Hip Hip Hooray

I'm continuing my quest to use new and unloved items today.

I got this little journaling card die cut from Papertrey Ink ages ago and finally got the chance to use it this week.

I knew I wanted to keep the frame/letter outlines white, and most of the negative space on the inside black, but I wanted to add some color in there too.  The negative spaces within the letters were colored with Copics and then I inlaid the entire thing, save the teeny tiny letters in that little pennant portion.  For those I just colored with a Copic in the upper corner and didn't bother trying to get all those little pieces back in there, much simpler.

To add some extra depth/dimension, I cut three extra frames, glued them together and then on top of the inlaid piece.  For fun and a little extra dimension, I left the top pennant piece unglued.



The background paper is some BasicGrey from my stash.  Every time I look at my BasicGrey papers I get so sad, they are/were one of my very favorite companies, I can't believe that they have shut down their paper business and I curse myself just a little each time I look at the stuff for not buying a warehouse box in time before they sold out.  Not that I need anymore paper or craft supplies, because believe me, I don't.

I have to say that after crashing on all sorts of required projects and then taking some time off to decompress, I am so enjoying getting back into the craft room!  Hope your week is going well!