One of my stamping goals each month is to enter My Favorite Things Outside the Box Challenge if I have the appropriate stamps. This month the theme was balloons, and yes, I have the right stamps. I started the card over a week ago, and then got busy, so here I am posting my entry at the last minute again. This card is for my granddaughter, Maddy, who will be six years old in July.
I started by stamping and coloring four sets of the "Balloon Bundle" by MFT as well as the cute little girl holding the cupcake and a couple of gifts from the "Sweet Birthday Wishes" set. I have the dies for the balloon bundle, but fussy cut the little girl and the gifts. Next, I die cut the pieces to create the "Outside the Box Level Up," die cutting the decorative stitched insets for the outside of the box from a piece of patterned paper from the "Birthday Brights" paper pad (also by MFT.)
Deciding where to attach all the pieces takes me longer, and this time I used some clear acetate to stabilize the balloon bundles as well as the little girl since I wanted her shoes to show. The sentiment is also a die cut from the "Box Card Greetings" die. In the next photo, you can see that the card folds flat so it can be mailed. Typically it would fit in a standard envelope, but in fact, the way I attached the balloons, the ones in the back extend above the top of the box just enough that it will require a slightly larger envelope. This one isn't going through the mail in any case.
I do enjoy putting these together, and hopefully Maddy will enjoy it as well!
