Hello 2024...

Good morning blogland 

And a very Happy New Year to you all!

I'm here with my first DT card of the year and it's for the new challenge over at Sweet Stampin' with everyone from both Teams welcome to play along and the theme is 'What's new with you?'  Which basically means New Year - new things. Whether that is new stash, new technique, new job, new house, new baby - just something new!

As I don't know anyone doing any of the physical 'new' things and I don't need any New Year cards, I went with new stash and also New Years promise to self (I don't do New Year Resolutions - too much pressure  and then the disappointment when I break them 3 weeks in, well!).

So the new stash - it's the dies I used; the New Year promise - to use my smaller physical stamps.  I have drawers and drawers full of rubber stamps a lot of which just don't work on the top fold 5x7" cards that I make in a fairly clean lined style - stamps are too small! Whilst surfing sales I saw Craft Stash dies in American sized A2 landscape and portrait sets to make the base card and with additional shapes to create the front as well - only £9.99 each - who could resist.  Perfect thinks me - little diddy sized cards for little diddy sized stamps! 

I know I won't get that much use out of the fancy shapes - I don't think - but the card bases and the square / rectangle shapes, those I will use!  I also got the matching envelope die set, I'm terrible at measuring and cutting and thought it sounded like a quick fix just die-cutting the shape out.

This, therefore, is my card - whaddya think??

Supplies used:

Rubber stamps:

Lilli of the Valley - Party Girl

(although mine is the rubber stamp version so old that they don't sell it anymore!)

coloured with Copics

taylored expressions - simple strips: Birthday

Dies used:

Creative Craft Products - A2 Landscape Card die set

Creative Craft Products - envelope set

taylored expressions - simple strips: asymmetrical

Papers:

First Edition - Dreamcatcher

Anything else:

coloured card for matting / layering

scrap of ribbon

Oh, and the diary is new as well!  Another thing I'm going to get right this year is being on time with DT cards and also I need to keep track of what days I'm working - so a new diary was called for! 

There that's my first post of the New Year - I'm going to be back sooner than you think!

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Krafty Chicks Challenge: #697 - Stamps

Time Out Challenges: Challenge #254 - New

Creative Inspiration Challenges: #10 - Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon: Challenge #737 - What's New