Kia is hosting today's CAS - Bring in the New Year with an explosion theme. My explosion is fireworks - many will be going off here at midnight to explode in the new year!!
I dry embossed the fireworks & using direct to paper colored the fireworks with gold. I cut apart -GASP!- a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year stamp. I made a frame with the gold glitter paper so I have most of the 'inside' to still use. It's mounted onto Basic Black. This really was an easy card but I wasted 4 pieces of paper trying to do the fireworks. The shimmer was my last attempt!
I've also discovered glue stripes - they are the best thing since sliced bread! They are like glue dots but in strips & are easy to place.
Thanks for stopping by.
Date: Monday, December 12, 2016 GMT Views: 822
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Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92405
Mon, Dec 12, 2016 @ 1:16 PM
Terrific CAS Happy New Year's card, Karen. Love how you did the fireworks. Glad to know that I'm not the only one that cuts apart stamps to suit my needs. : )
Registered: April 6, 2009 Location: Weyers Cave, Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley Posts: 31101
Mon, Dec 12, 2016 @ 1:42 PM
Beautiful explosion of fireworks, Karen! I love the way you colored them too! So glad that I'm not the only one to make a frame of the glimmer paper...it's just too pretty to hide!
------------------------------ ~Roberta
�Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.�
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Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Mon, Dec 12, 2016 @ 1:56 PM
I love this, Karen! How beautiful with the gold and black matting! I too cut apart stamps! The long ones rarely fit on any card. Terrific overlap to make them work!
Registered: February 23, 2016 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 22824
Mon, Dec 12, 2016 @ 2:50 PM
Your fireworks truned out great! But oh my . . . cutting apart a stamp - cuts at my heart - I usually just use a marker to ink up the part of the saying I want to use . . .
------------------------------ Linda aka Bubbles
I'm not a Hoarder . . . I'm the Curator of an extensive collection of embellishments!!
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