When I got home from work on Thursday, there was a box full of new product at the front door. Although this was my first day in the office for the week due to being sick, I could not resist a little play. I made yesterday’s card for Komal (she loved it – it’s wonderful how giving a card makes people happy) and then instead of going to bed, I had to play with the Party pop-up thinlits dies. I loved Brian’s colour combination for the Pals Paper Arts challenge this week so much that I looked through the It’s My Party DSP stack again for a suitable paper for the back of my card. It’s really simple to do – I cut the mint macaron a quarter inch smaller than the card base and folded it in half. The party pop-up dies have arrows on them that you line up with the central crease and then a roll through the big shot and you have this great pop up card.
Just glue the DSP in place onto the melon mambo cardbase and then attach the mint macaron as well. Make sure you push the crease of the mint macaron well into the crease on the card base. The amusing thing about making this card is that after you’ve done all this, you still have the front of the card to do! Fortunately I persuaded myself to go to bed at this point.
I decided that balloons were the perfect image for the front of this happy and fun birthday card and pulled out more new items – the Balloon Celebration stamp set and it’s matching punch, balloon bouquet. You can get these as a bundle together and save 15%.
I first stamped the bundle of strings in basic black and then stamped various sized balloons in mint macaron and melon mambo on scrap paper, decorating some with the bubbles. After I’d arranged the balloons, popping some up with stampin’ dimensionals I decided that I needed a sentiment. Since the balloon strings are in the middle of the card, it just didn’t work putting anything either side so it needed to be a banner. The triple banner punch came in very handy – it’s not an essential tool since you can use other punches or scissors for the banner end, but it’s makes it so much easier. The sentiment is also from the balloon celebration set.
I decorated the envelope with another piece of the same DSP as is inside the card. I just cut a strip of the DSP, glued it to the outside of the envelope and trimmed off the excess.
Here’s the banner which inspired this card
See you tomorrow,
Liz
Liz…. love this cute CAS cards with the bouquet of balloons. Thank you for playing with Pals paper Arts this week. Hope to see you again soon.
Thanks Rae. I’m pretty sure that you’ll see me soon – the PPA challenge site is one of my “go to”s when I’m looking for a challenge to spark inspiration. Liz x
How lucky are we to receive TWO cards from you this week, Liz? The first was soft and sweet – and this one is a vibrant party. Woo hoo! Thank you so much for playing along with my Color Challenge at the Pals Paper Arts this week – so glad you like these colors. 🙂
Liz, so glad you stayed up late and created this card! The DSP you used makes everything coordinate beautifully! Thank you so much for sharing your card with us this week at Pals Paper Arts!