lauralooloo: Wish a Happy New Year With Die Cut Stars

It's almost the NEW YEAR, my friends! I hope you had a merry Christmas and you're looking forward to a new year of possibilities and hope. Today's blog post features a festive Happy New Year card but I'll show you how to use the same products for a sweet miss-you or love-you card.

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Die cut stars are versatile for a variety of handmade card ideas - they're festive for birthday cards and crafts, and patriotic cards too, like 4th of July or Veterans Day. When cut from sparkly silver cardstock, die cut stars are also beautiful for New Years Eve cards to ring in the new year! Click to see die cutting ideas for handmade cardmaking ideas for festive New Years Card.

The starting point for both of today's cards is die cut stars. Die cut stars are so versatile and with a good set of star dies, you'll use them all year long. Cut from bright colors, stars are perfect for birthdays, or from red, white and blue they're patriotic for 4th of July and cards for heroes.

Today we're cutting stars from metallic and glittered cardstocks which makes stars festive and fun for a Happy New Year card. In addition, I've taken some of those same stars and put together a sweet card to be shared any time of year just to say I LOVE YOU!

There's really not much to these two cards once the die cutting is finished. Die cut a bunch of stars to mix and match and you're halfway done! For the love card, I embossed the sentiment onto black cardstock, added my stars, and then gave a little spatter of Silk. The Ring In the New Year card is a slimline card, which allowed me to really stretch out the star design along with a stamped sentiment. Then I finished off the card with a few enamel dots.

These cards can be a simple place to start from on your cards - imagine one of these cards with brightly colored stars for a friend's birthday card, or a patriotic thank you card for a veteran or soldier. This same card layout would be perfect for either of these ideas, with different sentiments and colors.

Today is Old is New Day on the Impression Obsession blog. I hope you'll stop by and see all of the designers participating. Thanks so much for coming by today. I'm looking forward to a new year of crafty goodness with you!! xoxo

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