Even though I had loads of handmade cards in my stash, the request was for a One Year Birthday card that had some jungle Animals on it. Well there is a Giraffe & Elephant in the Hot Air Balloon Fest Stamp + Thin Cuts set & well the bunny is just a cute addition.

I used the Dragonfly Wishes Stamp + Thin Cuts + Stencil Background Card Front thin cut die to create my background, I thought with it on the blue background, it looked a bit like wind swirls. I used the Floating By Stamp + Thin Cuts + Stencil Background Card Front thin cut die off cuts of the clouds so that I had a bunch of clouds ready to use.
The Hot Air Balloon Fest Stamp + Thin Cuts was stamped directly onto the background as well as onto the marbled purple paper from the Life’s a Hoot Paper Packet & onto some white daisy.
I ended up fussing cutting the top of the balloon & the basket to do the paper piecing as I wanted the hot air balloon strings to appear on the blue sky.
The critters were coloured in using TriBlend™ Markers & I added some marker colour detail to the balloon & basket. I finished off with the Happy Birthday banner across the balloon.
What how the card came together over on Tik Tok
Here is another idea using the Hot Air Balloon Fest Stamp + Thin Cuts set that is also super cute.

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Til next time, see you soon & keep creating!
Maz







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