Balloons for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Vicki has chosen balloons as the optional theme for this fortnight.

You can always add to your birthday stash of cards with our anything goes birthday option too!

Our party guests Hilary and Claire along with my team mates have some wonderful inspiration for you, so I hope you can play along.

I wanted to try some new supplies and some very old ones that haven't been used before!

I think these hot air balloon stamps were one of my first Stampin Up purchases!
I've had the slimline frame die for a while too, while the slimline sentiment is a newbie.

The background is a mop up piece of watercolour paper from a play with Lindy's magicals. Not much shimmer left as I spritzed a fair bit of water on it. The patchy parts reminded me of clouds.

I inked the sentiment with versamark and embossed it with pearl lapiz embossing powder. It's a pretty blue although it looks black in the pic. The balloons are inked with versafine clair inks and clear embossed for shine.

(The card just fitted in my light box, I'll need to sort something else out for pics!!)

I'm linking up to these challenges:

AAA Birthday

Addicted to Stamps & More

Cardz For Guyz, embossing wet or dry.

Double D Challenge, things that fly

Supplies:

Stampin Up Up Up & Away stamps; versafine inks & clear ep; Tombow markers;

Pink & Main stitched slimline die; Picket Fence Slimline Happy Birthday die; versamark ink and Stampendous Pearl Lustre lapiz ep.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x