Up up & Away

I was so excited to be asked to be a guest designer over at Scrap Africa, I was asked to make 2 cards with a Masculine and a Feminine theme. I was in the middle of coating some balloons with book paper and decided to make these into fun birth announcements (sort of an elaborate card!)

 

I just love how they turned out!

 

After covering the baloons with book paper I gave a quick coat of gesso and then added strips of pattered paper. These take ages to dry properly and I left them dangling from the washing line for the day

 

 

I created some rolled roses for the sides and this also doubled to cover the strings that attach to the base of the balloon.

 

 

 

 

The bases are stacked corrugated cardboard that I glued together and then covered with paper and added a border punched edge (another way to cover up any raw edges)

A few more of the rolled roses and a couple of store bought butterflies finished it off.

 

 

 

For the "Crowns" I cut a cupcake wrapper on my cameo and glued it to the top, I then added a spray of wired stars/hearts that look like they are bursting from the top of the balloon.

 

 

I made a layered centrepiece for the front and was thinking that these could be personalised too! (ote to self must cover more balloons lol)

 

 

 

 

 

I had real fun making these and am definately going to be making more!

 

Thank you for looking

Toodle Pip x