Birthday Ballons

I decided that I would try to make my own stencil using acetate and dies that I already have.  I used the smaller balloons from the Simon Says Stamp Balloons Dies and cut them out from the acetate to make  the stencil!  I used that stencil to make this card:

To make this card I used:

• Gina K - Master Layouts 1 and 2
• Various Gina K inks
• Simon Says Stamp - Balloons Dies (used to create a stencil)
• Simon Says Stamp - Happy die
• Altenew - Birthday Greetings Stamp set
• Blender Brushes
• Memory Box Twinkling Jewel Glitter Paper Pad
• Acetate

To make the card, I first cut out the smaller balloon shapes from the acetate to make a stencil.  The stencil was used to create the background for the card.  I used blender brushes to apply the ink through the stencil.  I used a variety of colors for the balloons.  The panel was cut using the stitched rectangle from Master Layouts 2.  I used glitter paper as a mat for the card, cut out using one of the Master Layout 1 dies to give me a wider border.  I cut 'happy' from the same glitter paper.  The shadow portion was cut from white card stock.  These were then attached to the balloon panel and 'birthday' was stamped beneath it. The panel was added to the glitter paper mat and the entire piece to the card base to complete the card.