"We do not remember days, we remember moments." Cesare Pavese

Friday, January 19, 2018

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

16 comments:

Greta said...

Terrific card, Rosemary--love how fresh & festive this card is! The balloons are gorgeous, too!

Lisa Elton said...

What a FUN card Rosemary!! I love the way you added the cheerful pops of color. Great job combining the challenges too!

Leigh Penner said...

Oh, I love this! Fabulous take on the sketch!

Hannelie said...

This is one amazing design! Love it!

Michelle said...

Love this idea!!

Anita in France said...

Brilliant and so fun, Rosemary ... gorgeous dimension and delicious pops of colour with all that yummy white ... love it! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Time Out! Hugs, Anita :)

Ksenija @Sweet Kobylkin said...

Rosemary, I love your card! The white die cut sentiment really pops up layered over the colourful balloons ;) - Sweet Kobylkin

Mandy said...

Gorgeous CAS card Rosemary! The design is wonderful , I love the pops of colour.
Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Mandy xx

Shona Chambers said...

This is so cool!! I love all the crisp white, makes those coloured elements pop. And the way you left the pieces in the word die-cut looks incredible, gotta start doing this as well! So glad you shared this with us at TIME OUT!

Michelle said...

Lovely white space, fabulous color and a beautiful sentiment..... what more could one ask for?? Beautiful!!

Greta said...

Congrats on the HM at CTS, Rosemary! Really wonderful card!

Nonni said...

What a wonderful layered CAS look, I love all the details and the colors look very fresh and spring-like! Love it! Thanks for joining us at TIME OUT!

Daria Z. said...

Love this happy card, Rosemary! Mostly white with a pop of color is just fabulous and I love that you didn't remove the extras from the die cut word.

sandie said...

Congrats for getting Honours at Time Out

Greta said...

Congrats on the HM at Time Out--wish you'd won the prize!

Nancy said...

Oh this is just lovely, Rosemary! So simple and elegant!