The ending of another year!

Good morning all and hope that you've now recovered a little from the excesses of Christmas and are ready to face the excesses of New Year!  We haven't got a big new year party planned for tonight, but as it's also my birthday we're all joining up with some friends at the local pub for an hour or so then heading home for meal from our nearby (and excellent!) Chinese take-away! Not very glamorous I know! But for me that is a lovely way to spend my birthday and a New Year's Eve - having a laugh with good friends and family (and no cooking lol!).

So I just thought I'd share a quick card with you for the close of 2012 - and I hope that 2013 is a fantastic one for everyone. As I mentioned in a post at Christmas, I've had great fun with my blog and on Design Teams since starting in March this year. It's made me try new crafting things, I've enjoyed browsing around some of the truly inspirational crafting that you all produce - and probably spent a good deal more than I should have done on crafting goodies! But I'm looking forward to carrying on with it all in 2013 and hopefully improving my crafting as I go!

This card was made using one of my favourite digi stamps from MoManning - 'Tom & Tilly'. Aren't they just the sweetest pair?  I've coloured them with my faithful promarkers and pencils - although I think I need to practice my grey hair technique and curly hair technique a bit more! 

The backing paper is from First Edition 'Birdsong', with a Marianne die cut swirl and Tonic punched flowers. The sentiment is from Whimsy stamps, with the Whimsy ticket die, and a little sheer ribbon from Joanna Sheen.  I do hope you like it! 

So have a great New Year - whatever you have planned!  And wishing you all health and happiness in 2013! 

Take care,

Back soon

Kim x 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:-
Eclectic Ellapu - anything goes
OneStitchAt A Time - use a digi
Challenges4Everybody - anything goes