Happy New Year with Large Number Framelits

And here we are on the last day of 2015! I don't see how the year could have passed by so quickly, but then I'm finding myself saying things like that all the time now. What are you doing to celebrate the New Year? I am not a big fan of New Year's parties. I think it's because of the midnight kissing and hugging that happens. Now, I don't mind that with my hubby or with really good friends, but it's when you feel obligated to hug and kiss acquaintances and total strangers that my introversion really kicks in. Personal space is personal space and it doesn't really change just because the clock chimes 12 at the end of the year. But my hubby really does enjoy parties and so I soldier through for his sake. This year we have been invited to the home of some people from our new church and I won't know many people there, so I am a little more apprehensive about it, but I'm sure I will have fun.

I wanted to make a glitzy New Year's Eve card to celebrate the end of the Christmas card making season, so I got out the black, white and gold again for a last hurrah! And I used a new product from the Occasions Catalogue which you will be able to order from in 5 days! It's the Large Numbers Framelits* and they will be very handy for birthdays and anniversaries. And New Years! I used up some more scraps of Winter Wonderland Specialty Designer Series Paper (I had a lot of it!!) It is retiring in 4 days so if you haven't ordered this yet, better do it soon! It is honestly my favourite holiday DSP ever!

 *These products are found in the 2016 Occasions Catalogue and will be available to order on Jan. 5, 2016.

•  On a card base of Basic Black cardstock I layered some Gold Glimmer Paper and a piece of the Winter Wonderland Specialty Designer Series Paper so that there was just a narrow border of Glimmer paper - not overpowering, but upping the glitz factor.
• On the Whisper White card front I stamped some images from Gorgeous Grunge in Versamark Ink and heat embossed them in Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder and a mixture of Gold and Iridescent Ice Stampin' Emboss Powders. I was going for a kind of fireworks effect.
• The sentiment is from my favourite greeting stamp set this year, the host set, Six Sayings. It is also heat embossed with the mixture of Gold and Iridescent Ice Stampin' Emboss Powders.
• The numbers were die cut from Gold Glimmer Paper and pieces of left-over Winter Wonderland Specialty Designer Series Paper with the Large Number Framelits*. I die cut the same numbers in Basic Black cardstock and glued the numbers onto them off set a little for a shadow effect.

Well, where ever you celebrate tonight, I hope you have a lot of fun. And I want to wish you all the best for a happy and prosperous New Year!

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Product List

Six Sayings Wood-Mount Stamp Set [139849]	Six Sayings Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139852]	Gorgeous Grunge Wood Stamp Set [130514]	Gorgeous Grunge Clear Stamp Set [130517]	Winter Wonderland Specialty Designer Series Paper [139588]
Gold Glimmer Paper [133719]	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129]
Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131]	Iridescent Ice Stampin' Emboss Powder [101930]	Embossing Buddy [103083]	Heat Tool [129053]	Big Shot [113439]
Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Large Numbers Framelits*

 *These products are found in the 2016 Occasions Catalogue and will be available to order on Jan. 5, 2016.

Winter Wonderland Printer's Tray Christmas Gift Swap

So, each year, my up-upline, Desirée Spenst, holds a wonderful Christmas party for her team. There is an amazing pot luck, a stamping project, and a gift swap. People make the most amazing items to bring as gifts, though they must maintain a $10 limit. Last year, I attended my first one, and even though you could just give $10 in current project, which I did, being short of time, I was so embarrassed when I found out the time and effort that went into making some amazing handmade gifts. This year, I was determined to step it up! I remembered that I had bought one of the printer`s trays that Stampin' Up! included in one of it's past kits. And I had so much leftover Winter Wonderland Specialty Designer Series Paper to use, I decided to make a Winter Wonderland Printer's Tray for a piece of Christmas decor.

• Gold, black and white is the colour scheme which I've used a lot this winter, mostly due to this Winter Wonderland Specialty Designer Series Paper. I used lots of Stampin' Up! products in this project, and also some Christmas decor items and other knickknacks in my stash.
• I finally used the antler paper! Yay! I've been trying all season to get some use out of it. Luckily, it has a design on the other side!

• Check out the white pine cones in the upper left compartment! To make those, I used the Spiral Flower Originals die. I used the star punch from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack to mess up the edges of the scallops the die creates to make them more cone-like, then rolled as usual, but allowed the roll to lengthen out for the pine cone shape. I used Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper for the job.

• I used the tree stamp from the Wonderland Stamp Set for the middle left area. I stamped it in Versamark ink on Basic Black cardstock, then covered it with a mix of White and Iridescent Ice Stampin' Emboss Powders. You can't see in the photo how glittery the trees actually are.

• The letters in the upper right compartment are made with an old retired product I've had for ages called On Board Alphabet Soup, and they are different styles of letters die cut in coaster board. I needed larger letters than the Little Letters Thinlit Dies would provide. I traced them on Gold Glimmer Paper and hand cut the shapes and glued on the  coaster board letters.
• I used Dazzling Diamonds and Gold Glimmer Paper for the Delicate Ornaments in the center panel.

It was actually a whole lot of fun to make, and I hope the recipient is happy with it. If it is well-received, it might even get stolen a couple of times during the exchange, I'll let you know!

It's Tuesday and time for new Weekly Deals:

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today!

Product List

Wonderland Wood-Mount Stamp Set [139752]	Wonderland Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140365]	Jolly Christmas Wood-Mount Stamp Set [139873]	Jolly Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139876]	Winter Wonderland Specialty Designer Series Paper [139588]
Gold Glimmer Paper [133719]	Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper [135315]	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Versamark Pad [102283]
Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129]	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]	Iridescent Ice Stampin' Emboss Powder [101930]	Gold 5/8" Satin Ribbon [134547]	Metallic Foil Doilies [138392]
Alphabet Soup On Board [119239]	Embossing Buddy [103083]	Heat Tool [129053]	Big Shot [113439]	Paper Snips Scissors [103579]
Delicate Ornament Thinlits Dies [139667]	Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies [138281]	Sleigh Ride Edgelits Dies [139670]	Snowflake Card Thinlits Dies [135855]	Snowflake Elements [139638]
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Glue Dots [103683]	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]