His and Hers

 I've had the Indigo Blu magazine kit for several months now and although it no longer has a permanent place out on my workdesk, it never gets chance to venture far away. The current Twofer challenge is Balloons, and  although I'm sure the intention was party balloons, I just HAD to use the hot air balloon stamp from the kit. So I've made not just two different styles and occasions, I've also made cards aimed at two different genders. 

This is my entry for the Twofer card challenge - Balloons. 

Now a look at the two cards separately. 

For this card I used the Indigo Blu balloon stamp and sentiment, plus elements from a couple of favourite Creative Stamping covermount sets. It's meant to be a Bon Voyage card although it could equally well work for anyone setting out on a new venture. I made the background by repeatedly stamping a text block stamp to fill the card, them stamped the balloon  and the houndstooth check stamps around the sides. I thought the map stamp reminded me of a pair of goggles, which ties in nicely with "a new way of looking at things" and used foam pads to attach them. 

I am sharing this with 

Allsorts Challenge - Masculine 

The Male Room - Steampunk  (Is it or isn't it? The absence of cogs makes me wonder, and yet the balloon and mock-goggle effect say Steampunk to me!) 

 

And now onto one for the girls... 

This time I smooshed the card with shades of pink DI, and stamped the butterfly from a Creative Stamping set randomly over it with the darkest of the pinks. I don't know how often I've used this stamp before - many times, yet I have only just noticed that the body of the insect is actually a pen - isn't that wonderful? Then I used the embossing folder from the Indigo Blu kit to emboss one corner of the panel,  lightly rubbed a brown inkpad over it and distressed the edges, before stamping the balloon and the birthday sentiments to fill the rest of the card. 

I am sharing this with 

Cardz 4 Galz - Pink and Brown  

Addicted to Stamps and More - Birthdays  

Watercooler Wednesdays - All About Occasions