Zoo Animal Balloon Card

Hello Blog friends!

My beautiful granddaughter turned one

in November and I made this card for her

birthday,  I had a lot of fun with it and

I think everyone loved it.

Stamp On It

has a whole line of these balloon 

stamps and holders. I got them all when

I was on the Eureka Stamps design team

years ago.

I stamped them all with VersaFine Black Onyx Ink

 and colored them with my Arteza colored pencils.

Then I fussy cut each one and adhered them to 

the background paper with foam tape.

Each balloon has a piece of twine attached

and held by the little girl.

I love how this card turned out,

we love taking Marie to the zoo,

so I thought this was a perfect card for her.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope all is going well with you and yours.

Come again soon,

until then;

Stay safe and stay healthy!

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The Unicorn Song

"You'll see green alligators and long-necked geese,

some humpty backed camels and come chimpanzees.

Cats and rats and elephants, as sure as you're born.

But you're never gonna see no unicorn."

 

When I saw that the challenge for today on the

Eureka! Stamps Blog

was "Inspired by a song" 

I had no idea what I'd do.

Then I started looking through my Eureka! Stamps

 and saw the animals and right away

The Unicorn Song, by The Irish Rovers

came to mind.

I don't have those particular animals for my card, so I used

"Girl Balloon Holder" (#13803)

"Elephant Balloon" (#5205)

"Giraffe Balloon" (#5209)

"Zebra Balloon" (#8001)

"Parrot Balloon" (#23906)

 

There are LOTS of different balloons and holders

and one is just as cute as the next! 

So hop on over to see them at the

Eureka! Stamps Store

For this card, I did a lot of fussy cutting.

I stamped each image, colored it with FlexMarkers then fussy cut them.

The background was created using Distress Inks and a blending tool.

I used a bit of embroidery cotton for the balloon strings.

I hope my card has inspired you in some way, or maybe brought back a memory of The Unicorn Song, your childhood or maybe another song that you may use for our challenge.

Stop in at the Eureka! Stamps Blog for all

the particulars of the challenge.

Then create something and let us see it.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Leave a comment and let me know if you remember

The Unicorn Song

Some again soon!

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Up Up and Away!

Hello!  Welcome to my blog!

Today I'm showing you a fun card I made with stamps from

Eureka! Stamps

I used 4 different stamps from the Balloons/Holders category.

I stamped "Flying Girl Holder" (#21701) onto water color paper and colored her with water color crayons.

I stamped "Oval Balloon" (#5201) and "Heart Balloon (#5204) onto a variety of scraps.

I fussy cut all the pieces.

The background and hills were pieced onto a white card stock base.

I then added all the cut pieces and stamped the

"Up, Up and Away!" (#11802) sentiment onto the card.

I loved the card, just needed to add the strings to the balloon.

Well, let me tell you, card making is not an exact science and at times we just need to go with the flow and remember what I always say

"There are no mistakes, just chances to be more creative."

Well, this was one of those times!

I didn't think about the 'hills' being cut out of vellum when I stamped the sentiment.

VersaFine Ink does not dry on vellum, so when I went to tie the strings onto the balloons the black ink smeared all over the card.

Luckily most of it cleaned off with a baby wipe.

I stamped the sentiment onto white card stock, fussy cut it and

adherred it to the card. 

Honestly, I like it better before, but as they say, it is what it is.

I still like the card, just not as much as I did before my chance to be more creative.

Thanks for stopping by today. 

Leave a comment if you wish and come back soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Flying Girl

Happy Day to you all!

Today I would like to share a happy card with you that I made with 3 images from Eureka! Stamps.

I am having so much fun working with the balloons and holders.  If you haven't seen these images, you should go check them out in the Eureka! Stamps Store.

Just "Go Shopping!" then click on the "balloons/holders" category.

There are so many options and once you have a few, you can interchange them.

For this fun card, I used the Flying Girl Holder (#21701), Oval Balloon (#5201) and Heart Balloon (#5204)

The Flying Girl was stamped onto watercolor paper and colored with watercolor crayons and fussy cut.  The balloons were stamped onto various colors of scrap card stock and fussy cut.

I used crochet cotton for the balloon strings, which were all gathered for the girl to hold on to. 

Some of the balloons were adhered with ATG Tape while the girl and the rest of the balloons were adhered with foam tape to give a bit of dimension to the card.

The clouds were free handed onto white card stock and adhered with ATG Tape.

Thank you for stopping by today!  I hope this card made you smile and that you have enjoyed it.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!