Saturday, 6 October 2012

World Card Making Day!

Today is World Card Making Day and to honour it, I have made a card - something I've got out of the habit of a little.

I started by playing with the Tim Holtz's hot air balloon which I stamped on Clearly for Art and heated it to allow me to curve it to get the inflated balloon shape. I was inspired by a tag I saw on Gayle's blog yesterday which sparked this idea.


I took an old book page which I covered in Paperartsy Fresco paint (mermaid and claret) and then added some puff paint to create some clouds over a Stampscapes cloud space stamp

The base card is stamped with a hot air balloon scene by Rubber Stamp Craft which I have had forever

I fixed the CFA balloon to the book page with glossy accents, re-heating it very gently to allow me to bend and push the edges to the paper.

I am entering this to Crafty Boots and Paperartsy World Card Making Day competitions.
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20 comments:

  1. Kay6 October 2012 at 14:49

    Great card Helen, I love it!

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  2. Jacqui Chimes6 October 2012 at 15:57

    Brilliant card

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  3. Miriam6 October 2012 at 16:26

    fabulous! Love it!

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  4. Sunshine Girl6 October 2012 at 16:28

    Oooh this is great - I have yet to play with Clearly for Art but it looks fun!

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  5. gayle6 October 2012 at 16:30

    Love that stamp! ;)
    Looks great Helen, really good idea to use the Clearly for Art :) x

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  6. Gillian ....6 October 2012 at 17:00

    Ooo this is fab Helen, I have lots of PA goodies that I need to be playing with. x

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  7. Gabrielle6 October 2012 at 17:27

    Flip me lady! Love this! You are so clever... yours, as ever in awe... x

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  8. Carmen 6 October 2012 at 18:34

    This is gorgeous! The texture on it is just so yum! You are making me think more and more that I need to try these Fresco paints...

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  9. PaperArtsy6 October 2012 at 18:36

    How clever are you!! Puff paint clouds! Well jell!!

    leandra xx

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  10. Lori6 October 2012 at 19:37

    Coolio! Love the balloon on CFA, and that background is fab! Have a great weekend!

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  11. Words and Pictures6 October 2012 at 19:38

    Wow - fabulous texture and technique on this! Happy WCMD!
    Alison x

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  12. Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans6 October 2012 at 19:56

    Love how you used clearly for art for the balloon Helen, gives great dimension and movement to your card. Love the use of book pages too. Tracy x

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  13. Kate Yetter6 October 2012 at 20:46

    Very cool! Love that balloon!

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  14. Astrid Maclean6 October 2012 at 22:07

    Wow, great card, love what you did with the CFA, very clever!

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  15. flutterbycrafter7 October 2012 at 13:24

    Great card & a wonderful idea to use clearly for art for the balloon xx

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  16. Kaz 7 October 2012 at 14:16

    Helen this is fabulous love the balloon x

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  17. Alexandra7 October 2012 at 21:26

    Great card helen. I love the balloon.

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  18. sam21ski7 October 2012 at 22:00

    Great card Helen, picked up my first set of Fresco paints yesterday from Leandra!!!

    Sam xxx

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  19. Alison9 October 2012 at 20:02

    It looks amazing Helen! Fab card! x

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  20. Sarah Anderson10 October 2012 at 18:11

    love that hot air balloon, very steampunky!

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