Saturday, May 29, 2010

Balloon Cards

Happy Saturday everyone!! I'm on vacation and it's awesome. It's only a 3-day weekend vacation, but it sure puts a smile on my face having an extra day to play. Whee! We are having friends over this afternoon for a BBQ and the weather is wonderful right now. My kids are already bugging me about filling up water balloons!!

Speaking of balloons, I made these cards for a challenge over at Croppin' Paradise to make 2 similar cards using different sentiments.



I used the Man of the House papers by Bella Blvd and the Button Bit stamp set from Papertrey Ink. The sentiments are also from the same stamp set.


I cut the ballons with my Indie Art Cricut cartridge and added some stickles. Just to bling it up a bit!!



I think the sentiments are perfect for sending a card to someone you haven't seen in a while. I can think of a few people who will be getting these cards!!

I hope you are enjoying your Memorial Day weekend. Any big plans??? As long as the weather is nice for us, we will be spending it outside, BBQing, testing out my new cocktail recipe book and hopefully hitting the beach! Have a GREAT weekend everyone!

12 comments:

Create With Joy said...

Lovely cards Mara - enjoy your weekend!

Hugs
Ramona
http://create-with-joy.blogspot.com

Mona Pendleton said...

What fun cards Mara! Hope you enjoy your vacation & BBQ with friends :)

Angie said...

what beautiful cards. have a great weekend. and a wonderful vacation

IamDerby said...

Hi Mara! These are gorgeous, great paper!

Joni M said...

Wonderful cards, Mara!
Happy Weekend to you and your family!

Michelle Whitlow said...

Cute cards!! Btw, thanks for all of your sweet comments on my blog :)

Michelle said...

Very cute cards. I love the balloons. I just ordered a hot air balloon stamp. Hope you have a great 3 day weekend!

Mariah said...

Great cards...love the torn look on the bottom!

B said...

Fun colors and love the torn paper on the bottom!

Lora Oliver said...

So adorable, Mara!!! I am all over the hot air balloons right now. Hope your vacation was fabulous!

Rebecca Keppel said...

I love the cards. The balloons are super cute. I just bought a Studio Calico hot air balloon stamp and you have me itching to use it :)

Dana said...

These are fantastic Mara! I adore the PP you used on them...so perfect for the look. I'm so jealous that you hit the beach for the holiday weekend...We made do with a slip-n-slide in the backyard...LOL!