HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Goodness, are you all as happy as I am to see 2020 over?! What a challenging year! The Alphabet Challenge is starting the new year with the letter T for “Traffic.” This year, I want to inspire you to do more fun techniques and fun folds! So, I decided to use the Splitcoaststampers Mini Bendi Card tutorial for this challenge with the retiring Coming Home bundle and the Moving Along Stamp Set from the annual catalog. Once you are finished here, I hope you visit our Design Team gallery for some great inspiration and play along!

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• Firstly, I came up with the card dimensions for an A6 card:
  • Card base: 4 1/2″ x 6″
  • Center panel: 2 1/4″ x 4 1/2″
  • Bottom Strip: 1 1/4″ x 7″
• Then, it was time to pick papers and stamps! Because of the pretty trees, I went with Classic Christmas to make a nice background. Also, the new Dandy Garden designer paper had a great pattern with the dandelions that almost look like fireworks!
• I had to make a very difficult decision when choosing stamps. Although Moving Along has an adorable car in it, Coming Home has a car with a coordinating die. Win-win!
• You might note that I didn’t wrap the bottom panel around the larger card base, which was done in the tutorial. I just didn’t like how it looked, so I adhered it to the front instead.

Now, the FUN Part!

• After all those decisions were made, the time came to stamp, color and cut.
• Firstly, I stamped a few cars and colored them with Stampin’ Blends (colors listed below). Once I completed that, I cut them out with the coordinating die.
• Next, I stamped and colored the helicopter, sentiment and trees, which had to be fussy cut but it wasn’t difficult.
• Finally, I cut out the houses with the dies from Coming Home twice – once in Whisper White and then in Misty Moonlight. Then, they were paper-pieced together.
• Once everything was done, it was time to put the card together and, boy, this card turned out so cute! The back was kept simple for writing a birthday message.

Coming Home Bundle

• Crafty Creations Challenge
• Creative Moments Challenge
• Simon Says Monday Challenge: Celebrate

BEFORE YOU GO!

I hope you enjoyed my card today! If you did, please:

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Product List

Coming Home Photopolymer Stamp Set [153500] $18.00	Coming Home Bundle [155144] $46.75	Moving Along Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [152496] $17.00	Zany Zebras Cling Stamp Set [152536] $19.00	Classic Christmas 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155969] $11.50
Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [153081] $8.75	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045] $8.75	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [147088] $7.50	Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153108] $9.00	Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154904] $9.00
Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882] $9.00	Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154903] $9.00	Mango Melody Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154888] $9.00	Home Together Dies [153515] $34.00	Tasteful Labels Dies [152886] $31.00

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