Hello fellow stampers! I am Theresa McEntee-author of Theresa’s Treasures Paper Crafts. I am hopping along with the Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop today. You can visit super awesome blogs from around the world! The list to follow the hop is at the end of my blog post. Please stop by and see everyone’s projects!
The Ink & Inspiration Challenge is both an image and a color challenge. I was inspired by the image because I love spring flowers and look forward to my flower garden blooming each year. I absolutly love all of the colors! They are so vibrant and happy!
I grew up in Albuquerque New Mexico USA which is the Hot Air Balloon Capital of the World! Each year there is a Balloon Fiesta which lasts a whole week. There were over 500 hot air balloons at the 2023 Fiesta, which was attended by over 900,000 visitors! When Stampin’ Up!® brought out the Hot Air Balloon Bundle in the 2024 Mini Catalog- I was ecstatic! I could not wait to use the Hot Air Balloons with the Painted Lavender Bundle for this challenge.
Measurements
- Azure Afternoon cardstock (cs) card base: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ scored at 4 1/4″
- Azure Afternoon cs: 4″x 5 1/4″ (1st layer)
- Highland Heather Glimmer Paper: 3 3/8″ x 4 5/8″
- Basic White cs: two 3 3/4″ x 5″ (diecut with Perennial Postage Die-one for front & one for inside), 2″ x 4″ (to stamp balloon and diecut clouds) and 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ (sentiment)
- Melon Mambo cs: 2″ x 2 1/2″ to die cut balloon gandola
Supplies
- Stamp Sets: Painted Lavender & Hot Air Balloon
- Dies: Perennial Postage & Hot Air Balloon
- Embossing Folder: Painted Textures
- Ink: Poppy Parade, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Highland Heather and Azure Afternoon
- Embellishments: Wink of Stella
- Other: Blending Brush
Instructions
- Fold the card base at the score line and burnish with the Bone Folder.
- Emboss the 1st layer with the Painted Textures Embossing Folder (EF). Adhere to the front of the card base.
- Diecut the 2 Basic White cs panels for the front & inside with the 2nd to largest Perennial Postage Die.
- Stamp the 1st part of the balloon envelope with Highland Heather Ink. Stamp the 2nd part with Azure Afternoon Ink. Stamp the sentiment onto the 1/2″ Basic White cs in the middle of the strip with Azure Afternoon Ink.
- On one diecut Basic White cs panel, use the Blending Brush with Azure Afternoon Ink to lightly blend a cloudy sky. On the 2nd Basic White cs diecut Basic White cs, blend the ink along the edges.
- To finish the 2nd panel for the inside of the card, use Granny Apple Green Ink. Stamp the grass from the Painted Lavender stamp set in the lower right-hand corner, going from tall to short as you move left. Add the tiny flowers in the Highland Heather Ink. Adhere to the inside of the Azure Afternoon cs card base.
- Go back to the 1st Basic White diecut for the front of the card.The flowers & grass are from the Painted Lavender stamp set. Stamp the grass in Granny Apple Green Ink on either side of the bottom edge. Then stamp the small tight bunch of flowers in Melon Mambo on either side and in the middle. Stamp the tiny flowers in Highland Heather Ink. Next, stamp the tall thin stalk of flowers in Daffodil Delight Ink to fill in. Finally, stamp the wider stalk of flowers in Poppy Parade Ink.
- Adhere to the Highland Heather Glimmer Paper. Tip: I use one of the Deckled Rectangle Dies to cut the center out of the Glimmer Paper diecut. This helps decrease the weight of the card and you have more Glimmer Paper to play with later!
- Stick the Stampin’ Dimensionals on the back so that they are attached to both the Glimmer Paper and the Basic White cs. Adhere to the card front.
- Adhere 2 of the clouds flat and the 3rd cloud on Dimensionals.
- Adhere the 2 pieces of the gondola together. Then adhere it to the balloon envelope.
- Use Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere the balloon to the card front.
- Adhere the sentiment to the corner before you trim the edges. This way it will fit nicely.
I hope you give this card a try. I had such fun designing it and putting it together! Hopefully you will have fun too!
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Have a most wonderful day!
Theresa
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