Balloons

Is the challenge at AAA Birthdays and Seize the Birthday at the moment. It's a nice easy challenge if you want to have a go, the challenge is deciding which of your many balloon stamps to use or even a stencil or a die-cut, so many possibilities. As well Happy Little Stampers "Anything Goes for Birthdays in May". HLS are a new challenge blog to me but I really like they have multiple challenges for the whole "month" when you are as slow as me deciding what to KReate, 2 weeks is about right as I may forget too, but I do appreciate longer than a 7-day turnaround.

I decided to go with one of my oldie stamp sets that I love but I have to be honest I'm not that happy with my Copic colouring. I also decided to make a shaker card as I have too many sprinkles and my drawer is too full, shock, horror I can't fit anymore in! I may have to make a full panel shaker to use up a lot I'm thinking. I also die cut out 3 layers of my thickest white card stock to make my shaker panel, this is much easier than using thin foam strips.

Copics used (darkest >> lightest):

Bear body: E59/57/33/53

Bear muzzle: E53/51; R20; W5

Pink balloon:RV29/14/11 quite a lot of tip to tip marker colouring to get it to blend

Pink ribbon: RV14

Pink present: RV14/13/11

Supply List:

Stamps: Beary Special Birthday (MFT and it's matching die)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Early Espresso (SU!)

Paper: Ballet Slipper (LF), Guava (LF), Stamp Market DSP (LF), Xpress IT blending card stock

Dies: Scallop circles (PPP), Nesting circles (WF)

Sprinkles: Strawberry shortcake clay confetti (PPP), Sprinkles embellishments (SU!), Stars glitter (Studio Katia)

Challenges: AAA Birthday #49 , Seize the birthday #260, HLS May Birthday Challenge

EDITED 15/6/23: I made the Top 3 :)

✿ Karen ✿