For this week’s  Create with Connie & Mary challenge we have a color challenge – Pool Party, Whisper White and Silver Glimmer.  Good thing I ordered more Silver Glimmer paper – I used what I had to make snowflake ornaments for Christmas and ran out so I ordered more.  And while this color challenge does scream snowflakes to me – that is not what I wanted to do.  So I put my thinking cap on to come up with a different idea.  And New Year’s Eve is what came to mind.

Plus I wanted to do something other than a card and came up with a treat holder idea instead.  After some playing around this is what I created –

You could add these to your table decorations for a New Years Eve Celebration – decorate with silver and blue (pool party to be exact).  Here is a view of the back – it’s the petal cone die –

• cut two of the Petal Cones out of Pool Party card stock and glue together to make the cone
• cut four of the scalloped half circles out of Silver Glimmer paper – I glued 3 of them to the petal folded back and one to the petal left straight – that becomes the bottom “lip” of the container
• stamp the New Years (single stamp) in Pool Party ink on Whisper White card stock – cut with the Apothecary Accents framelit label.  Fold the tabs back and attach with mini brads to cover the top portion of the petal cone opening.
• I dressed up the stamp image by adding Dazzling Details to all the numbers and little circles plus a Vintage Faceted Button tied with some white Baker’s Twine.
• Stamp the Happy New Year on the Pool Party Banner from the Petal Cone Die and add it to the top corner.
• Stamp the Happy New Year a couple of times on scrap piece of Whisper White and punch out the numbers with a 3/4″ circle punch.  Glue those to the bottom of some chocolate kisses.
• I also stamped the little sparkle from Delightful Decorations on Pool Party card stock and punched those out to add to the chocolate kisses.
• Stick all the chocolate kisses in the Petal Cone box.
• Time to Countdown to the New Year and Celebrate!!!

A fun little treat don’t you think?  We aren’t really sure what we are doing on New Year’s Eve just yet – but I do have some festive table decorations ready to go.  Visit the Create with Connie & Mary site to see the creations from the rest of the design team and to submit your own creation for this new challenge.  Have a great week!

Stampin’ Up! Supplies:

• Stamps:  New Years (single stamp), Delightful Decorations

• Ink: Pool Party
  

• Card Stock: Pool Party, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer
  

• Accessories: Big Shot die-cut machine, Petal Cone Die, Apothecary Accents Framelits, 3/4″ circle punch, Mini Silver Brads, Dazzling Details, Whisper White Baker’s Twine, Vintage Faceted Button, 1/16″ handheld punch, Mini Glue Dots, multipurpose glue, chocolate kisses