Friday 30 December 2016

Happy New Year


Meet today's card. 
I hope you enjoyed a wonderful Christmas.
With the New Year almost here, I created a quick and easy card.

I began by using the snowflake stencil from SSS and rubbed Tumbled Glass Distress ink over the top.
To add some more depth and interest, I left the stencil in place and using various sized circle stamps, I stamped over it using darker shades of Distress inks.
I splattered on some acrylic paint, more blue ink and lastly some water to lift a bit of the colour.
I stamped the sentiment from Paper Smooches in the bottom corner.
To add to the festive, celebration theme, I applied some shiny Nuvo Drops over some of the small circles.
 



 Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Little Red Wagon- HELLO 2017

Shopping Our Stash- WINTER WONDERLAND

Paperminutes- New Year's Cards

Simon Says Monday- PARTY TIME



 Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

 Supplies:  stamp- Paper Smooches/ ink-Memento, Distress/ stencil- SSS/ circle stamps- HA, pencil eraser/ clear Nuvo drops/ applicator tool

10 comments:

Crafting with Jeanne said...

Very pretty, Karen. Happy New year to you.

Karren said...

Beautiful! The "layers" of colour you've created look gorgeous! Happy New Year to you and your family!

Lisa Lara said...

Gorgeous Karen. I love your cards and am always impressed how they are flat and gorgeous!

Loll said...

Another amazing design my friend. Love the layering of elements to create so much depth. xx

Bonnie said...

Bright and pretty, Karen! Happy New Year to you too, my friend!

Heike said...

what a pretty card. thanks for sharing.
Have a happy new year.

Heike

Heather said...

Very pretty. Thanks for joining the challenge at Little Red Wagon this week. Happy New Year.

Andrea Ockey Parr said...

Wow! You call this a quick and easy card, but it looks totally stunning! I love the way you did the background and made some elements stand out while others blend. The snowflakes in particular are especially gorgeous! And the sentiment is stamped so professionally that I thought it was die-cut with black cardstock! Kudos to your incredible stamping skills as this card came out beautifully! Happy 2017 to you and thank you so much for taking the time to share your inspiring pieces with us here at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!

Jo Nevill said...

Great card, love your inking
Thank you for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge this week and Happy New Year !

Jo x

reeree62 said...

Stunning!! My first visit to your blog, and I'm in LOVE! Def subscribing!!!