Balloons, especially brightly colored ones, are always great images for birthday cards. For the cards I'm sharing today, I used alcohol markers to color the image from the Festive Balloons stamp set (Simon Says Stamp) two different ways. I also used the stamps in the set to make two different backgrounds.
Card on the left: To make the background, I stamped the sentiments from the set multiple times across a white card base. Then I used a pen to doodle a border around the edges, skipping over the stamped words. For the focal image, I stamped the balloon bunch on white card stock and quickly colored it with alcohol markers. I purposely left white edges and didn't add any shading, so it's super simple. I die cut the colored image and two more pieces of blank card stock, glued them together, and added the stacked focal piece to the middle of the card front. I finished the card with a few silver sequins.
Card on the right: To make the background, I stamped the balloon image near the center of a white card base and then stamped the balloons several more times to fill in the white space around the central image. For the focal image, I made stripes of color on a separate piece of white card stock using the same color alcohol markers from the first card. Then I stamped the balloons over the color using black ink and cut them out with the coordinating die. I glued the colored image directly over the center image stamped on the card base. I used the Labelmaker Rainbows set (Waffle Flower Crafts) to add a sentiment and again finished with silver sequins.
I think the black-and-white backgrounds really let the balloons stand out on these cards. And it was fun revisiting different ways to make backgrounds, too. Thanks for stopping by!
Oh these are great cards! My fave would be the one on the left...but only by a whisker! I like all the stamped words, they are just right for a fun birthday card!
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Thanks, Sunshine! I'm so used to backgrounds being an image, pattern, etc., that I forget about using words, but it's fun!
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