Hi everyone.
Been a little busy these days with lots of unexpected things popping up, and eating away at my already planned tasks and deadlines. Funny how our lives think it has the right to just take over our crafting time!! How rude! lol!!
Anyhoo....today I am sharing a card I made a couple weeks ago and started the matching post, but like I said, life has taken ownership of my time.
I recently bought several new Sunny Studio Stamp sets to play around with. As I make so many birthday cards, one of the them that I bought was the "Birthday Balloon" set. I thought these would be great to add to my collection as the image has so many options for stamping and great little sentiments as well. I just adore the Birthday script in it!
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| Sunny Studio Stamps Birthday Balloon |
I played around with colour combos and ink companies that I really liked. In the end, I settled on Gina K Design inks for them all. Using my Misti stamping tool, I stamped about 50 balloons in all different colours, then used the coodinating die to cut them all out.
After that, I just started to make card fronts and piled on the balloons! Each were different, some had several and some had a single balloon. In the end, I was able to complete 20 cards and they are ready for my upcoming craft show season.
For the card above, I simply stamped the outline all over a 12 x 12 cardstock sheet, to create a random background, which could be cut up. By having a simpler backround, I then only used three of the detailed, cut out balloons and popped them up with foam. By starting with a large 12" paper, I was then able to quickly cut it up into 4, 5" squares (like this one) and then still have a 2" strip that got cut up into other card fronts. I always think, go big or go home! You have it all out, why just stamp on little piece when you can complete several at once!
Most of the balloons were finished off with a bit of "wink of stella" and/or "Tim Holtz Micro Distress Glaze" to give great sheen to the balloon. I love that glaze, as it gives the balloons another layer of realism, like it truly is reflecting the light source.
I highly recommend this set, as it is easy to create multiple fun cards to have on hand, and such a great price point too!
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Remember...be creative, think of others and kindness always matters.
Kim
