Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Happy Birthday Balloons


Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday challenge blog is celebrating their 6th birthday. So the theme for this week's challenge is, appropriately, "Happy Birthday." I decided to create a birthday card inspired by this card that Nichol Magouirk did.

I began by cutting a piece of bristol paper to 4x5.25". I die cut 3 balloons from Lawn Fawn's "Party Balloons" die set from that. Then I taped Hero Arts' "Arrow Pattern" stencil to the remaining background piece, and blended Shaded Lilac Distress ink over the stencil.

For the balloons, I blended Distress inks in Tumbled Glass, Spun Sugar, and Bundled Sage onto them. I placed Simon Says Stamp's "Falling Stars" stencil over the blue balloon, and sponged Peacock Feathers Distress ink over the stencil, in effect creating my own patterned paper. I did the same with the other 2 balloons, using Simon's "Falling Snow" stencil and Mowed Lawn on the heart-shaped balloon, and Hero Arts' "Triangle Pattern" stencil and Picked Raspberry on the round one.

To create the inlay, I glued a scrap of bristol to the back side of my background piece, and glued the balloons in place in the openings left when I die cut them. This gives one flat layer, rather than having each balloon be on top of the background and each other. Finally, I adhered the panel to a piece of teal cardstock, cut to the standard A2 size, and glued that to an A2 card base.

I die cut a banner from more bristol paper using one of Spellbinders' "Ribbon Banners" dies. With the paper still in the die, I sponged it with Spun Sugar. Finally, I curved one of the greetings from Simon Says Stamp's "Birthday Messages" stamp set, so that it followed the curve of the banner, and stamped it in Versafine Onyx Black ink. I adhered the banner to the bottom of the card front. I used foam tape in the middle, and glued the ends flat to the card, just to give a bit of interest. The finishing touch was to glue on some sequins from Doodlebug Design with Ranger Multi Medium Matte. I also added some shimmer to the balloons with my clear Wink of Stella glitter brush pen. I will be sending this card to Send a Smile 4 Kids.

I'm also entering this card in a2z Scrapbooking's April 2015 challenge: "Stencil."

16 comments:

  1. A lovely card Andrea, a fabulous stenciled background and super balloons with gorgeous sentiment die!!

    Thanks so much for joining us with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge,
    hugs
    Heaather xx

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  2. Love these balloons with your stenciled background, Andrea! Thanks so much for playing along with us at a2z Scrapbooking!

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  3. How super-fun are those stenciled balloons ... such a festive card ... so very glad you joined us at a2z scrapbooking.

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  4. Love how the balloons turned out and glad you joined in at a2z!

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    1. Thanks! I was glad the balloons came out so well, too! :)

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  5. Too cute! Love the balloons. Thanks for joining us at a2z Scrapbooking!

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  6. Nice. Love the added balloons. Thanks for sharing with a2z Scrapbooking.

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  7. Love how the card turned out, and I'm laughing so hard right now; I made a similar one for the a2z Scrapbooking Birthday hop! Thanks for joining us for our stenciling challenge!

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    1. Thanks, Jennifer! Guess great minds do think alike! LOL

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