A New Year Challenge

Hello everyone.  Happy New Year!  I hope everyone had a safe and fabulous New Year celebration.  Are you all ready for another year of crafting?  I kinda sorta lost my mojo and couldn't get back into the mood to craft but as I was blog hopping yesterday, I came across a challenge I couldn't resist.

Hop on over to Caardvarks' and check out their New Year Kick-Off Challenge which is to create a card based on this sketch.  Their sponsor is JustRite Stampers and the prize is 2 new stamp sets plus a $100 gift certificate to JustRite Stampers.   Now is that enough to make you want to enter, too? 

My entry is pretty much a CAS card as I followed the sketch pretty closely.  I used the JustRite oval border stamp, left the inside blank and cut it out with one of the Large Classic Oval Nestabilities (see Karen's alignment tips).  Since both of my JustRite sets are for Christmas, I used a rub-on sentiment and a Hero Art's stamp instead.  If you have not heard about JustRite Stamps, check out their site and see how versatile these stamps are.  It works well with the Nestabilities, too (click here to see their compatibility chart).

Card recipe:

Paper:  Sweetwater

Stamp:  Hero Arts Holiday Birds, JustRite Oval Border Christmas Joy set

Ink:  Copic Markers, Memento Tuxedo Black

Embellies:  Silk ribbon (not sure of the brand but I got it at MunchKins, Kaisercraft Pearl Strips, Crystal Stickers, flowers, rubon stitches and sentiment

Tools:  Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Border Punch

Thank you for looking and have a great day!