Make A Wish & Birthday Balloon Cards by Mendi

Hello and welcome! We are celebrating Sunny Studio's 10th Birthday all this week, so this is Mendi here today popping in to share some cute girlie pastel birthday cards using our Make A Wish Stamps.

First, I have a card combining the kids from the Kiddie Pool Stamps, the birthday cake from the Make A Wish Stamps, and the layered balloons from our Birthday Balloon Stamps. It's been a while since I've played with these balloons, and I fell in love with them all over again! I taped sewing threads to the back of each one and knotted them behind the kids. For my background, I picked up colors to match the balloons using various scraps from our pastel paper packs (linked below). Whenever I cut an A2 card base, I'm always left with extra patterned paper strips that I save for projects like my two cards today. I die-cut them into 5/8" wide stitched strips using the smallest pennant die from our Slimline Pennant Dies. I worked with 3" long sections, cutting them in half to apply 1.5" on each side before topping the center with the white cardstock stitched panel die-cut using our Slimline Scalloped Frame Dies.

My second card uses many of the same leftover scraps from our Flirty Flowers Paper and Dots & Stripes Pastels Paper packs, but this time, I die-cut them into 2.25" wide circles using our Stitched Circle Large Dies. I then used a clear ruler to center them and line them up as I took turns adhering them to my card base with liquid adhesive. I added a yellow striped strip along the bottom of my card and then topped it with a scalloped edge from our Eyelet Lace Border Dies. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment and filled the circles with the birthday cake and slices of cake from our Make A Wish Stamps. I love these colors together!

I am frequently asked which ink colors I used for my layered images so I have shared what I used today for these examples (from lightest to darkest).

Pink Balloon
Versafine Clair Baby Pink
PinkFresh Studio Bubble Gum
Versafine Clair Charming Pink

Yellow Balloon
PinkFresh Studio Lemon Whip
PinkFresh Studio Sweet Mustard
PinkFresh Studio Marigold

Aqua Balloon
Hero Arts Mist
Gina K. Sea Glass
Gina K. Turquoise Sea

Lilac Balloon
PinkFresh Studio Soft Lilac
VersaFine Clair Lilac Bloom
Hero Arts Orchid

Before you go, I'd love to share the details about a special sale that we are having in honor of our 10th birthday!!! Use the discount code TENYEARS to save 20% on all Sunny Studio branded products (excludes retired items already on sale) through Monday, August 25th at Midnight PDT. Plus, all retail orders that exceed $100 will automatically receive free US shipping. Limit one discount code per order.

Supplies Used:

Birthday Balloon Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Balloon Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Flirty Flowers 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Dots & Stripes Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Make A Wish Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Make A Wish Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Eyelet Lace Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio
Spring Fling Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sleek Stripes Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Pennant Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Circle Large Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Kiddie Pool Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Kiddie Pool Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Zig Chisel Tip Glue Pen Shop at: Sunny Studio
Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio