A Shaped Hot Air Balloon Card
Hello crafty friends! Do you enjoy making shaped cards? Quite often I get stuck in making standard shaped cards, so it’s fun to break the norm to make a shaped card. Birgit here with you today showing you how you can use your shaped dies to make a fun shaped hot air balloon card.
The Supplies:
As you’ll see in the photo above, I’ve listed the colors I used to make this card. A few other colors were added in and linked below in the body of the post. Let me show you how this card came together.
Creating the Shaped Card Base:
I started by creating a standard A2 sized card base using 80# Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock. I’ve scored it at the top for a top folding card.
To die cut your shaped card, allow the die to hang off the folded edge then run it through your die cutting machine.
You’ll see that I have a card base that’s folded at the top. Next, I die cut a piece of 83# Lessebo Arctic Blue cardstock using the full arch shaped die and glued it to the front of the folded card base.
Creating the Card:
I die cut the balloon out of 83# Lessebo Sweet Mint card stock and colored the two thinner striped pieces using a Copic marker, in a shade darker than the card stock. I also colored the basket. The clouds and banner were cut out of Neenah Solar White card stock, I then colored the banner using a Copic marker as well. Next I glued the hot air balloon together using Tombow Mono Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue.
After assembling the card, I finished it off by cutting another banner out of 83# Lessebo Lilac card stock. I stamped the sentiment onto the lilac banner and added a few flowers, leaves and a trio of hearts.
The Finished Card:
The shaped card is now finished and I think it turned out so sweet!
To conclude, I hope you’ve enjoyed this shaped hot air balloon card! Be sure to visit the CutCardStock Facebook Page for more DT inspiration! Also join our Creating with CutCardStock Facebook Group for even more crafty inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!
Discover more from CutCardStock Blog
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
What a fun shaped card Birgit! I tend to get stuck in the same size A2 card base and need to start upping my game here! I’m loving all the tiny and colorful additions to this sweet card too! Well done my friend!! Hugs. :0)
You created the perfect shaped card for that pretty little balloon! This is such a delightful card, Birgit!
I do like shape cards and just don’t make them enough, your balloon is so pretty decorated, flying among the the clouds!
Birgit, your card is so much fun with all the pretty colors and details! The Sweet Mint is such a delicate green. I love that you popped up the balloon so it does appear to be floating in the clouds!