Here are a few cards that I have been playing with this week using my favourite tools and mediums - Ink and Die cuts! Yay - love getting messy and creating something from plain paper.
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So my favourite thing is to start with plain paper and build up from there - this time I wanted to use alcohol inks so I used a glossy paper and then using a combination of Alcohol ink colours on the blending tool created the Pink/Purple and the Green/Blue/Yellow backgrounds.
I bought this set of Balloons and I am in love! I have used them for so many things - just love the happiness you get from Balloons :) So after cutting a bunch of these "Gorgeous Little Puffs of Happiness" using my Cuttlebug I also Die Cut sentiments from 'Simon Says Stamp'. I used white and the same colour as I used to "matt" the background, this helped to tie all of the components together.
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I stuck the sentiment die cuts together using my 'ZIG' glue pen and offset the white - I wanted it to create a bit of a border/highlight and it turned out great! I also wanted to add some dimension and sheen to the Balloons - Perfect Pearls to the rescue - so shimmery!
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So now I don't remember where I got the idea from - either Jennifer McGuire or Kristina Werner - but they made a card where they used the same Balloon die cut and tied the strings to all of the balloons - I loved it! It was very fiddly and it took a lot of patience - but it was worth the effect.
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I had one piece of inked background left and I couldn't resist the simplicity of contrasting colour. I die cut a large sentiment and embellished with some gems - love this one too :)
I hope I have shared some tips and inspiration :) I cant wait to share some other cute cards I have made with the happy little Balloons.
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