Saturday, July 18, 2009

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)


5 comments:

Tamara said...

This card is so beautiful. It was really clever to use the cupcake on the hot air balloon.

Tenia Nelson said...

Love this card, Regina!!! tfs!!

Angela Knopf said...

HOLY SMOKES! This card is so stinkin' cute!! I LOVE the hot air cupcake. Gorgeous!

Marge said...

Adorable card; clever idea!!! ;-)

cheryl (clee') said...

Your hot air balloon is totally original and great! (I've been up in one once and it's wonderful - when it lifted off, it was so gentle we didn't even know we were in the air - not like flying at all. But if you're afraid of heights you probably still wouldn't like it).