DT: Creative knockouts:

Hello again!

Today’s blog is another Design team contribution for Creative Knockouts where the challenge is Birthday Wishes. Now as I make a lot of birthday cards this really doesn’t count as a challenge!

However we were gifted this image from The Paper Shelter and as it came as a pre coloured image, black and white image and a background panel coloured my challenge was how to use it!

The excellent news was as it is so cute you don’t need to do much – especially if you decide your colouring couldn’t possibly be better than the pre coloured version!

So I printed out the background and the image in colour. Cut out the image including the three free floating balloons and added them to the background with a bit of dimension using pinflair glue gel. I also added gold thread to the balloons and some wink of Stella to both the balloons and gifts to give them a touch of sparkle.

I decided to add to the balloon theme using the waffle flower balloon builder stencils on the background card panel. I used teal and green ink for this to keep in with the colours on the image and background.

I also added little white highlights to the balloons to keep them looking dimensional.

I finished off the card with the heat embossed sentiment which I fussy cut and the pink puffy sticker hearts I found in the stash which I thought went well with the cutesy image!

Happy crafting!

Catherine