Stampin' Up! Balloon Celebrations

You could be forgiven for thinking I'd named this post incorrectly, but these sweet delicate dandelion head stamps are all part of the Stampin' Up! set Balloon Celebrations.  It's an awesome set of stamps that could pretty much cover most events in your annual calendar.

Here I stamped first in archival basic black ink onto whisper white card and then embossed in gold on basic black card and then raised the basic black layer with stampin' dimensionals.  I used post it notes to cover parts that I didn't want to stamp again to ensure that it appears that complete seed heads are visible, but that each part is the correct colour on it's background.

Simple, but effective.  The lovely hand scripted sentiment is part of the What I Love free Saleabration stamp set which you can have in your stash with a purchase of £45.

Stampin' Up! Balloon Celebrations along with the Balloon Bouquet punch and a couple of inks pads is one way of building a bundle of products to earn the free set.

You can buy these and other Stampin' Up! products in my Stampin' Up! online Shop.

More soon Zx

Balloon Celebrations meets Bear Hugs for fun Valentine's

Happy Valentine's day to one and all. I wish everyone a happy day.

Every year my fantastic hubby and I say 'we're not doing Valentine's' and every year one of us does. I have this time as I'm not home today, but in South Wales sharing lovely stampin' stash with the nice people of Cowbridge and the surrounding area, so I have been the one to 'do' a Valentine for my special man.

I've combined Stampin' Up! sets Bear Hugs and Balloon Celebration to make this cute card. I love bears and Martin knows that if I was home today I'd certainly be giving him a big bear hug and balloons are always good for any celebration not least our love.  Ok enough slushy stuff.  

Enjoy your day ! 

One other stamp set I've used is the FREE saleabration set What I love. Yes it is free when you spend £45 on Stampin' Up! products. I've added the first sentiment to the front of the card then folded it over onto the inside and stamped the answer.  You just need to rotate the second stamp to make sure it is stamped the right way up as it will invert when you stick it down and when the card is opened. 

Have fun.

Hugs Zx