Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Dies R Us ~ Up Up And Away!

Good morning ~ It's my turn over at the Dies R Us Inspiration Blog today. 
 Masculine cards can be challenging for me so when I saw the Hot Air Balloons from Elizabeth Craft Designs, I just knew this would be perfect for a masculine card.

I started by cutting a Lawn Fawn Puffy Cloud die out of a piece of scrap paper and using it as a stencil to create the sky scene using distress ink and a blending tool.

Next, I cut two mountain ranges using Impression Obsession Mountain Landscape Layers and layered them over the cloud background.

I cut the Elizabeth Craft Designs Hot Air Balloons out of Soft Finish Cardstock and added color using distress inks and a blending tool and assembled the balloons.  I used a computer generated sentiment and cut it using an Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Fishtail Banner and finished the card off.  



Here's a list of products I used that can be found at Dies R Us
Elizabeth Craft Designs - Hot Air Balloons  Lawn Fawn - Puffy Cloud Borders Die Impression Obsession - Dies - Mountain Landscape Layers  Elizabeth Craft Designs - Dies - Stitched Fishtail Banners

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings~ Birgit


10 comments:

Unknown said...

What a beautiful and serene scene! This is a beautiful card. Those hot Air Balloons are majestic! Love this!

Marcia Hill said...

What a cool masculine card Birgit! I struggle with those too, but this is perfect! Love the whole little scene you created with your sky, mountains and fun hot air balloons! FABULOUS card my friend!! :0)

Nancy Penir said...

Wonderful man card, Brigit! Totally anyone's card! The sky is lovely, and it makes me want to sail away!

Lisa Elton said...

Love your pretty clouds, this is fantastic Birgit!

Linda said...

This is just so fun. Awesome background of clouds, Birgit.

Colleen said...

You are amazing!! I love how you made those awesome clouds and the mountains are stunning!! You really nailed it with those two big hot air balloons! Fantastic masculine card, Birgit!

Sharron said...

Wow, your clouds are amazing! And I love the mountain dies cuts, such an awesome scene for your fun balloons!

Kara Lynne said...

Beautiful, Birgit! Those hot air balloons are so detailed and I love the realistic mountain silhouettes!

Janice said...

I love your hot air balloon card Birgit! Such a clever idea to make the sky detail too. Gorgeous colours and it would be perfect for so many occasions, male or female. Thank you for the ideas :-)

Darnell said...

You've created a great scene with your clouds and balloons and mountains, Birgit! Thank you so much for the step-by-step!! Hugs, Darnell