Quick and Colorful Card using Bright & Beautiful Suite

It’s my birthday month, so I felt it only fitting to play with the Bright & Beautiful Suite and create a birthday card. Today’s card highlights the bright colors and fun patterns of the Bright & Beautiful DSP and is quick to create.

Colors for this card include Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushel, and all the bright colors included in the Bright & Beautiful DSP.

Cut all paper as indicated in the below measurements.
Fold and burnish card base.
Using the Beautiful Balloons Dies place and secure 1 large and 2 small balloons on Basic White card stock scrap and the large balloon bunch on Blueberry Bushel card stock. Secure the label die from the Labels Aglow Dies to the remaining piece of Blueberry Bushel cardstock. (Note: The die will be bigger than the piece of card stock you are using. This is intentional. Just center the die on the piece of cardstock and the label will be the correct size.)
Stamp 1 balloon in a different color, Azure Afternoon, Lemon-Lime Twist, and Lemon Lolly randomly with the small dot/star stamp.
Stamp sentiment on the label with VersaMark Ink. Sprinkle with White Embossing Powder, remove any excess with a clean brush, and heat emboss it until the words are a shiny white.
Adhere the DSP strips to the coordinating pieces of Blueberry Bushel cardstock.
Adhere the largest compiled strip to the card base leaving an equal boarder on the top, left, and bottom edges.
Dry fit the next 2 pieces, aligning all along the top edge of the first strip. When the card base border matches on all sides, carefully adhere the smallest strip to the middle strip only and remove both strips.
Add one scrap strip, no more than 1/2″, wide directly to the card base approximately 1/8″ to 1/4″ away from the large strip. Adhere 3 scrap strips, no more than 1/2″ wide, to the back of the smallest compiled mat near the right edge. (These strips serve as shims giving each piece the height needed so they lay flat.)
Add dimensionals to the back of the Blueberry Bushel balloon bundle.
Adhere to the top right of the card base.
Adhere the 3 Basic White balloons to the matching spots on the balloon bundle using liquid glue.
Cut 3 long pieces of white Bakers Twine. Tie a knot in one end. Add a glue dot to the back of the knot and adhere to the balloon. Tie another piece of twine midway down the strings.
Add dimensionals to either end of the label. Adhere the label making sure the tail strings of the balloon bouquet come out the bottom of the label.
Color 3 Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels using Stampin’ Blends-1 with Azure Afternoon, 1 with Lemon Lime Twist, and 1 with Lemon Lolly. Place on matching balloon. Add 2 Iridescent Pearl 2 to the label.
Stamp the interior sentiment on the Basic White mat. Adhere the DSP strip to the bottom. Adhere mat to the inside of the card base.

Imperial

Azure Afternoon
4 1/4″ x 11″ score @ 5 1/2″

Blueberry Bushel
     2 1/4″ x 5 1/4″
     2″ x 5″
     1 3/4″ x 4 3/4
     3″ x 3″
     3 1/2″ x 1 1/4″
     4 – Scrap Strips

Bright & Beautiful DSP
     2 1/8″ x 5 1/16
     1 7/8″ x 4 7/8″
     1 5/8 x 4 5/8″
     4″ x 1″

Basic White-Inside
4″ x 5 1/4″
Scrap

Metric

Azure Afternoon
10.4 x 29.5cm score @ 14.6cm

Blueberry Bushel
     5.7cm x 14.2cm
     5cm x 13.6cm
     4.4cm x 13cm
     7.6cm x 7.6cm
   8.8cm x 3.1cm
     4 – Scrap Strips

Bright & Beautiful DSP
     5.3cm x 12.8cm
     4.7cm x 13.3cm
     4.1cm x 12.7cm
     10.1cm x 2.5cm

Basic White-Inside
10.1cm x 14/2cm
Scrap

Don't forget to decorate the envelope!

The envelope is the where the excitement of receiving
snail mail begins.

Decorate the envelope by adhering paper to the envelope flap and a strip across the front of the envelope alone the bottom edge.

Other ways to decorate an envelope include:

Dry emboss the envelope flap.
Stamped the envelope flap, front lower left corner, or across the bottom.
Adhere DSP along the front left edge.
Die Cut a label out of DSP large enough to adhere a mailing label of the addressee on it and still see the design of the DSP peaking out around the edges of the mailing label.

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Finished card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)

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