Day 192: Just Flying By...

I was inspired by the airplane card my son made for his dad yesterday to create this "Just Flying By..." card for my teenage nephew. I used card stock from Stampin' Up as my background for the sky and as the card base. I used masking to make it look like the clouds (All Night Media) were in front of or behind the hot air balloons (Commotion Rubber Stamps) and the plane (unknown). I used a cotton swab to pick up ink off my Stampin' Up! Craft White ink pad and swirled it inside the outlines of the clouds to make them look fluffy and airy. I colored the hot air balloons with my Stampin' Write markers.  I used Martha Stewartink on a cotton swab to color the plane silver.  I layered the sky scene on top of a gingham plaid photo frame I had in my stash and backed it with some white mulberry paper (Paper Reflections). I made the "Just Flying By" banner by using my square punch diamond style on each end of my rectangle.  I wrote "Just Flying By..." with a silver gel pen from Marvy, then wrote over that will a sparkly turquoise Gelly Roll pen (Sakura). I made another banner and continued the sentiment on the inside with "To Wish You a Happy Birthday!". I added a green metal swirl (Creative Impressions) as an accent on the left side of the card. Finally, I used Crystal Effects from Stampin' Up! on the airplane to bring it into the foreground and give the card some dimension. I allowed it to dry completely before scanning it to share with you.

Day 132: Garden Cousins

For this "Garden Cousins" page, I chose to use this "Floral Linen"paper from The Paper Studio as the background paper.  I liked how it coordinated with the turquoise color in the kids' clothes. I cut three flowers out of the center of the paper to use as accents on the corners of the photos, then hid the holes in the paper with the turquoise photo mat (card stock from Stampin' Up!). The flower centers and the oval journaling sticker from Doodlebug Designs added a little extra pop to the page. I used two different color Gelly Roll pens from Sakura to highlight the important words in the quote.