2023 New Year Card

This new year's card features a free digi stamp from Gerda Steiner Designs. You can pick it up here: 2023 Freebie! - Gerda Steiner Designs, LLC (gsd-stamps.com) if you're still working on new year's cards. Aren't those penguins adorable?! Thanks, Gerda!

To make this card, I started with my new MFT cover-up die Snow Swirls. I actually cut it out twice and cut off the bottom of both die cuts so I could then use some stitched snow hill dies on the bottom of the die cuts to make the little snow hills on the card. For the top part of my die cut, I ink blended some blue ink with my new ink blending brushes to make a sky scene. 

Using my Silhouette Design Studio software, I sized up the digi stamp so it would fit on the A2 card front and did a print and cut using my Silhouette Cameo 4. Then I had fun coloring the little penguins and stars with my Copic and Chameleon alcohol markers. I adhered all the parts to the card front and then stamped "Happy" from a Hero Arts Happy Birthday sentiment and trimmed off the "birthday" part and made it into a banner that I adhered with foam tape. 

I appreciate all the dedicated DT members of the numerous challenges I participate in and the wonderful encouragement you leave me, so I'd love to send you all a new year's blessing. I love this blessing from Numbers 6:24-26: 

The Lord bless you
    and keep you;
 the Lord make his face shine on you
    and be gracious to you;
 the Lord turn his face toward you
    and give you peace.

Challenges I'm entering: 

Play along in our December '22 Challenge - Gerda Steiner Designs, LLC (gsd-stamps.com): ATG with a Gerda Steiner stamp (ends Dec. 31)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (3/5 for the week; ends Jan. 4)

Passion for Markers (promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com): Use markers and a die cut (ends Jan. 2)

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge (colourcrazychallenge.blogspot.com): ATG colored image

My Time To Craft! (mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com): Non-Christmas December holidays (ends Dec. 28) Top 3 Pick 12/29/22

My Time To Craft Christmas!: New Year's Cards (ends Jan. 5)

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge (pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.com): ATG with colored image (ends Dec. 31)

Send A Smile 4 Kids Challenge Blog: Winter holidays

Shop and Save 50% on Fifty Blitzday Items AND Play Along with Sketch C – MFT Stamps: Sketch:

CD Sunday Plus Challenge (cdsundaychallenge.blogspot.com): ATG with something from a CD, USB, or digi image (I used a Gerda Steiner Designs digi stamp) (1/3; ends Dec. 24)

Dragonfly Dreams (dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.com): Anything but Christmas (ends Jan. 1)

Stamping Sensations (sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com): Anything stamped (2/3; ends Dec. 28)

We Love Stamping: I love using my new ink blending brushes! I created the blue background using them for this card (3/3; ends Dec. 27)

We Love to Create mixed media Challenge Blog...sponsored by Polkadoodles: Challenge Rules & How To Enter (welove2create.blogspot.com): ATG (I used alcohol markers) (ends Dec. 28)

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: ATG (ends Dec. 26)

A Place To Start (hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com): ATG (ends Dec. 30)

Through The Craft Room Door (ttcrd.blogspot.com): ATG (1/4; ends Jan. 3)

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge (trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com): ATG (ends Jan. 4)

Krafty Chicks Challenge: All Occasions (ends Dec. 27)

Twisted Thursday Challenge (theoutlawzchallenges-thursday.blogspot.com): ATG 

Festive Friday Challenge (theoutlawzchallenges-friday.blogspot.com): Christmas, Celebrate, Use Silver, Something New (New Year) (1/3; ends Jan. 5)

Happy Little Stampers: Anything Goes with Dies: ATG with dies

International Art & Soul (intaas.blogspot.com): Winter (1/3; ends Dec. 31)

613 Avenue Create (avenue613.blogspot.com): ATG (3/8; ends Dec. 31) Top Rocker Choice for last week of December 

Critter Crazy CHALLENGE BLOG (2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com): ATG with a critter as the focus (Ends Dec. 25)

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG (unlimited entries; ends Dec. 26)

Creatalicious Challenges: ATG with option of CAS Christmas (2/3; ends Dec. 30)

Die Traumfabrik - Dream Factory (traumfabrik-challenge.blogspot.com): Mr. Popper's Penguins (ends Jan. 15)

Happy Little Stampers: Anything Goes with Dies: ATG with dies (ends Dec. 31)

Mirtillamente Challenge (mirtillamente-challenge.blogspot.com): Winter or Christmas (2/5; ends Dec. 27) Winner 1/1/23 Emailed 1/1/23 and haven't heard back yet (1/7/23)