Happy New Year!
Hi! I’m here with a card for The Mixed Media Card Challenge for January:
Here’s my card:
I suppose that this is a very nontraditional card for the month of January in the Northern Hemisphere, but I tried to illustrate our challenge’s theme and the verse I used at the same time.
The blooms gradually change from a frosty, frozen white to a golden, glowing yellow. Moving from the frosty Winter to the warm Summer. This is something to celebrate in my book! I really love how this card turned out. It was one of those rare times when I had a picture of a finished card in my head and I was able to exactly execute what I had seen. 🙂 Yay!
I used the ARTplorations stencils Retro Circles and Bloom Silhouettes.
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I started by stenciling a rainbow onto the white background panel with the ARTplorations Retro Circles stencil.
Then I stenciled white, silver, blue, green and yellow embossing paste through ARTplorations Bloom Silhouettes stencil. 
I printed out my own sentiment onto vellum and added a narrow blue foil mat to the stenciled panel.
I assembled the pieces by folding the vellum around the matted panel and then mounting it on a white card base. 
This will be the first and last challenge for 2017 at The Mixed Media Card Challenge blog. After 2 1/2 years, it’s time to say goodbye. Make sure you stop by The MMCC blog and check out my teammates’ superb creations! We hope that you play along and enjoy this final challenge.
Thanks for stopping by!
Grace, Peace & Happy New Year,
Melissa
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P.S. Here’s a fun video for your encouragement. Happy New Year!
HOW TO PLAY
1. Create a mixed media CARD based on the theme, with or without the optional element.
2. Display the challenge graphic on your blog post and link back to this challenge post.
3. You may enter as many times as you want, as long as each entry is different.
4. You may combine a maximum of 7 challenges (6 other challenges plus ours).
5. Submit your projects by January 25, 11:55 p.m. Pacific (GMT-8).
6. We’ll announce the winner and highlights on January 3o.
Places I’m Playing my card:
Time Out Challenge #73 Inspired by Words
Honey Bee Lane 
Love the bright and bold colors you used, great card! Thank you for sharing at CAS-ual Fridays.
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Fabulous interpretation of the challenge, Melissa. LOVE your colors and texture on the card.
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Bright and bold and fabulous, Melissa … you’ve captured the changing seasons with those delicate flowers so beautifully! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Time Out! Anita 🙂
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Gorgeous card Melissa, the background is fabulous, love the design and colours and the die cuts are a perfect, a very lovely scene you created 🙂
Thanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Happy New Year! 🍾
Luv
Lols x x x
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Such a fun card! Love the stencils and colors! I’ll check out the music video tomorrow since hubby is snoring right next to me!
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Awesome background with the bold design and bright colors! Happy New Year! Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! hugs, Maura
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Fabulous card…just wonderful. Love all those beautiful colors! Happy New Year.
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I like how you interpreted the challenge theme! Happy New Year! Thanks so much for playing along with us at The Mod Squad Challenge Angie, Challenge Host.
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I love how the flowers change colours and great use of this stencil, thanks for joining Time Out and Happy New Year x
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