Balloons – InKing Royalty Blog Hop

Welcome to InKing Royalty's February Blog Hop! During this year's blog hops, we are having fun with our stamping favorites – our favorite themes for seasonal cards and projects. This month's projects feature balloons, so you are in for a celebratory treat. We are excited to share our creations with you today! After you read my post, I hope you'll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.
Today's project features the So Much Happy Bundle paired with the Balloon Bouquet Punch!
I just LOVE how the ‘HAPPY' die works! This won't be the last time you see me use this die. I love how you can cut ‘HAPPY' horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. For this card, I opted to cut it horizontally to go with the lines from the Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper!
Purple is my favorite color, so I went with shades of it for this card – pulling inspiration from the Designer Series Paper as I often do! The balloons come from the Balloon Bouquet Punch, but there are slightly smaller balloons in the Happy Dies!
Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you'll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Joanne Brown at The Inky Dragon. There's lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don't want to miss it!
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PROJECT MEASUREMENTS:
- Thick Basic White card base – 4-1/4″ x 11″, scored and folded in half at 5-1/2″
- Gorgeous Grape card layer – 3-3/4″ x 5″
- Hydrangea Hill DSP layer – 3-5/8″ x 4-7/8″
If you get stuck during the blog hop, please use this line-up as a guide:
- Brian King at Stamp with Brian
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Renae Novak at Blessed by Cards
- Lynn Kolcun at Avery's Owlery
- Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
- Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
- Linda Krueger at The Stamp Coach
- Sheryl Sharp at Sharp Notes by Sheryl
- Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie ← YOU ARE HERE!
- Joanne Brown at The Inky Dragon
- Rachel Brumley at Artistic Designs by Rachel
- Genevieve Ko at Stampin4Fun
- Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Ann Murray at Murray Stamps Ink
- Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
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PROJECT SUPPLY LIST:
Jackie Beers
Each part of this card is so cute! It is a Smile card for sure. I will have to give the Happy a try myself.
Julie DiMatteo
Jackie BeersThank you so much, Jackie!
linda krueger
A HAPPY card indeed Julie! So sweet n purple. I like the birthday stamped on the designer paper, and the balloons are cute with bling and string. Thanks for sharing this cute card.
Julie DiMatteo
linda kruegerThank you so much, Linda!
Lynn Kolcun
For a second there I had to look at it to figure out what you had cut and what you hadn’t. Love the look of this and your horizontal stripes are too cute. Thanks for sharing.
Julie DiMatteo
Lynn KolcunThank you, Lynn! It is a bit of an optical illusion!
Ann Murray
I love the So Much Happy bundle. Love your layout. I struggle to use purple. It’s real. But I do like your card.
Julie DiMatteo
Ann MurrayThank you, Ann! Purple is my jam!
Rachel Brumley
Cute card – purple Is one of my favorite colors and, of course, that DSP is one of my favorites! I will casing this card but using masculine colors for my adult grandson!
Julie DiMatteo
Rachel BrumleyThank you, Rachel! CASE away!
Karen Halterman
I love these blog hops of Brian’s group! You are all so talented! Thanks for sharing them Julie.
Julie DiMatteo
Karen HaltermanSo much talent on Brian’s team! Hop days are always fun!
Candy Ford
Love the color. Love the die. Love the paper. It’s just an awesome card!
Julie DiMatteo
Candy FordThank you so much, Candy!
Sheryl Sharp
Didn’t realize that happy die is open-ended! Dang it, Julie I’ve added it to my wish list. What a happy color purple is!
Julie DiMatteo
Sheryl SharpIt is such a cool die that can be used in fun ways!
Renae Novak
This truly is a HAPPY card and believe me I needed that today! You are so talented!
Julie DiMatteo
Renae NovakThank you so much, Renae!
Pam Morris
This is so cute and makes me ‘happy’! I love this die too. Your monochromatic color scheme makes this really pop out! I love it!
Julie DiMatteo
Pam MorrisThank you, Pam!
Robin Myren
I’m crushing on all that purple! So pretty!
Brian King
It took me a while to realize you cut this from the striped paper vs. the Gorgeous Grape paper beneath it. Such a great card, Julie!
Julie DiMatteo
Brian KingWeird optical illusion, right? Thank you so much!
Linda Callahan
I love this die too! Delightful card!
Julie DiMatteo
Linda CallahanThank you, Linda!
Joanne Brown
This is a beautiful card, Julie – great colors! I love how you used bling on the balloons, and those bows are PERFECTION!!!!
Sue JACKSON
I love this! The simplicity of this card is fabulous ~ so clean and so simply beautiful!
Genevieve Ko
What a gorgeous card! It makes me happy! Thanks for sharing!
Julie DiMatteo
Genevieve KoThank you dear, Genevieve!