Celebrating 2014!

Cheers to the New Year! 

Another chance for us to get it right! (Paraphrasing Oprah)

My first post of the new year. In fact, my first post since November 18th!  Oh my - how did the last six weeks of my life just disappear? There was little time for crafting, certainly no time to blog.
One of my goals for 2014 is to improve my blog stats. Actually, last year I had 34 blog posts!
Up from just 14 the year before. Yay! And I plan to do even better this year.

One of the nicest things that happened for me this past year was meeting a friend in-real-life whom I've known online for the past 11-12 years. Her son had the good fortune to land a job for a high-profile company in Seattle. Which was great for me in that his parents (my friend) came to the west coast for Thanksgiving! My friend Kathy and I got to meet and spend an afternoon and evening together. I took her to Impress and a couple of other paper stores before we went out for a yummy dinner together and I finally had to take her back to her son's condo.  Here is the photo of the two of us at Impress Stamps in Seattle. It was such a fun afternoon - one I hope we will get to repeat! (Notice that we are dressed nearly identical - purely a coincidence :)

This is card I made today using some of the stuff I purchased at Impress that day. I took my inspiration from this card by JJ Bolton. This was also my first time using sequins, a little gift my friend brought me that day. :)  I will definitely be using these more often - love the bling they add to a card.

Supplies:

Stamps: Savvy: Scattered Dots (Impress), Papertrey Ink Fillable Frames #5 (Celebrate)

Ink: Delicata Gold

Embossing powder: Judikins Egyptian Gold

Dies: Papertrey Ink: Block Alphabet Numbers Die, Limitless Layers Ovals

Paper: Papertrey Ink black matte; Marcos: Gold Mirror card, Cold Currency Cover, Black Glossy

Glitter Tape - American Crafts (Impress)

Sequins - my friend Kathy