want to share one more card with you! I saw a card at the store last year featuring a design where the year flipped from one number to the next and decided to use that as my inspiration.
I love black, white, and gold decor for the New Year’s holiday and used that as my color palette. I started by cutting 4 small white rectangles. Then I die-cut the numbers from each rectangle using Finley’s 123s from Lawn Fawn. On the last rectangle I used part of the number 7 and part of 8 as if to show the date flipping to the new year. Then I die-cut the same numbers using a metallic gold cardstock. I inlaid the gold cardstock inside the white cardstock and adhered them to a black card base.
I die-cut the Happy word using the same gold cardstock and adhered it to the card panel. Then I stamped the sentiment from Happy Happy Happy add-ons with versafine onto white cardstock and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder. I trimmed it down and adhered it to the card panel with foam mounting tape. Finally I added a spray of metallic gold sequins across the card. And that’s it…a bright and sparkly way to ring in 2018!!
This year I have a few continuing crafty resolutions. First off, I hope to continue to improve my copic and colored pencil coloring. I also resolve to send more cards each month and continue to develop the crafty friendships I’ve made in this amazing community. Finally I hope to stick to using a planner…ha, I REALLY need it. Here’s to keeping our resolutions and lots of crafty success in 2018 to all of us!
To celebrate the Seasons Giving blog hop I am giving away a $25 gift card to Simon Says Stamp! My giveaway is open worldwide and is open for one week! Please leave a comment on my blog letting me know if you have a New Year’s resolution and what it is (if you’re willing to share!) before 11:59 PM EST on January 7th, 2018! The winner will be announced on January 8th on my giveaway winners page!
Below you’ll find the full hop list! Have fun hopping and if this is your first time stopping by my blog, I hope you’ll visit again! You can subscribe to my blog via the widget on the sidebar or find me on YouTube, Facebook, or Instagram! Have a great day and Happy New Year!!
- Lawn Fawn
- Technique Tuesday
- Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L
- Reverse Confetti
- MFT Stamps
- Neat & Tangled
- Winnie & Walter
- Hero Arts
- CAS-ual Friday Stamps
- My Sweet Petunia
- Paper House Productions
- Verve Stamps
- Stamp Simply Ribbon Store
- Catherine Pooler
- Indigojade Art
- A Jillian Vance Design
- Kelly Creates
- Latisha Yoast
- Kimberly Crawford
- Vera Yates
- Nichol Spohr
- Chari Moss
- Audrey Tokach
- Zsoka Marko
- Teri Anderson
- Wanda Guess
- Amy Tsuruta
- Lydia Fiedler
- Laurie Willison
- Jenn Shurkus
- Debi Adams
- Cindy Lawrence
- Lori Craig
- Lisa Henke
- Dina Kowal
- Laura Bassen
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Kelly Lunceford
- Dana Joy
- Tracey McNeely
- Margie Higuchi
- Laurel Beard
- Janine Tinklenberg
- Sean Fetterman
- Christine Meyer
- Heidi Blankenship
- Debbie Seyer
- Libby Hickson
- Gracie Chavez
- Julee Tilman
- Karen Baker
- Lee Murphy
- Yvonne Van De Grijp
- Leigh Penner
- Marcie Sharp
- Patti Gilliam
- Barbara Anders
- Bunny Vance
- Kyra Sanders
- Giovana Smith
- Jillian Vance
- Ceal Pritchett
- Neva Cole
Happy 2018! My resolutions include updating my blog more and learning new card making techniques!
Happy New Year! I would like to learn to color with markers 🙂
Here’s to an amazing 2018!!! I am a big stalker, (er… I mean), fan of yours! I love this NYE card so much! Very clever! Thank you for a chance to win this great prize! My NY ‘resolution’, is to streamline my studio and blog more!
What a fun and clever card! I love it! One of my crafty goals for 2018 is to have a stash of sympathy and uplifting/thinking of you type of cards for quick mailing! Thanks for the chance to win!
Happy New Year! Love that gold with white and black – stunning! I’m going to try to be more organized this year! Thanks for the chance to win!
My goal is to continually improve my techniques and
designs during the next year. I have a class each month
so I have to come up with new and better – which gets
hard sometimes. I know you probably get that feeling
too. Thanks for sharing. I love the idea of the
flipping year.
Happy New Year
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Happy New year, Jessica! Love your card design – fun and clever!
My New Year’s Resolution in terms of craftiness is to try finding more time for more-less regular crafting (as much as a toddler and a newborn that I’m expecting any day now will allow me to) – I find that sometimes I get so engrossed in all the YouTube videos and other social media, that I just “follow” instead of making things – I hope I can change that a bit, when time allows!
Happy New Year, Jess! The black/white/gold color combo on your card is so elegant. I don’t generally make New Year’s resolutions, but I have quite a few crafty plans and goals for the coming year and will work toward achieving those. Thank you for the opportunity to win the SSS gift card!
Love your New Years card, it’s beautiful. I just joined a gym three weeks ago so hope to continue going three times a week, all year long.
Love your creative card. I need to work on my watercoloring skills.
Nice card ! My 2018 resolution is not to take any and do and give the best with what I have.
Happy new years! Love the card. My new years goal is to use more of my older items that haven’t gotten used in awhile.
Looking forward to 2018 and more spectacular designs. Hope to expand my style in 2018.
Such a gorgeous card and fantastic design! Always so inspiring! My word for 2018 is balance….happy new year!
Happy New Year and thank you for all of the wonderful inspiration! I’m hoping to learn to use my alcohol markers this year.
Happy New Year! My goal is to create something each week and use the tools and supplies I already have.
My crafty resolutions for this year are to do more scrapbooking and learn some watercoloring techniques. Thank you so much for all of the inspiration throughout the year, your card is stunning!
love this card – it is so elegant and creative – resolution would have to be tidying my work space lol!
Make more time for creating – and for getting a little more active so I can lose 5 pounds!
Great card idea!
Happy 2018. I love the way the 7 is rolling out and the 8 is rolling in. what a neat idea. I have so many resolutions, i need a lot of improvement in many areas. But my craft resolutions are to actually craft more, use my new polychromos, start art journaling and posting card making videos to you tube! Here’s to following through. 🙂
Happy New Years. My resolution is one I have every year, not to procrastinate. Maybe this year will be my last.
So cute, but elegant as well!
What a great design for a New Year card! Love the changing number and the gold! Thanks so much for the chance to win!
I have thoroughly enjoyed watching you throughout 2017 and getting to know you a little better. One of my New Year’s Resolutions is to work on finding my card making style. I desperately want to be on a design team and I’ve been told by several different people that having a style is important. I also want to improve my copic coloring and actually post to my blog (that I started months ago and still haven’t posted anything). I look forward to watching you continue to grow as a Card maker and can’t wait to see what all you do this Year! Big Hugs!!