Hooray! I get to see Louisa and her mommy and daddy two weeks in a row. Boo! They are moving to Savannah this month. Hooray! I will go visit often. Boo! I have to fly again.
Hooray! Card bases created with dies are fun. Hooray! I love these stamps designed by Helen Dardik. I've long been a fan of her artwork. It reminds me of Mary Blair's work, who did a lot of designs for Disney.
I really like how the dies form the card base of this card. Love all the scallops. This is made like the swing top cards I made earlier.
Since the HOORAY! is hot glued to the brad only, it stays in place when the scallop oval top swings open.
The back of the brad is hidden by cardstock panels, which also provide plenty of room to write a note.
This card is made with two of my favorite dies. I didn't realize they would look so cute together! The brad on this one is hidden under the cherry.
I used cracked pistachio on both layers. Sponged on a light layer on the top and then created my favorite plaid on the back layer.
Hooray! These were fun.
Hooray! The weekend is coming. Have a good one.
Hooray! Louisa will be here soon...
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!
