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Saturday, August 20, 2011

Flying high!

I am one of those people who makes cards but never seems to have cards ready for special occasions such as family birthdays!  I am horrible at making cards when they *need* to be made.  Seeing that I am a procrastinator I ran into that exact situation today.  It's my father-in-laws birthday and we're headed to his party later this afternoon but of course since I procrastinate I had to get my butt in gear this morning and make him a card.  I wanted something simple with little piecing together.  Thankfully I have the perfect machine to help me with that!





I used the print and cut feature in Silhouette Studio to make the hot air balloon.  The balloon came from Lettering Delight's Around the World graphic set.  I found the clouds in the MTC gallery.  The sentiment comes from the My Thoughts Exactly Under the Sea stamp set.  I used Tim Holtz' Tumbled Glass distress ink to stamp the sentiment.  I used the Sizzix Plaid and Snowflake embossing folder to emboss the basket of the hot air balloon.  Another super awesome tool I used was the Crop-a-dile to set the eyelets.  What would I do without all these super cool tools!?

Did I ever mention how much I adore my Silhouette?

12 comments:

CityGirl Planners

Just love it! I have the same problem, never feel like making a card when I need to.

Bee's hive

I love your balloon! I LOVE that you used print and cut, I'm so envious, I love how all the color choices are right there. The stamps are simply the best:)

just jayma

Fab card! I would be so pleased to get such a cute card! Great job.

Ruthie @ SeptemberNinth

Love this card Kasi! I am sure your FIL loved it!

What is that saying... something about how the cobblers kids never have any shoes. :)

Ruthie

Brit

That is me to a T. Love to make them, but never have one when it is needed :) Great job on this one! I bet he loved it.
Britney
www.jandmseyecandy.blogspot.com

Unknown

Such a cool card.

I have been following your blog for a while and just love your creations. I have an award for you. Stop by my blog and copy the picture and questions. Thanks for sharing all your projects :)

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Jani
Paper Compulsions

Vanessa Middleton

Love the hot air balloon and what you did with the eyelets and twine. Very cute!!! And I hear ya about the procrastination! My parents' birthdays were the 16th and I didn't even make them cards. I did buy them gifts so that's ok, right? :P

Bunnyfreak

Came from Craft Junkie link up party. Love the twine you added. Great card.

Paper Issues

Soooo fabulous! Thank you so much for sharing it with us at Paper Issues! We featured you today! http://paperissues.blogspot.com/2011/08/flying-high.html

Gretchen

sweet card!!!

Sheryl Hastings

I love that! So cute and colorful!

Jackie Rockwell

This is a really FUN card! Love how you pulled bakers twine through the eyelets!!!

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