but I remembered a balloon punch by Marvy Uchida that I had saved from my scrapbooking days.
I started by punching a piece of text weight paper with the punch to make a stencil.
I cut a white linen card stock base card and a piece to go on top of it.
On that main piece, before it was glued on, I stenciled the balloons with my Tim Holtz mini ink blending tool and two colors of Distress ink, in this case picked raspberry and hickory smoke.
Using the Distress marker, hickory smoke, I hand drew the cords to the balloons.
Finally I stamped the verse from Richard Garay's "Amazing You" set.
Once that was done I glue dotted the main piece to the base card.
Grey and pink are just perfect together. Love how you made the stencil and made this a one layer card. Thanks for sharing at Less is More!
ReplyDeleteThis punch stencil is making me look at all my punches now!!!
DeleteA beautifully crisp and elegant creation and perfect for our Celebrate theme at Allsorts, many thanks for joining in.
ReplyDeleteB x
I'm a joiner!
DeleteNecessity is the mother of invention! Your card is FAB
ReplyDeleteKathyk
Necessity is also why I shouldn't get rid of older supplies!
DeleteI love this lilac and grey colour scheme, and you've inked the balloons really well to leave such convincing highlights! Fab drawing of the balloon strings too. I think the bold sentiment goes perfectly with this design. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Less is More :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Esther! I was thrilled with the rubbery look of the balloons!
DeleteLoving those two colours together, great choices. And your blending of the balloons looks so realistic with the light catching them.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing with us at Less is More, Anita xx
Thanks for joining Allsorts challenge with this great entry, good luck.
ReplyDeleteHappy crafting
Tracy x
Lovely card.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing at Allsorts 'Celebrate' challenge this week and good luck x Susan x