Color Throwdown CTD250 is celebrating their 250th challenge, and they have these pretty colors to work with, and a whole bunch of fabulous prizes, too. I was inspired by the way Lizzie Jones used die cuts and negative cuts for her balloons this morning here, and decided to make my card using that technique, too. Can you see--the Hibiscus Burst and Hawaiian Shores Balloons are die cut and popped out, and the Lemon Tart Balloon is cut out from the card base.
I am also playing along with this week's Make it Monday MIM#124 to make a card and matching envelope, so I made an envelope to match this card.
My next card uses the colors of this week's ColourQ cQc #197, and one of my very oldest (favorite) Hero Arts stamps--Design Block Thank You. It is one massive wooden stamp--not something I would ever buy now, but it was fun to pull it out for the A Blog Named Hero Playing Favorites challenge. This is such a great challenge because it is getting me to pull out all sorts of oldies but goodies.
This stamp covers the entire card with all sorts of 'thank you' statements--perhaps it is a predecessor to the current Subway trend? I took a small stamp from Blossom Art and stamped flowers in a random pattern on the card. I was going for a patterned paper look.
I am entering this card into the Simon Says Stamp and Show A Little Stamping challenge, the Hero Arts One Layer Card Challenge, and the Tuesday Trigger for the Moxie Fab World because I was inspired by these colors.
I made one more card using this same idea for the Simon Says Stamp and Show A Little Stamping, the Hero Arts One Layer Card Challenge, and A Blog Named Hero Playing Favorites challenges. I used Design Block Birthday and a balloon stamp from PTI.
Supplies Used (PTI):
Birthday Wishes
Stamps: Birthday Style
Paper: White, Hawaiian Shores, Kraft, Hibiscus Burst, Lemon Tart
Ink: Kraft, Hawaiian Shores, Kraft, Hibiscus Burst, Lemon Tart
Other: Birthday Style Die, Canvas/Linen IP, Envelope
Thank You
Stamps: HA Design Block Thank You, HA Blossom Art
Paper: White
Ink: Orange Zest, New Leaf, Harvest Gold, Versafine Onyx Black
Happy Birthday
Stamps: HA Design Block Birthday
Paper: White
Ink: Hawaiian Shores, Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise
Thanks for Visiting
super fun and cute cards! thanks for playing along at the Color Throwdown!
ReplyDeleteHappy balloons ... how fun and smiley and such pretty colours, Joyce ... I love how you use texture on your base cards to add to the wonderful dimension! The word cards are amazing ... such perfect stamping! Anita :)
ReplyDeleteFabulous cards, as always.
ReplyDeleteI love your stamping on the last two. Such a fabulous look.
ReplyDeletesweet balloons!! also love the may sentiments stamped on the other two over top of the colorful stamping!
ReplyDeleteYour thanks and happy birthday card makes are wonderful! I love the repeated stamped script on both of them, and the gorgeous multi colors for Summer and Fall. Thank you for stamping a little with us this week here at Simon Says Stamp & Show!
ReplyDeleteThese are such super cute cards! Those one layer cards are just fabulous! Great use of the colors. Thanks for joining us at ColourQ!
ReplyDeleteLove the clean lines of the first card & the layered balloons, but the next 2 cards are fabulous - both have a great energy & balance of pattern & color!
ReplyDeleteWay to combine all those challenges Joyce. I think all three cards are wonderful. The birthday ones are so cheery and bright. Hope you are well.
ReplyDeleteAll beautiful cards, way to master combining challenges. You are so good at doing that! Your balloons and one layer cards are fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing with us this week at the colourQ!
ReplyDeleteYou are a Queen of Challenges, Joyce! I don't know why I waste my time opening up links to all the various challenges I love to see what's happening on any given day, when all I have to do is come here and follow your genius lead!! Stunning, stunning cards!! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteWonderful cards, Joyce!
ReplyDeleteJoyce, you have created the most fun Birthday cards! Great cards for the challenges you entered :~)
ReplyDeleteYour balloon card is so so cute. The dimension it has is astounding.
ReplyDeleteTotally love your CAS balloon card! What a fun idea to use the negative space for the one balloon! Thanks for playing along and helping us celebrate at CTD!
ReplyDeleteLove your fabulous balloon card & matching envelope! Great look using the sentiment stamps too--so bright & cheery!
ReplyDeleteWow, Joyce, I love all three cards, the first one, the balloons are so fun! I love the colourQ one as well, thanks for playing with us this week!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness Joyce! You are Queen of cards! Love, love your balloon card with the one cutout and matching envelope! Your stamping on the other two cards is gorgeous, don't know how you keep it from all becoming one big mess ( that is what I would do) Just gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteVery cool card! Thanks for playing with us at a Blog Named Hero.
ReplyDeleteFabulous cards!
ReplyDeleteLove those balloons and how you did the die cuts...
perfect! :)
Fun Happy Birthday cards. Love the circles on the third card and the flowers behind the words on the second. Sweet celebration set! Thanks for playing along with us this week at Simon Says Stamp and Show.
ReplyDeleteLove all of your cards. they are so bright and festive. The sentiments and colourful circles/flowers really are very dramatic.
ReplyDeleteHey Joyce! Thanks for linking this up to this week's Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)
ReplyDeleteIf you don't win something from the Colour Throwdown challenge then something is seriously wrong with the world! Love the way you layered the balloons! As for the other two cards - what a brilliant way to use those background stamps! I always seem to use them very subtly in the background but this is so much fun! Definitely gonna CASE these!
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