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
LOVE 😍 your card, so creative! I hope to learn calligraphy and purge my craft room this year!! The best of luck to you in 2018. Thank you for your generous giveaway in this blog hop.
I don’t typically make resolutions as I usually don’t keep them. But, I do have a goal this year to send more cards and spend more time in my bible!
I have no resolutions. But I do agree with Annette. Send more cards!
Love your card! My resolution for this year is to take some card making classes and get a certification.
Such a clever idea with the numbers! Happy New Year 2018! Love your work and thanks for the chance to win a SSS GC!! Could put it to immediate use!
Love your card – fun and festive! I think my resolution would be to have cards made ahead – instead of rushing at the last minute!
I love your card! My big goal for the year is to clean out the house, my craft goal is to craft more consistently. Happy 2018!
I don’t usually do a formal New Year’s resolution. I but I have thought I’d like to try to use what I have with my crafty stash a little better. Buy less, use more 🙂 But then I go on blog hops and find things I *need*. Whoops.
Great new years card!!
Happy New Year! My resolution is to complete all my wip’s!
A great card and I am going to try and do more making cards rather than more looking at others. I will still look but need to do more making.
My goal this year is to participate in more card challenges online!
What a great and so beautiful too!! My New Years Resolution is to pay more attention to my blog and I signed up this morning to take classes with Kit and Clowder to improve my Copic coloring! I can’t wait for classes to begin!!
My resolution is to catch up on my project life albums and set aside two specific days per week to craft cards, projects and just practice techniques. Happy 2018 and thanks for all your crafty inspiration!
My crafty resolution is to make more time to be creative! Thanks for this generous giveaway!
Love your cheery New Year’s card. I have a couple of resolutions, one to craft more and 2 to get in great shape for my nephew’s wedding.
I love your cards and inspiration! Thanks for the chance to win the giveaway. I hope this year I can devote more time to my papercrafting in 2018
Jessica I have enjoyed following you this year. Your designs wow me every time. I don’t really make resolutions per say, but I do want to get better at making shaker cards and alcohol backgrounds. I love both, but have really struggled with them. And I vow to send more cards “just because”. Happy new year and much success to you in 2018.
great card design. No resolutions for me just hoping to have the best year I can, try to be more positive and to get all this excess weight I have OFF LOL
Great idea for the New Years card (love the color choices, too)! Most of my goals for 2018 revolve around crafting. I’m hoping to dedicate more of my time to paper crafting and improving on my techniques. Happy New Year!
Love your card, so much I pinned it.I rarely make resolutions but I think I’ll work on being nicer…and cards, always more cards!
I love your card so much ! The color combo, of course, because it’s so festive. But the idea of the flipping numbers : awesome ! In 2018, I’m looking forward to set up my craft space…..
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Happy New Year! Thanks for the chance to win your awesome prized of a gift card to Simon Says Stamps! Your New Year card looks awesome with only gold, black and white! Love the number flipping from 7 to 8! What a fun idea!
Love your card! Such a cute idea and clever execution. My NY’s resolution is to take better care of myself and spend more time doing what I want to do. Easier said then done, but I’m going to try!
I love your card, it’s really awesome ! And thank you for the giveaway.
My new year resolution is to create a stock of cards not to have to make cards always at the last minute.
A very Happy New Year to all !