Showing posts with label new year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new year. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

New Year's Toast!

May I --and the rest of the Eyelet Outlet gang-- be amongst the first to wish you a very happy, healthy and creative 2020!


My first idea for a classic New Year's card was of course to use the Champagne Flutes from the Wedding Brads set, but as the words, "New Year's Toast" were circulating through my mind, I kept thinking about the Toast Brads from the Breakfast set which of course I could pair with my Lawn Fawn "Love and Breakfast" stamps, so that's what I decided to make instead. I used the red, aqua and pink of Tiny Heart Washi as my color inspiration, and lined up strips of that tape neatly on plain white cardstock to be my second-to-bottom layer of this bright and happy card.


I hope the New Year is treating you well so far! ♥

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Cheers, My Dears!

It's hard to believe we are in the last week of December already... boy this year flew by! I've been thinking about the new year, and I'm pretty excited about 2018, which is what I'm talking about on the Eyelet Outlet Blog today!


Ever since the first time I saw this beautiful ambery shade of Eyelet Outlet Bling and realized it was called "Champagne" I have had the idea for this card.


I downloaded a piece of copyright-free clipart to use as templates for my glasses and used two strips of Glitter Gold Tape, torn at the top edge, and trimmed neatly at the bottom for the champagne.


My favorite part of this card are the bubbles, made from Champagne Bling Strips that I snipped apart. I think they really look like bubbles, but also... (here's a designer secret for you!) ...by placing them carefully, I was able to hide the seam where my two vertical pieces of tape meet inside each glass! ;)


I made my own patterned paper for the background, by typing "Happy New Year" in a bunch of languages and formatting the text at 9-point size in a free font called "Sunshine Poppy". I saved the file, and it will be on the "Freebies" page of the Eyelet Outlet Blog for you to use, if you wish. I added the year in glittery stickers and matted the whole panel on a piece of cardstock bordered in Skinny Glitter Black Tape.


I hope 2018 will hold everything you wish for! ♥