Welcome to InKing Royalty’s December Blog Hop! During this year’s blog hops, we are enjoying a year of celebrations. This month’s projects celebrate New Year’s Day, a special day to start anew and prepare for the coming year. We are excited to share our creations with you today! After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.
First, and foremost, today is Brian King, our fearless leader’s birthday! YEAH! I’m going to start with the card I created in honor of his birthday first! It actually, kind of, sort of goes with this month’s theme if I crop the theme to happy new: it’s a birthday card and it uses two new to me stamp sets. So, it works, right?
Here’s the birthday card:
This card is truly in honor of Brian! I really had to hold myself back because I kept wanting to add MORE to it. However, Brian’s style is clean, and he has created oodles and oodles of clean cards.
I used Mossy Meadow for the base and the panel in the center. All three DSP patterns came from the World of Good Specialty DSP. Every pattern in that DSP set is gorgeous, and the gold foil accents on the map pattern are really amazing!
Now…….. on to the hop!
InKing Royalty’s December Blog Hop!
This year, I didn’t specifically purchase a set with New Year’s cards in mind. Therefore, I really had to think outside of the box. Finally, I saw a card using the Playful Alphabet dies and TA-DA! I figured out what to do.
Here’s the blog hop card:
It’s been a while since I’ve created an eclipse card. This one was easier than in the past because of the adhesive sheets. Using them meant I did not have to try to line up mini-dimensionals, so that’s a good thing. It was also a bit more difficult because I only had one piece of this pattern Frost DSP left so it was either sink or swim. I think I might have floated, though.
I used Purple Posy for the base of the card. Since I didn’t want the DSP to just melt into the light purple color, I chose Basic Black for the underlying mat. This allowed the DSP to really pop off the Purple Posy cardstock.
Once I got the letters and numbers attached back onto the card, I decided that they needed something else to make them really stand out. I used my clear Wink of Stella pen and brushed two layers of the shiny stuff onto each letter. It’s really hard to see, so here’s a close-up.
The sparkles on the letters and the numbers are from the Wink of Stella.
From the beginning, I planned to use the retiring black ribbon for this card because it would mimic the dots in the DSP. However, when I realized I had too much space between the happy and the 2021, I needed to add something to take up some of the dead space. I grabbed one of my favorite ribbons, the white polka dot tulle, and layered the ribbon and tied them in a square knot. The knot is purposely off-center to balance the numbers on the right side.
Back to the Blog Hop
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Sheryl Sharp at Sharp Notes by Sheryl. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!
I’d love to hear what you think, and greatly appreciate every comment.
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
Thank you for hopping along with us today! If you get stuck during the Blog Hop, here’s a line-up for you to use as a guide:
- Brian King at Stamp with Brian
- Linda Krueger at The Stamp Coach
- Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
- Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
- Rachel Brumley at Artistic Designs by Rachel
- Renae Novak at Blessed by Cards
- Ann Murray at Murray Stamps Ink
- Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Sheryl Sharp at Sharp Notes by Sheryl
- Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
Colors Used for Brian’s Birthday Card:
Supplies Used for Brian’s Birthday Card:
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both of your cards are wonderful! But the New Year one is Awesome! I love the soft look of the die cuts.
Thanks, Jackie! I was concerned that the alphabet pieces wouldn’t show up very well.
Both cards are lovely. I enjoyed reading your thought process while making the cards. It is helpful and interesting to learn how others approach card making. Happy New Year!
Thank you, Linda! I enjoy reading how other people create their cards as well. Sometimes I ramble, though.
Thank you so much for the birthday wishes, Sue. I love the mix of colors in your beautiful card. ♥ I adore the eclipse technique – and it works beautifully on your New Year’s card. Love it!
Thank you, Brian! The day was all about you. I’m guessing there were some who thought the day was about them, but they would be wrong. Happy birthday!
Your eclipse card is AMAZING!!!! I just love it! So scary having one shot to get it right but you did it perfectly! And bravo on Brian’s card too. I love it and I know he does too!
Thanks, Pam. I was definitely praying that I wouldn’t mess it up. I can see where there are a couple of small goofs, but it doesn’t appear anyone else can, so all is well. Life is good.
That’s a wonderful manly birthday card! And I love the popped up letters on the New Year’s card!
Thanks, Candy. I was cutting it very close on the birthday card and was afraid I wouldn’t get everything done. But, it all worked out and Brian was surprised.
Sue, So cool! I just got the playful alphabet dies and can’t wait to start playing! Love your birthday card too!
Thank you, Renae. This was only the second time playing with them, I think. Maybe first. I still have (and love!) the large letter dies, but these fit better. I’m looking forward to playing with them while I am off.
what a great way to showcase not only the DSP, but that cool eclipse technique and the Happy Alphabet. It’s a great card Sue
Thanks, Lynn. I love this DSP!
Beautiful cards! Of course one is a masculine so I don’t know whether it is considered beautiful or handsome! Love the eclipse technique.
Thanks, Rachel. Maybe it can be beautifully handsome? That works, doesn’t it?
Love the DSPs you used in both of your cards! Looks like you had a blast creating them, nice!
Thank you, Sheryl. So glad my stress while creating both of them didn’t come through. Thanks!