Caly Person

Hi Everyone!

My term designing for Splitcoastampers is over – it’s very bittersweet! I honestly didn’t think I could do it at times so it’s a relief, but it’s also sad that it’s over. It’s been such and honor and a blessing to create cards with such amazing cardmakers and papercrafters!

This card is for the July Challenge over at LiveLoveCards. This month’s challenge is cards made using washi tape. It’s SUPER easy!

I took my card base and covered most of it with strips of washi. Because I knew I wanted to do balloons, I decided to do a watercolor wash for the top layer.  Here’s what they both looked like before construction:

I let the watercolor panel air dry while I adhered washi to my card base. When I was done, I used some balloon dies and cut them out of the watercolor panel and drew some balloon strings on with a black marker. I die cut the words “happy birthday” and propped the ends over the balloon with some foam, added some sequins.

Thought I was done but felt something wasn’t right, so I added a strip of diagonal black/clear washi to the left and I think it definitely added a special element to this card. ALL DONE!

Thanks for stopping by!

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*Disclaimer: I am not being paid by any company to promote their products. I make cards using stamp sets and materials which I love and I love to share. To view where these items can be purchased, click on the linked abbreviations below (SU for Stampin’ Up!, SSS for Simon Says Stamp, EH for Ellen Hutson, AMZN for Amazon, LF for Lawn Fawn, MFT for My Favorite Things, etc.).

Zig Colors: 032 Persian Blue, 084 Deep Violet

AE A Tag for All EH | SSS | AE	MFT Balloon STAX EH | SSS | MFT	White/Gray Big Shot	Big Shot Magnetic Platform EH | SSS | AMZN
Standard Cutting Pads EH | SSS | AMZN	Basic Black Cardstock	Canson XL WaterColor Paper Pad EH | SSS | JOANN	Recollections 110 lb
Ranger Mini Mister EH | SSS	Zig Clean Color Real Brush EH | SSS | AMZN	Glossy Accents EH | SSS | AMZN	Mini Multi Medium Matte Glue EH | SSS
SU Stampin’ Dimensionals	Martha Stewart Mini Scoring Board EH | SSS	Teflon Bone Folder EH | SSS	Epic Day Washi
Sweet Sadie Washi (Retired)	Darice Crystal Iridescent 5mm	Sequins Moonshine 3mm	Absorber