Balloon Celebration

This is my first card creation with the Balloon Celebration stamp set in the Occasions catalog.

It is a Photopolymer set with 28 stamps.  I also used the Balloon Bouquet Punch.  Both can be purchased individually or as a bundle. As a bundle, you save 15%.   I started punching out several balloons with my scrap paper to decide which colors I wanted to use for my card.  The base of my card is Daffodil Delight.

I stamped the balloon strings with Memento Black ink.  My balloons are Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Elegant Eggplant, Melon Mambo and Pacific Point.  The "Happy Birthday" wishes comes with the Balloon Celebration set and I stamped it on Melon Mambo and punched it out with the Washi Punch.  There is also a little bow stamp with the set, but I used the Balloon Framelits to die cut my bow to add to the strings.

Home for Christmas

Santa is waving to us from inside the window!  This card was made using the Hearth & Home Thinlets and Festival Fireside Framelits, but the Santa, tree, and presents are from the Home for Christmas Designer Series Paper that I cut out each one with the Paper Snips.  The colors are Real Red, Mossy Meadow and Whisper White.  The "Home for Christmas" is from the Jingle All the Way stamp set.  The punch is the Washi punch, but extended it and layered on Real Red cardstock.  I colored in the pinecones with Soft Suede marker.  I brayered the Brick Wall Embossing Folder with Real Red ink to give a little more dimension.