New Stash Alert!!

I treated myself to some lovely new stash with Christmas money and couldn't wait to play with it!  This is what I came up with.

The image is from Bugaboo and has been coloured with Promarkers to match my lush new papers.  They're the new Spots and Stripes Capsule Collection from Papermania, I just love the soft pastel colours.  The ribbons and buttons are from the same range too, you get a big bag of ribbon in the latest Docrafts goody bag which is filled with the most gorgeous stuff, I think it's the best goody bag they've done for ages, well worth £15.  The matching buttons are a bit of a bargain too, you get a mahoosive and I mean mahoosive bag for just £3.  The flowers were made with my old faithful Nellie Snellen punches and the leafy flourishes were made with a Spellbinders die.  A few blue gems in two corners are the final touches.

 I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
CI Paints - anything goes
Card Crafter's Circle - #55 - anything goes
Paper Play - #51+#52 - out with the old, in with the new, I used new stash
Aud Sentiments - any sentiment
Moving Along With The Times - thank you
Jellypark - old and new, new - papers, buttons, ribbon, old - punches, dies, Promarkers
Sassy Studios - #157 - thank you

Shabby Birdhouse

I've been at the Craftwork Cards Bohemian stuff again!  I had a blast making this birdhouse card, embellishing away to my heart's content!

I covered the shaped blank with patterned paper, inside and out and added some detail to the eaves, base and doorway with some beige textured pear card.  The little die cut birds were embossed with a music score embossing folder, then inked with Perfect Medium and heat embossed with Aged Rose Stampendous embossing enamel for a shabby chic look.  I then gave them pearl eyes and pretty pink tail feathers.  The flowers were made with punches and dies from patterned paper, I edged all the petals with a gold Promarker to pick out the flecks of gold in the embossing enamel.  I layered a die cut foiled sentiment onto a matching tag and topped it with a bow and flower.  I finished off with some large and small pearls and a scattering of purple gems.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Craftymess - #24 - sparkle and bling
Card Crafter's Circle - #55 - anything goes
Delicious Doodles - #16 - out with the old, I used all new stash
Papercrafting Journey - anything goes
Paper Play - #51&#52 - out with the old, in with the new, I used all new stash
Tuesday Morning Sketches - #178 - anything goes
Creative Moments - #7 - emboss it, the birds are dry and heat embossed
Pile It On - #49 - embellishments

Something to Believe In

I made this card for the birthday of a friend who is rather partial to the odd tipple and who loves humourous cards.  I thought this fun Bugaboo digi would fit the bill perfectly.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and used papers from Papermania's Born to Shop, Go Green range.  I love that paper pack, the colours are gorgeous and they're double sided, I even bought a second pack at the SECC where they were going for £1.  The darker green for matting is Core'dinations, I can't get enough of that stuff!  The loopy border was made with a Martha Stewart punch and I finished the card with ribbon, a bow and some yellow gems.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Catch the Bug - Stella Says Sketch - #126 - sketch
Happy Campers - #7 - food and drink
Oldie But a Goody - use a sponsor image, I used Bugaboo.  My old stash is the paper and punch
Digi Makeover - #68 - anything goes with a digi
Little Miss Muffet - #51 - anything goes
My Heart Pieces - anything goes

Skateboarding Dragon!

Here's a card I've made for a friend's wee boy who will be six on Hogmanay.  He's a pal of my son who had his sixth birthday yesterday, so it's festive birthdays all round!  We had a lovely day with Robbie yesterday, to celebrate his birthday we took him and four friends to the cinema and then for a burger, they were all amazingly well behaved.  We've just got to figure out where to put all those Christmas and birthday toys now!

The image is a freebie from Dustin Pike, check out his blog for loads of fun free images in his distinctive cartoon style.  I've coloured this one with Promarkers and Flexmarkers.  The sentiment stamped with a stamp from a Personal Impressions set and the papers are ancient ones which have been lurking in my stash of ages, I only have a few sheets left as they've been so handy for those hard to male male cards.  The stars were made with Xcut dies, the middle one was decorated with a Papermania number six, the other two with Card Candi.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Pixie Dust Studio - any celebration
Use it Tuesday - #46 - 2013 - this card is for a new year's eve birthday using ancient papers.  My 2013 crafty resolutions are, to try harder to make a dent in my older papers, and to put more thought into male cards, I tend to struggle with them!
Digi Makeover - #68 - anything goes with a digi
Inspired By - #55 - inspiration photo, I was inspired by the stars,
Sweet Sketch - #186 - sketch

Thistles

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, we had a lovely time, especially Robbie who had a blast.  I made this card just before Christmas but didn't have a chance to blog it until now as I've been so busy with Christmas and birthdays.

This lovely image is available from A Passion For Stamps, I've coloured with with Promarkers and Flexmarkers.  The papers are SECC bargains, Papermania Capsule Collection in Heather and Aqua, I think these colours look really pretty together.  I've gone round the edge of the topper with Stickles, in a colour called, appropriately enough, Thistle.  The sentiment is a die cut from Papermania's Tulip range and I've finished my card off with ribbons, a bow, a glitter brad, gems and Card Candi.

 I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Sketch Saturday - #238 - sketch
Digital Tuesday - #191 - layers
The Pink Elephant - #180 - anything goes
Fat Pages and Cards With Attitude - #29 - anything goes
My Heart Pieces - anything goes
Simply Create - #15 - always anything goes

Bohemian Vintage

Whilst browsing through a magazine, I came across a selection of cards featuring birds and bird cages and this reminded me of a beautiful Craftwork Cards goody pack I bought at the SECC in October.  It's from their Bohemian range and is full of cardstock, papers, die cuts and sentiments in the most beautiful muted colours.  Being a bit of a boho girl myself, what with my crazy long hair and colourful jewelry, I couldn't resist this pack!

Mum and I had a wonderful afternoon yesterday playing with this kit, getting messy with Distress Inks and embossing powders.  The cage was originally kraft, I dabbed on some white Distress Stain and then, once it had dried, I lightly dabbed on some perfect Medium and heat embossed with some Stampendous embossing enamel for a shabby look.

Here's how it looks unfolded.  The large bird was also made from kraft, this time I heat embossed with gold powder and added in some Gold Halo Mix for a touch of bling.  The little bird was cut with a Spellbinders die from kraft, then coloured with white Distress Stain with Gold Halo Mix for the wing.  The branch with tiny flowers and the fancy circle were also cut with Spellbinders and the larger flowers were made by layering up some of the die cut flowers from the pack.  I finished off by going wild with the bling, adding gems, pearls and a glitter brad.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Crafts 4 Eternity - #103 - anything goes
A Gem of a Challenge - #61 - lavender and lace
It's All About the Vintage - #34 - lace dreams
Divas By Design - #66 - anything goes

My Final Offering from Mulberry Wood!

Well, that's the Christmas cards done and dusted for 2012 but I'll be starting on next year's in the next couple of weeks as it really takes the pressure off at the end of the year.  I made this one for a crafty friend who used to have a cuddly raccoon she loved as a child so I couldn't resist using this adorable image from Mulberry Wood for her Christmas card.

As you can see, it's made with the same ingredients as the previous three Mulberry Wood cards.  Promarkered image, check, Lili of the Valley papers, check, Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page set, check, die cut snowflake, check, ribbon, bow, gems, lashings of Glamour Dust, check, yep it's all there!  This is the last one, I promise!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Card Crafter's Circle - #54 - Christmas
Pause, Dream, Enjoy - #51 - December celebrations
Raise the Bar - #124 - let it snow
Aud Sentiments - use any sentiment
Hanna and Friends - #161 - Christmas
Milk Coffee - Christmas or winter holiday
Pixie Dust Studio - non traditional Christmas colours
Sarah Hurley - #75 - Christmas
Crafts and Me - winter wonderland
Whimsy Inspiration - #54 - anything festive

Fairy Cakes!

I hadn't made an 8x8 card for a while so I decided to use a stamp I bought at the SECC to make one.  This Helz Cuppleditch stamp is absolutely gigantic, it only just fitted my largest acrylic block, making it perfect for larger projects.  It was a total bargain at £1 too!

I coloured the image with Promarkers and highlighted it with Glamour Dust for a bit of fairy sparkle.  The papers are all Papermania Little Cake Shoppe, another SECC bargain.  I already had the A5 size paper pack but when I saw the A4 pack at £2.50 I couldn't resist!  The cake embellishments were fussy cut from the paper pack and decorated with tiny pearls.  The sentiment was done with a Creative Expressions stamp and highlighted with Stickles in Christmas Red and Cotton Candy.  No cupcake themed card would be complete with out using my Martha Stewart cupcake border punch and I added a Dovecraft cupcake brad to the middle of a large bow to continue the theme.  I'm not sure if these fairies would be a hindrance or a help in the kitchen but maybe they'd be useful for the clearing up!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Papertake - pick of the year, I chose sketch 66
Fab 'n' Funky - #152 - add ribbon and/or lace
Flutterby Wednesday - #219 - open
Paper Pretties - Wednesday - #237 - glitter
Try it on Tuesday - lucky dip - ribbon, pearls, sentiment, stamped image

More From Mulberry Wood

It's that card again, this time using this super cute robin stamp.  The same stash was used for this one as the last two, and again it's for a fellow crafter.  I'm so chuffed that she has it pride of place on her mantlepiece!

I've coloured the image, as usual, with Promarkers and added some sparkle with Glamour Dust.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Crafts and Me - #115 - winter wonderland
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - #1 - anything goes
Creative Belli - #159 - Christmas
Paper Pretties - Wednesday - #237 - glitter
Penny's Paper-Crafty - #107 - Christmas
Incy Wincy - holly or mistletoe
Stamping with the Dragon - birds
Songbird - #10 - Christmas
Quirky Crafts - #26 - Christmas

I Love Promarkers DT Card, My Mum's Birthday Card!

It's Wednesday so that means challenge time at I Love Promarkers, this time we'd like to see "Anything But Square".  We're sponsored by Marianne for this challenge, with a super prize for our winner.  This challenge lasts longer than our usual week, until the 2nd of January, as it's Christmas so you have plenty of time to play along.

My Mum's birthday is on Christmas Eve and this is the card I've made for her.  The bird cage shaped blank is from Craftwork Cards, it started off white, I coloured it with a gold Promarker, gave it a spritz of Spray and Sparkle and ladled on the Stampendous Gold Halo Mix round the heart shape, using Pinflair glue for glitter to keep it firmly in place.  The flowers on the outside of the cage were made with Marianne dies and those inside were made with a Woodware punch.  The sentiment is a stamp from a Magazine freebie set, I coloured it with Promarkers and edged the tag shape with Glamour Dust.  The oh so cute peacock inside the cage is a Doodle Pantry digi I won in a recent challenge, he's been coloured with Promarkers and then several different colours of glitter were added to the "eye" markings on his tail.  I then gave the glittered areas even more shine with some Anita's 3D Gloss, this helps to prevent the glitter shedding too.  His perch was made with my Spellbinders Cherry Blossom dies and I finished my card with gold mirri Card Candi, a teal bow and some seed bead eyes.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Crafty Sentiments - all that glitters
Squigglefly - #50 - anything goes with a sentiment
Totally Gorjuss - #162 - for someone special
Avadares - #6 - use a digi
Crafts 4 Eternity - #102 - blingtastic
Stamping With the Dragon - birds
Delightful Challenges - very blingy

Mulberry Wood Santa

Here's another card for a fellow crafter using the same ingredients and layout as yesterday's one, but I've used a Santa stamp this time, again from the same Mulberry Wood prize I won recently.

Again, it's THOSE Lili of the Valley papers, combined with Promarkering and Punching.

We had our crafter's Christmas meal last night complete with Secret Santa.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Crafty Boots - Christmas
Card Mania - #10 - snowflakes
Eureka Stamps - #19 - Christmas spirit
Paper Pretties - Monday #70 - Christmas
Sweet Stampin' - Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Christmas Cards All Year Long - Santa
Craft Us Crazy - #32 - Christmas/winter and/or fave embellishment, I used gems
CRAFT - #185 - winter
LEJ - #34 - Santa

Mulberry Wood Pandas

Here's a card I've made for one of my crafty pals using a cute Crafter's Companion Mulberry Wood stamp I recently won, I think the image is so adorable.

I made an easel from two kraft blanks and, yep, it's those Lili of the Valley Frosty Christmas papers again!  Can you tell how much I love them?!  The image was coloured with Promarkers and highlighted with Glamour Dust for a touch of festive sparkle, I also added seed beads for eyes.  The sentiment stamp on the stopper element is from a Buzz Craft set which I hadn't used in ages, I really must play with the Fairy Doodles set it's from as the images are so sweet.  So many stamps so little time!  The snowflake mat was created with a mega handy Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page set and I die cut a snowflake embellishment from holographic card using an Xcut die, it's much blingier in real life, holographic and mirri cardstocks are so tricky to photograph.  I finished my card with ribbon, a bow and some iridescent gems.

 I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Crafter's Companion - winter friends
Come and Get It - Christmas
Joanna Sheen - with love at Christmas
Penny Black and More - your choice
Stamptacular Sunday - #194 - Christmas time
The Squirrel and the Fox - #33 - Christmas
Cupcake Craftroom - Christmas
Sparkle's Christmas Challenge - #23 - button or bow

Little Angels

I just love this cute Lili of the Valley stamp, although this is the first time it's seen ink!  The image has been coloured, as per usual, with Promarkers, then I highlighted Glamour Dust and added Stampendous Gold Halo Mix to the tinsel halos, I think this is the blingiest glitter I've ever come across, it's so sparkly.

I made the easel with two kraft blanks, so that the top section opens like a regular card so that it can be written inside.  The papers are also Lili of the Valley, they're called Frosty Christmas and are my latest craft crush, they're in the loveliest shades of blue.  The star border punch is Tonic, one of my SECC buys, I've used it loads already.  I was a bit naughty, and whilst Christmas shopping in Hobbycraft, I picked up a set of Sizzix nesting tree dies which were on special offer, they were to big a bargain to pass up!  I die cut the tree from white card and embellished with Liquid Pearls covered with Glamour Dust which I then pushed weeny pearls into,  The holographic (bright gold in real life!) stars were made with Xcut dies and I finished off with a ribbon, bow, die cut sentiment from Papermania and some iridescent gems.

 I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Lili's Little Fairies - something new - I used a new die, paper glitter and punch
Allsorts - #185 - Christmas trees
Cards Galore - Christmas
Ladybug Crafts - #4 - Christmas/winter
The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - #17 - Christmas
Really Reasonable Ribbon - #62 - anything goes with ribbon
Crafts for Eternity - #102 - blingtastic
Pattie's Creations - #58 - Christmas cards
CRAFT - #185 - winter
DRS Designs - #53 - use ribbon

Ribbon Wreath

I've actually made two of these cards, one for my Father-in-Law and one for my Sister-in-Law, using Fraser tartan ribbon as this is our family tartan.  My hubby looks so handsome in his kilt, although he wears the hunting Fraser rather than this which is the dress Fraser.

The woven ribbon wreath is surprisingly easy to make, just Google "woven ribbon wreath" and you'll find umpteen tutorials if you fancy a go yourself.  I kept the rest of the card very simple to showcase the vibrant ribbon, just adding a tiny splash of tartan paper from my Boofle paper pack and a sentiment stamped with a Papermania stamp which I die cut with a Spellbinders Splendid Circles die.
Some red pearls and a bow to cover the join in the wreath finish it off.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Card Crafter's Circle - #53 - red, white and green
Just Add Ink - #148 - Christmas
Aud Sentiments - seasonal sentiment
Stamp 'n' Doodle - something unusual
The Perfect Sentiment - #59 - Christmas
Anything Goes - #82 - traditional Christmas colours
Paper Pretties - Monday #69 -  red, green and one other, the ribbon also has navy blue in it

Digi Haven DT Card - Wreaths and Ornaments

There's a new challenge today over at Digi Haven, this time we'd like to see projects featuring "Wreaths and Ornaments".  To play along you need to use a free digi and add a link to it, but, in January we'll be having a grand reopening where you'll be able to use any digi, not just freebies.  We'll also be offering some brilliant prizes to our winners so keep your eyes peeled for all the details at the start of next year!

 Yet again I've used a free digi from Beccy's Place, you'll find this lovely poinsettia wreath here.  It's been coloured with Promarkers with some tiny gold gems in the centres of the flowers.  The papers are all Papermania Boofle, to which I've added red and gold textured cardstock.  This is actually a card I was asked to make for an eighty year old lady to give to her sister for Christmas.  The brief was a card with poinsettias on and lots of red with "To a Special Sister" as the sentiment, which I computer generated.  The glossy red card was embossed with one of my new 8x8 embossing folders which has a lovely, damask design.  To finish, I added some sparkly gold ribbon, a bow, some yummy giant red pearls and two poinsettias made with Nellie Snellen punches.  I hope it fits the bill!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Crafts and Me - #114 - no blue
ABC Christmas - your fave punch/die - circle and scalloped circle Spellbinders and Nellie Snellen flower punches
Diva's by Design - #69 - use red
Crafting for all Seasons - #42 - red, green and sparkle
The Perfect Sentiment - #59 - Christmas
Anything Goes - #82 - traditional Christmas colours
Celebrate the Occasion - #92 - Christmas and use a punch
LEJ - #33 - sentimental
Top Tip Tuesday - #91 - Christmas

Fussy and Fancy DT Project - Banners or Tags

It's challenge time again over at Fussy and Fancy, this time we'd like to see "Banners or Tags".  I decided to make my Christmas gift tags as my DT project, to match my Scandi inspired wrapping scheme this year.

I used luggage labels from WH Smiths along with Papermania Home for Christmas papers, ribbon and bows.  I made a punched border with a Martha Stewart punch and die cut circles for the wooden embellishments to sit on, edging all the layers with Barn Door Distress Ink.  The wooden elements were free with a magazine, when I'd used all twelve of them up I raided my stash for wooden snowflakes to stick on instead.  Red pearls finish my tags off.

Here's how they look on the parcels, these ones are filled with crafty goodness for some of my crafting buddies!

I'm entering this project in the following challenges -
Divas by Design - #65 - use some red
The House That Stamps Built - #125 - holiday bags or tags
Anything Goes - #82 - traditional Christmas colours
Craft Room Challenge - tags
Creative Stamp Friends - #86 - Christmas packages
My Craft Spot - #79 - wrap it up
Crafty Ribbons - #34 - tags
Crimbo Crackers - #30 - wooden

Canvas for Archie

First up, apologies for the photos, my camera didn't like this one, especially the gloss varnish!
I've made this canvas as a Christmas present for our great nephew, Archie, who will be celebrating his first Christmas this year, it's for his nursery wall.

My husband's family are all madly into shinty, playing and watching, and they all play for or support Strathglass Shinty Club, (apart for my hubby who plays for Inverness).  Strathglass play in claret and blue so I chose that as the background colour, although the claret looks brown in the picture.  The plain canvas was painted with acrylic paint then given a couple of coats of gloss varnish as the paint was very matte.  I dusted off my Cricut (I really must use it more!) and used it to cut the letters and animals using my Zoo Balloo cartridge.  I couldn't resist using googly eyes on the animals, they were just crying for them!

I'm entering this project in the following challenges -
Creative Moments - #6 - anything but a card
Everybody Art Challenge - #217 - anything goes
Tuesday Alchemy - #44 - anything goes

I Love Promarkers DT Card - Robbie's Birthday Card

It's Wednesday so that can mean only one thing, challenge time at I Love Promarkers!  This week our theme is "For the Boys" and our sponsor is Joanna Sheen, she's offering a voucher to our randomly chosen winner.  My wee boy, Robbie, will be six on the 27th of this month so I decided to make his birthday card for my DT project.

Robbie is a huge Scooby Doo fan so just had to make him a card with his favourite character on it, the image is actually a free colouring page which you'll find here.  After colouring with my Promarkers, I cut the image out and layered onto the mat with foam pads for added dimension.  The patterned papers I've used are all Papermania, some of them are positively geriatric but were perfect for this colourful card.  The star brad, and letter and number stickers are Papermania too and the stars were made with Xcut dies.  The border punch is one of my SECC purchases, it's from Tonic and I even used the waste from it as tiny embellishments.  I hope Robbie likes it!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Bearly Mine - #65 - anything goes
Creative Card Crew - #85 - stars
Bunny Zoe's - celebration
Love to Create - #45 - anything goes
Sketch 'n' Stash - #102 - sketch
Drunken Stampers - #109 - for the boys
Card Crafter's Circle - #52 - December celebrations
Jellypark - stars
Totally Papercrafts - #146 - for the boys

Good Luck Cupcake

My Friend, Lynne, is moving to Glasgow next week so I decided to make her a good luck card.  I usually struggle with this sort of card, especially with a suitable image, so, when I won some free Limited Runs digis in a challenge, I couldn't resist this one to have stored away for an occasion like this.  All my friends know how much I love baking so this is a happy combination of cake and papercrafts!

 

It's been coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers in my favourite ever colour combo, pink and green.  The good luck panel behind the image was stamped with an Anita's stamp in Mowed Lawn Distress Ink.  The papers are all Papermania, from the Little Cake Shoppe range and the sentiment is from a Personal Impressions stamp set.  I added a cupcake border made with a Martha Stewart punch, along with ribbon and gems to finish. 

 I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Creative Belli - #158 - something sweet
Whoopsi Daisy - use your stash, I used old papers and an old rubber stamp
My Grafico - #149 - anything goes
Daisy Doodles - #73 - anything goes
Artistic Impressions - #19 - anything goes
Sweet Sketch - #183 - sketch

GDT Card for Lexi's Creations

I was lucky enough to be asked to be a guest designer for Lexi's Creations for their current challenge which starts today.  The theme is "Snow" and I got a choose an image to play with, I couldn't resist this lovely digi which I've coloured with Promarkers.

I don't make many DL cards but I felt this image was screaming out for a tall, thin card.  I chose to colour her in shades of blue and brown so I could use my two favourite paper packs from this year, Krafty Christmas and Frosty Christmas, both from Lili of the Valley, which I teamed with dark brown card.  The sentiment is from a Papermania stamp set.  I used Liquid Pearls to create a snowy backdrop to the Christmas shopper and continued the snow theme with a wooden snowflake which I liberally glittered with Glamour Dust.  Some beige ribbon, a bow and some blue Card Candi finish it off.

 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Dream Valley - #47 - Christmas
Pan Pastel - #48 - song/carol title, Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!
Scrapper's Delights - non traditional Christmas
Stampin' for the Weekend - # 23 - let it snow
My Time to Craft - #200 - non traditional Christmas colours
Sweet 'n' Sassy - #83 - Christmas
CRAFT - #184 - Christmas

Cutie Pie DT Card - Cute Christmas

Morning everyone!  It's challenge time again over at Cutie Pie, this time our theme is "Cute Christmas", nice and easy so no reason not to play along!  Our sponsor for this challenge is Di's Digi Downloads, that means a prize of digi stamps for our winner.

The image is from Bugaboo and has been coloured with Promarkers and paper pieced.  The papers are all Papermania At Christmas Time, to which I added black and kraft cardstock.  The sentiment is from a much used Papermania set and the fancy circle was cut with a die from my Spellbinders Splendid Circles set, one of my many SECC purchases.  Ribbon, bow, red and green pearls = finished!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Color Throwdown - #221 - colour combo
Sketch 'n' Stash - #102 - sketch
Christmas Card Challenge - #2 - die cuts
No Matter Which - #5 - Christmas
Robyn's Fetish - #137 - Christmas
The Ribbon Girl - Christmas
Speedy and Friends - #137 - Christmas using red and green
Card Crafter's Circle - #52 - December celebrations
Crafts For Eternity - #101 - colour combo
Dilly Beans - traditional Christmas colours 

Say it with Bunting!

Here's another card I was asked to make for an eightieth birthday, with a large 80 on it.  I decided to go for a card with a celebratory feel to it, so what better to use than my favourite Stampin' Up bunting punch!

 The papers, letter and number stickers, corners, balloon die cut and buttons are all Papermania, to which I've added pink and yellow cardstock, Dovecraft ribbon, gems and borders punched with a Martha Stewart punch, which I chose because I thought it looked like streamers.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Lady Anne's - anything goes
Just Add Ink - #147 - balloons, mine are in the circular element by the 80
Aud Sentiments - anything goes
Penny's Paper- Crafty - #105 - anything goes