Life Is a Beach

Traditionally, I send out New Year's cards the whole month of January. So today's project is another New Year card using a digi image from Digi Stamps 4 Joy. They happen to be the guest sponsor for the Outlaw Monday Greetings challenge this week.

This week's theme is to use two or more "inchies" on your project (inchies are 1 inch squares added to the project - they can be part of the background, the image or used as embellishments). DS4J is offering a prize of $10 worth of digital stamps from their store for one lucky winner.

I decided to create another card using a two-part, tongue-in-cheek humor (my favorite kind of card). So while the front of my card uses a well-known quote, the inside of my card...

...continues the quote with a qualifier. Come on, wouldn't you love to own a home on beach front property? LOL Of course, to bring it back to the reason for my card, I added New Year greetings as well. My embellishments are an assortment of die-cuts, stickers and jewels.

Do you send out Christmas cards? Or do you wait until January to start the year off with news of the past year and hopes for the coming year? Whatever you make, try to use Inchies on your project for your chance to win that gift certificate to the Digi Stamps 4 Joy Store. Good luck, crafters, and have fun!

Challenges I am Entering:

Classy Cards n Such - Bright Colors

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Daring Cardmakers - Inspiration Photo

May The New Year Be a Prosperous One!

My card today follows the new theme at the Path of Positivity challenge blog, which is Prosperity. Guest sponsors are The Stamping Boutique/GlitterBabe and Limited Runs.  I got to play with this fun-loving digi from Limited Runs called Juggling Snowman. It takes a great deal of balance to juggle, and he looks like he's doing a great job!
New Year greetings always seem to include a wish for a prosperous new year. Prosperity can include wealth, good fortune, easy living and success, so it can mean different things to different people depending on their needs.
And it seems that people who have need can appreciate prosperity all the better for being without for a time. After all, how can you appreciate happiness if you've never known sadness? Would a piece of rich chocolate cake be as tantalizingly delicious if you ate it every day?
So my wish to you is Balance, so that the adversity you face throughout the year is tempered with the prosperity you so deserve.
I have to admit that my "quote" really isn't an old Irish Blessing-I just made it up as I created my card, but it sounded like an Irish Blessing, so let's credit the Irish with this one, too. LOL
You have a month to create a project that projects your take on the word Prosperity. Link up with the Path of Positivity for your chance to win these great prizes!

• 2 images from The Stamping Boutique (3 if you use a TSB or Glitterbabe image), one of our guest sponsors this month, for a person chosen in a random draw based on all entrants.
• A $10.00 gift certificate from Limited Runs, one of our guest sponsors this month, for a person chosen in a random draw based on all entrants.
• One digital image from Creative Bug Digital SnapShots for each person chosen as a DT Delight.

There will also be:

• A small selection of digital designer papers from Décosse's Dynamite Doodles for one lucky person who leaves a comment on posts published during the challenge time frame.
• One digital sentiment for every single person who enters the challenge.