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Every blue moon, I get an idea that excites me! Today…there’s a blue moon!
Today’s card is uber simple with one feature that I think is one of my more noteworthy discoveries
(now, I could be totally wrong about this – but just humor me 🙂
First – here’s the card
See that vase – well, I made it with the Papertrey Ink Up, Up & Away air balloon die!
I just flipped it over and cut away some of the balloon top, to give my vase a flat bottom!
I don’t know about you, but this discovery made me SO excited!
(Maybe I need to get out more, huh?)
To finish off this project, I made a simple lined envelope and even used this technique to add a fun address box to the front of the card.
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Supplies (All Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted)
Card:
Stamps: Flower Fusion, Background Basics: Retro
Paper: Stampers Select, Hawaiian Shores (for vase), Harvest Gold (for flower)
Ink: Vivid Dye Ink (green, fuchsia, black)
Other: Beautiful Blooms #1 die, Up, Up & Away die
Envelope:
Stamps: Mat Stack #1 Collection (for address lines), Fillable Frames #5
Liner: 2008 Bitty Dots patterned paper
Oh my gosh! That card is just so darn cute! LOVE it!!!
Your vase idea is brilliant! Sweet card and envelope.
That card is super cute! I flipped when I discovered the vase in the balloon too. I even wrote an article on it a few months back for Scrap & Stamp Arts mag. I love it when you find new uses for stuff. 🙂 Your address lable tut is great too. Love it! Love it ALL!
HAHA! Well so much for me thinking this idea was original! Ah well – I still love the idea!
Great card. Love all the color and your clever use of the die.
TFS
Ang
Your card is so Spring appropriate!
EEK I love it! So clever to use my very fav stamp set of the moment like this. Don’t you just love Flower Fusion!
Brilliant, Amber! Love the idea, love the bright and cheery card!
Luv it! Simple yet full of color and style. Great card.
Amazing card! I can’t believe that’s the balloon – you go girl 🙂 You amaze me.
I’m kind of a physics geek, and blue moon is the name for the 2nd full moon in one month (we had one on new year’s eve – they happen about every 2.7 years). Tonight is a perigee moon though! – closest in it’s orbit to the center of Earth. So there’s sure to be some good tides!
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Beautiful card, Amber! I love how you used the die…so creative! And I love the bright colors. Amazing card!
Wow!!! So clever! I have Up, Up & Away dies – may need to give this a try. I love the colors as well. Did you use the A2 envelope liner die?
What a darling Blue Moon special. This is so pretty and totally stamped to perfection. Fantastic die work. Clever bee.
Amber this is gorgeous! I don’t hink you need a blue moon to have a fabulous idea strike you though. 🙂
LOVE the balloon as a vase. Genius!