Saturday, August 17, 2013

Lil Inker's Birthday Craft Dash...

9 minutes 42 seconds later...
Today's card brings together two fabulous birthdays!!!  10 Minutes Craft Dash First Birthday Bash, and Lil Inkers 3rd Birthday Celebrations.  Check them out, there are some FABULOUS prizes & discounts available!!!


Basing my card on inspiration from Lil Inkers Third Birthday Challenge graphic, I love the sky and the pops of colour from the balloons floating in it.  I thought it would be cute to have the balloons getting carried away LOL! Started my card by doing all my die-cutting first, with the outline rectangle stitched mat, negative balloon circle and "hap_y" all die cut in the first run, then back through for a second pass with the "p" moved across to complete the "happy", then cut the Echo Park papers to create the orange stitched circle balloon and teal Lil Inker balloon strings in the next pass, and finally the red stitched circle balloon.  Next up I used a Martha's Craft glue pen to secure the balloon strings and balloons to the front panel, before positioning the panel over the Maggie Holmes Crate Paper sky and cutting to size. Inked up the Heidi Swapp birthday sentiment and lined up to stamp the base layer first, then reinked and lined up to stamp the top layer. Adhered the cloud paper to the white cardstock card base, then pop dotted and aligned the top layer - this was the trickiest part for me and the clock was ticking down big time!!!

10 Minute Tip
  • Using a metal shim as a layer in your die cutting sandwich when using intricate dies - or any dies for that matter, means you can die cut in one pass with confidence - knowing that your die cuts will cut perfectly every time is a super time saver!
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25 comments:

  1. Wow that looks like a complicated card for 10 mins... well done!! I love the floating 'a' and how the sentiments overlap.
    I'm pinning this brilliant card :0)
    Jenny x

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  2. Oh Lyndal, this card looks adorable. Love your flying "a"! Thanks for playing along with us in the 10 Minute Craft Dash and hope to see you again.

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  3. Oh I just love this! The "a" being carried away is such a super effect and you've executed it perfectly!!!!
    Thanks so much for joining our birthday challenge!
    Laura
    Lil' Inker Designs

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  4. Wow you did all that is under 10 minutes--amazing Lyndal. Love this card!

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  5. I can not believe you made this in 10 minutes! You are so organized to come up with such an intricate card, put together perfectly and using so many great elements. Love all the stitched elements and it totally reminds me of the Lil Inker inspiration picture. Wow.

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  6. Fabulous card! I really love the way you used the negative die cut for one of the balloons. And the sentiment is just genius!

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  7. Super cute and fun! Kudos on getting it done in 10 minutes!! Love the 'a' being lifted away :) Thanks for playing with us at Lil' Inker Designs!!

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  8. I absolutely love when you do this technique! Fantabulous card, I just adore how the balloons are floating away with that "a"!!

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  9. Wow, your card is fabulous. Love your die-cutting techinque and adding the sky paper behind the cutouts. Can't believe you did all this in 10 minutes. Great job. Thanks for joining us at Seize The Birthday.

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  10. Oh wow, Lyndal, this is fabulous! I love how you did the letter die cuts with the "a" floating away! Brilliant!
    Thanks so much for playing along with the 10 Minute Craft Dash!

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  11. What a wonderfully creative idea! I LOVE it!

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  12. Lyndal .....this is beautiful ....love the bright colors and the creative cut outs.....love it!

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  13. I like the clouds behind the die cuts... very whimsical. Congrats on being a craft dash favorite!

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  14. I saw your card at the 10 minute craft dash, the a being carried away is very clever!

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  15. So creative! Amazing that you created movement in your card. I love that one of the letters is flying away.

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  16. Really great card -- love the flying (floating) A!

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  17. Didn't see this one - love the cloud PP peeking out.

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  18. This is such an AWESOME design! I'm in love with how you did the lettering! Thanks for playing along with the Birthday Celebration at Lil' Inker!

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  19. LOVE this! What a fun idea. Your brain works in amazing ways.

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  20. WOOOOOOW!!! This is one of the most beautiful CAS cards I've ever seen! The idea with the "a" flyin' away with the balloon is just amazing! The colors and clearances made this card incredible beautiful!
    Thank you for joining us at Seize the Birthday this fortnight!
    Hugs, Macarena DT

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  21. Fabulous card! Very clever idea, lifting the letter up by the balloons. And I love how you've done the word 'birthday'. This would probably have taken me 2 hours to do, not 10 minutes! x

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