by Joanne James5. June 2026 13:00
Today I'm sharing my design team card for our new challenge over at As you See It where it's time for my favourite, a sketch challenge, designed by Jan:
As soon as I looked at Jan's sketch layout, I imagined a balloon for that large circle - and then I couldn't unsee it, so I just went with it! Take a look at what I came up wtih:
Here's the low-down on today's card:
I used some retired Bright & Beautiful designer series paper to give the background to my card a fun party feel and pulled the colours out to use for my balloon and sentiment. Full disclosure: the new Balloon Festoon Dies were what got me thinking about large balloons but I don't own them (yet!) I realised I had a retired oval framelit that was the same size, so I used it to make my own balloon, tied with a twine string. I added a layered sentiment using the Words of Beauty bundle that fits with the birthday theme:
A couple of Berry Burst enamel dots complete my card. Balloons are perfect for birthdays - what would you do with that circle in the sketch?
Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:
You can see all of my 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any.
Here's a summary of our challenge rules:
- Create any card, scrapbooking page, 3D or packaging project that fits the challenge.
- Please include the challenge graphic and link back to the challenge in your post.
- Make sure you link the specific post and not the whole blog to the Linky. Use AYSI#(insert challenge number) when uploading to a public gallery
- Please turn off word verification so that we can send you lots of feedback.
- You can combine our challenge with up to 3 other compatible challenges.
- We do reserve the right to delete, or not consider for Top Pick and Featured Artist, entries that do not comply with these guidelines.
We look forward to seeing your creations in the AYSI gallery.
Enjoy your day and I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!
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