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
My crafty resolution is to work on a scrapbook of our trip to Africa last year for our 25th Anniversary?
awesome card! my resolution is to eat less and create more, and to finally get my craft room. Thanks for a chance to win. Happy New Year.
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I resolve to not “procraftinate!” I tell people I work best under pressure, but really, I’m stressing myself out! I want to get in the habit of crafting/creating ahead of time!
Love your adorable card! Hope to finish projects I begin this year!
My New Year’s Resolution is to spend time every day, even if it just 10 minutes, in my craft room during 2018.
That is so cool!! Love how you did partial 7 & 8…how clever!!
What a fabulous card! Love the changing number and gorgeous gold. I wanting to sew a denim quilt that I’ve been accumulating with my almost 13 year old.
love your new year card! thank you for a chance to win. i have a goal to create 365 cards this year.
I don’t do resolutions but I do have a goal this year to walk every day. I tend to get involved in my crafting and end up spending most of the day sitting at my craft table.
What a great idea—I may just steal it for next year 😉. I really enjoy your blog and look forward to seeing what you create in 2018.
The date flipping is brilliant!!!! I resolve to use all my unused stamps!!! But that could be never ending!!!!
My goal for 2018 is to finish at least one of the scrapbooks that I’m working on. Happy new year!
My resolution is to start using the tons of stuff I have in my craft room. And to buy as much more as I can.
My resolution is to learn how to use my new set of Polychromos! Thank you for all of your amazing inspiration!
My resolution is be spend more time crafting and being creative! Happy New Year!
What a creative idea for a card. Thanks for sharing and thanks for the opportunity to win. Happy New Year 2018
LOve this card Jessica. Black and gold is classic! I hope to build my surplus of cards so I can do a giveaway!
My #1 crafty goal is to reorganize my stamp storage. Happy New Year!
Love the card. No resolutions for me. Happy New Year!
Putting a lot of effort into gaining more healthiness in my life.
I don’t really make resolutions, but my goal is to do almost a layout a day
My resolution is to take care of stuff that I have been putting off. Cleaning. purging and eating better are also on the list
Beautiful card! You know my goal is to get back into crafting! Looking forward to seeing you in a few weeks!
Love the card! My resolution this year is ‘Choose Joy’. I forget to be purposeful in my attitude and let external events dictate my emotions and need to stop that. I need to remember to make the decision to be happy and joyful. Tough job
A chic, stylish, elegant card, Jess! Resolutions: do my pencil colouring class homework *grin*, focus on the things I love about card-making – such as using stamps, dies and ink – and quit stressing about what causes me grief (like water-colouring! So done with that!); send more cards throughout the year. In the non-crafting realm: read more, workout more, smile more, try to be ‘calm’ more (that’s a challenge, trust me!)…Thank you for the awesome inspiration today…and every day! Happy New Year!
~carol