Happy Birthday

  

The lesson on Day 1 of My Favorite Things' Summer School 2020 inspired this card. It's all about the visual triangle. I actually created more than one triangle on my card: 1. the balloons; 2. each individual group of sequins; and 3. the three groups of sequins overall.

I have a lot of people's birthdays coming up that I need cards for, so I decided to make a birthday card. I die cut the balloons from pattern paper scraps, using My Favorite Things' "Birthday Balloons" die set (discontinued). I die cut the greeting with My Favorite Things' "Cause for Celebration" (also discontinued).

I grouped my rainbow balloons in 3 areas on my card front, to form my first visual triangle around the greeting. I glued them & the greeting in place, slightly overlapping the purple & blue balloons with the birthday word.

The "Birthday Balloons" die set includes string dies, but I wanted to use real string instead. So I pierced a hole on either side of each balloon's neck. I stitched 2 plies of white embroidery floss around each balloon neck, & then extended one end of the floss to a letter in the greeting. For the bottom 2 balloons, I just wrapped the floss around the bottom of the panel & taped the end on the back. Because I'm a glutton for punishment, I also tied 12 tiny bows with 1 ply of floss, & glued them to either end of each string. I felt this helped further anchor the strings, so it looked like they really were tied.

I matted my panel with a piece of mint green cardstock, & adhered it to a white A2-size card base. Finally, I added my 3 groups of sequins.

I'm also entering this card in Creative Knockouts Challenge #362: "Sparkle & Shine."