Balloon Festoon, Fabulous Sayings, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you today. Please read on to see how it was made.

I had put the card base together for a card I was going to make and I ended up changing my mind and set the card base aside. I ran across it today and thought I'd see if I could make a birthday card with it because it has a festive look to the embossed piece.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock.  On top of that is a 4-1/8" x 5-3/8" piece of Barely Blush card stock. I had added another piece of Basic White that measures 4" x 5-1/4" and that was all taped together. Then I cut a 3-3/4" x 5" piece of Barely Blush card stock and textured it using the "Swirls of Magic" embossing folder. I glued that to the other two layers I had taped together. Then I taped that to the card base. 

The balloons were die cut using the "Balloon Festoon" set and I cut them using Darling Duckling, Hydrangea Hue and Calypso Coral card stock. The two larger balloons are the same size and the smaller one is just a step down. I used Basic White card stock for the shine marks on the balloons. I taped them in place on the left side of each of the balloons.

I took a scrap piece of Designer Series Paper (DPS) from the "Paper Medley" 12" x 12" package and trimmed it to 1-1/2" x 3-3/4". 

The words are from the "Fabulous Sayings" set and were stamped using Basic Black ink on Basic White card stock. It was trimmed to 1-1/4" x 3-3/4". I taped the two pieces together. 

I set the balloons where I thought they looked best and turned them over and taped them together so they'd stay where I wanted them. I slipped the bottom balloon between the word and DSP piece. Dimensionals were added to the back. I made sure some Dimensionals covered the parts where the items overlap each other. This will hold them together better. I removed the backing from the Dimensionals and set the entire piece in place on the front of the card.

I was going to leave it as it is but I thought it needed something more so I took out my Wink of Stella pen and colored over the balloons.  In the photo, it just made the balloons look dirty! LOL But in real life they have a nice twinkle. Now the card was done.

This was a very quick and easy card to make and once again something sitting on my worktable found it's way into a finished card.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda