Let’s Celebrate 2015!
Happy New Year!! Hi it’s Debby and I’m delighted to be wishing you a Happy New Year here on Simon’s blog :D What better way to bring in the New Year than with a sparkly explosion LOL. The round balloon dies from the Celebration Time and Balloons sets make great iconic bomb shapes when turned upside down and a twine fuse added
To start the card I inked Neenah solar white 80lb card in a rainbow of Distress Inks (barn door, spiced marmalade, mustard seed, broken china, evergreen bough, chipped sapphire and black soot) before die cutting with one of the Stitched Square dies. A splattering of a solution of Perfect Pearls reacted with the Distress Inks to give a starry night sky. The numbers for the 2015 are cut from DCWV glitter card using the Simple Number dies and the zero replaced with the smallest round balloon from the Celebration Time dies cut from Black card. The fuse is a piece of black Hemtique twine coated with Matte Multi Medium, shaped and left to dry then adhered to the back of the bomb with a glue dot. A few stars (Holiday Shapes) and Pretty Pink Posh gold sequins finished off the panel, which is foam mounted on a top folding Neenah 110lb card base stamped with a sentiment from the Sparkle & Shine set.
The larger bomb could be used as a small card or a tag for a bottle of New Year’s champagne. The round balloon from the Balloons die set is cut twice from Black card. One of the die cuts is scored just below the balloon tie to allow the card to fold open when adhered. The fuse is again black Hemtique twine coated in Matte Multi Medium but this time two pieces of twine are twisted together before shaping and leaving to dry. Once dry the twine is sandwiched between the two die cuts with a glue dot and some Glossy Accents to make sure the two pieces stay together at the top. Once the bomb is constructed, another 2015 and more stars cut from DCWV glitter card using the Holiday Shapes die and Simple Numbers dies respectively add the required amount of bling!
I hope you enjoyed the start of the New Year. Here’s hoping for a year filled with love, laughter and creativity :D
let’s celebrate 2015 with simon says because they bring us bright ideas every day to stimulate the crafting genre. . . . thank you!
Love your inky background with the splatters! These bombs sure make me smile, and my dog doesn’t have to bark at them :)
Beautiful card, what a great idea for the thank you cards I need to write! Thank you, Debby, and Simon Says Stamp, you both always provide a treasure of inspiration. Love those colors on the card and how cute turning the balloon into a celebration bomb in the 2015, clever! Hope everyone has a Happy & Healthy New Year!
Happy New Year–so beautiful, love all the sparkle and bling!
What a fabulous card! Have a Wonderful New Year.
What an awesome card! I had no idea that was a balloon until I read the post!
Clever card. Happy new year to everyone at Simon Says.
Never would have seen it like that. Great card. Happy New Year!
A fabulous card, love it.
Happy New Year! A beautiful card Debby! Love the color, glitter and background. Greatr idea for a card. Thank you for sharing with us.
Happy 2015 New Years to you too! Love the DCWV glitter cardstock, too!
what a fun and fabulous set of cards… love that little “bomb” card… to cute!
Happy New Years!! Hope you enjoyed a wonderful holiday season this year!! What a cute card and tag!! Loved the clock idea for the new years party invitation and this was a perfect follow-up!!
I love that card. I love the idea of the bomb.
Clever idea! I wouldn’t have thought of this.
Happy New Year 2015! I posted a New Year’s card today using Simon Says Stamps Village dies.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Happy New Year and I enjoyed the Bomb projects.
Very nice project!
Love the glitter! Happy New Year!
Fun card and fantastic ideas!
Great cards. I love the colors!
I love this…so creative and festive. Happy New Year!
Always love the inspiration I find here, love the challenges too! Happy New Year!
Fabulous card! To turn a balloon into a bomb – so creative! Happy new Year to you Debbie!
Beautiful card! I love that it’s also masculine!
The bombs are cool. Great cards. I follow the blog by email.
Really creative idea and I love the colorful shading of that background!
Fantastic card! I love the colors used! Thanks for all of the amazing inspiration and Happy New Year!!
Brilliant use of the balloon die! Love it Debbi, Happy New Year to everyone at SSS, you guys are the best!
Super awesome project!!!!
Fabulous card! You are so very clever.
Fun cards, thanks for the inspiration!
beautiful card!! very nice..
-Berina
Moxie Craftie
What a great idea and different use for the die! I love it! Thanks for sharing!
Debbie you’re the creative bomb. (sorry, but it just had to be said;)
Happy New a year. The cards a BOMB in a good way
So creative! Love the card.
Just fabulous! Love the balloon turned “bomb”…just so clever!
Super creative! Love it!
These are super cute! Ingenious use of the die! ;)
AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME!!! Love the card and what a creative idea for the use of balloon dies!
I love shaped cards! Great idea!
How clever! What a fantastic card!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! So very creative and genious to use the balloon dies! When I saw the cards I smiled instantly! This card inspired me and gave some ideas to try! I can’t wait to get the balloon dies, I’ve wanted them for so long. Thanks for sharing!
Love that bomb, so creative and fun! Happy New Year!
These projects are awesome! What a way to bring the new year in with a bang very clever!
Brilliant card, such a clever use for the balloon die!
Such an amazing cards!!!
Super cute!! I love your background and the bomb is the “bomb”!! :-)
What a great design – adorable card!!