Crafty Stampin'

Linda Cullen, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Stamp It Group 2020 New Years Theme Blog Hop

by

 

Goodbye to 2020

Welcome to Stamp It Group New Years Theme Blog Hop.  We are all using current Stampin’ Up! Products. I’m Linda Cullen from Massachusetts, USA and you are visiting my blog Crafty Stampin’.   At the bottom of the blog post, you will find a list of all the participating blog hoppers so you can move along from blog to blog and see all the fantastic projects. Leave a comment on each blog with the hashtag #stampitcontest to be entered to win the Simply Citrus Card Kit!

Card:

So this is my artistic statement to 2020!!  New Years Themed cards are not my favorite theme as it can be a bit limiting.  While I was trying to come up with a good idea for this theme, I kept coming back to the fact that the best thing about ringing in 2021, is leaving 2020.

So I started with wanting to say “goodbye” to 2020.  I pulled out the Well Written Dies and tried to see if I had the correct letters to create the new word.  I pulled out the above words and started doing a little surgery.  I cut out enough to also make a “hello” to match, but decided against it.

The “2020” uses the Playful Alphabet Dies and Poppy Moments Dies.  The flower centers look like the CORONA virus and make good “0’s”. The background is a set of “disINKtive” style lips from the upcoming Hearts & Kisses Stamp Set found in the new Jan – Jun Mini Catalog available January 5th.

I stamped the lips repeatedly all over a Whisper White Cardstock panel in Real Red Ink and then covered it with a Vellum Cardstock panel to soften it.  I created the statement “you can kiss it” from a greeting in the Hearts & Kiss set that says “sealed with a kiss”, but only inking the word “kiss”.  Then I used the Make A Difference Stamp Set to spell out “you can..it!”  I finished it off with the lips again, but this time stamping off 3 times before stamping it over the greeting.  I die cut it out with a die from the Rectangle Stitched Dies.

As I was looking for ideas for my “goodbye to 2020” card, I kept coming back to this image from the Back on Your Feet Stamp Set of the tortoise on his back.  He seems to really exemplify the struggle of 2020. He’s colored with Stampin’ Blends: Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, and Soft Sea Foam.  I cut him out with a die from the Hippo & Friends Dies and the banners behind him are notched with the Triple Banner and Banners Pick a Punch Punches.

Not my prettiest card, but like I said, it’s a statement.  I hope we all have a great 2021, but if we compare it to 2020, it will be AMAZING!!!!!

I hope you liked my project.  Please make sure you leave a comment with the hashtag #stampitcontest to win the Simply Citrus Card Kit, and visit each of the bloggers on this hop!

Giveaway

Last Months Winner

Blog Hoppers

Color Palette

Card Supplies

Click on any photo below to purchase the product from my online store.

    

Crafty Stampin' Specials

Is your shopping list greater than $100?

Sign up as a demonstrator with me today and get your starter kit for $125 worth of product for $99 plus FREE shipping on your starter kit!    Now is the time to join my team and enjoy a personal discount of 20% on all future purchases*.

Here is what you get:

  • Access to my exclusive Team Training website & Tutorial website
  • Weekly Team Facebook Live meetings
  • $125 in product
  • FREE SHIPPING on your Starter Kit
  • Get a FREE Paper Pumpkin Kit
  • 20% savings on future personal purchases
  • See Stampin' Up! Catalogs first

Reader Interactions

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 732 other subscribers

Weekly Newsletter

Sign up for my weekly newsletter and receive inspiration right to your inbox.  You’ll receive Free Card Tutorials available only to my newsletter subscribers, the latest Stampin Up News including specials and inspiration, and my Crafty Stampin’ Monthly Customer Appreciation Bonuses.  And don’t worry, your email will never be shared with anyone else, and you can opt out at any time.

Bloglovin

Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Comments

  4. Beth Smith says

    Agree! Praying for a much better New Year! There have been some good things though. I’m going to be a Gammy again in June, our second grandchild!

    #stampitcontest

  7. Mary Beth says

    Great card! It made me laugh right out loud. I’ve never thought to use my well said dies to make different words! Great tip!
    #stampitcontest

  9. Barb Beausoleil says

    I think its the greatest since sliced bread. Don’t sell yourself short. Your imagination is amazing!!!
    #stampitcontest

  10. Lin Hense says

    This is amazing! Fantastic use of this stamp set plus your great combination of the letters.
    #stampitcontest

  14. Andrea Schultz says

    Such a cute idea with the turtle! Thanks for showing how to use those letters – I overlook them most of the time. But this has been a wake up! Thanks, Linda.