Monday, July 21, 2014

Quick and Easy Birthday Card

I needed a quick birthday card for my Godchild, and I was looking at some of the designers that I admire.  Laura Bassen did this card, or one very much like it and I decided to CASE it.  You can find her blog HERE. 
I had to make a stencil first, but that was easy as I had the images saved to my Cameo.  I cut it from some plastic sheeting so that I could reuse it again and again.
Here is what it looks like.  You can see how amazing this machine is.  I really need to work with it more, as it does so much. 
Next I just sponged the balloons in the Grass Green, Ocean Mist from GKD, and the third color is Kiwi Kiss, Stampin Up. 
The sentiment is from Hello Sunshine, GDK and then I used my Cameo again to cut a whole bunch of  YOU's out.  I layered four of them for this card and then sprayed it with Color Shine Chartrese by Heidi Swapp.  I am saving the extras for another time.  Then one silver twine for one balloon.  And it is done. 
This one was so much fun!  Hope you like it too and give it a try.  It did not take long at all.
Thanks for all of your sweet comments.  I love the LOVE!
I am entering this project in JUGS and Seize the Birthday ( Toppings twine or string) challenges



14 comments:

  1. I love this card! All those balloons sponges on and overlapped are just awesome! Thank you for linking up to Seize the Birthday.

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  2. Cute and colorful and filled with fun! Love your balloon card.

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  3. Oh wow!! Brilliant!! This is great and I am so going to CASE you casing Laura!! Thanks for joining us at Just Us Girls!

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  5. Beautifully done....love how you used the challenge colors! Thanks for joining us at Just Us Girls and Seize the Birthday!

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  6. Wow....I love what you have done here Barbara! I have been doing more stencil work lately too! Super fun card and so thrilled that you linked it up with both of my teams....STB and JUGS! Have a great week!

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  7. Barbara I love this card and I LOVE your stencil technique. What fun, I wonder if my Cricut has a balloon cut...if I can find my Cricut that is! Beautifully done and a big thank you for sharing this idea with us.

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  8. Such a beautiful card. And you are just a genius with that stencil. the good news, too, is that you can use it over and over. Love how you have sponged them overlapping each other. Love the colors too. Your godchild will be thrilled with it!!

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  9. Really gorgeous card. I love how the colors overlap and give such a translucent feeling.

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  10. Gorgeous use of the colors! Thanks for joining in with JUGS!

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  11. Fabulous colors and sponging. Love how you overlapped the balloons.

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  12. I love those stenciled balloons! Beautifully done. Thanks for playing with us at JUGS!

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  13. Stunning! Absolutely love everything about it. Thanks for playing along with Seize the Birthday.

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  14. A great card to case and I may do the same. The silver string is a great touch.

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