The inspiration for today’s card came from this week’s challenges over at Fab Friday and Global Design Project.
My uses Thick Whisper White cardstock as its base which I layered with a smaller piece of Whisper White cardstock over Watermelon Wonder cardstock.
I stamped a few of the bigger and smaller clouds from the Lift Me Up stamp set in Watermelon Wonder on the right side of the card. To create my hot air balloon, I just used a paper towel. This technique is normally done with a daubber or sponge, but I didn’t have either so I just inked up a paper towel using the ink pad and dabbed the top of the stamp with Daffodil Delight ink and Emerald Envy ink. I cut it out using the coordinating Up & Away Thinlits and adhered it with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I then cut out a 1-1/2″ banner from the Carried Away DSP and tied a bow using Emerald Envy Baker’s Twine at the bottom. I then stamped the sentiment from the Lift Me Up stamp set in Emerald Envy and adhered it over the DSP.
Enjoy!
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That is awesome Jaimie! The colors work perfectly with your images and I love your layered banners. Great design! 🙂
Love the combination of the two challenges to create this fun card Jamie. The two-toned balloon looks fab! Thanks for playing at Global Design Project this week and good luck for the Guest Artist pick!
Oh wow! I love the look of that ombre balloon – and your details look so crisp and perfect – beautiful! Thanks so much for playing AT Fab Friday!
This is a great clean and layered card, Jaimie – love your balloons and the sentiment is perfect! 🙂
Love the color of the balloon and your explanation of how you did it. You are so creative! Fun card.
I am loving your card! Your clean and simple card has a bountiful array of color and interest from the background of clouds, to the great tags, sentiment, and the fun color contrast in the air balloon!
This is beautiful! Love the way you’ve coloured the balloon.
Super cool ombre effect on the stamp!
Great colors! They are so vibrant but so clean against the white! Your grouping of elements really show off the great balloon image and fun DSP! Thanks for sharing at Fab Friday!
This is so cute! I love how you did the balloon! Thanks for playing at Fab Friday!