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Prettiest Birthday Balloons

Birthday Cards

22 Jan

Hello, Crafters.

I love this image of balloons from the Prettiest Birthday Stamp Set and have been looking forward to colouring it! After stamping it twice with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and my Stamparatus, I used my Stampin’ Blends to do the colouring as follows: the balloons in Light Purple Posy, Light Rococo Rose and Light Highland Heather; the flowers in Dark Rococo Rose and Dark Granny Apple Green.

I didn’t try any blending on the balloons because each balloon has its own “shine reflection” area which I left unpainted although, I did go over them all using my Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Pen. Unfortunately, the glitter doesn’t show in the photographs but it does look good in real life!

I die-cut both images using the matching dies called Pretty Birthday Dies. The sentiment WISHING YOU THE HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS IS also from the Prettiest Birthday Stamp Set. I stamped it using my Stamparatus and Gorgeous Grape Ink and then die-cut using another die from the matching set.

Before I started putting my card together, I embossed the top Purple Posy Cardstock (CS) layer using the Subtles 3D Embossing Folder. Once it had been embossed I adhered the top layer to a middle layer of Whisper White CS and then onto a card base of Purple Posy CS. I adhered the two images and the sentiment in place using Dimensionals.

To finish the front of my card I added two Pastel Pearls, i.e. one at each end of the sentiment. I created the small Whisper White bow using a piece of Crinkled Seam Binding. This seam binding is amazingly soft which I found a challenge with my first bow but I started again and second time it went really well. I wasn’t expecting the ribbon to be so very soft! It has been adhered in place with Tombow.

Inside the card I adhered a middle layer of Whisper White CS and a top layer of Purple Posy CS. I chose the vase of flowers image to decorate the top layer. After stamping the image with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, I used my Stampin’ Blends to colour it, as follows: flowers Dark Rococo Rose, leaves Dark Granny Apple Green; vase Dark Purple Posy. After die-cutting the image I adhered it in the bottom right-hand corner of the top layer using Tombow.

I would like to thank all my customers for their patience and understanding about the long delays we are experiencing with deliveries from Stampin’ Up! This is very noticeable for us in the UK because we are so used to receiving our orders within 4 – 5 days! These delays are being caused, largely, by the knock-on effect of Brexit, i.e. new forms and regulations, etc., which has slowed the process down and caused a backlog. UPS are working as hard as they can to get our deliveries up to date and back to normal. Your patience is very much appreciated – thank you. 💖

That’s it from me today. I’ll be back tomorrow and in the meantime, please take care and stay safe! Happy crafting.

JanB. xx

Products used for this project: please click on any of the links to be taken to my 24/7 online Stampin’ Up! shop. The Hostess Code for JANUARY 2021 is DQ7YY4BZ. Thank you. xx

Purple Posy A4 Cardstock

Purple Posy A4 Cardstock
[150887]
£8.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

Whisper White A4 Card Stock
[106549]
£9.00

Prettiest Birthday Bundle (English)

Prettiest Birthday Bundle (English)
[156247]
£46.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
[132708]
£5.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Refill

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Refill
[133456]
£4.75

Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad

Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin’ Pad
[147099]
£7.00

Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill
[147164]
£3.50

Rococo Rose Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Rococo Rose Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack
[154900]
£8.50

Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Highland Heather Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack
[154887]
£8.50

Purple Posy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Purple Posy Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack
[154896]
£8.50

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack
[154885]
£8.50

Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon

Whisper White 1/4″ (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon
[151326]
£7.00

Pastel Pearls

Pastel Pearls
[154571]
£6.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine
[149653]
£112.00

Stamparatus

Stamparatus
[148187]
£46.00

Simply Shammy

Simply Shammy
[147042]
£7.50

Paper Trimmer

Paper Trimmer
[152392]
£23.00

Paper Snips

Paper Snips
[103579]
£9.25

Bone Folder

Bone Folder
[102300]
£6.50

Grid Paper

Grid Paper
[130148]
£11.75

Small Grid Paper

Small Grid Paper
[149621]
£6.00

Silicone Craft Sheet

Silicone Craft Sheet
[127853]
£5.50

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Multipurpose Liquid Glue
[110755]
£3.75

Stampin' Dimensionals

Stampin’ Dimensionals
[104430]
£3.75

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals
[144108]
£3.75

Cardstock Layer Sizes: A4

Card base 8¼” x 5¾” scored and folded at 4 1/8”

Middle layer: 2 pieces 3 7/8” x 5½”

Top layer: 2 pieces 3¾” x 5 3/8”

Cardstock Layer Sizes: Letter-size

Card base 8½” x 5½” scored and folded at 4¼”

Middle layer: 2 pieces 4” x 5¼”

Top layer: 2 pieces 3 7/8” x 5 1/8”



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  1. Claire Gagne says

    January 22, 2021 at 2:50 pm

    Love this card Jan. My favorite colors. The balloons remind me of the blueberries! 🙂 🙂 Be safe & TYFS

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  2. Kate Imus says

    January 22, 2021 at 6:01 pm

    This is really beautiful! What a great way to use the stamp set!

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  3. M-A Lynch says

    January 22, 2021 at 9:39 pm

    Morning Jan. Such a happy card. I had not seen that stamp set until now. Totally missed it. Love the colours – so soft. XX Mal

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