Both Seize the Birthday Challenge and AAA Birthday Challenge are calling for balloons. I needed two birthday cards for kids this month so I pulled out a die set for one, and a favorite stamp set for the other.
For the first card I die cut some brightly colored balloons with one of the dies from Simon Says Balloons, all cut from scraps.
Once I knew where I wanted the balloons, I stamped some strings from Papertrey Ink Birthday Balloons and Birthday Strings and then attached the balloons. Before adding them to the card front I adhered a piece of striped paper with many of the same colors in the balloons. I think this might be from a My Favorite Things paper pad, but it was filed away under stripes in my 6X6 patterned paper box.
It’s interesting that the orange balloon appears a bit more red in the photo than IRL. If I’d thought of that possibility I wouldn’t have put them next to one another.
I love the critters on the next card, and added a heart-shaped balloon for the penguin to hold.
All the critters were colored with Copic markers as well as the sentiment where I used two shades of blue for an ombre effect. I also added two balloons to the front of the envelope.
The final touch was adding some Nuvo Crystal glaze to the balloon for some dimension and shine.
Both great, but I love the top one most. This year I had two birthday cards with balloons, and both of them really made me smile!
such a cute birthday card, I love it. Thank you for playing at the AAA Birthday Cards Challenges
Balloons are always a great birthday card. I love both of these and that second one is so delicate, and both are done well. So glad that you linked up with us at Seize the Birthday Challenge.
What fun cards. Balloons seem to always say “celebrate”.
Love the rainbow balloons. Great design idea to use that stripy paper at the top. Thanks for playing at AAA Birthday, hope to see you join in with future challenges too. Stay safe and keep crafting!
I love them both! The card with the animals is just so cute!!
I adore primary colors – especially for balloons! Great card. Thanks for joining in at AAA Birthday, and STB
Both of these are fab, but the critters won me over.
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