Happy New Year!!

2014 has officially begun!  I hope it's the start of a wonderful year for all of us, but it's now officially the end of my term as an inaugural member of the Penny Black Stamp Squad.  Those months flew by, and I was honored to serve with my fellow teamies, Greta, Judy, Penny, and Rosemary.  But all good things come to an end, and so as a farewell, this week we have taken over the Penny Black Blog.  Today is my day over there - I hope you'll pay a visit there, too!

I decided to go with a New Year's Resolution kind of theme, and chose the wonderful Life's Messages  cling set to work with.  My first card is being featured over at the Penny Black Blog, and here's a second one, using a quote from Philippians, which you can see over there on my sidebar.  While I am not a resolution-maker each year, this quote has always meant alot to me and I was thrilled to find it as part of this stamp set!  Here's my card for today:

I decided to let the words be the star of my card, so I chose a collection of design papers (Crate Paper's On Trend paper pad) to go along with them.  I stamped in a grey ink in keeping with the color scheme of the papers, and just added a rose and some leaves to echo the beautiful floral paper.

I want to take this opportunity to thank the people at Penny Black, and especially our coordinator, Jill Foster, for allowing us to play with these wonderful stamps during our term on the Stamp Squad.

Wishing us all a prosperous, healthy and Happy New Year 2014!!