This easy card was fun to make and was so quick. My friend gave me the Spellbinders Advent Christmas set for Christmas, and it was so much fun. I got to open a spot every day and it had dies, stencils, embellishments and stamps. This hot air balloon die set was one of the first days I got so wanted to get to use it. Then using it with some of the beautiful paper from Stampin’ Ups Thoughtful Journey designer series paper pack was just a perfect combination.
To create this card, you just need a few things:
- Fresh Freesia card stock
- Petunia Pop card stock
- White card stock
- Thoughtful Journey designer series paper from Stampin’ Up
- Hot Air Balloon dies from Spellbinders
- Fresh Freesia ink
- Thin twine
- Paper trimmer
- Corner Rounder
- Adhesive of choice
- Pop-Dots
Take your Fresh Freesia card stock and cut a piece to 5 ½ x 8 ½” and fold in half to 4 ¼” x 5 1/2” for your card base. If you have a corner rounder that will cut through two layers then round the corners, if you don’t then you can skip that step through out the instructions. Find a piece of designer series paper from the Thoughtful Journey pack that has some good sky for your hot air balloon and matches the Fresh Freesia. I used the piece with the pine trees as I thought it added a bit of depth, but there was another piece as well that had more sky over a lake that would also work. Cut this to 4” x 5 ¼” and round the corners
With some scraps of Petunia Pop card stock and your hot air balloon dies, cut the background balloon, the banner and the Hello banner (which came with the hot air balloon dies). With a scrap of a tan or brown cut the basket and with some scraps of Fresh Freesia cut the three stripes for the balloon. Adhere the three stripes to the balloon and then add the banner. Take two pieces of twine and adhere to the basket and then to the balloon to show the basket floating below the balloon.
Take your Fresh Freesia card base and your Thoughtful Journey paper and adhere to the front of the card base. Then add pop dots to the back of your balloon and basket and adhere to the front of your card. Then I cut to small pieces of a pop dot and added to the back of the Hello banner and adhered to the bottom right of the card.
For the inside of your card, cut a piece of white card stock to 4” x 5 ¼” and round the corners. Take the leftover piece of your Thoughtful Journey paper and cut a piece to 1 ¾” x 5” and round the two corners to the left and adhere to the left of the inside of your card. Take the Mixed Labels stamp set and your Fresh Freesia ink and stamp the “just a note to let you know you’re on my mind” to the upper right of the white portion.
Adhere your white piece to the inside of your card.
That is all there is to making this cute hello card to let someone know you are thinking of them.
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