Up, Up and Away!

This card was inspired by 3 different challenges

 Seize the Birthday 
Lil' Inkers
ColourQ

  

The "Toppings" option for this challenge is...

"Anything That Flies"

When I saw that I instantly thought of the movie 'Up".

Now, I do realize that balloons do not technically 'fly'

but wouldn't that be fun if they did! 

I don't have taken with teal so I substituted tempting turquoise

I always find the solid dies intimidating to use - after I 

stamped the image I could never die cut it with an even

white edge. I tried die-cutting first and then stamping and...

that didn't work either. 

Then I discovered something so incredibly simple but so

perfect!

Here's a step x step picture tutorial that I hope makes sense

1 - die cut all the images onto one sheet of card stock.

2 - stamp the image you want to use and then place the 

coordinating die cut piece over top

3 - the die will 'nest' inside the die cut image. You can secure with

washi tape if you'd like.

4 - run through the big shot and voila! A perfectly stamped and

die cut image!

I love this idea! 

I'm going to do this for all my solid dies and keep the template

stored with the dies. 

supplies:

from Stampin' Up! unless noted

card stock: whisper white - heavy, pumpkin pie, rich razzlebberry

stamp set: Balloon Builders (Lil' Inkers)

ink: rich razzleberry, pumpkin pie, tempting turquoise, early espresso

big shot: balloon dies (Lil' Inkers)

wink of stella glitter pen

Happy Stampin'

and thanks so much for visiting!