Hello and Happy March 1st! One more day closer to
Spring! I don’t know about you, but Spring is probably my most favorite season
of all! Everything is so fresh, clean and new again. I love it.
Anyhoo, I want to let you know that I have decided to
participate in the #imbringingbirthdaysback
movement, started by Stampin’ Up!’s ® own Shannon West. I want to share in
making YOUR birthday something special, so that is what inspired today’s card
share and I would LOVE to send you a birthday card on your birthday, you just
need to send me your name and address along with your birthday, using the “contact
me” up above on the navigation bar and I will personally mail you a birthday
card on your birthday!
For today’s card, I used Mint Macaron cut 8 ½” x 5 ½” scored and folded at 4 ¼” for the card
base. I then cut a piece of DSP from the “Itsmy Party” DSP pack, 5 ¼” x 4” and adhered it to the card base. I then cut
another piece of Mint Macaron 3 ¼” x
4 ¼” and a piece of Mellon Mambo 3”
x 4” and I embossed the Mellon Mambo piece
with the Lucky Stars TIEF and
adhered that to the Mint Macaron
piece. I then took a piece of CrushedCurry and cut that to 3 ½” x 1 ½” and adhered that side ways across the
card. I then cut another layering piece of MintMacaron 1 ¾” x 3 ½” and a piece of WhisperWhite 1 ½” x 3 ¼” and stamped the balloon strings from the stamp set, Balloon Celebration using Memento Tuxedo Black™ ink added a
stamped Mellon Mambo ribbon (also in
the stamp set) and adhered it to the layering piece of Mint Macaron. I adhered that down to the card base. I then stamped
one of the large balloon shapes onto scrap CrushedCurry and stamped the inside with CrushedCurry ink using the “spatter” stamp in the set for a tone on tone effect. I then stamped and punched a small balloon from the same Crushed Curry cardstock and 2 each of Mellon Mambo and Mint Macaron all also with the same tone on tone. I then adhered
them to the balloon strings using Stampin’Dimensionals ™. As a final touch, I
stamped Happy Birthday onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock cut ½” x 3” and
I bannered the one end and placed that with Dimensionals also.
So, what are your thoughts? Let me know below in the
comments. I look forward to hearing what you think. In the meantime, Happy
Stamping and have a great day, til next time,
Katrina
