Sparkly New Year

Here's my version of the new sketch challenge posted today at Paper Craft Planet. Lynn is our sketch hostess for the week and she shared a fun sketch that's a little different size than the usual card. This one is for an 8"x4" card.

I decided to go with a new year's theme for my card. I was determined to use at least one of these sparkly martini glass gift tags that I got at Target (and couldn't locate in the organized chaos of my craft room until a few days ago--I kept seeing them at Target and thinking to myself, "I know I bought some of those . . ."). I ended up using one of the tags as the focal image on my card.

I used a black base to contrast with the sparkly silver of the glass. The panel across the front of the card is also sparkly. It's made from a piece of shimmery silver and gold patterned paper. I placed a piece of gathered silver ribbon along the center of the panel. The silver brads at either edge were a last-minute addition to ensure that the sort of stretchy ribbon stayed in place.

I stamped the "happy new year" sentiment from SU!'s Holiday& Wishes set in black ink, then again, slightly offset in Encore Silver ink. It has a sort of marbled look IRL. The final element was the star. I punched two stars from shimmery cardstock scraps. I used a smaller star punch to punch out the center of the gold star, then layered the silver star behind the gold one for a two-toned look.

Materials Used:
Holidays & Wishes stamp set, Basic Black and Whisper White cardstock, Encore Silver ink, large and small star punches, silver brads, dimensionals (Stampin' Up!); Wedding Silver & Gold Stripe, shimmery gold paper (The Paper Company); silver gathered ribbon (Michaels); martini glass gift tag, shimmery silver cardstock (Target)