STAMPIN' UP! BEAUTIFUL BALLOONS BIRTHDAY CARD FEATURING DAFFODIL DELIGHT

 

This week's Colour Creations blog hop is all about Daffodil Delight, a sunny yellow that has been in Stampin' Up!'s Brights collection for as long as I can remember.

I decided to push myself out of my comfort zone a little, and use a colour combination suggested by my very old Color Coach:

 It's been a minute since I made a card with Beautiful Balloons, which was the first stamp set I had to have from this year's Annual Catalogue.  Here's what I came up with, using this colour combination:

Using the Brights 6"x6" Designer Series Paper pack, I stamped lots of little stars directly onto a piece of Daffodil Delight polka-dot patterned paper.  The star stamp is from the Alphabest stamp set, and I used Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy and Old Olive inks.

I matted this paper onto Night of Navy card, then Basic White card, before all the layers were mounted onto an Old Olive card base.

The sentiment (one of my favourite for birthdays, from the Artistically Inked stamp set) was stamped in Night of Navy ink on Basic White card.  I added some tiny die-cut stars in all three colours, courtesy of Forever Forest Dies.

Before I adhered the sentiment to my card front, I laid a piece of Old Olive ribbon across the card.  This ribbon started off as Lemon Lolly Sheer Ribbon, but I coloured it with my Dark Old Olive Stampin' Blends marker.

I'm not a huge fan of Daffodil Delight, but I think the big balloon in this colour is extra-cheery!  It's flanked by smaller balloons in Night of Navy and Old Olive.

From Daffodil Delight card, I cut two larger stars using Beautiful Balloons Dies.  After embossing them with the Metal Plate 3D embossing folder, I sponged the edges with Daffodil Delight ink.

To the inside of the card, I added a Basic White layer, embellished with a few more die-cut stars:

Hop on to Theresa Gerrard's blog to see the next Daffodil Delight creation:   

If you come across any broken links, or would like to see a full list of participants in this week's blog hop, head over to Catherine Proctor's blog.  Cathy does a fantastic job of co-ordinating our Colour Creations blog hops.

Listed below are all the products I used to make my card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

Product List

Beautiful Balloons Bundle (English) [161457] $91.75	Artistically Inked Cling Stamp Set [154542] $42.00	Alphabest Photopolymer Stamp Set [158884] $39.00	Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576] $17.50	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.50
Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock [106577] $17.50	Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock [121680] $17.50	Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161643] $21.75	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $15.75	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $15.75
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $15.75	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $223.00	Metal Plate 3 D Embossing Folder [160766] $17.50	Forever Forest Dies [162057] $65.00	3/8" (1 Cm) Sheer Ribbon Combo Pack [161635] $21.75
Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892] $17.50	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] $19.25	Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.75	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $9.75	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00