Template Thursday-Balloon Adventure

I used the following items to make the cards for my template.

1. Party Animal designer paper

2. Balloon Adventure stamp set

3. Coordinating card stock

The small one inch squares make a great background for this card.  Remind me of a quilt.

On this card I made rectangles from the designer paper and contrasting card stock.

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For this final card I made 3 strips that went the width of the card.

Which card is your favorite?  These cards helped me realize how cute and versatile this designer paper can be.

Come back tomorrow to see how I took a gift bag and changed it into a standard sized card.

Wednesday Wow-Balloon Adventures

  What I love about this card and consider it a wow is that it can be used for several different occasions. I found this clever idea on Amanda Bates blog found here. I love how she cut out the balloons on the original thinlit and added the numbers in their place.  

1. New Years card

2. Birthdays held in 2017

3. Any landmark occasion in 2017

The inside of the card just adds to the front.

Come back tomorrow to see how I use 3 ingredients to make several versions of the same card.

Technique Tuesday-Balloon Adventure

Notice the word Celebrate.  It has been embossed onto the white card stock using the embossing folder found in the Occasions catalog called Celebrations Duo. But instead of the embossing being raised as we are used to, the embossing is recessed.  Before I stamped on the card stock it was a white on white embossed image.  As I stamped each balloon the ink went everywhere except where the recessed image was located.  Fun and easy to do.

Come back tomorrow to see a card I found on Pinterest that used this stamp set to create a great card to send out at the beginning of this year and for anyone who has a birthday in 2017. Thanks to Amanda Bates for her great idea.

Miscellaneous Monday-Balloon Adventure

  What do you like about this card?  I loved the color combination of Going Grey, Smoky Slate and Melon Mambo.

   Balloon Adventure is one of the sets that can be found in the Occasions catalog. There are 17 stamps in the set and 8 dies.  If you love both of these options you can purchase the bundle and save yourself 10% of the cost for both.

  If you have checked this out in your catalog you might wonder how I cut out the balloon.  There is no solid balloon die in the set.  Well, this balloon fits the large image of the balloon punch perfectly.  I love it when things coordinate so well.

  Come back tomorrow to see a technique called reverse embossing.