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
Love the creative use of the balloons! Great cards!
These are sooo Super CUTE!!! Happy New Year!!
Great job Debbie!
Love the way you think, Debby! Such a great card!
I love the use of balloons as “bombs” for new years eve! Fun stuff!
These are fabulous!
WOW! Cool cards! Love the use of balloon dies!
Oh, I love the background. All the bright fun colors to get the party started!! I love the twine you used…I was looking for something to use on a card I am working on, and the twine would be perfect! The balloon turned upside down with all the sparkles to create the sonic bomb! What a fantastic card to ring in the New Year!!
Debby is such a genius, where does she come up with these amazing designs??!!!!
Great idea to look at dies in a different way. Thanks for the inspiration.
What fun cards for the New Year! Love the distress stain background and the bold impact of the black- thanks for sharing!
Very clever, Debby! I love how you do that.
Another stunning demonstration of Debby’s talent for thinking outside the box. Happy New Year!
Very pretty, never would have thought of that!
I wish I had the creativity that Debbie has to see things in a different way. I would never have thought to use the balloon dies in this way. I really like the color combination that was used. Thanks for all the inspiration. Happy New Year!!
Love, love, love this creative way to use the balloon die! TFS
Your Let’s Celebrate card is truly stunning! I love the colors you used! The stand alone bomb is also very cute! Both are perfect for a Happy New Year!
Great card!
Super explosive die!!! :-)) Love this idea and the very pretty card! Happy 2015!!
OMG, how clever! I would never think to turn my balloon die upside down and use it for a bomb die. I love this idea!
Love the background on this card, it looks as if a firework has just gone off!!! I just love it when I see someone come up with different ways of using dies apart from what they were designed to be! Thanks for sharing great ideas!!
Love shaped cards and this one is a perfect example! Happy New Year!
I love the colors on the card. I would of never thought of turning a die upside down like that.
Great colours on the card! Love the balloons!
What a fun idea. Love your bombs. Happy New Year. Hugz
Such a cute idea and a great way to stretch your stamps. I can always count on SSS for inspiration!
Super cute idea. Love the use of the balloons. Very creative.
I absolutely love the use of the balloon dies as bombs! Clever girl!!!
Wow love that balloon. Very festive card.
What a super start to the New year!! woo hoo!
That is a really clever use for those balloons!
Clever cards! Love them! Happy New Year everyone! Have a very creative year!
This is just soooooo cute!!
Great idea re-purposing the balloons. Great cards, as always! Thanks for sharing.
Clever idea and great use for extending the die. Thanks for starting out the inspiration for 2015. Happy New Year!
Simply explosive card! Love it!
OH MY GOODNESS! I never thought to make one of these balloons A BOMB! LOL This is SOOOO CUTE!! THAT’S WHY you are the designers & I’m NOT! LOL LOVE THIS!!! :D
Fabulous. Happy New Year! x
What an oh so cute idea to use the balloon as a bomb! How fun!
Looking forward to a wonderful year with SSS!
So darn cute, love them!!!
These are awesome! Such a fun way to use the balloons and perfect for ringing in the new year! The background on the card is wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing! Wishing you a year of happiness and inspiration.
Cute, cute card! Love the creative way you used the balloons!
Super cute use of the balloon.
I love the balloons bombs, very creative!
These cards are great. I love the creative way she used the balloon die.
What a cute card, and brilliant way to get more use out of balloons! Happy New Year!
I like seeing different ways to use the SS Dies. Great inspiration. Thanks Debby!
Love your creativity, Debby!
Love the fun card!
Love Debby`s designs! Happy New Year!