Happy New Year!!  I can’t believe that it’s 2015 already…yikes!  I hope that you all had a safe and enjoyable New Year’s Eve, ours involved eating dinner in and being asleep before the ball dropped…we’re party animals for sure.  😉

I used the Sale-a-bration exclusive stamp set from Stampin’ Up! called You Brighten My Day for my card today.  I added a little sunburst effect on the background and I’ve got some pictures below to show you how I created it.

The colors for my card were inspired by Sunday Stamps SSC91.

I started by cutting a 3-7/8″ x 3-7/8″ square from Whisper White card stock.  I cut a second square from scrap paper the exact same size and I cut the center of the scrap paper square out with one of the Circles Collection Framelits Dies.

I marked an “x” in the center of my Whisper White card stock so that I’d have a starting point, then I used Blue Painters Tape to adhere the scrap paper that I’d cut with the circle over the top of my Whisper White panel.  I made sure that the edges were lined up and both layers were securely taped so that neither shifted when I was creating the sunburst.

To create the sunburst effect, I took a strip of scrap card stock and I placed it so that it was lined up with the “x” in the center and overlapped the edge.  I used Daffodil Delight ink and I sponged from the strip of card stock onto the Whisper White panel.  I moved the card stock strip about 1/4″ at a time around the edge, keeping the center lined up with “x” (sort-of like the hands on a clock) and I continued to sponge the lines until I’d filled in the entire circle.

I removed the scrap paper from the panel, adhered the panel to a Daffodil Delight card stock panel with SNAIL, then to a Bermuda Bay card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I adhered a strip from the Best Day Ever DSP (Sale-a-bration item available Jan 6) that I’d punched with the Hexagon Punch to the card front with SNAIL, then scrunched up a strand of Bermuda Bay Baker’s Twine and I taped it over the center of the card.

I stamped the lightbulb image from the You Brighten My Day stamp set (Sale-a-bration item available Jan 6) in Soft Suede ink and I colored it with my Daffodil Delight and Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blendabilities Markers.  I stamped the sentiment from the You Brighten My Day stamp set in Bermuda Bay ink above the lightbulb, then punched the sentiment out with the 1-3/4″ Circle Punch.

I sponged the edges of the circle with Daffodil Delight ink, then adhered it with SNAIL to a circle that I’d cut with a Circles Collection Framelits Die from Daffodil Delight card stock.  I adhered the layered circle to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals then added three Rhinestone Basic Jewels to finish the card front.

I adhered a strip of the leftover Best Day Ever DSP to a Whisper White panel inside the card.

You can find a complete list of supplies for this project , including card stock cuts, at the very bottom of this post.

January 1-15 Hostess Code:  DKE9G34U

Use this hostess code when you order and receive a free gift from me!  If your order is over $150, please do not use this code, but you’ll still get the free gift.  The free gift for January is your choice of any item valued up to $8.95 in either the 2014-15 Annual Catalog or the 2015 Occasions Catalog!

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