Tuesday, April 5, 2011

In My Beautiful Balloon!

Another fabulous challenge from Cathy at the Moxie Fab blog! Did I have ANYTHING with hot air balloons? Of course not lol....so I had to come up with how to make the balloon. After looking at all these awesome stamps I really fell in love with the vintagey balloon stamps! It's like they are a big ball with a net or fabric sling over them...and that's when I found these yummy papers from Gartner Studios- Bon Voyage Postage Stamps and World Map! Perfect for a vintage hot air balloon card TOTALLY inspired by the photo from Pinterest Cathy posted!


So first I got to making the balloon. Hand drew it, cut it out, inked it up, and glued the layers together! Then I cut a little basket out of embossed kraft paper and inked that too to give it some more dimension! I sewed the basket to the balloon and then started the card! I had to use my Copics to color my ribbon since I had nothing that worked as it was, and colored my lace too! Lots of effort into this little card haha! Here it is...



A touch of pearls and a big button pieced this card together perfectly. Hope you guys like it!!

9 comments:

  1. omg...this is awesome amy!!! i LOVE IT!!!!! you are really rockin' EVERYTHING lately!!!

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  2. This card is gorgeous...love the paper you used on the balloon...aww the ribbon color is fantastic...the added pearls BEAUTIFUL!

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  3. Like it?? I LOVE it!!! You did such an awesome job making your balloon! And oh my goodness.. that ruching is so rich and luscious!! Kudo's g/f!! This is one fab card!!
    hugs x
    Dana

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  4. Oh my gosh, seriously, you hand drew this balloon!! You are seriously talented!! Gorgeous card. love that ribbon and the pearls. Yummo!!

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  5. Soooo creative, and the end result is gorgeous!!

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  6. Your creativity never ceases to amaze me!! Love your necklace and that balloon is perfect esp. with that paper!!! Hugz, Colleen

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  7. Hey Amy! Thanks for linking this up to the In My Beautiful Balloon Challenge in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

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