A big congrats to Suzy, the newest Featured Stamper (FS585) on Splitcoast! She has a wonderful gallery & since she lives in Texas & I am from Texas, I couldn’t resist picking THIS card to case. She has a lot of Tx themed cards but I liked the Tx flag on the balloon so I kept that. I used different stamps & dies & put my Tx flag on a punch out of the state outline.
This card turned out to be a little trickier than I thought it would. Mostly because the big Hot Air Balloons bg die actually has a very large balloon in the lower left that I didn’t want to be there. So I had to die cut it pretty carefully using a smaller top plate to avoid cutting it out. A tiny bit of it did start to cut so I covered it up by die cutting a small cloud in that area (just to right of her face). I also die cut a lt blue layer & lined it up a little off to shadow the white. The right balloon has a colored Tx state punch under it. The little cowgirl was done separately & fussy cut around the top & sides to go on top.
Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Supplies:
| Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Cowgirl, (inside: Sending Smiles , US Map ) |
| Paper:Â Staples #110 white, X-Press It, lt blue |
| Ink:Â Â Memento tuxedo black (summer sky also used on inside) |
| Accessories:   Serendipity Reverse Hot Air Balloon die, Howdy die,  Spellbinders A2 matting basics B dies, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangle die, Copic markers, Misti, Memory Box puffy clouds die, Punch Bunch Texas punch, small star punch |
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When there’s a will there’s a way with you. Good job on showing just the big balloon. I am absolutely in awe of your colouring. This is a terrific CASE.
Wow! You never cease to amaze me Julie! Look at all the elements in this fantastic card!