The card base is Stampin' Up!'s Night of Navy cardstock. The left vertical panel, and the lower panel are from SU's Carried Away Designer Series Paper. The thin vertical strip is Smokey Slate. These panels were attached to the card base using Tombo Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
The large balloon was created using my MISTI so I could exactly align repeated inkings to get a solid color as well as to use different inks on the top and bottom of the balloon. I did this by covering the bottom of the stamp with painter's tape, then inking the top of the stamp with Calypso Coral. Remember to REMOVE THE MASKING TAPE before you stamp the image. I repeated this process a second time to get a really solid inked image. Next, I put masking tape on the top of the stamp and inked with Real Red. Again, remember to remove the masking tape before stamping. The balloon was then die cut using the Up & Away Thinlits Die. Set aside for now.
I next used Versamark ink (again with my MISTI) and stamped the sentiment, then heat embossed with White Embossing Powder. Be sure to use your Embossing Buddy to remove static from the dark blue surface before using the Versamark!!! Another hint is to use a Small Paint Brush to carefully swish away any stray embossing powder before heat setting your sentiment.
A think strip of Smokey Slate cardstock was glued down as a border between the scallop DSP and the Night of Navy.
Finally, I attached the die cut balloon to the card base using Adhesive Foam Strips.
The tiny balloons were hand cut using Paper Snips from another sheet of the DSP set, then attached with tiny pieces of Adhesive Foam Strip.
The hardest part of this card is doing the white heat embossing on the dark navy cardstock (it's so easy to get unwanted stray flecks of white that you don't notice until after heat embossing), and hand cutting the tiny balloons.
I think this would make a nice guy card, and even appropriate for a birthday.
Date: Friday, June 16, 2017 GMT Views: 612
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Paper: SU Night of Navy, Smokey Slate, Carried Away DSP
Paper Size: A2
Ink: Versamark, SU Real Red, Calypso Coral
Accessories: SU Up & Away Thinlits Dies, Paper Snips, Big Shot, Heat Tool, MISTI, White Embossing Powder, Embossing Buddy, Tinny Paint Brush, Adhesive Foam Strips, Tombow Multi Liquid Glue