Bright Balloons Card with Marine

Hey crafty friends, Marine here, so happy to be back on the blog with this bright and cheerful birthday card showcasing some Bright Balloons. Once again I went for a rainbow theme, definitely a safe bet to make someone smile, and I started off by creating the background. 

I cut a 5,5 x 4,25 inches Quilted Heart Landscape panel, and used blue oxide inks to color it: salty ocean + blueprint sketch + chipped sapphire. As always I added splatters on my panel to make it less flat: chipped sapphire + water splatters, and white ink + water splatters.

Once my Quilted Heart Landscape panel was dry, I cut a 5,5 x 4,25 inches panel out of a rainbow pattern paper from the Spring Fling paper pack, and I attached my Quilted Heart panel on top using 1mm foam squares.

Next I cut three round shaped balloons and two oval shaped balloons using dies from Bright Balloons. I used another rainbow pattern paper from the Spring Fling paper pack to cut them all, and to really make them stand out on the blue background, I cut additional balloons out of gold glitter cardstock. I stuck a gold glitter balloon behind each rainbow balloon, and I attached them on my panel using foam squares.

To make the balloons pop even more, I cut the highlight details out of white cardstock using dies from Bright Balloons, and I gave each balloon its own highlights. And I also wanted to add a string below each balloon, so I used a die from Comic Strip Everyday to cut five light grey strings that I glued on the panel using liquid glue.

For my sentiment, I started by cutting a black banner using a die from Notebook Photo Corners, I white heat embossed the "Floating by to say happy birthday" greeting from Floating by on it, and then I attached the banner on my panel right below the balloons using 1mm foam squares. And finally I glued a few golden heart sequins here and there to bring even more shine to my card.

And that's it! Love this birthday card, it's so bright, I love how the balloons pop with those gold glitter details. Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Comic Strip Everyday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Floating By Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Fling Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quilted Hearts Landscape Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Bright Balloons Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Special Day Card with Catherine

Hello Crafty Friends, Catherine here! Today, I am sharing a light up birthday card created with the pretty layered cakes stamps in the new Special Day Stamps set and Pear Blossom E-Z Lights.

To start, I die cut white cardstock with the largest die in Stitched Rectangle Dies. I added a balloon background by creating a stencil using Bright Balloons Dies. I die cut stencil paper with the oval balloon die in the set and ink blended the stencil with Squeezed Lemonade, Spun Sugar, and Dried Marigold Distress Oxides. I splattered the panel with Picked Raspberry Distress Ink mixed with a little bit of water.

Next, I stamped and die cut the panda from Panda Party and the party hat from Purrfect Birthday. I then stamped and die cut the beautiful layered cake and number candles from Special Day Stamps. I colored all the images  with Copic markers listed in my blog link below. I decorated the cake with some “gold leaves” by applying a thin layer of Tombrow glue and gently rubbing strips of deco foil over top. 

I placed the images onto the front panel with removable glue dots. Once all the images were in place, I placed a piece of A2 white cardstock (back panel) underneath the front panel. Next, I used a paper piercer and pierced the candle flames and the pompon on top of the hat making sure that the front panel was pierced all the way through, and a mark was left on the back panel.

I removed the front panel and set it aside. I used a pencil to darken the markings on the back panel. I used double sided tape to adhere the EZ light onto the card. I placed the three lights onto the pencil markings and taped the wires into place. The EZ lights are very easy to use. Each mechanism comes with three lights and a battery. All you need to do is put in the battery, push the button and the lights will switch on.

After I tape down the wires in place, I removed the images from the front panel and adhered the panel onto the back panel with double sided foam tape. I adhered the images back onto the front panel with permanent adhesive. 

I die cut the word “Sweet” from Sweet Word Die out of white cardstock and inked it with Picked Raspberry and Spun Sugar DIstress Oxides. I added white heat embossed sentiments from Birthday Cat Stamps and Turtley Awesome Stamps. I finished off the card with a round “push here” button.

Thank you so much for joining me today. Fo

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Sweet Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Turtley Awesome Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Purrfect Birthday Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Purrfect Birthday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Panda Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Cat Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Special Day Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Special Day Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bright Balloons Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Perfect Gift Boxes Card with Isha

Hello everyone! Isha here with yet another rainbow-colored CAS card featuring the Perfect Gift Boxes dies. As soon as I saw these dies, I thought of a grid design and of course rainbow colors. I really like how I am able to use both dies in the grid pattern.

I started by die-cutting each die in various colors. Once I had them all, I put them on the card to see how they fit. Once the layout was set, I played a bit with the colors. It was fun to do it and was a great stress reliever :)

Assemble all the pieces together. Put a gem in the center of each bow. Apply some nuvo clear shimmer pen for some sparkle. It looks really nice in real life. Stamp the sentiment from the Floating By stamp. Adhere the gift boxes using 3d foam onto the card.

Hope you like this and thanks for dropping by!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Floating By Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Perfect Gift Boxes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

A Cut Above Card with Bobbi

Hello friends. It’s Bobbi with one “cutting edge” card for you … literally! I’m using the new Cut Above stamps and dies. This stamp set includes a pencil, push pin, graph and lined papers, and sharp scissors! It’s the scissors that makes this card really “cutting edge!”.

I used Neenah 80lb white cardstock for the front panel and the A7 card base. All of the stamping and coloring was done on the front panel and then attached to the card base before I cut it on an angle for a fun opening. To cut this 5″ X 7″ card in almost half, I used the sharp, red scissors (well and my Fiskars cutter). I stamped the grid paper up the left side, matching the lines of the stamp design for a continuous pattern and colored in a number of random squares. I also stamped the lined paper up the middle of the card for a fun notebook look.

I stamped the push pin and pencils, stamping in layers to achieve the dimensional look. The sentiment was stamped on the top line and the pencils and push pin were glued to the front. I thought it would be fun to add some colorful dots/confetti to the front to fill in the white spaces, too. I used a hand paper punch to punch these out of coordinating cardstock.

Inside the card, I added a teal A7 piece of cardstock. I used a ruler and my white Gelly Roll pen to add the “cut lines” for a coordinated look. The top dotted line follows the actual front panel cut line. I also stamped, die cut and glued the “thank you” greeting using the Big Bold Greetings stamps and coordinating dies to the top left.

Thanks for stopping by today. If you want to see more ideas and inspiration from me, subscribe to my blog, BobbiHartDesign.com. I’ll send you updates on new posts! You can also find me on Instagram as @BobbiHartDesign and on Facebook as BobbiHartDesign.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Big Bold Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Big Bold Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

A Cut Above Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

A Cut Above Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Grad Cat Card with Cathy

Hey friends! Cathy here today and we are wrapping up our graduation themed projects for the week featuring the cute Grad Cat Stamps. I love how several of the new products from the Summer Release work so well for graduation cards!

I started this mini slimline card by cutting a panel for the card front 3” x 6” from white cardstock and inking it with Uncharted Mariner Distress ink. I lightly inked the top and applied more pressure with a blending brush towards the bottom of the panel. Next, I die-cut the notebook paper die from the Notebook Photo Corners Dies twice from light blue cardstock and stamped the graph paper/grid stamp from the A Cut Above Stamps in dark teal ink on both die-cuts. I adhered them at angles across the panel and trimmed the excess along the edges.

Next, I die-cut a banner from the Notebook Photo Corners Dies twice from dark yellow cardstock and white cardstock. I inked the white banners with Uncharted Mariner Distress ink and heat embossed the sentiments with white embossing powder. I then layered the banners slightly overlapping and adhered them to the card front, trimming the excess from the edges.

I die-cut the star balloon from the Bright Balloons Dies from white cardstock and inked it with Scattered Straw and Fossilized Amber Distress inks. I tied some dark yellow embroidery floss to the balloon and adhered it in the top right corner.

To finish, I stamped the cat, books and stars from the Grad Cat Stamps on Neenah Classic Crest 80lb solar white cardstock, colored them with Copics and die-cut them using the coordinating dies. I also stamped and colored a diploma from the Woo Hoo Stamps and die-cut it using the coordinating dies.

I hope you enjoyed and thanks for stopping by! For more inspiration, please visit my blog www.inkredibleadventures.com and you can also find me on Instagram as @cathy.chapdelaine.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Woo Hoo Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woo Hoo Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Grad Cat Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Grad Cat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	A Cut Above Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bright Balloons Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio