Hallo - Hello

Hi there,

I would like to show you this colorful card over on the Karten-Kunst Blog:

• when I saw Jennifer McGuire's wonderful balloon card, I knew I had to re-create it and here is how I did it
• cut out the Karten-Kunst Große Texte Hallo from black cardstock and run this die-cut through your ScanNCut, choose to cut a frame around the sentiment, remove the die cut and place a piece of watercolor paper on the cutting mat and press cut
• cut out a stitched rectangle around this frame cut and place it in the center
• use a balloon die (I chose one from the Lawn Fawn Party Balloons set) and cut it from a piece of acetate to create your own DIY stencil
• apply several colors of Distress Ink (Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalde, Festive Berries, Lucky Clover, Salty Ocean, Shaded Lilac) through your stencil with a Mini Ink Blending Tool until the whole panel is filled with colorful balloons
• use a black Pitt Artist Pen and a rule to draw in the balloon strings
• cover the black sentiment with several layers of clear embossing powder
• cut a slightly larger stitched panel from grey cardstock and cover the area that would be behind the frame cut with double-sided adhesive
• glue a sequin background onto the grey panel
• lay a piece of acetate behind the frame cut and put the layers together - now all the sparkling sequins will show through the frame cut
• use Glossy Accents to glue the sentiment into the frame 
• as a final step adhere all the layers to a white cardbase

Leave a little sparkle wherever you go.

Yours,