This is my card for CC538. Vicki is our hostess and she chose sahara sand, melon mambo and island indigo as her color palette. Dessert is stripes. Oops - I mixed up the dessert this week but I do have stripes in one of my balloons (lol)!!
For my card, I used the MFT "party balloons" stamp set and matching die-namics. My inspiration came from this card I had pinned on Pinterest.
My melon mambo background dsp is from the SU `sweet taffy" collection. The sahara sand frame is another MFT die as is the island indigo arrow and the pierced indigo band. I used mounting foam on the frame for added dimension.
The balloons are stamped in melon mambo and island indigo inks on sahara sand card stock. I also used mounting foam on the balloons for dimension.
The mambo ink looks darker on the sahara sand cardstock. Maybe because I just used my new Misti to get a solid image and there are more layers of ink. Love this new toy and it works just as marvelously as everyone says it does.
I stamped my birthday sentiment in island indigo. The sentiment is from a set I received in the Dec 2014 Paper Pumpkin kit from Stampin'-Up.
Hope you can play along with us this week. You may be our next fave of the week and even our next guest designer.
Registered: April 16, 2008 Location: Meridian, Idaho Posts: 8507
Mon, Jul 06, 2015 @ 7:53 PM
This is fabulous Mary, love these colors for a festive birthday card! The frame is a perfect way to showcase the ballons and have space for the sentiment. Very fun!
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Registered: September 7, 2007 Location: Miamisburg, OH Posts: 43141
Mon, Jul 06, 2015 @ 8:00 PM
Those balloons are the bomb!! What a sweet birthday creation!! I wish you lived closer too!! haha. For more reasons then just help moving!! haha. We could stamp together!
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Registered: September 24, 2007 Location: WA Posts: 13911
Mon, Jul 06, 2015 @ 8:13 PM
Balloons always make a great birthday card! This one is so cute with the photo frame--reminds me of those old Polaroid pictures! Glad you got a MISTI! I know you'll love it!
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Registered: November 17, 2006 Location: Nanaimo, British Columbia Posts: 52798
Mon, Jul 06, 2015 @ 9:01 PM
Hi Mary... love how you framed the balloons and the little string on the gallons... really like the pretty dp you used... wonderfully birthday card..
Hugs..Pat