Today I'm sharing a card for this week's challenge over at Just Us Girls, where my friend Elizabeth has a fabulous mood board to inspire us:
So many cute things on that board! ! I was drawn to the balloon rainbow in the top right hand corner - take a look at what I came up with:
Here's the low-down on today's card:
Everyday Arches - So when are the Everyday Arches not arches? Well, when they're a rainbow, that's when! I had this idea that if I cut the arches in a nested pattern (and elongated the inner arches), I could create a rainbow; what do you think? I kept to the four main colours of the balloon arch in the inspo photo, rather than use traditional colours, and cut two arches in each colour as I wanted the extra stitch detail, but you could just cut with every other die and create four wider arches.
Easiest Ever Tri-Fold - I decided to make my card into a tri-fold design, with the rainbow on the right panel and some clouds on the left panel, opening to the ink-blended sky inside. This is how it opens up:
Then the second flap opens to reveal space for your message inside:
The tri-fold design was created from a single sheet of A4 cardstock; a piece of cardstock was cut at 15cm on the short side, and this piece was divided into three panels by scoring at 10cm and 20cm on the long side. I used one of the (retired) Basics Borders Dies to diecut my cloudy edge on the left panel, and used the largest of the arch dies to draw the outline of the arch shape onto the right hand panel, before cutting freehand up to the scoreline. I then simple cut away the top portions of each of the side panels as shown in the photo above to create my shaped design. I added some ink blended clouds to the top of the inner panel and the outer arched panel, then cut my diecut arches and glued them into place. I added a diecut sun (cut using my retired Hey Chuck Dies) and I used my sentiment - one of the precut elements from the Greetings For All ephemera pack - as the cloure for my card: the clouds simply tuck underneath to hold the card closed.
Finishing Touches - My card was all but finished, when I decided to some glittery enamel dots from my stash in the colours of the rainbow randomly across the layers for a little added sparkle and to bring in the round shapes of the balloons in the inspo photo - I think these added sparkles are my favourite element of the card!
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.
Enjoy your day; following a wet bank holiday yesterday (typical - but it allowed for more reading time and I finished another book, so there's always an upside!), the sun is once again shining today. Why does the day always seem both literally and figuratively brighter when the sun shines? I hope you have a lovely day and I'll be back later in the week with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!
Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:
