Friday 30 June 2017

Paru's Cardmaking Challenges - Birthday

 

Good morning! I'm so excited to tell you that I am the July Guest at Paru's Cardmaking Challenges! This month's theme is Birthday.




I was inspired by Donna's card here. And I made quite a few panels before I managed to settle on a colour combination, good spacing and to get everything masked, sponged and stamped properly!

I cut the balloon out of masking paper (one for each colour) and used the negative space, distress ink and a swirling motion to fill in with a lighter centre, which gives a bit of dimension. I spritzed the balloons for more texture and interest. I knew that some bold black would give this pretty card a graphic feel. And of course, you can't have a birthday without some sparkle!


I used:
-Neat & Tangled Classic Tag 1
-MFT Patterned Paper
-MFT Silver Sparkle Cardstock


8 comments:

  1. What a fabulous and cheerful card and tag Ardyth - and it sounds as though it was quite labour intensive!! Great results though.
    Blessings
    Maaxine

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  2. love this card and tag - I do love a balloon card- inspiring ( need to make hubbie birthday card - problem solved thanks Ardyth )

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  3. Wow...so eye catching and love the colours, the layout and the contemporary look to your card and tag x Congratulations too x

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  4. Just love these cards!! Thanks so much for guest designing for me at Paru’s Card Making Challenges

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  5. Wow love this. Great card x

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  6. I don't usually take the time to comment, but I just thought this was such a beautiful set and it's inspired me to make the tag along with the card while I'm at it. Thank you!

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  7. The balloons are awesome. Love the matching set!

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  8. What a happy Happy Birthday card!

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