MCT Sneak Peek #3: Birthday Balloons

The Hubs and I don't have any kids yet. In fact, we don't plan on starting our family for a few years. We have our kitty, Harley, and will one day get the precious Golden Doodle I've been pining for. But when it comes to kids, we've got time and plenty of nieces and nephews to play with, spoil, and deliver back to their respective parents.

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Our youngest nephew, Max (ninth in line in the niece/nephew department), will celebrate his 1st birthday next week. I have the privilege of not only being his (favorite) *giggle* Aunt, but also his Godmother. For his card, I designed a little 'outside of the box'.

The 'balloons' on this card were cut using the Layering Egg Dies from the new MCT stamp set, Hello Spring (available this Thursday). I embossed the balloons with stamps from the same set and added some rhinestones for a little extra sparkle.

Tip: MCT stamps are quite pliable. You can create new 'shapes' of your stamps by sticking them onto your acrylic blocks differently. On this card, I took the straight stripes stamp and 'waved' it on my block to get the fun wavy lines on the teal balloon.

I faux-stitched the green card base for some added texture and popped the balloons, sentiment and number up for dimension. The number "1" was cut using the Mickey Font cartridge on my Cricut. The sentiment (MCT's Wow! So Many Candles) was embossed in white to really stand out.

The size of this card (4-1/8" square) allowed for the sentiment and balloons to 'hang over' the edge while still fitting in a standard A2 sized envelope.


Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!
With all of our Sneak Peek weeks, Emma likes to do some FUN giveaways!

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I hope you were inspired!

-Veronica