T his is a card that I made for a card swap featuring birthday cards using products from the 2016 Stampin' Up! Occasions Catalog.
Project Recipe
The base is Whisper White card stock cut to 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and scored at 4-1/4". I added a layer of It's My Party Designer Series Paper cut to 4" x 5-1/4". I cut the oval using the middle Framelit from the Oval Collections Framelits.
I stamped the balloons using the oval opening as a guide, starting with the Crushed Curry balloon. Using the Balloon Bouquet punch, I punched two balloons out of regular copy paper to use as masks. I used the smaller balloon mask first to cover the Crushed Curry balloon and stamped the Mint Macaron balloon next. I then added the larger balloon mask over that ballon and stamped the third balloon in Tip Top Taupe. Finally, I used a scrap piece of paper to mask off about half an inch on the bottom of the base card and added the strings to the balloons with Tip Top Taupe.
I then adhered the DSP layer to the base card with Dimensionals. I stamped another large balloon in Melon Mambo on some scrap Whisper White and punched it out. I added Dimensionals at the top and at the bottom of the balloon, then added about 6" of Whisper White Baker's Twine to the lower Dimensional. (Tip: use a bone folder and pull along the length of the twine to pull out the kinks and give the twine a little curl.)
I then added an additional Dimensional over the twine, sandwiching it between the two layers of Dimensionals. I placed that balloon in the upper right corner, with the bottom of the balloon hanging over the edge of the oval. I then used a couple of small dots of Tombow glue to anchor the middle and end of the Baker's Twine to the card.
I stamped the sentiment in Tip Top Taupe on a piece of 3/4" x 1-1/8" Whisper White and layered it onto a piece of 7/8" x 1-1/4" Mint Macaron. I used a Dimensional under the left side and Snail adhesive under the right to adhere it to the DSP layer, with the left side hanging over into the cut out oval.
Finally, I used Wink of Stella Clear to add some glitter highlights to the light areas on all of the balloons. Unfortunately, it is really difficult to photograph!