15 February 2012

MCT Sneak Peek #3: Birthday Balloons

by Veronica

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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Please stop by again tomorrow and join me for the My Creative Time 14th Release Blog Hop!

I hope you were inspired!

-Veronica

54 comments :

  1. Love this birthday card. Great colors. Love your creativity with the stamp.

    Tina
    aurathentic@gmail.com

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  2. What a fun card! So creative to think to use the eggs upside down for balloons. Thanks for sharing.


    Danielle
    leeceratops@comcast.net

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  3. OMG great idea with the eggs and SUPER cute card!!:)

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  4. Love Love Love the balloons.

    craftmethis@gmail.com

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  5. Love the idea of making the eggs balloons ... Way too cute!

    Don't wait to get hat golden doodle ... We have one and she is the sweetest and best dog ever :)

    Pruttybird at comcast dot net

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  6. Wow at first glance I thought you had forgot to use a set from the new release and then I realized that the balloons where the egg dies, very creative, thanks for sharing how these can be used for things other then easter!!
    kristan

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  7. So cute and so creative!! I love your card!

    Tracy
    http://scrappininthewoods.blogspot.

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  8. LOVE this card!! So very creative and a great use for the new dies and stamps!
    TFS
    jessica
    chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com
    eschfamily@yahoo.com

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  9. Veronica, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this card! How clever of you to turn the eggs into balloons! The colors just pop off of this card! So adorable!!!

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  10. Soooo creative, awesome card Veronica!!! Love and Hugs, Cathryn :)

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  11. You rock Veronica! Oh my...i love how you used the egg die!! Such an inspiration!! :)

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  12. This is awesome perfect for a first birthday card!!!! antdoda@aol.com

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  13. what a great idea!!! very cute!!!

    rosiemini@gmail.com
    www.scraplovingminis.blogspot.com

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  14. You never fail to amaze me. I love how you used the egg dies and made balloons. Great idea. Happy Birthday to your little nephew. He will love this.

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  15. veronica, this is amazing!!! love what you did with the eggs!

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  16. Veronica - love this card, very creative using the egg die for the balloons! Amazing job. Thank you for sharing

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  17. how neat! you really show how the egg dies can be so versatile!

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  18. Super cute card! I love what you did with egg die!
    Kelly bloss4@sbcglobal.net

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  19. Wow! What a fabulous idea! You rock, Veronica. :) Great job!!!

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  20. Very clever use of the stamps and dies.

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  21. What a fun and creative card!! Love how you have used the dies and stamps to create balloons......fab idea!!

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  22. Cute! Love that you used the stamps on a birthday card.
    candyyoung826 at msn dot com

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  23. Super cute card...very creative with the stamps and dies!!
    croptilludrop23@gmail.com

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  24. Super cute!! Love the creative way you used these dies!!!

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  25. Way to think out of the box!! Love that you turned the eggs into balloons!!! They look fantastic!!! Awesome card! TFS
    hugs,
    joni

    arcocha at yahoo dot com

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  26. Love your Card! So Creative! Super Cute! :0)
    cindymarshall63 at hotmail dot com
    cindys-greencricut.blogspot.com

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  27. Love how you did something "unexpected" with the die. I always forget to think outside of the box! Going to "pin" this card for future inspiration!

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  28. I love how how you always think out of the box! great idea!!

    super cute bday card :)

    Micia
    yellowbirdcreation@gmail.com

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  29. Never thought to use eggs as balloons - great idea! Very inspiring!

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  30. Wow very creative, love your work.

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  31. Very creative and cute! Thanks for the great tip:)

    Peace, Love & Cricut Hug's!
    Monica L.

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  32. OMG looooove this idea!!! So many ways to use Emma's dies!! hugs

    Nancy

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  33. So pretty! I love the balloons! lclass003atgmaildotcom

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  34. You are so talented. This is great. Beautiful card.

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  35. I love what you did with egg die!:P

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  36. OMG, how cute is this? Turning those eggs upside down is fantastic!

    mimi2trentdrew.blogspot.com
    cbarwick@comcast.net

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  37. Very creative use of the dies. TFS
    Evelyn
    evl14512@gmail.com

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  38. FABULOUS I love your card great job turning the eggs into balloons :)

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  39. How Super Duper Clever. Love how you showcased these dies. Brilliant! Smooches... Felicia - frankleecrafts [at] gmail [dot] com

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  40. This is so adorable. Love the balloons.

    Gabriela

    gaby@hispaniclifestyle.com

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  41. Very clever making the balloons out of the eggs. I also have no Easter cards to send out and now you convinced me I can get the eggs and stamps and use them in other ways.
    quilt 4 fun 2 at hot mail dot com

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  42. Simply adorable birthday card! Love how you changed up the egg cuts that's what makes all these pieces (Dies) so fun to have!

    Have a charged battery in your camera for the party!
    Debbie H.

    niteowlis at clear dot net

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  43. What an excellent use for the egg dies.

    Sew Sweet N Crafty
    SewSweetNCrafty.blogspot.com

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  44. Veronica ~ Your card is simple, clean and simply CLEVER! OMG ~ I would have never thought of that EVER! I am so lifting this idea! I LOVE it and so will your nephew! Brilliant!Fabulous job!

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  45. Super cute and super creative!! :)
    Lori
    got2bcrafting at gmail dot com

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  46. OMGosh, how cute these eggs are as balloons!!! Love, love this idea!! Your card is too cute and clever!!
    bsl60 at embarqmail dot com

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  47. Love the versatility of the eggs used as balloons. Very creative. Love the card. Thanks for sharing.

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  48. Hi, great pics of balloons, i love red balloons the most. They can be spotted easily from afar. Balloons can make one happy.Valentines BalloonsThank you.

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  49. Such a cute card! I too have many nieces and nephews and this is a perfect size to allow for "hangers" without having to make a special envelops! Thanks for sharing...
    Tanya T
    tanya.thompson53@gmail.com

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  50. What an awesome idea to use the eggs as balloons! I came here from Everyday Cricut and am so happy to be a new follower of your blog. I've already learned several tricks from your posts! Awesome! Thanks so much.

    XO ~ Amy Jo (new follower)
    amyjrockstar at gmail dot com
    http://lv2scrapandfibrofacts.blogspot.com

    P.S. I don't have kids either. Just three dogs and a fish. LOL ;)

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