Oh, Fuji

Hey y'all, how was your Christmas?  The hubs and Ryan spent most of the day yesterday working to build a 3D printer, so I watched the first Santa Clause and worked on my current stitching project.  Then we had turkey for dinner and we were all so stuffed that I don't think anyone ate dessert : )  Hope your Christmas was just as enjoyable!

Anywha, I'm bringing back another old stamp set for today's card.  The challenge at CAS on Friday is to make a New Years card, and I happen to have a stamp set called New Year Celebrations.

This stamp set was available in the Japanese catalog (back when SU! tried to enter the Japanese market) and was available for a very short time here in the US.  It's obscure enough that it doesn't even have a gallery on Splitcoast and I couldn't find very many cards online made with it, so here's mine!  I stamped Mount Fuji and the surrounding sky on a scrap of Whisper White without a plan as to what I wanted to do with it and then this card eventually materialized.  I found a scrap of Poppy Parade DSP that was a pretty good match for the flower I stamped and fussy-cut, so there it is!  Happy New Year from Mount Fuji.

I have actually been on Mount Fuji though we didn't make it to the top--the hubs got altitude sickness and I didn't want to climb a mountain in the first place : p  I should send this card to Missy since she organized that trip.  Anyway, I'm going to take Daph for a walk and then maybe make some cookies.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  New Year Celebrations
Ink:  Azure Afternoon, Poppy Parade, Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  Azure Afternoon, Thick Basic White, Poppy Parade DSP
Accessories:  Layering Circles dies, Festive Pearls, Dimensional

Mount Fuji New Year

Hey y'all!  I didn't mean to disappear this week, it just happened that way.  After I finished putting together Ryan's baby book on Sunday, I immediately started work on one for my future nephew.  I need to get through it pretty quickly (he's expected early to mid February) so I may be a little sparse with posting here for a bit.

In the meantime, how about a card with a limited edition stamp set?

The set is called New Year Celebrations and it's in the Japanese catalog, available here just until the end of the year.  Since I avidly collect Oriental stamp sets I had to get it :)  I'm a little surprised I haven't seen anyone else use it.  Or if I do, I don't remember...I've been pretty tired lately so it's possible.

My card was inspired by this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

I turned the sketch on its side, and added the Poppy Parade banner under my circular sentiment (it says Happy New Year in kanji) to mimic having a sentiment that would be vertical on my card.

I also used this week's Color Throwdown colors:

I used Bermuda Bay, Poppy Parade, and Smoky Slate.  Tempting Turquoise would have been a better match for the blue color, but I was just using current stuff so there you go.

Well, I've got three layouts done for nephew's baby book, and 14 more to go!  I'd better get crackin'.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  New Year Celebrations
Ink:  Bermuda Bay, Poppy Parade, Smoky Slate, Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  Bermuda Bay, Poppy Parade, Thick Whisper White
Accessories:  circle punch, Stitched Rectangles dies, Dimensionals