Hello Best Year Ever Card - Well Let's Hope So!

I finally feel like I'm nearing the end of our Christmas celebrations today: we have enjoyed our annual visit to the pantomime with friends (and Granny!) and as much as I love the holiday season, I'm looking forward to taking our decorations down, which is I think a job for tomorrow. Today I'm sharing a card I made for Julee's sketch this week over at Mojo Monday:

It is 'tall and skinny' week so I made my card to the dimensions 3.5" x 5.5" and since I'm having a complete run on 'Best Year Ever' Sale-A-Bration designer series paper, I just had to use it again on my card today:

I used the large polka dot embossing folder on my card base, then having first paper-pierced the edges of my strip of Crushed Curry, created a belly band to wrap around the front of my card to which I attached my focal point - the hello stamp from the '#hello' stamp set, stamped in Calypso Coral on Whisper White and mounted on two offset scalloped circles.

To finish, I even made a bespoke envelope to match my tall and skinny card, also using the Best Year Ever paper - so easy with the help of my Envelope Expert Tool, this makes any bespoke envelope size a breeze.

Back tomorrow with my first card of the year for The Paper Players, this time as a permanent member of the design team too - woohoo! We have a great challenge for you to start the year, so do come back and find out all about it tomorrow. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

*Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper - available 6th January - 31st March 2015 Sale-A-Bration.

Whisper White A4 Card Stock	(Hashtag) Hello Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad	2" Circle Punch	2-3/8 Inch Scallop Circle Punch
Paper-Piercing Tool	Stampin' Pierce Mat	Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack	Polka Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder	Big Shot Die-Cut Machine
Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry	Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana	Project Life Corner Punch	Envelope Punch Board