celebrate balloons...

Hey there!!  The weekend is here!  I have a card to share for a few challenges.  MFT has a new challenge that revolves around birthdays and this month's challenge is called celebrate good times.  Since I have the fun MFT celebrate word die I just had to play along.  I will also be posting this card to the MFT color challenge, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge of add a sentiment, the current CAS(E) this Sketch challenge and the new Time Out challenge of inspired by words.  I was inspired by the word celebrate. One of the last times I was able to make a purchase from MFT I received as a free gift the little Heart Shaped Balloon die.  I pulled it out to make a little set of balloons floating before the word celebrate and the sentiment strip.  Some white cardstock was inked up with distress oxide inks in Fired Brick, Broken China and Spiced Marmalade and then die cut with the little balloon.  I also die cut the strings at the same time in the open white spaces between each spot of color.  Celebrate was die cut three times and adhered together without removing the little pieces in each letter.  I changed up the sketch just a little bit by adhering the balloons and strings first and then attached the word using foam dimensionals.  The rest of the sentiment (from the MFT All Smiles stamp set) was embossed in white on yellow cardstock and die cut with an MFT Slanted Sentiment Strip die and adhered with foam dimensionals, as well.  Finished things off with some sequins in colors to match the balloons and the sentiment strip.

Have a wonderful day!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  MFT white, PTI yellow; Stamps:  MFT; Dies:  MFT and AJVD; Inks:  Ranger Distress Oxide inks and VersaMark watermark ink; Sequins:  Pretty Pink Posh; Embossing powder:  Hero Arts white