Hello lovely friends; I hope you're having a great Sunday. It's really warm and sunny here today and even though I don't like sunbathing or sitting out in it for too long, it's really nice to have the dry and sunny weather isn't it? It makes everyone feel so much happier (plus I can dry my clothes on the line lol).
Anyway enough waffling from me; I'm sharing a card I made especially to fit in with a few fun CAS challenges that are around at the moment. Not 100% sure about it but my son liked it so that's nice.
Here is my card:
A closer look:
Plus I decorated the inside:
I began by die cutting the balloons from white card. I grabbed some red and blue ink and a couple of stencils and blending the ink onto the die cuts. I coloured the 'strings' by blending on the ink. I already had the 'hugs' word die cut from a previous project so wanted to use that so I just stamped the 'birthday' word in red ink and trimmed it into a rectangle. I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and added it to my card base with foam tape. All the other elements were arranged and added with liquid glue. No embellishments as I wanted to keep it clean and simple. For the inside I cut another white panel, stencilling some stripes on the bottom and added another balloon with liquid glue. I stamped a sentiment into the centre with black ink and then added the panel to my card base with double sided tape. Not a colour combo I would normally use but I think it turned out cool. I hope you like it.
I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
AAA Cards challenge - sketch
Addicted to CAS challenge - code word: Balloons (10 challenges max)
CAS on Friday challenge - code word: Hugs
Color Throwdown challenge - red, blue & white
Crafty Catz challenge - ATG optional twist use a stencil
Double D challenge - polka dots
Everybody Art challenge - circles and/or stripes
Sweet Stampin' challenge - clean and simple
I hope you enjoy the rest of your Sunday. I appreciate you stopping by and leaving me lovely comments.
Love and hugs,
Card ingredients:
MFT - birthday balloon die - retired
MFT - sending big hugs coverplate (for hugs die cut)
MFT - inside and out birthday greetings (for inside sentiment)
Uniko Stamps - everyday sentiments (for birthday word)
Gina K Designs - ink pads - red hot and blue raspberry
Ranger - our town stencil (for the stripes)
The Crafters Workshop - punchinella stencil (for stars and dots) - no longer available
Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card
Versafine - onyx black ink
