
It’s our last Thursday Create post for April! I just can’t believe how fast time moves. We have a bright color challenge this week and I’ve chosen Arched Wishes to create a bright and festive birthday card.
First the Challenge:

And next, my card:

Nothing says happy birthday like a balloon bouquet! These balloons are part of the Arched Wishes Stamp Set. I stamped them first on a Basic White panel, masking them off to create a bouquet. Then I stamped them again on the various colored DSP to follow the challenge, fussy cut them out, and paper pieced them into the stamped images on the white panel.

I cropped the bouquet out with Everyday Arches Dies, then cropped another larger arch from Melon Mambo to layer behind it.

To the Summer Splash card base, I glued a 5-1/4″x 4″ piece of Summer Splash DSP from Unbounded Beauty.
The arches are adhered with Dimensionals. “Happy Birthday” is on a white banner and up on Dimensionals.
The final touch is a trio of 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Gems, again in Summer Splash.
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LOVE LOVE LOVE the card!!! BEAUTIFUL!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this card. The paper piecing and masking set up are just great.
I am still waiting for the arches to come back in stock; I didn’t get that bundle when it first was on preorder and I have been kicking myself since!
Thanks for sharing your creative eye.
Thanks so much, Linda! Hopefully these dies will be back soon!