Sweet Air...

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Taylor is back with a new Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge (#74), and I love this week's sketch. Of late, I have had a strange obsession with hot air balloons, which is funny because I am deathly afraid of heights and would never take a ride in one! For this card, I decided to make a birthday balloon from one of Taylor's cupcake images, a bitty piece of a Verve stamp, paper, and some embroidery thread. I love this DCWV Designer Paper - it made me think it was raining cupcakes...now that would be a sweet ride!
BEAN NOTES: Taylored Expressions For the Love of Cupcakes, Verve Up, Up & Away, and Papertrey Ink Borders & Corners Circles Stamps; Memento Rich Cocoa Ink; SU Close to Cocoa Classic Dye Ink; SU Stampin' Write Markers (Really Rust, Bashful Blue); Basic Grey Offbeat Designer Paper; DCWV Sweet Stack Designer Mat Paper; Dark Brown Metallic Cardstock (generic); SU Really Rust, Bashful Blue, Riding Hood Red and Whisper White Cardstock; Nestabilities Classic Rectangle Die; Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder; Big Shot; Paper Shapers 1-3/8" Circle and 1-1/2" Scallop Punches; Foam Dimensional Squares (Generic); Ranger Crackle Accents
HAPPY BEANS: Martha Stewart Crystal Fine Glitter; Brown Embroidery Thread (generic)