Cheers to 2020!

Happy New Year! Can you believe it’s a start of a new decade!? Time has flown by so quickly! One of my new years resolutions is to create more for myself. I have design teams and deadlines but I realized that I need to create for myself and that’s exactly what I’m going to do. Do you have any crafty resolutions for the new year?

Today, I wanted to create a card using I’m sharing a card featuring these critters I colored up for fun. I always revert back to Mama Elephant’s Party Animal stamp set at the beginning of the year since it’s so perfect to kick off the new year.

I stamped out these images using Ink on 3’s Fadeout Ink, which is perfect for no line coloring. I used a combination of Copic markers (colors listed below) to color everything.

I definitely knew I wanted to use Trinity Stamps’ Layered Fireworks stencils for the background but was worried it’d be too busy. I went for it anyway and stepped a bit out of my comfort zone. I gathered a ton of different embossing powders to help create this firework lit sky. Using Juicy Ink, I pressed on the stencil to get the ink on my cardstock and then used all the different embossing powders to fill up the sky.

I used My Favorite Things Stamps – Snow Drifts to cut out some masking paper so I could use distress inks for the sky and the grass. The embossing powder resists all the ink so once I was finished with the sky, I just wiped it down with a dry paper towel and all the colors were perfect for fireworks.

I went ahead and added all the colored critters to the card panel and added the Cheers sentiment from My Favorite Things Stamps. This finished off my card and I love how it turned out. It looks a bit busy but you know what, the more fireworks, the better.

Thanks for stopping by! Come back soon!

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STAMP SET(S):
Mama Elephant – Party Animal: http://bit.ly/2tm3Cof
DIES:
MFT Stamps – Snow Drifts: http://shrsl.com/1ex4b
MFT Stamps – Cheers: http://shrsl.com/21dqp
STENCILS:
Trinity Stamps – Layered Fireworks: http://shrsl.com/21drf
INK:
Ink on 3 – Fadeout Ink: http://bit.ly/2RulfMP
Ink on 3 – Juicy Ink: http://bit.ly/31iUe1c
Mini Distress Ink – Mowed Lawn: http://shrsl.com/1eplp
Mini Distress Ink – Forest Moss: http://shrsl.com/1epkv
Mini Distress Ink – Peeled Paint: http://shrsl.com/1epma
Mini Distress Ink – Blueprint Sketch: http://shrsl.com/1eplx
Mini Distress Ink – Chipped Sapphire: http://shrsl.com/1epke
Mini Distress Ink – Black Soot: http://shrsl.com/1epky
COLORING:
Copic Sketch – G05: http://shrsl.com/1szhc
Copic Sketch – G17: http://shrsl.com/1szhg
Copic Sketch – G28: http://shrsl.com/1erwv
Copic Sketch – Y02: http://shrsl.com/1fth5
Copic Sketch – Y08: http://shrsl.com/1gsj2
Copic Sketch – Y11: http://shrsl.com/17yej
Copic Sketch – Y15: http://shrsl.com/1epsd
Copic Sketch – Y17: http://shrsl.com/1f3qz
Copic Sketch – YR15: http://shrsl.com/17ye2
Copic Sketch – YR18: http://shrsl.com/17ye6
Copic Sketch – YR24: http://shrsl.com/1729y
Copic Sketch – E25: http://shrsl.com/172a2
Copic Sketch – E27: http://shrsl.com/1erwo
Copic Sketch – BG10: http://shrsl.com/17ye0
Copic Sketch – BG11: http://shrsl.com/1ahqg
Copic Sketch – BG13: http://shrsl.com/1ahqk
Copic Sketch – BG15: http://shrsl.com/1wi8t
Copic Sketch – BG18: http://shrsl.com/1ahql
Copic Sketch – E50: http://shrsl.com/1fbxs
Copic Sketch – RV02: http://shrsl.com/1ahqp
Copic Sketch – RV04: http://shrsl.com/1ahqq
Copic Sketch – RV06: http://shrsl.com/1epsk
Copic Sketch – RV09: http://shrsl.com/1epsm
Copic Sketch – B02: http://shrsl.com/1eprh
Copic Sketch – B04: http://shrsl.com/1epro
Copic Sketch – V12: http://shrsl.com/17yeb
Copic Sketch – V15: http://shrsl.com/17yec
Copic Sketch – V17: http://shrsl.com/17yee
Copic Sketch – W0: http://shrsl.com/17ydq
Copic Sketch – W02: http://shrsl.com/17ydr
Copic Sketch – W04: http://shrsl.com/17yds
Copic Sketch – W06: http://shrsl.com/1ex4i
Copic Sketch – W08: http://shrsl.com/1fd7c
EMBOSSING POWDERS:
Ink on 3 – Artic White: http://bit.ly/2X089tI
Ink on 3 – Chrome: http://bit.ly/35cECNJ
Ink on 3 – Strawberry Champagne: http://bit.ly/2Q8Lt6p
Ink on 3 – Gold Rush: http://bit.ly/2SDR1aD
WOW! – Oasis: http://bit.ly/2F5ZKul
WOW! – Midas Touch: http://bit.ly/2METuhi
Hero Arts – Satin Pearl White: http://shrsl.com/21dr8
TOOLS:
Wagner Heat Gun: http://shrsl.com/1esm6
Anti-Static Powder pouch: http://shrsl.com/1ev6k
Masking Paper: http://bit.ly/2u444Id