Birthday Balloons

Birthday card with masking

Papercrafting and making cards is so much fun. I really love how an idea pops into my head out of nowhere and then all of a sudden it's realized onto a card. Ultimately paper crafting is a two dimensional medium so even though I may have the grandiose of ideas, it's still got to fit in a 2-D medium. Enter: Masking. Masking allows for a bit of depth to your scene and especially if you have coordinating dies is simple to do.

Happy Balloons

My Hero Arts Ombre Ink collection housed inside a drawer of my Stamp n Storage cabinet

My inspiration came from the Concord & 9th stamp set, Happy Balloons. I love these happy Balloons and how easy it is to mask them for depth and decorate them. I decided Hero Arts Ombré Inks were the way to go on these Balloons. Ombré Inks have three colors in them so it automatically adds interest to solid stamped images.

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When creating a foreground and background with a bunch of stamped images, first decide where your foreground image will be located. After stamping the first image, mask that off with some Inkadinakdo Stamp Masking Paper. I used the coordinating die set to cut out a small and large balloon. After masking the first balloon, I stamped the next balloon and continued until I had stamped all the balloons. Included with the set, are stamps that add decoration to the balloons. I stamped the large purple balloon and the teal balloon with Versamark and added WOW Copper embossing powder to make the designs stand out. For the other balloons, I added some Wink of Stella shimmer pen to add some shine and interest.

For my sentiment, I decided to cut out the happy script from the Concord& 9th set and use WOW Copper Embossing Powder to highlight the word. I also cut out the same shape from fun foam. I used Ranger Multi Medium Adhesive to adhere the foam to the die cut and the foam to the card. I also embossed Birthday from the Happy Balloons stamp set. 

To finish the card, I drew on strings with my Tombow Dual Brush markers. I cut the card to 4 3/4" high and 4 1/8" wide and mounted the front panel onto a Hero Arts pre folded A2 notecard. If you would like to make this project, I have included affiliate links which if you choose to use them, may provide me with a small commission at no charge to you. Thank you for visiting my site. I hope you take some time to craft today.

Happy Balloons Stamp Set
from: Concord & 9th