IT’S YOUR DAY BALLOON.

Hello! 

Playing along with this Freshly Made Sketches challenge (ends 2/23).

UPDATE:

My card got a shout-out! Thanks Karren 😃

and this Seize the Birthday challenge (ends 2/23?).

The box was resized, to help it fold flatter in an envelope, by moving the front corner seam fold lines further in a bit. Balloon pattern was made by laying leftover strips of colored card stock onto a base cardstock covered with Scrapbook.com double-sided adhesive in A2 card size and then die cutting. Balloon highlight cutout is backed with a scrap of translucent sparkly white vellum. Recessed areas of the embossed background panel were filled in with a sparkly Wink of Stella pen (my pen had gotten down to not enough to squeeze out so I put some rubbing alcohol in a small shallow dish, unscrewed the part attached to the barrel, squeezed as much air out of the barrel as I could and while still holding it in that position, flipped it upside down and, placing the hole into the alcohol, released the barrel sides to suck up some of the alcohol. Pretty sure this is not manufacturer recommended but it seemed to work 😂)

SUPPLIES

box die - Spellbinders Surprise Box set

balloon die - Simon Says Stamp Life is a Party set

words stamp - unmarked secondhand clear set

rays embossing folder - Altenew Carnival Canopy

other - gold twine

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