Easy Balloons Birthday

Oh, happy day!  Behold my first contribution as a member of the House of Cards design team. Woo hoo!  This time around the challenge asks you to add a bow or two or three to your card.  Just think of the bezillion possibilities.  Won't you play along with us?!

I need a male birthday card very soon so decided to challenge myself to use a bow in it.  A bow and keep it manly?  Eek!  The first thing I did was to add shimmer spritz to the background (c'mon, everyone likes glitter, right?).  I then cut out the balloons in coordinating designer card.  I attached the baker's twine to the back of the balloons with extra length so I could play around with balloon placement.  Once I determined where I wanted them to go, I adhered the balloons to the card using various thickenesses of foam tape, gathered up the strings, tied the bow, glued the bundle down and cut the excess.  Easy peasy and a great way to use up scraps.

Almost forgot, I used chalk ink around the balloons to soften the edges.

The Details:  PTI white and yellow cardstock, The Good Life 12x12 designer cardstock, Penny Black Cupcakes sentiment, Versamark Onyx Black, Imagine Crafts Sheer Shimmer Spritz in frost, balloons cut on the Cricut, Darice Baker's Twine, Glossy Accents, foam tape, Attic Dust chalk ink

I'm entering this in Seize the Birthday (wouldn't it have been so cool to have the balloons have a July 4th theme?).