Welcome back to another Inkin’ Krew blog hop!  Our very talented team is doing a blog hop featuring Stampin’ Up! products.  This month we are all creating projects with a “birthday” theme and I’m featuring the Hot Air Balloon stamp set bundle for my card.

My card design was inspired by TGIF Challenge #tgifc459.

I adhered a panel of Lighter Than Air 6″ x 6″ DSP to the front of a Bubble Bath card base with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  Then I adhered a panel of Sunny Days DSP (Sale-a-bration item) to the front of the card base with Stampin’ Seal.

I cut the balloon and basket images from the Lighter Than Air DSP with the coordinating Hot Air Balloon Dies.  I adhered the die cut balloons and baskets with Mini Glue Dots to the card front.  Then I cut clouds from Basic White card stock with the two cloud dies from the Hot Air Balloon Dies and I adhered the die cut clouds to the card front with Mini Glue Dots.

I stamped the sentiment from the Hot Air Balloon stamp set in VersaMark ink, stamped it on a panel of Lemon Lolly card stock, sprinkled it with black embossing powder (returning in May 2024) and then heat embossed it.  I cut the sentiment out with one of the Stylish Shapes Dies and then adhered the die cut banner to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.  I added two of the Rainbow Adhesive-Backed Dots to the sentiment banner to finish the card front.

I stamped the sentiment from the Hot Air Balloon stamp set in Bubble Bath ink on a panel of basic White card stock and then added the die cut balloon images and a strip of DSP from the Lighter Than Air DSP to finish the inside of the card.

You can see a list of supplies used to create this project, including the card stock cuts, at the very bottom of this blog post.

Alright, on with the hop!  Click on the Next Blog button to move forward to Tara Carpenter’s project or click the Previous Blog button to move back to see the project that Akiko Sudano created.

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I’ve created a printable PDF with written instructions and a list of products used to create this project.  You can download, print and/or save it by clicking this image:

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Card stock cuts for this project:

• Bubble Bath – 4-1/4″ x 11″ card base scored at 5-1/2″
• Lemon Lolly – Stylish Shapes die cut
• Basic White – five Hot Air Balloon die cuts, 4″ x 5-1/4″ panel (inside card)
• Lighter Than Air 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper – 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ panel, 3-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ panel, nine Hot Air Balloon die cuts (two inside card), 1/2″ x 4″ strip (inside card)