BALLOONS & ARCHES

Today's card is an accordion Fun Fold made with the Everyday Arches Dies and the Arched Wishes Stamp Set.

I love, love, love the balloon stamp in this stamp set!  I've had stamp sets before that had balloon stamps, but I feel like Goldilocks.  Some are too small.  Some are too big.  But these balloons are the perfect size!  They are large enough to use them singly, but small enough to create  balloon bouquets!

The balloons on this card were made with the 24 - 26 In-Color Glimmer Paper and were created using the Embossing on Glimmer Paper Technique.  Yes, you can emboss images on Glimmer Paper, and it is so beautiful.  Watch this short Learning with Friends Video if you want to learn some tips for embossing on glimmer paper.

This card is an accordion Fun Fold.  I used the Everyday Skies Designer Series Paper (DSP) to decorate two of the arches and then used some more of the fun Arched Wishes stamps to decorate the third arch.

 I'm hoping this card will make someone smile for their birthday.  

There are probably several different ways to make an accordion card with these arches.  I took the easy way and just made a longer "shorter" card base and then adhered the bottom portion of the arched panel assemblies to it.  If you would like to try my method, use this link to download a tutorial with all my cutting and scoring dimensions.

If I were to make it again I would probably make some small tweaks to the width between each of the folds on the base card.  The width of my panels on the base card are a smidgen wider than the largest die in the Everyday Arches dies.  Making the distance between each of the scorelines a little narrower may be better, but this works just fine.

Here is a little closer view of the glimmer balloons.  They are so sparkly!  

For the message layer, I stamped the streamers and some confetti in the same colors as the balloons.

Does anyone remember the colored strips of crepe paper that we used in the "olden days" to decorate with for parties or sometimes in our classrooms at school?  It was stretchy and we would twist it and then drape it around the room.  These decorative stamps remind me of those streamers.  We definitely used those streamers more than we ever used confetti!  I suspect the janitor didn't want to clean up confetti!

Below is a list of the products that I used to create today's card.

Product List

Arched Wishes Cling Stamp Set (English) [165428]	Everyday Arches Dies [164629]	Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146982]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]
Everyday Skies 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [164622]	2024–2026 In Color™ Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [163771]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Peach Pie Classic Stampin Pad [163810]
Summer Splash Classic Stampin Pad [163809]	Pretty In Pink Classic Stampin Pad [163807]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [165679]
Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053]	Embossing Additions Tool Kit [159971]	Balmy Blue/White 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Variegated Ribbon [160448]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

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