Monday, April 4, 2011

In my beautiful balloon

Hullo, friends! How have you been? I'm still so-so, trying to figure out what keeps me at low energy. I very much hope that it will pass soon!
On the crafty side, I decided to tackle the In My Beautiful Balloon Challenge in the Moxie Fab World. Out of many new trends that appeared in the last months, I actually like this one a lot.
Balloons are very uplifting (excuse the pun). I love to see their enormous, colourful silhouettes in the sky. There's something both adventurous and romantic in them.

I wanted to use the Studio Calico hot air balloon stamp, but it was too big for the sketch that I decided to use (FTL134). I settled for the TSG Aim For The Clouds set instead. Oh, it's my old time favourite...
I wanted a simple card, with a repetition of the same balloon silhouette, in two rows. It looked kinda cool in "my mind's eye", and I hope it still does in physical form :)
The monochromatic colours correspond with the Embellish Decorative Trims Color Trends Challenge.

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Supplies: cardstock: PTI( Ripe Avocado); paper: DCWV, My Mind's Eye, Basic Grey, Cosmo Cricket; stamps: There She Goes (Aim For The Clouds), Taylored Expressions (It's A Banner Day - 2, with a die); ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black); sewing machine; lace trim, ric-rac trim

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Aiming for the sky,
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16 comments:

Sue Kohler

AWWWWWWESOME!!! from the balloons to the green tonings and the stunning textures at the bottom- love it all!!
chin up buddy, remember this too shall pass, will try n catch up for a cuppa soon- mwah!!

Alyna

awwwwwwwwww........ hope you feel better soon :). this card is so beautiful i absolutely love all the shades of green that are ere.
a very nice card.
happy crafting.
hugs
Alyna

cbuswell

Love those sweet balloons and fab color combo. Hope you feel better soon!

Cristina

Ooooh, lady! This is so cute!

lostinpaper

What a fab mix of colour,pattern & texture, this card is just fab!
Good luck with finding more energy, I'm not sure where to look but if you find it, let me know.

Janelle

Great job on all challenges, Chupa! I really love your card... the balloons, the paper choices, the "monochromaticness". Perfect!

Christine

Generally love all of your cards, but this one is especially stunning! Absolutely love the colors!

CeeCee

love this card! love the repetition of the balloons.

Jenny

Beautiful card and such a different theme, love the tone on tone colour palette.
Jennie X

claudia761

Your Card is beautiful!

LG
claudia761

Christine

I'm linking this one up on Practical Scrappers!

Ann

Came over from Practical Scrappers. Congrats on being picked out - not surprised what a fabulous card.
Ann xxx

Mariana Grigsby

Hi Chupa! Great use of patterned papers!!! I love those hot air balloons ;) Thanks for playing along with us!

veronica

cool layout! love those colors.

Cath

Hey Chupa! Thanks for linking this up to the In My Beautiful Balloon Challenge in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

Diana

Love your interpetation of the challenge. Very appealing!

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