Happy New Year! Wishing you and your family safe travels and I hope you are enjoying some relaxing time at your favourite holiday spot.

The celebrations started early for us as yesterday was my Nana's birthday and I cherish everyone one she celebrates. This year I used the fabulous Carousel Birthday stamp set to create a fun birthday card that has a stamped Ferris Wheel on the front. But this is no ordinary Ferris Wheel, instead of passenger cars, it has cute cupcakes. So, to accentuate this wonderful oddity, I stamped the wheel in a neutral colour and spotlighted one of the cupcakes...

Stamps: Carousel Birthday (wood: 142829, clear: 142832). Ink: Sahara Sand (126976), Tangerine Tango (126946), Bermuda Bay (131171), Early Espresso (126974). Card/Paper: Sahara Sand (121695), Peekaboo Peach (141422), Chocolate Chip (108599), Very Vanilla (106550), Cupcakes & Carousels Designer Series Paper Stack (142744). Accessories: Sprinkles Embellishments (142741), Bermuda Bay Thick Baker's Twine (138413). Tools: Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (143263), Magnetic Platform (130658), Up & Away Thinlits Dies (142748), Window Box Thinlits Dies (142762), Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Foam Adhesive Strips (141825), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430).

I have already shared that the Carousel Birthday stamp set is one of my favourites from the new Occasions Catalogue. However, there are three other new products I want to share with you that I love using... the first is the Up & Away Thinlits Dies. This die set comes in a bundle with the Lift Me Up stamp set, which is a lovely set that is all about hot air balloons. But, the Up & Away Thinlits Dies also coordinate with the Carousel Birthday stamp set too! The die for the balloon basket also die-cuts the cupcake case, plus the die for the cloud also matches the cupcake frosting. Awesome coordination!

The second product I wanted to highlight to you is another set of dies. The Window Box Thinlits Dies includes a really funky piece that die-cuts the ends of the banner on the front of my card. It even scores the lines to make it pop off the page!

And lastly, I wanted to point out the tiny Peekaboo Peach sequins on the cupcake frosting. These come in the new Sprinkles Embellishments pack that includes so many different sequins and spheres in a variety of sizes and a rainbow of colours. I can't wait for you to see these, which you can when you get your copy of the new Occasions Catalogue from me.

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  Catalogue available now; products orderable from 4 January.