Happy Birthday 2012!

2012 is a mere 24 hours away! Or LESS depending on when you are reading this post!

Hostess Tami here today with Happy New Year's Card that is just a little different. Thinking that some of you might not have a special "New Year's" set of stamps, I was hunting around for something else I could use. I still had the "Happy Birthday" stamp set sitting out on my desk from my 12/26 post and I thought "why not?" Why not wish 2012 a Happy Birthday!

I also selected a more b-day color theme as well; pink, aqua and lavender. All the pieces, besides the silver metallic paper, started out as white cardstock. Each piece was "smooched" using Smooch Spritz to achieve the desired color...

I thought the silver added the touch of gLiTz that the occasion needed, so the sentiment is embossed using Sterling Silver Embossing Powder. And for even MORE shimmer, Smooch Glitz in Frost was used over Silver Pigment Ink around the edges of all the paper pieces.

SUPPLIES:

Clearsnap Products:

• ColorBox Pigment Ink: Silver and Cyan
• Smooch Spritz: Sea Kiss, Pink Sprinkles and Mixed Berries
• Smooch Accent Ink: Sassy Pink, Sugarberry and Pool
• Watermark Ink
• Donna Salazar Mix'd Media Embossing Powder: Jasmine
• Top Boss Embossing Powder: Sterling Silver and Opalescent Clear
• Smooch Glitz: Frost
• Color Catcher

Other Products:

• Hampton Art: Birthday Set
• My Sentiments Exactly: Girlz Lower/Numbers
• Spellbinders: Impressabilities: Pebbles and Lables Ten Diecut
• Hot Off The Press: Silver Metallic Paper
• Bazzill: White Cardstock
• Beacon Adhesives: Zip Dry
• 3L: Scrapbook Adhesives:3D Foam Squares - small white  
• Pink Ribbon

Tools:

• Trimmer, Scissors and Heat Gun

DIRECTIONS:

1. Cut a 4 X 10 piece of white cardstock and fold in half to make card.
2. Cut a 3 7/8 X 4 7/8 piece of silver paper and adhere on card front having left side and bottom edges even.
3. Cut a 4 1/4 X 3 piece of white cardstock, place in Color Catcher and spritz using Sea Kiss; let dry completely. When dry, emboss using Pebbles Impressabilities, then rub using Cyan Pigment Ink to bring out design. Ink edges using Silver Pigment Ink, then go over them using Frost Smooch Glitz; set aside to dry.
4. Cut a 4 X 4 piece of white cardstock, place in Color Catcher and spritz using Pink Sprinkles; let dry completely. When dry, diecut and emboss using label diecut. Then stamp and emboss sentiment using Watermark Ink and Sterling Silver Embossing Powder. Ink edges using Silver Pigment Ink, then go over them using Frost Smooch Glitz; set aside to dry.
5. Cut a 2X 4 piece of white cardstock, place in Color Catcher and spritz using Mixed Berries; let dry completely. When dry, stamp and emboss year using Watermark Ink and Sterling Silver Embossing Powder; trim to 1 X 2 3/4. Ink edges using Silver Pigment Ink, then go over them using Frost Smooch Glitz; set aside to dry.
6. Stamp and emboss party hat on a piece of silver paper using Watermark Ink and Jasmine Mix'd Media Inx Embossing Powder {careful, paper is slick and stamp may shift}. Fill in spots on hat using Smooch Accent Inks, then sprinkle with Opalescent Clear Embossing Powder and heat set. Cut out hat.
7. Assemble as shown, adding ribbon trim and bow and adhering hat using 3D Foam Squares.