Up Up and Away

We are having wonderful weather!  It would be a wonderful time to go up, up and away in a hot air balloon.   Have you ever flown in one?  I never have.  I would, but I have to confess I would be a little scared!

Isn't this hot air balloon and little bear adorable?  Couldn't wait to start coloring when my package arrived from Waffleflower.  
I made another fold over card.  This one is held closed with the clothespin.

What's inside?  Another adorable bear (and bird)!

You may remember that this die from Pretty Pink Posh is my favorite for making clouds.  I start my blending tool on top of the cut out and push the color onto my card.   I made the clouds with the fold over closed and then opened it and lined up my die cut to match.

Did these cuties make you smile?  I can't remember where I picked up the old card.  It is a kids birthday card and it is in terrible shape.  Luckily, I was able to clean it up enough so that it's printable.  You can download the hot air balloon image below.

The actual basket is white, so I colored it with copics, adding a couple of little birds from the Waffleflower stamp set.  You know I love plaid and so I created another plaid card with my stencil brush.  I used the top two colors in the Color Box palette.

Here's a quick look at the inside.

Download the Hot Air Balloon image HERE.
Dropbox seems to work differently for different people.  Either right click and save when image appears or click the download button in the top right corner.  If neither method works, email me and I'll send the files to you.
Hope you're having fabulous up, up and away weather!  So glad you stopped by!

Spooktacular Image from Nicecrane Designs

No, this little girl is certainly not a Halloween image.  However, I wanted her to be one!  I was first attracted to this image because of the black cats - I have a black kitty of my own.  So, through stamp magic (in this case, stars and a bat) I turned her into a little girl getting ready for Halloween.  Works for me!  She is one of the Incredible Agnes Richardson set from Nicecrane Designs.

I also had some fun with a new stencil and paint.  I took advantage of her pink dress and used pink and orange acrylic paint to create the paper behind her.  

The pumpkins were created by stamping and die cutting the pumpkins.  The leaves and swirlies are actually cut from a different die cut.  (Links below).

Here's a look at the complete Incredible Agnes Richardson set (ALL the images are adorable):

So fun to be making a Halloween card - I LOVE Halloween!  So glad you stopped by...

Supplies

star and bat stamps   |    sentiment stamp    |    pumpkins stamps and dies

stencil     |    orange cardstock