Dec 31 2008
Happy New Year!
Welcome 2009! Any resolutions on your list? I make resolutions all year long – some I keep, others I break, usually because I forgot I made them in the first place — so I don’t necessarily make New Year’s resolutions. However, this year I’m thinking I need to resolve myself to earlier bedtimes. It doesn’t sound like a lofty goal, but there’s more there than meets the eye. It will impact my quality of life in terms of health, spirit, relations with friends and family, creativity — on and on, with endless sub-categories. I love mornings, too. Oh, boy! I can’t wait to get started!
I made this card with pieces from my scrap drawer — bits of this and that which I hope work well together. The scalloped border was made with Stampin’ Up!’s slit punch per Julia’s tutorial here.
The banana split is part of the Life is Sweet set from Our Craft Lounge. It’s watercolored on 140 lb cold press watercolor paper with Stampin’ Up! inks. The dollop of whipped cream is colored with a white Sakura Souffle pen, which makes it a little puffy, and there are sugary sprinkles of glitter on the vanilla ice cream. The satin ribbon is something I found at Wal-Mart. It’s printed continuously with the “Hugs & Kisses”, so I let that be the card front’s sentiment. Cute! The flowers are Prima Sprites.
This is the inside of the card. I made it into a Valentine with an old PSX sentiment and a pocket for a gift card so a sweet friend can have a banana split on me. Now, I just have to hope Baskin-Robbins or Dairy Queen sell gift cards . . .
I must run now. I’ve got more stamping to do, as well as other things too numerous to mention. Wishing all my stamping friends a sweet and fabulous first day of 2009!
- Stamps: Life is Sweet (Our Craft Lounge), So Swirly jumbo wheel (Stampin’ Up!), Valentine sentiment by PSX
- Paper: Neenah Classic Solar White, watercolor, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, scrap of retired SU! DP
- Ink: Jet Black Stazon, Real Red, various SU! inks for watercoloring
- Accessories: Ribbon, Sprites Prima flowers, rhinestone brad, Sakura Souffle pen, Stardust Stickles, ticket corner punch, slit punch, scallop border punch, 1 1/4″ circle punch, Cuttlebug Bloom Dots embossing folder
I love the card.
Happy New Year to you as well, Friend. My resolution this year is to give back - wherever I can.
Just yummy! I adore the watercoloring! The assortment of DP is fantastic and I’m impressed at how well you made it all come together! Darling card! Wishing you and yours a very Happy and Healthy New Year!
Yummy looking card. Wishing you a Happy New Year!
Great card!
Have a great new year!
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Happy New Year!
Pretty card.
Oh so yummy, Happy New Year!
You made me hungry for ice cream :), this looks so good, love the layout, and your coloring is fab.
Beautiful card. Happy New Year!
Love it Leslie!!! Happy New Year to you!! HAve a great day!!
Very cute card! Good luck on that New Year’s Resolution - that would be very difficult for me to do so I’ll be pulling for you!
This is a very pretty card Leslie!! Happy NEw Year!!
yummy and just love the flower too, great colors, so fresh looking!
Lucky, lucky me…….I got to see and touch this pretty and cheerful Valentine’s card IRL. Leslie, I had so much fun yesterday on our playdate and am feeling so inspired to work on my marker coloring technique. Don’t we just have so much fun!?!
I just wanted to wish you a happy new year. I love your blog - it is one of my favorites and I read it daily. I don’t usually leave comments but I hope you have a great 2009.
Beauttiful card as always! So nice to see the pretty Valentines!!! My only New Years Resolution is to be more POSITIVE…I NEED it!!!!! So far, so good!
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Such a sweet card!! Love your beautiful watercoloring! TFS
Wishing you and yours a very healthy and Happy New Year!
Beautiful card! I love it,! My new years resolution is to try to hold my tongue more listen more talk less. Wish me luck!! Happy new year! Blessings. Renee
Adorabe card and looks yummy enough to eat! Isn’t fun using those leftover scraps?! I feel like I have tons to go through! Happy New Year!
Darling card Leslie!! Love the red/green mix!! And your coloring, as usual, is fabulous!! Love the sentiment on the ribbon too!! Happy New Year!
Love your layering!
Happy New Year Leslie my friend.
I love this! LOVE all that you touch! 
I love your delicious card, Leslie!! You’ve colored your banana split so beautifully, and how great that you were able to use some scraps!!
Happy New Year Leslie !! Love the way you did this card, especially the inside…wish I were the recipient…LOL…Love the Prima Flowers, you just showed me a place to shop again
This card is absolutely festive AND yummy!!! What a gorgeous banana split!!! I love your resolution as to an earlier bedtime. I have been calling it quits earlier most nights and it does feel SO good!!! I may not actually get up to bed as early as I should, but I do quit working/stamping, etc. and just sit back — and it’s wonderful!!!! Love your Primas and I have never had a Souffle pen — you say they puff up a bit — hmmm, I MUST check into these!!! Thanks!!!
Oh, this is so beautifully yummy! And that is really cute ribbon!!
Gorgeous project, Leslie! I recently bought Baskin Robbins $2 gift certificates through my son’s school to give out for Valentine’s Day. They are large paper certificates (3″ x7.5″).
So pretty!!! Love the ribbon! Watercoloring is amazing!
So pretty! I love the pop of green with the ribbon and flowers! Happy New Year to you!
Wait a minute….you and Nancy had a play day……hmmmmyou better be calling me next time, girl!!!I am jealous…tee hee. That card it absolutely adorable!!!Trudy
I love what you do with jumbo wheels and your cuttlebug! Such a cute card!
So cute and yummy!!
Very pretty and fun card, Leslie, and a great gift idea too! I will try to resist the urge this creates for a banana split. It’s been a long time. Linda
How cute is this! That banana split with all the toppings looks so genuine! Love this, Leslie!