Happy New Year Fireworks!

TGIF, My Dear Blogging Friends! Do you have some fun planned this weekend? I will be "Art-ing" as usual, especially since it's forecast to rain.

I am guest designing over at Paper Girls Challenge #179 - Fireworks, and I thought I would make one more card to share because the challenge doesn't close until tomorrow, July 13th at Midnite Mountain Time. In case you want to enter, here's some unconventional inspiration. Fireworks aren't just for patriotic national holidays. New Years is a common time for them. As I was looking through my UFAPs (UnFinished Art Projects), I spied a stack of multiple HNY card fixings that I'd gathered into box lids but never made. And this one was on top with the fireworks embossed panel I'd done in Hero Arts Neon purple dye ink, back when I did the panel in dark blue for my first fireworks card. (The purple looks more like pink to me and I have used it as such.)

 

I am crediting the current Tuesday Morning Sketch #511 as my "inspiration" because I began by following it and I used the sketch's elements, but not placed exactly the same in the end.  I opened the sketch in PSE and resized to 6x6. The fireworks were embossed with a Darice folder and the collage sheet image is from Gecko Galz Happy New Year sheet, page 2. The sheer ribbons (can you see them? 3 1/2-inch strips at top and a 1-inch strip at bottom) are from my stash.

My card base is from Colorbok's Spray Paint 12x12 pad. I added a mat of beautiful flowered and foiled card stock from SEI's Sunny Day set:

 

The paper I used is featured on front (turned 180 degrees) and what I used on the back is at bottom, second from left. The embossing was done on Office Depot 110# index stock.

Here's the inside of my card. I used stamps from Autumn Leaves and Verve Visuals and Hero Arts Neon purple dye ink.

And here's the back of my card, using a striped sheet from the SEI Sunny Day set. I simply used the strips I cut from the front and back sheets for interest behind the combined Technique Tuesday and Sweet Stamp Shop siggie stamps, with VersaFine Clair Summertime orange ink, clear-heat-embossed and then punched out.

 

I made the fireworks the focal point by coloring them in rainbow colors taken from the foiled flower paper and my image. I used Sakura Shimmer Gelly Roll pens and Smooch inks. Once they dried, I brushed on liberal coats of Smooch Glitz glitter inks in multiple colors, pooling it in circles in the fireworks' centers. I heat set with a hair dryer. Then I cut the panel around the fireworks with my old skool deco scissors.

I used my Sakuras to accent my collage sheet image in various places and traced over the confetti in the image. I chose the 2 smallest flag dies in Avery Elle-ments set to cut a frame to highlight the sentiment on the collage sheet image AND cut the Lawn Fawn word die Cheers, both out of OD index stock.

Finally, I went nuts with sequins from my stash! Haha LOVE being able to do that and New Years is the perfect occasion. It's quite satisfying to me to be able to just pile it on a card. And the bold colors and shimmer, glitter and shine speak to me. I just might keep this one and give it to myself! :-)))
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Hope perhaps you are inspired to make a Fireworks card!

CHALLENGES:
1.  Tuesday Morning Sketch #511 - (Sketch shown above)
2.   Outlawz Monday Greetings July 8-21: Greetings + Christmas in July
3.   Creations in Pink #11: AG with Pink Main Color
4.   Paper Girls #179: Fireworks - JUST FOR FUN since I'm guest designing.
5.   Gecko Galz July Challenge: Midsummer Dream - In July, New Years is a midsummer dream! Collage sheet image is from GG Happy New Year sheet.

6.   Outlawz Color Tuesdays: July 2-16: Color Palette Pick 3 + Add a Flower - I chose pink, yellow, green and my background paper is foiled flowers.

7.  Mix It Up Challenge #27: AG + Opt. Foiling - my background paper is SEI Sunny Day foiled card stock.
8.  Scrapping4Fun #144: Holiday / Travel - I chose Holiday: New Years.
9.  Bugaboo Catch The Bug Challenge: AG
10.  Try It On Tuesday: Colours of the Rainbow
11. Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Challenge #79: Celebrate It!

12.  CHNPPC July: AG with Patterned Paper
13.  ABMTTC #95: Always AG
14.  Jingles Belles JB:19:14: Tic-Tac-Toe - I chose middle row (left to right) Embossing / Red or Green / Bling. On my holiday card, I used a fireworks embossing folder. I used both red and green. And I have lots of bling via my sequins, Smooch inks and gel pens.

15.  MLCCB #12: Anything Christmas Goes
16. Happy Little Stampers Christmas July: Anything Christmas + Opt. Sparkle

Well, I am off to sit with Honey and watch a movie. Keeping Lousiana and Mississippi in my prayers. Have a great night, XOX