Saturday, July 14, 2012

Happy Birthday w/pop-up balloon

While perusing one of the many wonderful craft blogs I follow, I found a cute, cute, cute idea at Clearly iStamp.  It is called Honeycomb Pop Ups and Lisa gives a great tutorial.  I was already planning to make a birthday card and thought this would be a fun addition to it!  I tend to make more pretty and girly birthday cards, so am trying to make some that are more masculine or at least generic.  This would work for a boy, I think.

Challenges...
Cards for men challenge 14 - Happy Birthday
Freshly Made Sketches #43 - sketch
Meljens Designs Challenge #118 - Happy Birthday (must use Meljens image)
Celebrate the Occasion #70 - Happy Birthday

Here is a close-up of the balloon... Click HERE to go to the tutorial.

~Kraft and Bazzill cardstock
~Meljens Happy Birthday digi
~MM number tape
~Distressed Stripes embossing folder
~Copic and Prismacolor markers

Thanks for stopping by!!

21 comments:

Peanut said...

What a cheerful boy card! The pop-up balloon idea is genius. I am very tempted to give it a go... Thanks for the inspiration, Debbie.

Anne-Marie said...

Cute, or what! I keep meaning to try something like this, but always end up in a rush, so don't.....ha!
Great result....a very happy creation!

Adrian said...

So cute, love balloon!! Thanks for playing @ CTO!

ScrappyHappyMommy said...

A great boy card! Love that balloon!

Lisa said...

What an awesome card!! The balloon is fabulous :)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts

Michelle B. said...

What a fab birthday card! Brilliant balloon too! So glad you joined us for our Happy Birthday challenge at Cards for Men!

Tonya said...

Great card. I love the image and embossing. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Celebrate The Occasion!

Tonya
CTO DT

Jennifer said...

Debbie, this is a wonderful card! absolutely fantastic balloon!

Unknown said...

Fantastic joyful card. The balloon is really eye-catching. Thank you for joining us at the Celebrate the Occasion challenge and hope to see you back again. Hugs
Anna xxx

Jessi Fogan said...

Oh cool! Love this idea :) I often say that I can make cards for little boys & old men, but the guys in between are out of luck ;) Love that number tape too!

BugBites said...

Great card. love the 3-d balloon, very cool. TFS with us at CTO this week.

Rachel said...

Fab card! Love your pop up balloon!

Thanks for joining us at Celebrate the Occasion this week, Rachel xxx

nancyparker55 said...

Debbie, What a fun card & what a great idea, using that pop up balloon. Thanks for playing along with us this week at Meljen's Designs.

Sprytebyrd said...

What a fun card, Debbie! Love the pop up balloon, it really makes the card! Great job! Thanks for sharing it with us at Meljen's Designs - Good Luck!
Hugs, Dee (Meljen's Team Coordinator)

Jen Sannes said...

That 3-D balloon is the coolest! Thanks for playing along with this week's sketch!

Glenda Atkins said...

Super boy card and I love your pop up balloon!
hugs
glenda

Ann Schach said...

So bright and cheery! I love the 3D balloon! Thanks for playing at Freshly Made Sketches!

Jen Timko said...

That balloon really is cool! Glad you joined us this week at FMS!

Melissa Craig said...

What a clever idea for the balloon! I like that, I'll have to remember that to use sometime.

Lucianna Dilsaver said...

Love the dimension on the balloon, such a fun card! Thanks for joining us this week @ CTO for our "Happy Birthday" Challenge :)

Notes by Nina said...

Very cute card, love the cheerful colours and the balloon is fantastic.