I was in need of a masculine birthday card to send one of the men at our church (late, of course, as always, but it's the thought that counts, right?). Since I had my bits and pieces stash spread out on my desk, it's easy to see what I have in there, and I had this little rectangle of cloudy sky left over from a previous project. As soon as I saw it, I remembered a sketch I had seen, and started thinking it would be perfect to use with Repeat Impressions hot air balloons. And this is why I am so bad about throwing little bits away--it might be perfect for another project sometime! Here is close up of the balloons and the stenciled sky:
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you will hop over to the House blog to see the rest of the DT's creations and then get inky and play along with us. And if you need any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your ENTIRE order coupon code over in my left sidebar.
Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Dreams take flight" and "Hot Air Balloon Cluster"
Taylored Expressions cloud stencil
Challenges:
Crafting with an attitude #47--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Crafter's Cafe--Layer it up
Try Stampin' on Tuesday #391--mixing fonts for your sentiment AND/OR sketch (I used both)
Word Art Wednesday #370--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Alphabet Challenge--V is for Vehicles
Cardz TV #81--anything goes
Sweet Stampin'--bright and cheerful
A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes
That scrap of cloudy sky is perfect for those hot air balloons! I love the layout of your card and those bright (patriotic) colors! Great masculine card!
ReplyDeleteWhat a bight colorful birthday card - great for a man card. Love your layout - and the colors of the hot air balloon is perfect. Great Anything Goes card.
ReplyDeleteSuper card, a very striking design in red, white and blue. xx
ReplyDeletevery pretty card. love the color combo and the cute hot air balloons.thanks for joining in the challenge at TSOT again with another great card.
ReplyDeleteBEAUTIFUL creation Heather! Thanks so much for playing in our Alphabet Challenge! Good Luck and please come back next month!
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So pretty, Heather - love these balloons and your perfect coloring! Thanks so much for playing at TSOT!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, fabulous design and like the bright, cheery colors, perfect for a masculine birthday! I need to start a stash basket, I have a container of die cuts(rarely do I go to it) but your idea would be useful!
ReplyDeleteSuch a bright fun card - a great take on our sketch and I like those choice of fonts. Thanks for joining us at TSOT this week.
ReplyDeleteOoh this is lovely and fresh looking. Thanks for sharing at A Gem of a Challenge today
ReplyDeleteYou are so creative with your bits and pieces, Heather! It is a winner for a guy card and the gentleman you have in mind for it will love it.
ReplyDeleteFabulous!...Thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin :)
ReplyDeleteWendy xx
This is just fab! LOVE it! Thank you for joining us at Sweet Stampin' this week. Sammy-x
ReplyDeleteWonderful coloring on the largest balloon. That sketch is pretty awesome too and I like the way you flipped it.
ReplyDeleteGreat seeing you back to share your many talents, Heather! Your card met BOTH of the challenges for this week! Your coloring of the balloons make they look so real!!! Thank you for sharing your creativity with us at Try Stampin' on Tuesday!!! -Donna
ReplyDeleteWonderful card with great paper combo. Thanks for joining us at CHNC Patterned Paper Challenge this month.
ReplyDeleteThe way you colored these balloons looks amazing, and I love the design of this wonderful card, especially the design! The red, white, and blue combo looks so pleasing to the eye and reminds me of a warm summer day! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful card. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at CRAFT challenge.
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Wonderful colours and a fabulous masculine card! Thank you for sharing with us at the Alphabet Challenge, and hope you can join us again soon ~ Janice DT
ReplyDeleteReally pretty card, thank you for joining us for the CRAFT challenge this week
ReplyDeleteThis is the perfect layout for those wonderful balloons. Great job on a masculine card. Thanks so much for joining us at CRAFT Challenge!
ReplyDeletelovely card, but I don't see why you linked it to Creative Sketchy Girls, it's not our sketch?
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