Hello everyone and welcome to a wonderful new week of Color with a new Utah Divas International Color Challenge!
This week's colors are inspired by this darling set of picnic serving ware -- Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait and Riding Hood Red!
All these bright, happy colors seemed like a perfect occasion for balloons so I decided to use the new stamp set, Patterned Party. And then, as I was looking through the catalog, I found this fabulous oval sentiment tag from the Hostess set, Happiest Birthday Wishes. Just look how perfectly they go together! I love it when that happens!
I used Stampin' Write markers to color directly on the rubber and stamp the balloons. I then added a piece of Tempting Turquoise cardstock, punched with the Scallop Border Punch, on the bottom of the card. Before attaching it, I embossed it with the Big shot and the new Designer Frames Embossing Folder (love it!). I punched out the stamped image with the Wide Oval Punch and it fits perfectly inside the embossed oval! How cool is that!
And, oh yes, do you see that striped "gift" to the left of the sentiment tag? That was actually an attempt to cover up a nasty boo-boo from a marker. You know what I always say! There are no mistakes in stamping ... only opportunities for creative embellishment! That gift ... it's a creative embellishment -- LOL! Gotta laugh at yourself sometimes!
I also stamped a few of the gifts in the corner of the inside of the card -- just a little something special to surprise whoever opens it up. These gifts are another of the stamps from the Patterned Party set.
I'm so glad you stopped by for a little inspiration today and hope that you'll come back soon! There are so many new products to share you and so many ideas I have for using them. So much stamping and so little time! I do hope you'll take a few minutes to check out the Design Team projects at Utah Divas International!
Don't forget the CASE contest that is going on! There have been some fabulous projects submitted and it's not to late to join in. Deadline for submission is July 15th. To check out the submitted projects and enter your own, see the ORIGINAL POST.
very pretty!!
Posted by: St | July 12, 2011 at 10:42 PM
Love this cute card! It sure looks like a party waiting to happen.
Posted by: Sharon Carr | July 13, 2011 at 03:52 PM
This card sure is cute!! Thank you for sharing it!
Posted by: Heidi Sorg | July 13, 2011 at 06:49 PM