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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Journey

The Moxie Fab World Challenge is In My Beautiful Balloon and it intrigued me to see if I could create a hot air balloon. I decided to pair it up with the Hero Arts Monthly challenge which includes creating a masculine card.The design is based on the Card Patterns sketch #109

This was a challenge for me in more than one way as I tried to limit my ribbons, lace, flowers or fancy embellishments and create a hot air balloon. :)

The balloon is a circle with the bottom cut off and a rectangle with rounded corners. Stamp balloon using Hero Arts Antique Map and Old French Writing in a brown pigment ink. Sponge balloon using gold, light orange and brown dye inks.  The basket is a rectangle with rounded corners. Stamp basket using Hero Arts Envelope Pattern and Old French Writing in a brown pigment ink.

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz

27 comments:

Tinne said...

I LOVE how you created the balloon with just paper and some stamps!!
It looks amazing and very masculine ;)

Tracy said...

This is fantastic Suzanne! You did an awesome job on making the parts for the balloon and you couldn't have picked a better paper. Hugs!

Barb said...

So creative, Suzz! Absolutely gorgeous!

Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans said...

Very creative, fabulous masculine card and wonderful stamping. Tracy x

Monique said...

Love this Suzz.. The air balloon is just fabulous love the map paper, lace and buttons..:) Have a great day:)

Pam W Merwin said...

I love your created balloon! The colors are perfect for a masculine card and the buttons are the perfect touch! Love that map paper too - do you get the feeling I lov your card :-)

Lisa Somerville said...

Creative use of the sketch! The balloon turned out wonderfully - love the map images you used to create the balloon!

Lin said...

Oh, Sue, what a CARD!! You have the best ideas!

Valerie said...

Very creative, love it!
Val x

Sanne said...

such a fun and creative design Sue - this is super!

~amy~ said...

oh my...such a lovely mix of challenges...your card is fantastic! Thanks for playing with us at Card Patterns!

whoistracy said...

Wow, just love that big balloon and the mix of paper you used.
So glad that you could play along with us this week on Card Patterns!

Pam said...

This card is fabulous in every detail!!

Gerrie Johnnic said...

Grr-eat Balloon Sue, you amaze me with your creativity, this is FABulous!

Tracey said...

Jaw-dropping gorgeous Sue!!! WOW oh WOW!!!! Amazing details and perfect for the challenges!

Mona L. Pendleton said...

Such a neat card Suzanne! That hot air balloon looks so darn cool! I love that map stamp image! I thought it was made from patterned paper!

Barbara said...

This is such a great card! The hot air balloon is just perfect. Love it!

Linda said...

This is fabulous, Suzanne!

Tiffany said...

Wow! Now that is one cool looking balloon to me Sue! Great how you immersed the colors and design into a masculine feel!

Heather Jensen said...

You did a fab job creating a hot air balloon. I think this is a peprfect masculine card too. :)
Hugs~

Chriss Blagrave said...

How fabulous and creative! I love this card, truly!!! A perfect masculine card.

Alice Wertz said...

awww... love love your hot air balloon, Sue! fabulous card!

Shirley said...

This priceless. How rich and wonderful! On the last post I didn't mean mannequin, but it is late!! LOLOL

Lynn Stevens said...

OH MY GOSH, I LOVE LOVE LOVE this, You do such Fabulous art Suzz. I have some catching up to do again I just can't keep up with you.
Hugs Lynn

Stephanie Kraft said...

LOVE this wonderful card, Sue! Your balloon is so clever!

craftimamma said...

Fabulous creative idea and I love how you mixed the stamps. Wonderful card.

Hugs
Lesley Xx

Cath said...

Hey Suzanne! Thanks for linking this up to the In My Beautiful Balloon Challenge in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)