Happy Birthday Balloon

Hi, everyone!  This week's Friday Free4All Challenge over at Splitcoast is to use Geometric Shapes on your project.  I used lots of circles!!  I loved the colors in this one piece of designer paper from Pretty Patterns 3 from Divinity Designs LLC, so I layered all three dies from the Mini Slimline Pierced Frames Dies and cut them at the same time.  Foam Mounting Tape was added, then the center frame was flipped to make an alternating color pattern.  The sentiment from Happy Trails was stamped onto peach cardstock then cut out with the Sentiment Strips Dies.  The balloon from the Birthday Balloons Dies set was cut out of peach and stenciled with the same colors in the designer paper. Baker's Twine was added as a finishing touch. Other dies used: Mini Slimline Scalloped Rectangles, Mini Slimline Card Base.

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Blessings,

Woohoo, It's Your Birthday!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Sketch Challenge over at Splitcoast could be interpreted many different ways.  I chose to cut out a window from the front of my card with the Floating Frame Front Dies set by Divinity Designs LLC.  The fun balloons and sentiments are from 'Wonky Wishes' which was part of the July Blessings Box (subscription).  Some of the balloons were sponged and others were paper-pieced with the same designer paper from the Geometric (6x9) Paper Pad.  On the inside, I used several of the sentiment stamps to create the message.  The sentiment on the front was cut out and matted with the Sentiment Strips with Layers Dies (from the April Blessings Box.) Yellow sequins were added here and there to bring out the yellow and orange tones in the paper.  Additional dies: Matting Rectangle and A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer.

This is a close up of the inside panel (cut out with the Double Stitched Rectangles Dies.)

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Blessings,

Love Celebrating You!

Hi, everyone! This week's Clean and Simple Challenge over at Splitcoast is to use balloons on your CAS cards.  This is a perfect opportunity to use a new stamp set from Stampin Up, 'Hand Delivered'. The image pieces were black heat-embossed on white cardstock and onto a floral pattern from the Petal Promenade designer paper pack....on the back of the floral design was a marble pattern, so I alternated the balloons with the two designs.  The full white image was fussy cut and the pattern paper was paper-pieced onto it; the leftover sections were colored with markers.  The sentiment was heat-embossed onto the card base to coordinate with the image.  A punched oval was added as a rug for her to stand on.  No embellishments were added.....easier for mailing.

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Blessings,

Celebrating You on Birthday Number Two!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge is to find inspiration from the Paper and Stitch Blog......I fell in love with the assorted colors in this amazing bouquet with her lavender dress and used the colors to make a background using the Wrinkle Free Distress Technique. I used coral, aqua, purple, and pink ink......the ink pads were dotted randomly onto a craft sheet, spritzed with water, then mopped up with a panel of watercolor paper.  Once the panel was dry, it was cut with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies and the ODBD Custom Big Balloon Die was cut out of the rectangle.  The sentiment from 'Celebrating You' was stamped in a repeating pattern onto a white panel, matted in coral.  The layered '2' was cut out with the ODBD Custom Large Numbers Dies and the tiny hearts were cut out with the ODBD Custom Clouds and Raindrops Dies.  Coral baker's twine was added to the balloon.

I didn't have any large gift bags other than plain, so I used the ODBD Custom Large Alphabet Dies to add our niece's name and made a heart stencil using the ODBD Custom Layering Hearts Dies.  Since we live 40 minutes from anywhere, sometimes you have to improvise when you can't get to a store!

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Blessings,

Paint Chip Eclipse

Hi, everyone!  This week's Clean and Simple Challenge is to create a CAS design by using only 1/3 of the card space.  I recently picked up this paint chip at the hardware store and thought it would work great for this challenge.  (Please note that handling these paint chips too much will cause the paint to chip off.....I was nearly finished with this card when I noticed that some of the paint had cracked at the top.  I was too far in to give up so I finished it with the imperfection.) Here are the items used for this card: 'Celebrating You' stamp set and ODBD Custom Dies: Celebrate and Wish, Balloons and Streamers.  A white pen highlighted the balloon and baker's twine was added.  The Eclipse Technique was used on both the balloon and 'Celebrate', so I will also be submitting this to the August Fan Club Central Theme Challenge. 

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Blessings,

Birthday Balloon

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Denise aka Visa Visa....congrats, Denise!  I chose this super cute balloon card to recreate today.  My plan was to use the ODBD Custom Big Balloon Die, but it's buried somewhere on my messy desk!  Instead, I used the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Circles Dies, balloon end from the ODBD Custom Circle Ornaments Dies set, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies for the framing, ODBD Americana Quilt Paper Collection, and sentiment from the 'All God's Blessings' Stamp/Die Duo set.

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Blessings,

Birthday Balloon Blessings

Hi, everyone! I was experimenting with different inks with the 'Ink, Spray, and Smash' technique...this one has yellow, pink, and cantaloupe on watercolor paper.  Once dry, I used the ODBD Custom Big Balloon Die to cut out the balloon (the outside of the die was traced on banana cardstock, then cut out by hand for a mat.  The greeting is from the Big Birthday Bolds stamp set. Behind the balloon is a panel cut out with the ODBD Custom Lattice Background Die.  Pink baker's twine and yellow sequins were added as finishing touches.

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Blessings,

Happy Birthday Heart Balloons

Hi, everyone!  This week's Ways To Use It Challenge is to use any of the four suits from playing cards....I chose to use hearts.  I have used a partial sentiment from 'Big Birthday Bolds' along with the following ODBD Custom Dies: Birthday Balloons, Happy Birthday Caps Die, Clouds and Raindrops Dies (tiny hearts), and Pierced Rectangles (resized) to cut a strip from the ODBD Birthday Bash Paper Collection.

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Blessings,

Birthday Balloon

Happy Saturday, everyone!  After a hectic week at work, I'm so happy to be at home, spending time in my stampy room!  Today's Inspiration Challenge helped me to create this quick card for my chiropractor's birthday.....I love the yellow and gray color combination of this balloon lamp photo from the Theme Rooms blog. For my card, I have used the ODBD Custom Big Balloon Die, along with a sentiment from the 'Big Birthday Bolds' set.  The panel was cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies set.

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Have a blessed weekend!!

A Mighty Warrior

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Christine Alexander aka calex....congrats, Christine!  I fell in love with this clever CAS balloon card.  I have been trying to come up with something clever for a birthday card for my nephew, so this balloon design along with the camo background technique from last week just seemed to be a perfect combo! Since the camouflage background technique calls for crumpling the paper, I was unable to copy exactly the masked and sponged balloon like Christine's card but kept the same layout with my die cut balloon. Once the camo background was finished, the balloon was cut out using the ODBD Custom Circle Ornaments Dies, the kraft panel was cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies, and the scripture from 'Not Forgotten' was stamped in the corner.

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God bless!

Birthday Balloons

Hi, everyone!  This week's Sketch Challenge over at Splitcoast is super fun!!!  I love when the layouts are versatile like this one!  My card is very simple....no explanations needed....just basic die cutting, stamping, sponging, and paper piercing.  I have used the following items from Our Daily Bread designs: ODBD Birthday Bash Paper Collection, ODBD Birthday Brights Paper Collection, Sending My Love (stamp/die duos), and the ODBD Custom Balloons and Streamers Dies.  Baker's twine and blue gems are my only embellishments.

Thanks for visiting!  Make sure you come back at 8 am for the Our Daily Bread designs June New Releases!!  Woo hoo!!

Blessings,

Rainbow Balloons

Hello, everyone!! This week's Clean and Simple Challenge over at Splitcoast is to use rainbow colors....another fun opportunity to use the new balloon dies from the ODBD Custom 'Happy Birthday Dies' set!!! The sentiment from 'Sentiments Collection 2' has always been a fave of mine, but don't get the chance to use it often. The balloons were 'tied' to a portion of the ODBD Fence Die. Also, this week at the Our Daily Bread designs Blog, the Shining the Light Challenge is a sketch challenge.....my version is very CAS but it still fits!! :)

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Blessings,

Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice!

Hi, everyone!  Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to choose a painting from Kanta Harusaki's amazing watercolor gallery....I fell in love with the vivid colors of this floral piece.  Both the solid and polka dotted designer papers, which match the painting, are from an older Basic Grey pad, Green at Heart.  The balloons were cut with the ODBD Custom 'Happy Birthday' Dies set and linen thread was used to tie them to the ODBD Fence Die.  The sentiment is from the ODBD set, 'Little Girls'.

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Blessings,

Birthday Balloons

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Mel Sharp aka stampinandstuff....congrats, Mel!!  I chose this fun card for inspiration in the making of this birthday card for a dear friend.  The balloons were cut from Prima designer paper, using two die sets from Our Daily Bread designs, the ODBD Custom Circle Ornaments Dies and the ODBD Custom Matting Circles Dies.  The sentiment is from Doily Blessings, also from ODBD.

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God bless!!