UP, UP AND AWAY

My latest card is another digi from Birdscards.com. I was originally going to include some candy or gems but in the end decided that the backing paper was too pretty to be covered.   Using pinflair I slightly raised the balloon on the card. 

For this card I used:
Birdscards.com digi
Promarkers
Spellbinders scallop die
Ticket die and stamp from Die-namics and used computer for wording
Woodware "happy birthday" sentiment
Mauve card and pattern card from stash

I used Pinflair to slightly raise the air balloon.

Inside of the card I used the scallop circle again and sentiment from Woodware.





Even more Cupcakes

Last night  I sat happily colouring in digi stamps and when I came to look at papers to use, nothing I had matched in any way.  So my big tip for me today is look first at your papers and then do your colouring, I am sure all you excellent cardmakers have found this out already and are shaking your heads at me.

Well I decided in the end to use the spare image I had done the day before of the Lili of the Valley cupcake stamp, the same as my last card. This time I decided to add a cupcake recipe which I aged so that it looked like it had been used many times; I used my Tim Holtz blending tool which is really excellent for this.  I found that the boxes of cards that you buy often have a thick sheet of card in them and the reverse side is white so you can place your picture on this and distress it without using good paper or having to clean off your craft mat.  I have been using the same piece of card for about two months now.

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For this card I used:

Lili of the Valley stamp

Sentiment and small cupcake stamp from Papermania

Ticket stamp from Die-namics blank outline and die - words typed on computer

Cupcake recipe from internet

Stripe paper from Craftworkcards Vintage Rose Paper Pack

Blue card from Papermill