Dream Theme Internationsl Blog Hop - HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Welcome from Renate's blog.  With the end of the year not far behind Christmas, we are taking the time to share with you some New Year inspiration.

The 2016 Holiday Catalogue does carry some New Year related stamp sets, and my shared project uses the "It's a Celebration" stamp set. I don't usually make New Year cards, but I had a blast creating it. I noticed that black, gold & silver seem to be the colour choice for New Years; why not, as there are some formal parties with tux and gown where the New Year is greeted at midnight.

I'm sharing with you an A7 card (7"w x 5"h) and a coordinating 'Curvy Keepsake' treat box.

Here is the card with the heat embossed gold & silver sparkler, or fireworks if you wish, as the background.

The gold foil numbers are raised with dimensionals, and the vellum heat embossed banner is attached to the numbers.

Some more gold heat embossing on the inside with a sentiment (from Frosted Medallions.

The little "Curvy Keepsake Box" look great with the gold & silver heat embossing and gold ribbon and vellum tag.

If you are planning a New Years party, perhaps this project has inspired you in preparing for it. Be sure to check out the Team's creations on their blogs for more inspiration and fun.

Patrice Halliday-Larsen (New Zealand)
Tracy May (UK)
Delphine Lorelli (France)
Amy Koenders (USA)
Renate Ecklmayr (Austria)
Sabrina Radeck (Canada)...that's me...
Krista Driessen (Netherlands)


Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas, and a Happy New Year! And see you again on January 21, 2017!

Happy creating!

It's A Celebration Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Frosted Medallions Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Gold Foil Sheets

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Embossing Buddy

Versamark Pad

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

Large Numbers Framelits Dies

Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlits Dies

Magnetic Platform

Fuse Fast Adhesive

Stampin' Dimensionals

Table by StampinBuddy. Try it FREE.

Year-End Closeouts!

Workshop/Party Make & Take

Last week, for a Stampin' Up! party (or workshop as we call them) I created two make & takes. Today I will show you one with two parts to it, and tomorrow the other one.

The first make & take kit included a Curvy Keepsake Box and a 3 x 3 Card. At the party some of the women discussed all the  uses for the darling little keepsake box, and the idea they liked most was using it for jewelery gifts of bracelets, earrings and necklaces.

To decorate the box and card I used "Peaceful Wreath".

And for the tag I used Merry Everything and the Tag Punch. The Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Write marker was used to colour in the berries. One could also use Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details.

Above is the view of the back of the box, and below is the sweet little 3 x 3 card. I even stamped on the envelope.

Below is the back of the envelope and the inside of the little card.

So there you have our Make & Take from last week's party/workshop. We all had so much fun making them! There are so many ideas on the web of how to decorate these darling little boxes! I encourage to to search Pinterest or Google for all the wonderful ideas for these Curvy Keepsake boxes. You'll have so much fun looking and even more, making them!

I was thinking that this would be a fun idea to create a different looking set for the Twelve Days of Christmas, or for Advents!

See below for what I used to create these cute little Christmas items.

Happy Stamping!

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