Flying High

Happy Wednesday!!  I am so confused this week!  My kiddos went away for the weekend on Thursday, so it was just my husband and I for 3+ days!!  Which was awesome, but it kind of threw me since I spent Friday cleaning the garage for our 4th of July party, Saturday was spent mowing the lawn, etc while my husband worked on a project for me.  Sunday wasn't normal without the kids around, and my husband took off Monday, then with the holiday, I could not keep track of what day it was!  But, today is Wednesday which means it is time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  It is a Designer's Choice challenge and Deonna challenged us to create a scene (in a good way of course!)  Here is the fun, summer scene I created:

I started by die cutting the stitched rectangle and then sponging on the clouds using a scalloped oval as the mask.  Then I added my die cut sun and "hills" so I would know where to stamp the balloons.  I stamped them and then stamped each one again, the two smaller ones on scraps of patterned paper and the large one on a scrap of white card stock.  I fussy cut the second stampings and added them in place.  To finish it off, I stamped "Happy Birthday" on the hill and added a few die cut clouds to add dimension.
Make sure you stop by the House blog to see the scenes the rest of the DT created; there are some pretty cool ideas.  And then get inky and play along, I can't wait to see what kind of scene you create!

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Hot Air Balloon Cluster" and "Birthday"
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle, Sun; Lawn Fawn "Stitched snowbanks"; Paper Smooches "Cute Clouds"

Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday #484--anything goes
Cut It Up #125--Patriotic: red, white and blue
Card Mania #94--summer fun
Through The Purple Haze #128--spots and/or stripes
Creative With Stamps #16--celebrate

Dare 2B Artzy--bright colors
Crafty Calendar--anything goes
Dies R Us #76--layers
Come And Get It--colors of your nation (red, white, and blue--USA!)
Simon Says Stamp Monday--red, white, and/or blue
Pixie's Crafty Workshop--anything goes with snippets (everything except the card base and stitched rectangle was cut from snippets--die cut and fussy cut)