Wednesday 5 August 2020

Happy Birthday

I made this birthday card for a friend's birthday using papers from Funky Fossil's 'In To The Blue' paper pad that I recently bought with the gift voucher I won from AAA Cards.

I trimmed a piece of pale blue paper attached it to the card, leaving a small margin around the edge.  I die cut the sentiment from dark blue paper and attached it across the bottom of the card.  The inlaid letters were cut from a sheet of beige/pink paper.  I die cut and embossed two hot air balloons from the same sheet of paper, using different parts of the paper to give different effects.  One balloon was attached directly onto the card and the darker one was attached with foam pads.


To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white matt card blank
     Memory Box 'Grand Happy Birthday' and 'Beautiful Balloon' dies
     Funky Fossil 'In To The Blue' paper pad

I am entering the following challenges:
     AAA Birthday Card Challenge - Tic Tac Toe (I chose Masculine, Die-Cuts, Patterned Paper)
     Allsorts - Make it Masculine
     Just us Girls - Travel
     NBUS - Challenge 17 (I used my new paper pad)
     Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes
     The Male Room - Our 7th Birthday

Kath x

16 comments:

Pat said...

A wonderful card Kath and love the sentiment and balloon dies cut from the lovely papers, a super masculine card. x

meg said...

Beautiful card Kath, I would love to be able to fly free, a great masculine make

Nancy said...

This is such a fabulous masculine card! The variation of colors on the hot air balloons looks amazing. You should link this up over at Just Us Girls too. We have a travel theme going on. Thanks for playing at Seize the Birthday!

Darnell said...

This is a wonderful showcase of that pretty pp, Kath! I love the blue background and the fun hot air balloons. They look very realistic because the ones that fly around here are in such lovely patterns just like these! I hope you are keeping well and thank you for sharing with everyone at NBUS! Hugs, Darnell

Sue said...

Hi Kath, Lovely card. Sue

brenda said...

Great colours and perfect masculine creation, many thanks for sharing with us and joining in our 'Masculine' theme at Allsorts challenges.

B x

Lady Joyful said...

This is a lovely birthday card and has a very serene feel to it. Great use of papers. Thank you for joining us at The Male Room - Charlotte/Lady Joyful, DT

Tracy said...

Fabulous creation, thanks for joining Allsorts challenge, good luck.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Bobby said...

Way to make that paper work for you, Kath. The blue is very sky-like and the colors of the hot air balloons call attention to them. Thanks for sharing your card with us at Just Us Girls.

cotnob said...

A fabulous Birthday card Kath, great papers and you've used my favourite die, must get mine out.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

Jane said...

Love that die! And I have a bit of a thing for balloons too! Thanks for playing at AAA Birthday, hope to see you join in with future challenges too. Stay safe and keep crafting!

Cathy said...

Wonderful card and great use of those papers, love the balloons with this diecut sentiment. Thankyou for playing along at Seize the Birthday, Cathy x

Mummylade said...

This is so elegant! Thank you for entering our Male challenge at Allsorts and good luck.

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

OH! This is wonderful, love the addition of the wonderful balloons, a Super masculine card. Thank you so much for joining us in our Birthday challenge at The Male Room this week. Looking forward to seeing you again in our next challenge.
Faith DT

Faith my blog

MA-MI said...

This is a perfect masculine card. Thank you for joining us in our Birthday challenge at The Male Room this week. Looking forward to seeing you again in our next challenge!

Tina said...

Such a lovely masculine card. Love the colors. Thank you for joining us at AAA Birthday challenge. Hope to see you again soon. Tina DT