The son of a friend of my mom's recently turned 2 years old. My mom asked me if I had any birthday cards that were appropriate for a young child. I didn't, so I created this one.
I stamped the bear & party hat onto scraps of vellum bristol paper. I used my Prismacolor colored pencils to color them in. Because the balloon I would die cut wouldn't have an outline, I decided to fussy-cut the images so they would match better. Thankfully, they weren't too too hard to cut out! After I cut them out, I "painted" the edges of each with a black brush-tip marker, to camouflage the white core of the paper & give a cleaner appearance.
I die cut the star balloon & stamped the "2" from "Quinn's 123s" onto that. I heat embossed the (outline) number, then colored it in with a Versamarker pen & applied more embossing powder. I used my heat gun to melt the powder for a custom balloon. I added shading to the balloon with a blue colored pencil, just so it didn't look so flat.
I ink blended clouds on the white panel with Tumbled Glass. They are light, but they are there. I matted that with a rainbow striped paper. I glued my balloon in place & tied a bow from crochet twine around the balloon neck. I "sealed" the knot of the bow with a little liquid glue. I glued the bear on the background, & glued the one end of the twine to his paw, so he can "hold" the balloon string. I also glued the party hat on top of his head.
I heat embossed my greeting onto a scrap of blue cardstock. I cut it into 2 labels, & added them to my card at angles for a more playful feel.
Date: Sunday, October 2, 2022 GMT Views: 228
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Accessories: My Favorite Things "Rolling Clouds" stencil; Ranger Gold Super Fine Detail embossing powder; Prismacolor colored pencils; Lawn Fawn "Party Balloons" die; Black glaze pen