Balloons for a Happy Birthday

 

Seize the Birthday Challenge is celebrating their 200th Challenge!  Congratulations to them for this great achievement and thanks to them for having a great challenge.  For their special celebration we are to make a card inspired by their graphic shown below.  I chose to use balloons and colors from the graphic and give it a watercolor feel by inking the balloons.  I threw in some splatters as well (which my DH called sneezes?) I also colored the balloon strings with a black marker and used black die cut words as in the graphic. Supplies used: Darice Embossing Folder Balloons, White CS, Black CS, Pink CS, Cheery Lynn Dies, Memento Inks, Pods for Coloring Raised images, GKD Stamp for Splatters. 

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Birthday Balloons

Hello!  It's been raining so much....good time for crafting.  I created this birthday card with an embossing folder Balloons from Darice.  I simply embossed the balloons on heavy weight White CS and inked them with Distress inks Peacock Feathers, Squeezed Lemonade, and Spun Sugar. I stamped a GKD sentiment with 2 of the inks. Colored the strings with a Copic marker.  Quick and easy ….colorful card!
Challenges:
CAS Colours & Sketches: #352 Colors So Saffron, Bermuda Bay, Petal Pink
Modsquad Challenges: Theme is Birthday Balloons

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Birthday Balloons

Hello!  I was inspired by the mood board at Double D Challenge to create a Birthday Card.  The Pink and Green balloons literally jumped off the board and on to my card.  Well actually,  I embossed the balloons on a white card stock panel with an embossing folder from Darice and inked the balloons with DOI Picked Raspberry, Cracked Pistachio, Lucky Clover, and Memento Angel Pink.  Added some white dots (punched with a hole punch) to one balloon just for fun.  Die Cut the words from glossy white CS that I colored with Picked Raspberry using Cheery Lynn dies. Used a very shiny Green Paper for the base. The shiny paper looks great in real life!

Challenges:

Cute Card Thursday: Challenge 591-Bright Colors

Just Us Girls: Color Week #497 Pink, Dark Pink, Green

Double D Challenge: Birthday Challenge-mood board shown below.

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Birthday Balloons

Hello!  I have been playing with some embossing folders-one new (Darice Balloons) and one old (Happy Birthday from Cuttlebug).  I embossed the balloons on a white cardstock and inked with Distress Oxide inks and stamped a Gina K Designs sentiment with Green DOI. Placed this on a card base of Bright Green CS.  To finish the inside, I embossed both sides of a white panel with Happy Birthday EF and inked a couple of the embossed words with Red DOI. I added a Balloon cut from Honeycomb paper with a piece of twine . 

Challenges:

Fab n Funky Challenges: #434 Just Add Ink. Used DOI in the balloons and embossed words.

Seize the Birthday: #162 Anything Goes for a Birthday

Just Us Girls Challenge:  Wild Card Week 481 Embossing Folders 

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Balloons for Valentine's Day

Hello!  Another tag today. When looking for an image to use for the tag challenge shown on right, I found this digital image of Cuthbert Bear (Polly Craft) with balloons and just had to make another tag with this cute image.  This one I made for Valentine's Day using stamps from Winnie and Walter.  After coloring Cuthbert with Copics I fussy cut him and attached to a tag of water colored paper smooshed with Distress Ink Stormy Sky.
Other supplies: White CS, Red Ribbon, Memento Lady Bug ink, Sizzix Border Punch, Glossy Accents.
Challenges:
Tag You're It!: Challenge #38 shown on right.  I was inspired by the layout and colors.
Crafty Sentiments: Challenge is Valentine Theme
Sweet Stamps Blog: January Challenge Anything But a Card.

Thanks for dropping by today.
Keep warm and safe.
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Bear, Birthday, Balloons

 Hello! Today I have a tag that I made for Tag You're It! Challenge #28.   We are to make a tag inspired by the one made by Joni Mitchell shown on right.  I, of course, stayed with a bear theme holding balloons that I cut with a circle die from paper scraps. The bear is a stamp from Creative Clear stamps in Memento Rich Cocoa ink.
Word dies are Cheery Lynn.
I used a precut Tag and added a double sided ribbon in blue and red to finish.

Other Challenges:
Really Reasonable Ribbon: Challenge #123 is to make Anything but a card with ribbon.
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Congrats! Celebrate!

 Hello!  My card today is about celebrating and sending congratulations.  I've selected the theme to be a birthday celebrating with balloons.  The Inkadinkado stamp is a NBUS that I received sometime ago in a blog candy.  I printed the balloons on white CS using a Silhouette file on the Cameo and stamped the words with Memento tuxedo black ink.  I then embossed this with Cuttlebug EF Happy Birthday and attached to a Pink card base. Added some sparkle to the balloons with Clearstar Pen.

Challenges:
Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Theme is Celebrate.
Just Us Girls Challenge: Word this Week is Congratulations. Congrats to JUGS on their 300th Challenge.
CAS on Sunday: Embossing
Clear It Out Challenge: Theme is Anything Goes, Stash is Anything Goes


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Under the Big Top

Hello!   When I saw the current challenge Circus at Cupcake Inspirations (see graphic on right), I knew that I had to use the Flourishes stamp set Under the Big Top to create a card.  I used the sketch from Sweet Sunday with Stripe Paper from American Crafts Kringle & Co paper pad with the Tent, Banner, Balloons, and Verse stamps.
Other supplies: Ivory CS, Gold CS, SU Ruby Red Ink, Memento Cantaloupe, Memento Markers Summer Sky, Tangelo, Rich Cocoa,  Circle and Rectangle Dies, Gold Grosgrain Ribbon, Cuttlebug EF Polka Dots.

Challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations : Challenge #283 Circus.
Sweet Sunday: Sketch #241


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Let the Good Times Roll!

Hello! Are you having a good time today?  My card is all about letting the good times roll.  I have another circus theme card.   I am using a circus bear riding a bicycle for the focus on the card that I  made following CAS(E) this Sketch challenge.  All the stamps are from Flourishes Under the Big Top stamp set..  Inks used were Memento Rich Cocoa and Lady Bug. I used Red Twine and MME Washi Tapes to create  the banner on one layer of White CS and added a banner of Red CS with sentiment.

Challenges:
CAS(E) this Sketch: # 92 Sketch on right
Cute Card Thursday:  #338 Challenge Too Cute
Open-Minded Crafting Fun Challenge: Roll out the Red

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa