I always laugh and tell people if they didn't receive a Christmas card, they're probably on the list for a new year's one.
Starting Christmas crafts in July isn't a guarantee one will be done in time for the holidays, and, to be honest, once I let go of the pressure to make Christmas cards, I felt so much happier. In fact, I think the new year's cards turned out better than the Christmas ones!
There's no shame in sending a New Year's card--after after Christmas fun, frolic, and feasting, it's kind of nice getting a bonus card in the mailbox IMHO.
These cards started out as Christmas cards but it was easy to change them up. I started with six Basic White and six Very Vanilla cardstock bases.
I used the stamps (as well as dies) from the Christmas Lights bundle and some silver ink to stamp the top and bottom of the bases. Then, I cut up gold and silver metallic dotted paper from the fall Sale-A-Bration freebie DSP pack.
My main goal was using up all the metallic scraps hanging around the craft room and I succeeded! There were enough scraps to make gold, silver, blue and light purple snowflakes large and small. I used all the snowflake dies in my collection by the way.
New Year's stamps aren't super popular, so I saved myself some time by printing a sentiment in a colour close to Early Espresso and cut out each tag.
However, I had a problem--I had big shapes, little shapes, stamped images and DSP--all good things. Something just didn't look right and after chatting with a friend, I decided to add some more snowflakes in matte colours.
Diving into the scrap basket, I found small pieces of Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight, and Purple Posey to die cut. The flat, solid colours tempered the shiny elements.
Lastly, I glued thin metallic strips under the tag to make another reflective surface and make the tag stand out more.
Just like snowflakes, each of the twelve cards were different. Click the image for larger size.
Starting Christmas crafts in July isn't a guarantee one will be done in time for the holidays, and, to be honest, once I let go of the pressure to make Christmas cards, I felt so much happier. In fact, I think the new year's cards turned out better than the Christmas ones!
There's no shame in sending a New Year's card--after after Christmas fun, frolic, and feasting, it's kind of nice getting a bonus card in the mailbox IMHO.
These cards started out as Christmas cards but it was easy to change them up. I started with six Basic White and six Very Vanilla cardstock bases.
I used the stamps (as well as dies) from the Christmas Lights bundle and some silver ink to stamp the top and bottom of the bases. Then, I cut up gold and silver metallic dotted paper from the fall Sale-A-Bration freebie DSP pack.
My main goal was using up all the metallic scraps hanging around the craft room and I succeeded! There were enough scraps to make gold, silver, blue and light purple snowflakes large and small. I used all the snowflake dies in my collection by the way.
New Year's stamps aren't super popular, so I saved myself some time by printing a sentiment in a colour close to Early Espresso and cut out each tag.
However, I had a problem--I had big shapes, little shapes, stamped images and DSP--all good things. Something just didn't look right and after chatting with a friend, I decided to add some more snowflakes in matte colours.
Diving into the scrap basket, I found small pieces of Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight, and Purple Posey to die cut. The flat, solid colours tempered the shiny elements.
Lastly, I glued thin metallic strips under the tag to make another reflective surface and make the tag stand out more.
Just like snowflakes, each of the twelve cards were different. Click the image for larger size.
Have a shiny 2023 friends!
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