Friday 2 February 2018

Gold Balloons with Stripes

I never seem to have enough birthday cards, so I made this one , taking inspiration from some great challenges.

The elephants are a set by Mama Elephant and I coloured them with alcohol markers and the balloons in gold glitter pen. The striped paper is Echo Park and the sentiment is Hero Arts.

I'd like to enter:
Aloha Friday  animal safari
Time Out  photo
Addicted to Stamps  make your mark
Watercooler Challenge  anything goes
Little Red Wagon  birthday balloons

20 comments:

Heidi MyLittleStampingBlog said...

These elephants bring a smile to my face! Their expressions are so great! I love the striped paper, it makes for a festive birthday card!

Mac Mable said...

Those elephants are so cute and love the way they are playing and falling through the air, holding onto the balloons. The stripes set of this fabulous card beautifully x

Claire said...

How adorable, the elephants look awesome with their balloons and the patterned paper shows them off great x

Craftychris said...

Ooh those elephants are soooo cute - a gorgeous card! xxx

sandie said...

Great take on our challenge-I have always wanted black and white paper....so if you have some spare!! I like how you used the gold from our photo and fab idea to pop up the images-so pleased you joined us at Time Out-and not a heart in sight-thinking outside the box-love it!

Joyce said...

Eek--what an adorable take on our inspirational photo. This is really whimsical and fun. Thanks so much for playing along at CASology this week.

Imke said...

Super cute card and perfect for our "Birthday Balloon" Challenge @ Little Red Wagon. Thanks for joining us this week and i hope to see you back again soon !

Imke ~ MY CRAFTY PLACE

Carol L said...

I love your floating elephants! They look so cute and playful with their golden balloons too! Adorable card!

Pia S said...

I really like the layout of this card and how you placed the elephants on the striped panel. The color choices make it look not only sweet but elegant as well.

Donna said...

Two fantastic cards Marina, I really like those elephants and the striped background!

Michelle N. said...

I so love those elephants-too cute! Thanks for joining us at Aloha Friday Challenges!

Penny Hanuszak said...

Oh my, those elephants are unforgettable! Love the way they are floating around with those glittery balloons on the vivid stripes. I also like the bold HB sentiment. It really carries across. Great card! Thanks so much for joining us Marina at the Watercooler Wednesday "Anything Goes" challenge this week with your delightful birthday card.

Anonymous said...

I love those elephants! This is such a fun card! Thanks for sharing with us at Kitty Bee Challenges and hope to see you again!
Tammy DT

Heidi Weaver said...

Marina, I love this card! Of course those elephants are adorable and you've coloured them beautifully. But it's the way you've used them that makes this card outstanding. Having the elephants in a "free fall", holding the gorgeous gold balloons against that bold black and white striped background is brilliant. Thanks so much for joining our Watercooler Wednesday Challenge this week.

Gail said...

What fun those little elephants are having, floating around with their balloons! Thanks for joining us at Watercooler Wednesday.

Julie B said...

What a fun card, love the elephants.
Thanks for making your mark at ATSM. :)

Ros Crawford said...

This is so adorable and I love the use of the stripes! What lovely elephants they are!

Ina G said...

What a cheerful happy card with those adorable elephants. Thanks for sharing with us at ATSM.

Karen Dunbrook said...

very sweet card..the vertical stripe helps so much to add to the sense of motion...
xx Karen

Gerrina said...

Funny, cheerfull, bit bold and so fitting the challenge; great card! Thank you for joining us at TIME OUT!