Carried Away 2

This card was created using the Summer In Paris cartridge and cutting the hot air balloon in 4 different colors, at 4".   I pop dotted each layer on the sides and glued the centers together so that it would appear more 3D.   I added some string to the basket as well.   The paper is from American Crafts.   Embossing folder was the swirls.   The ribbon was from the Target dollar bin and the sentiment from Fiskars.

Sew, it's your Birthday!

Dress form cut at 5 1/2" from Summer in Paris, using Design Studio to remove the center cut.  Paper for the dress form is from DCWV Denim and then I used a brown sharpie to color the stand and the top 'knob', then used Glossy Accents to make them shiny, like finished wood.  The mat paper is from Cosmo Cricket Material Girl and Salt Air collections.   Ribbons and buttons from Making Memories.   The sentiment was printed on my computer and I added the sewing needle and mini safety pin.

The inside used the same papers and a Studio G sentiment

Carried Away.....

I'm totally loving today's card.   I was up late last night, crafting, which is rare on a Friday because I am usually exhausted.   I grew up in the country and often times, in the summer, we would see hot air balloons.   Somehow they are just a sign of summer to me.   I saw the 3D hot air balloon on a tag in a magazine and loved it!   This is a square gate fold card with a yellow base.   The blue mat is core'dinations paper and the hot air balloon print is American Crafts City Park collection (love it).   The balloons were cut using the Summer in Paris cartridge and then I trimmed them down a little for each layer and cut off the 'strings' and basket.  I put pop dots between the layers to make the stand up.   I also added some string of my own and a basket and then inked all of the edges of the balloon's layers.  

The frame behind the balloon was done with a Martha Stewart Punch around the page and then I put a piece of cardstock behind it so that the dots would pop out more.  The stamp is from Studio 112.   I used 4 different colors of twine from the Twinery, that I won from my blogger buddy, Amber, over at My 3 E Scrapbooking.  Thanks Amber!

I used the same border punch for the inside mat and then cut a printed sentiment out with the balloon shadow for the inside.  I had to cut the 'strings' off of the one inside because the paper was thin paper and the strings tore when cutting.  :(  I still like it though!