Balloon Bouquet Card

Well my first Creation Club packages have been mailed out, and this is our project for April.

To make this month's project you need the following supplies:

Party Animal Designer Series Paper - on sale for $13.48
Emerald Envy A4 card stock - 24 sheets for $14
Pacific Point and Tangerine Tango card stock - part of the Brights A4 cardstock, 20 sheets for $14
Vertical Greetings Stamp Set - $33 for Clear Mount stamp set
Balloon Bouquet Punch - $31
Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad - $11.50
Whisper White Solid Baker's Twine - $5.25
Stampin' Dimensionals - $6.00

I have already pre-cut the card bases and the DSP for the ladies, so they don't need to worry about that step.

Step 1 - choose and stick down your DSP

The first step is to decide which way around they want the DSP to go, remembering that it is double sided and this design takes advantage of that.

Once you have decided which way around you want to stick down your DSP, check whether there are any imperfections you want to cover up. In one of these photos you can see my error with the stamp a bit of ink near the Y), in the other I have used the DSP to cover it up.

You will need to put some glue on the main part of the paper to stick it to the green card stock, and some glue on the points of the flaps to stick them down.

Step 2 - Punch out your balloons

I find the easiest way to operate the punch is essentially to use it upside down. Then you can see whether your card stock is fully inside the card stock, but also you can cut it near the edge to save more card stock for later.

Step 3 - prepare your balloons

Cut out a piece of your baker's twine (string) and turn your balloons over, upside down, on the table. Put a dot of glue near the base of the balloon and rest the string on it.

Put a Stampin' Dimensional (which are the stick bits of foam) in the middle of your balloon,.

Step 4 - stick your balloons to the card

You might like to first try looking at the balloons on the card upside down, like they are now, to see where you would like to put them without the glue sticking to the card (cause the glue is still facing up). Then when you have them in the position that you think you want them, flip them over and stick them down.

Here I decided to stick two balloons down without dimensionals, to emphasise how the three with dimensionals stuck out.

Step 5 - stick down the string

Put a dot of glue where you would like the balloon strings to be gathered, and lay the strings across them. If you are having trouble getting the strings to stay down, use your scissors of a pencil to hold them down as in the photo above.