Today’s card was another balloon card I did for possible entry for the #GSP023 Theme Challenge – Balloons this week.  I loved this card because of its simplicity and the fact it showcased how well balloons can work, even for a Get Well Card. But I really loved Thursday’s card, the “Party-Mobile” just because it was so much fun. So that won out!

This card was inspired by something I saw on the Stampin’ Up blog. They did a series of cards using the Perfectly Artistic DSP, which is part of Sale-A-Bration.  You can see Stampin’ Up’s blog post HERE! to get more ideas on how to use this beautiful paper.  I took one of their very simple ideas and redesigned it using hearts and balloons.  As I said in my last post, I am finding out how versatile balloon images can be!  How cheery is this Get Well card for someone special? And who doesn’t like a kiss to make it better?

I used this beautiful DSP for one of my favorite cards a few posts ago called “Love Without Limits”.  That has been one of the most popular cards on the blog and Pinterest. The great thing about this paper is that is allows you to make very simple and quick cards that have a lot of wow factor because of the artistic look of the paper.  The colors are scrumptious too! If you hurry, I am sure it is still available!

Recipe

Papers: Basic Grey, Whisper White, Melon Mambo Perfectly Artistic DSP
Stamps: Beautiful Ride, Greatest Greetings
Accessories: Whisper White Baker’s Twine
Tools: Sweetheart Punch, Paper Snips

The Party-Mobile is for #GDP023! The Global Design Project for this week is a theme project and of course the theme is balloons!!!!  You can see other balloon cards submitted this week HERE! And I encourage you to join the challenge and submit your own card.

My choice this week was limited to the balloon stamps I had on hand, which for new ones was only the Beautiful Ride Stamp set!  And matters were further complicated by the fact I did not have any of the balloon punches either!  I have rectified both my balloon stamp and punch shortage.  But for this card, I had to fussy cut all the balloons!!! But doing the cards was enough for me to fall in love with balloons and figure out with a balloon motif, you have so many types of celebrations cards you can do.  And better yet balloons are good for any age!

I did a few balloon cards, but this little cutie won out for my choice to enter in the challenge. I love the car in this set. I haven’t used it nearly enough.  And when I stamped tho car on the Cherry on Top DSP that looks like cupcake sprinkles, I thought to myself, it looks like a real party car!  So out came the rotary stamp and the “Party-Mobile” was christened!

I share another balloon card with you in my next post.  This theme challenge was a lot of fun!

Recipe

Papers: Cucumber Crush, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Cherry On Top DSP Stack
Stamps: Beautiful Ride
Inks: Basic Black Archival
Tools: Paper Snips of course!

Today’s card was a birthday card I made for my good friend Sally for a milestone birthday she had recently!  The color inspiration came from a video Shannon West did for #BringBirthdaysBack.  It’s a great video and if you haven’t seen it and read about the “movement” to bring birthdays back, you can see it here!  There will be a stamp available soon as well so you can customize your birthday cards with the new #imbringingbrithdaysback hashtag!

The card was also a good reason to use the Swallowtail stamp.  I haven’t brought it out in a while and I really do love this stamp.  I used ink splatter stamps from the Georgeous Grunge and Perpetual Birthdays Calendar set.  I also went crazy with the Wink of Stella Glitter Pen and edged all the butterflies embossed the card as well as the Swallowtail butterfly itself.  A few rhinestones and the Lace trim and I was done!  The card is sized to fit the Swallowtail stamp and is 5.25″ x 6.25″ so I used the envelope punch board to create a custom envelope.

Well, I am not sure I can follow Shannon’s example and always mail out a card for every birthday, but this is a start and I think this is a great movement and I will certainly try!

Recipe

Papers: Watermelon Wonder, Cucumber Crush, Watermelon Wonder Envelope Paper
Stamps: Swallowtail, Rose Wonder
Inks: Watermelon Wonder, Cucumber Crush, Hello Honey, Mint Macaron,
Tools: Wink of Stella, Rose Garden Thinlets, Big Shot
Embellishments: Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Cucumber Crush Dotted Lace Trim