Happy Birthday Balloon Card
This card was inspired by Dawn Griffin, an awesome
SU Demonstrator and artist. I did change her design
slightly using both balloons and circles, not just circles.
I added the shadow effect to the sentiment. I added
the balloon embellishment. The layout is all Dawn's.
Thanks for the inspiration.
This card can be used for anyone, it is ageless and
doesn't scream any gender. That is what I love about it.
The card base is Night of Navy. The banner is
Daffodil Delight stamped in the same color ink with
confetti from Happy Birthday Gorgeous, and
punched with the Triple Banner Punch.
The top panel is backed by Whisper White
and topped with Real Red. The balloons and
circles are punched out using the same colors. The punches
used are the Balloon Bouquet punch and the 3/4 and 1 inch
circle punches. The Whisper White balloons are
stamped in Real Red using the Happy Birthday
Gorgeous Stamp Set. The balloons and circles are
randomly adhered using Tombow glue.
The balloon strings are hand drawn using the Basic Black Marker.
The Daffodil Delight balloon
on the Night of Navy balloon at the bottom is
one of the Balloon Honeycomb Embellishments. This
should be added last to the front of the card.
The sentiment is die cut using the Happy Birthday
Thinlit. It is cut in Whisper White and Night of Navy
cardstock. The Whisper White is cut out of the
layer on the front panel as no one sees anything but the edge.
The Night of Navy is adhered to the Multipurpose
Adhesive sheet and then die cut. This will make it
easier to adhere the sentiment to the card. Using the
Fine Tip Glue Pen lightly add to the Whisper White
Happy Birthday and adhere it to the Night of Navy
Happy Birthday, slightly off to give a shadow effect.
Then peel of the adhesive backing from the Night of Navy
and adhere to the front of the card.
This is the inside of the card. It is stamped using
the Happy Birthday Gorgeous Stamp Set. Again,
using Real Red, Night of Navy, and Daffodil Delight
inks. This same pattern of the balloons is used on
the envelope below.
This is the envelope and card together.
Birthday Girl Card
This is such a sweet card for a little girl. The
card base is Sweet Sugarplum. The front layers and
the inside layers are Rich Razzleberry and Blushing Bride.
The balloons are in Whisper White, Sweet Sugarplum,
and Blushing Bride punched out with the Balloon
Bouquet Punch. The are stamped with
Happy Birthday Gorgeous Stamp Set. The
Blushing Bride and Sweet Sugarplum balloons
are edged with a sponge dauber in the same ink
to highlight them. The strings are stamped
in Basic Black Archival ink.
The main layer is made up of two layers. The first is
the girl with the cupcakes which is cut out using a
Layering Oval Framelits from the Birthday Memories
Designer Series Paper. The girl is
also cut out using the Birthday Friends Framelits.
The little girl should be set aside. The next layer
is a Rich Razzleberry back border, cut out with a
scalloped Layering Oval Framelits, cut 2.
Cut one in half lengthwise and one in half widthwise. The
lengthwise sides should be placed on the sides of the DSP oval
The widthwise are placed on the top
and bottom of the same oval to create a full border.
Once the back border has been added to the oval of DSP, then using
dimensionals, add the girl back in the middle of the DSP.
This is the inside of the card and is repeated on
the envelope below. The sentiment is stamped
in Rich Razzleberry as is the Hooray Balloon. The
stamp sets used are Birthday Delivery and
Happy Birthday Gorgeous.
This is the envelope and card together.
Happy Birthday Gorgeous Card
This card was inspired by Brian King, another
inspiring SU Demonstrator. He does very simple
cards and I took his idea and added to his design.
I changed the colors and layout,
plus I did the sentiment differently.
Thanks Brian for your inspiration.
The card base is in Flirty Flamingo and is a
4 1/4 by 11 card, scored at 5 1/2 with a top fold.
There is a 4 by 5 1/4 Flirty Flamingo panel
that is embossed with the Petals Burst embossing folder.
It is popped up using dimensionals.
The next is Basic Black border, 3 7/8 by 5 1/8. Do
not add the Whisper White layer (3 3/4 by 5) until
you have stamped the flowers and leaves and some
go off the edge.
On a small piece of Powder Pink cardstock,
stamp Happy Birthday
(from Happy Birthday Gorgeous Stamp Set)
in Flirty Flamingo. Punch it out with the
Pretty Label Punch. Punch out two Basic
Black labels with the same punch. Again,
cutting one in half lengthwise and one in half
widthwise. Adhere the lengthwise black layers
to the Happy Birthday label, on the top and bottom.
Then adhere the widthwise halves to the sides of the
label to create a full border. Add dimensionals to the
back of the label but do not remove the protective pieces.
Lay the Happy Birthday Label in the middle of the Whisper
White front layer. I used an oval framelit that was
slightly larger than the label to lightly draw an
outline to use as a guide for the placement of
the flowers and leaves. Remove the label and set aside.
First stamp the outline stamps of the flowers and
leaves in Basic Gray Archival. Start with the
largest flowers first. Stamp and create the oval
wreath to your taste. Once you've stamped the
outline stamps. Then using the solid stamps,
stamp in the color you want for the flowers and
leaves. I used Flirty Flamingo, Peek-A-Boo Peach, Daffodil
Delight, and Powder Pink for the flowers. I used Pear
Pizzazz, Wild Wasabi, and Old Olive for the leaves.
Once you have finished stamping, then adhere the
Whisper White layer to the Basic Black layer. Add
dimensionals to the back of Black layer and adhere to
the front of the card. Add the Happy Birthday
Label to the front of the card now.
This is the inside of the card. The sentiment is from
the Colorful Seasons Stamp Set and stamped
in Flirty Flamingo. Stamp the flowers and leaves
before you adhere this layer to the card base. Also
stamp the envelope at this time in the same pattern.
Here is the envelope and card together. I do
love this card. It is cheerful and so beautiful. I hope
you like it too.
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