Blank card: Glitter balloons

What:

I’ve watched many card-making challenges go past in my feed reader; always thinking that I’d give them a go, but never getting around to it in time (or simply forgetting about them). This time I was determined to actually make a card, possibly even in time to enter it…

I’m not one hundred per cent happy with this card — it’s okay and it will be used. I’m not quite sure what I’d do to improve it: I would have liked to have had some brighter glitter to hand, and maybe I wouldn’t bother with the silver watercolour in the background if I made it again. I don’t dislike it, it just could have been better somehow.

I really need more practice using the stamp n’ bond to stick the glitter down… And better lighting for photographing cards in the evening…

Inspired by:

Make the Day Special’s February Challenge. Make the Day Special is a wonderful store that stocks far too many nice things.

Supplies:

• stamps:
  Uniko Studio – balloon bash
• colour:
  Elizabeth Craft Designs – silk microfine glitter – sky, lavender, spring peridot
  Gansai Tambi – watercolours (background)
  Distress – ink pad – salty ocean (edging paper)
• embellishments:
  Doodlebug – mini pearls – lily white assortment
  black thread
• paper and card:
  Avery Elle – paper pad – the sorbet collection
  watercolour paper
• misc:
  Stampendous – stamp n’ bond