Sunday, January 16, 2022

Celebrate!

Hello and welcome! I have a card to share that celebrates milestones for two blogs - Festive Friday and Double D.  Festive Friday is celebrating its 100th challenge and Double D is celebrating its 6th anniversary/birthday.  Big Congrats to both Design Teams and everyone involved in these two great challenges!



I'm also joining the Anything Goes party at Seize the Birthday.



My card, of course, has party balloons and from the FF Inspo list I used celebration, gold, sequins and splatter.  


As you can see, I was in a pink mood when I made this simple card.  I started by gold heat embossing the balloon image on watercolor paper, then used watercolor paint to achieve the bright pink color.  I tried to do a bit of simple shading adding a bit more color on the left side and letting it mix with the lighter layer.  It was die cut after it dried.


For the background, I ink blended a couple of pinks that were a bit lighter in color.  It was die cut with the scallop rectangle die, then splattered with white gouache and gold metallic paint.  While that dried, the sentiment was gold heat embossed on black cardstock and die cut with a label die.  With all the parts dried, the card was assembled.  The balloons were stacked up on two additional die cuts in white cardstock and the sentiment added with a bit of foam tape on each end.  Some clear sequins were scattered about and then I used Glossy Accents on the balloons to make them nice and shiny.  Unfortunately, the shine was difficult to capture in the photos.


Thanks for taking time to visit, I really appreciate it!  

Take care!

Stef


Stamps: Balloon Bundle (MFT)
Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Koh-I-Norr Bristol, Range Watercolor
Ink:  Versamark, Pink Diamond and Pinkalicious (Altenew)
Other:  Artist's 24 pan watercolor (Altenew), Finetec Gold Metallic Paint, Antique Gold embossing powder (Altenew), White Gouache, Balloon Bundle die, Skinny Strips die (MFT), Scallop A2 Rectangle die (Honey Bee), Sparkling Clear Sequins (PPP), Ranger Glossy Accents

9 comments:

Darlene said...

Oh Stef this is just awesome! LOVE all the pink and the background is beautiful! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Birthday Balloons’ challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
DOUBLE D Challenge Blog
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

Lisa Elton said...

What an extra sweet way to celebrate! This is cute, Stef!

Donna Phelan said...

Your heat embossed giant bouquet of balloons look amazing! And I adore all of that pink! Thanks so much for playing along with us at The Double D as we celebrate our 6th year. Great entry for our Balloons Challenge, Donna, DT Member.

Diane said...

Beautiful card and so pretty in pink!
Thank you for joining our challenge at Double D!
Diane DD DT {Nellies Nest}
{Double D}

Beth McCullough said...

Stef, this is such a beautiful card! The water coloring and gold embossing is stunning together! Thanks for joining us at Festive Friday! Please join us again soon! :)

Melanie Hungerford said...

Awesome card, I knew that stamp right away, one of my favorites from MFT! Looks great with the gold and pink. Thanks for joining in at Festive Friday!

Jaydee said...

Stef, this card is perfection in pink. I love that it is unabashedly feminine and celebrates that gorgeous pink. What a fabulous layout, too. So glad you joined us at Festive Friday this week
jaydee

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert said...

SO pretty! The many shades of pink are simply gorgeous and the gold splatters are fabulous too!. Thank you for joining us at the Festive Friday Challenge.

Stephanie Lanzalotto said...

Congratulations, Stef! Your fabulous creation was selected as a Festive Fave over at the Festive Friday Challenge. Please hop over to the challenge blog to grab your winner’s badge for your blog. Thanks so much for joining us and I hope you will play along again soon!