Happy New Year

We've had a wonderful Christmas, it went by so fast that it all seems a blur now.

Christmas morning...

.....we've been so happy to have my mom visiting us for the holidays.

And I even managed to make a couple New Years cards...

Stickers are from SRM, embossing folders are from Stampin' UP! (elegant lines) and Cuttlebug (Swirls).

And here is a card using stamps from Clear and Simple Stamps...a wonderful Christmas gift as I won this set on their Facebook page.

Embossing folder is from Cuttlebug, I stamped all over the front with a Palette (Stewart Superior) stamp and stick gluepad, heated it till tacky and then applied Art Glitter (Barbara Trombley).  Although I've had the glue pad and glitter for a while, this is the first time I've done this technique.  So this is perfect for  The Kraft Journal challenge to try something new.
I stamped the sentiment with VersaMark and embossed it with Detail White embossing powder from Stampendous.

I'm entering these in Create Blog challenge to make New Years cards and ColourQ's #117 challenge to use black and white and one more colour.

So Happy New Year 2012!  Wishing you and your family all good things in the New Year.
Off I go to spend time with my mom before she leaves.

Ivanka

The card that is still coming...

For whatever reason, there were a few Christmas cards that never got made, therefore never got mailed off. I feel bad, but hopefully this New Years Card will make up for it. I haven't made too many New Years cards in the past and I really found that I quite liked making this one! The pre-Christmas pressure is off, so I just got to enjoy a few minutes on my own, just creating.

I can't tell you where I got the image-because I can't remember where I got it. Lol! It was somewhere on the Internet, that much I know. I embossed some silver around the edges, the beautiful marble paper is from Prism Papers, black flower is from Imaginisce, red is from Prima. Brad is from Basic Grey, 'Happy' is from Stupendous and silver letters are from Making Memories. Gems are from the $ store.

Have a great evening, thanks for stopping by.