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Daring Balloon Ride

Happy Wednesday! This morning I decided to start the day off with a little stamping. I've had these cute digi papers from the Garden Party Mini Kit printed and sitting on my desk for about a week, so I decided to cut into them. The colors are a little more daring than I'm used to, so I knew I had to use the Dare to be you sentiment. And I've seen so many adorable cards with the stripes on this balloon paper pieced, that I just had to give it a go.



For the layout I went with a whimsical, floating feel. The main balloon panel is cut with the Nestabilities Labels 3 and I used the SU! Lots of Tags Sizzix die for the oval shape. The ribbon is some wide pomegranate satin ribbon from my stash and I added one of those fabulous Finishing Touches from flourishes. These ones are the copper variety. A little stardust stickles on my clouds and some black kaiser craft pearls on the side and voila!

What's In It?
Stamps: Up, Up and Away, Dare to Be You (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Garden Party Mini Kit (Elise's Pieces), Black and white cardstock
Ink: A Muse Black, Copic markers
Accessories: Labels 3 (Nestabilities), Lots of Tags dies, wide oval punch, satin ribbon (SU!), Finishing Touches (Flourishes), Stardust stickles, Kaiser craft black pearls

15 comments

Nikki Schmaltz said...

As always, this is super sweet. Thanks for introducing me into the world of digi paper too. Been having a bit of fun with the digi chick. Love your paper piecing and all these colors. You did a beautiful job!

Kerri said...

This is gorgeous, Julee!!! I used this set today too : ) I love the paper piecing and your fabulous ribbon treatment! Beautiful as always!

Beth Norman said...

Sooooooo awesome. You are so talented. I love the balloon set!

Sassy's Ramblin's said...

Such talent! So pretty Julee! This set is my most favorite...I hope I get to order it very soon!

Debbie Lee said...

Beautiful card!! I'm loving that balloon set more & more w each card I see!

Michelle Woerner said...

Oh Julee! I love this card. So rich! That's the first word that came to mind, it's amazing and RICH! Love it AND, whoa, when did you redo your blog? I love it! So crisp!! Way cool blog banner!!

And thank you for the lovely card. Just amazing! It's now up on my wall of fun RAKS. Hugs to you,

Jackie Pedro said...

Serious THUD! So serious it actually hurt!! LOL! This is so GORGEOUS, Julee....Love the colors and the paper pieced balloon!!

Unknown said...

Julee, This has gorgeous colors. I love the ribbon. Beautiful card!

Olena said...

This is gorgeous!!! Great job! ~Olena~

Janelle Stollfus said...

Just beautiful, Julee! I love the layout and the colors. What a wonderful stash of ribbon and embellies. You rock!

Jody Morrow said...

Beautiful card!

Suzette said...

Lovely card as always Julee, your work and designs are very inspirational. I wanted to ask you a few questions but did not see your e-mail address on your site.

Hugs
Suzette

Dawn Easton said...

This is so sweet Julee! I love the colours!

Lynda Benden said...

Oh so beautiful Julee!! I love how you did the ribbon. The decorative brad is perfect as are the colors and all the dimension!

Becky said...

This is awesome, love your creative flare on this.