Happy Birthday Balloon Celebration - #GDP050

When I see balloons I always think of birthdays. What do you think of? When I saw the sketch challenge over on Global Design Project I thought about the stamp sets and DSP that I had and this is what I came up with. The Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper Stack has so many wonderful photographic realism papers, and the one I chose to use was of the sky and clouds. I thought of balloons floating away into the big blue-ness and lots of wispy clouds. 

Here is my card:

All supplies are from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted:

Stamp Set: Balloon Celebration

Ink: Island Indigo, Versamark Watermark Stamp Pad

Card stock: Pool Party, Whisper White, Island Indigo

Accessories: Big Shot, Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits Dies, Balloon Bouquet Punch, Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Dimensionals

It is hard to see in the first picture, so I included a close-up of the balloon. I used gold embossing powder to make it look like the balloon is filled with gold confetti! It gives a fun bit of glimmer to an otherwise simple card. I hope you like it!

Here is the inspiration sketch that was provided by Global Design Project. It is #GDP050 .

It was a fun sketch to use, and I hope you enjoy my card!

Thanks for stopping by,

Kathryn

#GDP044 Theme: "Case The Designer" Thank You Card

Lately I have meant to post more often, but I have had a job working on some wedding favors for a friend and neighbor, so I have been sort of really busy trying to get things done for that. I decided to take a break and make some cards. I did some Paper Pumpkin cards for some friends  that I was going to visit, and my son needed a thank you card for another friend who gave him a gift for his high school graduation, and I still need to make a couple more cards for my husband who wanted to give them to some other friends that he was going to visit...so I have been pretty busy with paper crafting...just not for my blog!

Finally a moment for me to craft for myself! YAY! I decided to check out some of the challenge blogs that I participate in and found that the Global Design Project had a challenge that was still open, so I sat down and started to work. The challenge this week (#GDP044) was a "Case the Designer" challenge, where you would make something inspired by a project made by someone on the GDP Design Team. This week it was Steffi Helmschrott and a beautiful card she made with a big butterfly in the bottom right corner. I was inspired by her layout, and also sort of by her colors. I say "sort of", because she didn't use Rich Razzleberry or Delightful Dijon. But it did look like she used a Crumb Cake base, and it also looked like she used a Very Vanilla layer. She did use Gold Foil Paper, but I decided to use the Delightful Dijon as it is kind of a golden color.

Anyway, here is my card:

All supplies are (c)  Stampin' Up!:

Stamp Sets: Flower Patch, Thoughtful Banners

Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Delightful Dijon, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Delightful Dijon, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Big Shot, Big Shot Magnetic Platform, Flower Fair Framelits Dies, Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Duet Banner Punch, Paper Snips, Dimensionals

I die cut the flower parts so I could layer them for more dimension, and I embossed the Very Vanilla layer to give it the brick wall texture that I wanted. I also inked up the embossing folder to make the "grout" on the folder stand out more, and to give it a little bit of "grunge". This card has a lot of texture, which I like a lot! I also stamped and punched out two of the Delightful Dijon banners so I could cut the tails off the top one to make it look like it was folded under. I also used the Thoughtful Banners stamp set, which is a Photopolymer stamp set. This kind of stamp set allows you to "curve" the stamp a little bit, which I did, so that the greeting appears to curve on the waving banner. I initially stamped the greeting in Crumb Cake but I didn't like that it appeared too light in color for my taste. So I pulled out my Soft Suede ink pad and very carefully stamped over the top of the first stamping to give it a darker, but still brown, color. (I thought Basic Black would be too dark.)

Here is the inspiration piece from the Global Design Project challenge blog:

I hope you check out their blog: www.global-design-project.com

Thanks for stopping by! Please leave a comment if you like my card!]

Kathryn

#GDP032 : Theme: Case the Designer Card Challenge

Over at the Global Design Project blog, the new challenge is to create a project based on a card created by a member of the design team. The designer is Krista Frattin who is a member of the Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team. These people are amazingly talented, and they come up with really creative and cute projects, so it was fun to draw some inspiration from one of them. 

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!:

Stamp set: Friendly Wishes

Cardstock colors: Old Olive, Pacific Point, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Whisper White

Accessories: Big Shot, Chalk Talk Framelits, Circle Punches: 1-3/4" and 1", Gold Sequin Trim, Pretty Petals Designer Series Paper Stack, Stampin' Write Markers: Old Olive and Pacific Point, Dimensionals

Here is the inspiration piece:

Krista's card is beautiful, and I was inspired by the placement of the greeting, and the floral embellishment. Also by the placing of the whole piece of DSP as the background.

Thank you Krista for your amazing work!

I hope you like my work, as well, and thank you for stopping by to look!

Kathryn