Anything Goes Challenge

Hello and welcome to my blog.

Today starts the
"Anything Goes" challenge on the

Eureka! Stamps Blog

I have used

"Pirate Balloon Holder" (#23907)

"Parrot Balloon" (#23906)

"Heart Balloon" (#5204)

"Oval Balloon" ( #5201)

From Eureka! Stamps

"Field Grass Right" (#38925) from

Biblical Impressions

"Happy Birthday" (#22803) from

QKR Stampede

Biblical Impressions and QKR Stampede

are sister companies of Eureka! Stamps

The pirate and balloons were all stamped onto white card stock, colored with water color crayons and fussy cut.

The sky background was done with a template that I got from my friend Roxie's blog  Paper Scaper

Roxie is very talented, so check out her blog.

You'll find the template link along the right hand side of her blog.

I used Distress inks to color the sky as well as the hill the pirate is standing on.

My great nephew just had his 5th birthday and his kids party had a pirate theme.  To stay with that theme, I made this card for him.

I think he'll like it.

I hope you've been inspired and will play along with the challenge.

You might also want to check out the

Eureka! Stamps Store

and see all the wonderful images they have.

There are a LOT of these balloons and holders,

so pop over and see what you like.

Thanks for stopping by today,

come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

 



 

Balloons and Holders

Hello everyone and welcome to the Eureka! Stamps Blog Hop.

Today we are sharing some of the fabulous balloon and holder stamps that Eureka!  has available.

If you have come from Dawn's blog you are on the right path.

I'm sure she has a wonderful project to share with you.

If you have just happened onto the hop, you should probably start at the beginning.

Hop on over the beginning at the Eureka! Stamps Blog.

If you get lost along the way or a link doesn't work, you can hop right back there where all the participating blogs are listed.

Now on with my projects.

I am having so much fun working with these images and as soon as I saw Noah and all the different animals, I knew I wanted to create with them.

I need to apologize as this project isn't quite finished.  It needs to be put into a frame, but I don't have one handy at the moment.

I stamped all the images onto watercolor paper and colored them with watercolor crayons. 

The background is also done with watercolor crayons and paper.

The boat is freehanded onto card stock then colored and cut out.

I fussy cut all the pieces and adhered them with foam tape.

I tied a piece of string to each balloon and attached them to Noah's hand so they wouldn't float away.

I love how this turned out.  Hope you do too.

There are many more animals in the Eureka! Balloon and Holder colletion, so if you don't see your favorite, pop into the shop and see what else is there.

My 2nd project is a card done with the Pirate Balloon Holder and the Parrot Balloon.

I used the same techniques for stamping, coloring and cutting as the other project, then made a card with the images. 

I used some Cosmo Cricket sticker for the "Ahoy Matey"

All the images I used for these projects are listed below and are available at Eureka! Stamps.  There are lots of fabulous images in the balloon/holder category as well as in the rest of the store, so pop in and see what you might like.

Now leave a comment if you wish and head over to see what fabulous project

Roxie has to show you.  I'm sure it will be worth the trip.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you have enjoyed seeing my projects.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Here is a list of the images I used for my projects:

7953(488) Noah Balloon Holder

11804 Moose Balloon

23906 Parrot Balloon

24101 Monkey Balloon

5205(438) Elephant Balloon

5209(416) Giraffe Balloon

8001(499) Zebra Balloon

8002 Rhino Balloon

8009 Lion Balloon

23907 Pirate Balloon Holder

All available at Eureka! Stamps in the balloon/holder category