Balloon Arch Birthday Card

I know it’s been a long while since I’ve posted.  I guess I’ve just lost the motivation for posting on social media. I’m still creating, just not sharing online. Today I thought I’d take some time and create a post, but I’m not going to promise to be more regular in my posting. I know that most people don’t bother looking at blogs anymore, and the social media algorithms are such that I rarely even get to see card posts from the crafters I follow. It’s time consuming to get everything uploaded and shared, and then hardly anyone sees the post … 

Anyhow, this was a fun card to make - it was for our DIL’s birthday. I had a play with Karen Burniston’s Arch Pop-Up die set, as well as older papers etc from my stash. While the die set comes with balloon dies - I chose to use an older SU punch and also added some small cut aparts to decorate the arch. The card is 5x7” and was hand delivered.

One more look at the card front - I added some Nuvo Drops for some sparkle and the patterned paper has pearl foiled bits as well.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Confetti, DCWV (old, from my stash)

5x7” Card and envelope

Pops of Color, Scrapbook.com

Arch Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Balloon punch - Stampin’ Up

Stitched Scallop Rectangle Dies - Unknown

Labels Crosshatch, Karen Burniston

Inside Out Birthday - Catherine Pooler

Gold adhesive gems - Spellbinders

White and Iridescent adhesive gems - Honey Bee