HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Well, we made it through 2020 and I dare say most of us have high hopes for 2021 being a much safer, healthier, better year! This Darling Donkey surely is planning on a happier year ahead in 2021!

This donkey is from the stamp set Darling Donkeys that is one of the Sale-A-Bration stamp sets you can earn FREE with a $50 purchase beginning January 5, 2021! At first I wasn’t too excited about donkeys, but they are pretty cute and I think this set will be pretty popular! It already is among Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators!

This card base is Mossy Meadow and coordinates with the Dandy Garden 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper coming in the January-June 2021 Mini Catalog. I chose the opposite side of one of the floral patterns of the paper to be on the card front.

The donkey from Darling Donkeys is stamped with Memento Ink and colored in with my favorites, Stampin’ Blends (mostly Smoky Slate but a little Crumb Cake, too!). Then I die-cut the donkey with the Layering Ovals Dies and Gold Foil with a scalloped oval die. I just wanted some gold on this festive New Year’s card!

The Gold Foil stars are from the Stitched Stars Dies. The numbers are from the Making a Difference Stamp Set. The greeting in the corner is inked up with a Mossy Meadow Marker, only the part I wanted on the stamp in the Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp Set.

Hope you enjoy the Darling Donkey welcoming in 2021 with a happy, hopeful look on his face! Have a Happy New Year all year!