The Ton's January Challenge - Cheers!

Hi everyone.   Happy New Year!! 

We're celebrating over at The Ton with our very first monthly challenge of 2018!
For the month of January we are saying CHEERS to all of you at

 The Ton's Challenge Blog 

We challenge you to make a card using the word CHEERS as your inspiration.   You have the whole month to enter as many times as you like, for a chance to WIN a $50 gift certificate  for  The Ton online store.  You can click on the link to head on over and check out the details any time.  But first I'd like to show you a card I made for this month's  
Cheers Challenge!

For my CHEERS card I started out stamping the front of an A2 size white, side folded card base using 
The Ton's Minor Stripes Cling Background stamp in Noir ink.  For the card front, I stamped a swirl of stars from the Star Trails stamp set using The Ton inks:  Soft Amethyst, Iris Blooms, Cali Blue, Cobalt Breeze.

I trimmed off 1/8 inches from the top and bottom of the stamped card front, then glued it directly onto the striped card base.  If you look closely you can see that I added little dots of Stardust Stickles to fill in the pattern of stars.  This does two things, it adds some sparkly fun to this card and it also fills in and defines the star patterns.

While the Stickles was drying, I worked on the sentiment.  I found the "cheers to you" sentiment in The Ton's Beer stamp set.  I stamped it onto some black cardstock using Hampton White Pigment ink then quickly heat embossed it with Ranger White Superfine embossing powder.  I love using the white pigment ink this way because it really takes that white up a notch in brightness.

For the "2018" I used the Sparklers Alpha stamp set and The Ton's Noir ink.   For a little extra shine I heat embossed the numbers with Ranger Clear Superfine embossing powder.  I cut them out with scissors, then adhered the sentiment strip and numbers with dimensional tape.

Of course I can't forget the focal point of this card is that adorable little panda from the Panda Can't Even stamps and coordinating die sets.  Such a fun and simple addition to this card.  And did you notice I added  the cute little star belly button?   I glued on a few sequins from my favorite Glass Slippers Couture Mix and me and panda are ready to par-tay!! 

That's all  for today my friends.  Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you'll make some time this month to join in this fun Cheers Challenge with us over at The Ton Blog.  We love seeing all of your creations and it's so fun to see everyone's interpretation of each challenge.  

Have a great day celebrating! 
(or recuperating!)  haha!