Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Up, Up and Away...

 Welcome to my blog today, Shopping Our Stash has a brand new challenge!! It's the Rainbow Connection. We want to see rainbows or rainbow colours on your project. When I planned my card it seemed rather easy to do but as I was working on it I knew it was going to be way too involved as I wanted to paper piece, please note....there was no paper piecing involved in the making of this card.


As the rainbow took up a fair amount of space and I wanted a dark layer I cut the base 4 inches by 8.50 inches. The card still fits in a #10 or business envelope. I started to make the background after watching a video, mine really didn't look like the video so I just blended two shades of DI ink over it and I really like the results, you can still sort of see the clouds but you can't. I used white foam core to cut the hot air balloons, I have had the die for a couple of years, and the clouds as well, The rainbow is fairly new but never been used before, it takes practice to line them up properly too. Hello was cut three times and glued together to give it dimension, which shows much better IRL.

Thanks for stopping by today and I'm looking forward to seeing your "rainbow connection" cards. Head over to the Main Blog and see the awesome rainbow themed cards the rest of the design team have made. 




7 comments:

Donna said...

Awesome!
This is just so amazing and colourful!
You rocked it!

Bunny said...

Love the rainbows and the balloons. Pretty card. [Bunny]

lauren bergold said...

oooooh i'm kinda kicking myself that my rainbow design doesn't have hot air balloons bc really they are the PERFECT pairing! ♥♥♥

Chana Malkah said...

The hot air balloons are the perfect addition to this rainbow card! Your background is perfect. Beautiful card, Barbara!
Hugz,
Chana

Mimi said...

Oh, such a beautiful, bright, cheerful and uplifting card! (No pun intended)... lol. Love this on a long card base, too. Well done!

Lindsey said...

Beautiful! I don't know what the background was supposed to be like, but this is a great hot air balloon sky.

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Barbara, when I first saw the card, I thought that background was DSP, but as I read along, I was in awe at the fact you actually created this fabulous and gorgeous sky!! simply amazing.
Love the rainbow and the hot air balloons are beautiful!!
Awesome card, teammate.
Stay healthy and safe.
XO