Springtime Sky Note - Stampin' Up! Hot Ai Balloon

 Just a quick share today without a lot of chat as I have so much to do before leaving for the Stampin' Up! demonstrator event in Houston at the end of this week.  I'm so excited!  But also pretty sure I'm going to forget to pack something essential!!

  Anyway I combined 2 challenges for this card; The Color Hues who wants us to use Turquoise and Green and Just Add Ink which has a nice diagonal layout.

  I chose Coastal Cabana and Granny Apple Green for my colors and used the Hot Air Balloon bundle to make a bit of a spring-ish sky scene. 

  I used a bit of retired DSP for the Granny Apple Green bit which I kind of thought of as the grass below the balloon.  I used Coastal Cabana ink for the balloon using stamping off to give me a lighter variation for the stripes.

  The Basic Borders cloud die once again comes in handy for creating the "sky" portion of the card.

  It's hard to see but I used a narrow strip of white Textured Shimmer paper to cover the seem between the Basic White and DSP panels.  It gives a nice but of sparkle.

  The sentiment is a partial bit of a longer one found in the Hot Air Balloon stamp set and is trimmed down and popped up next to the balloon.

  A strip of banners in Coastal Cabana and held down with some retired flat shimmer gems decorate the balloon and a few more of the same gems in Coastal Cabana are added to the "grass".

  All of the current products used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Hot Air Balloon

Ink: Coastal Cabana, Memento Black

Paper: Coastal Cabana, Basic White, Textured Shimmer paper, Dandy Designs DSP (retired)

Accessories: Hot Air Balloon dies, Basic Borders dies, Stylish Shapes dies, dimensionals, flat shimmer gems (retired)