Balloon & Clouds Especially For You Card - FMS341

I've had a day off from work today and took the opportunity to spend some time in my craft room.  It's my weigh in day at Slimming World and I made a gift bag containing tea bags which I will pop into the Slimmer of the Week basket later on.  I really liked the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches so decided to play along and make a card for that.  What a lovely way to spend some time on a Monday!   I had to ponder for a while as to what I was going to use as the circle elements of the sketch but I flipped through my die box and the hot air balloon and clouds caught my attention.

Using Whisper White thick CS I made a 5 1/2" square white card base, cut a 5" mat layer, embossed that using the SU! 3D Dynamic 'Subtle' embossing folder and I popped the layer up on 3D foam tape.  I die cut the balloon from Whisper White thick CS and keeping the shape in the die I applied Mint Macaron, Night of Navy and Bermuda Bay inks to the balloon using sponge daubers.  I snipped off the basket piece, inked around the white balloon shape with Night of Navy ink and glued the balloon over a die cut Night of Navy shape.  I inked the edges of the die cut clouds with Smoky Slate ink.  I stamped the sentiment, die cut the banner, added a bit of a curl to it, glued the banner in place and popped up the hot air balloon.  I glued the larger cloud flat to the mat layer but popped up the smaller cloud.  To complete the front I added some small die cut Mint Macaron decorative corners.

I decorated the inside of the card and the envelope using some Mint Macaron striped DSP left over from a card kit.  I may add a sentiment inside at a later date, depending on what I'm going to use the card for.  

Despite the inked edges of the balloon and clouds I think the card fulfills the clean and fresh requirement and it has texture and dimension too which adds some interest.  I'm happy with the end result anyway!

Supplies:
Stamps: Inkylicious 'For You' set
CS: SU! Night of Navy & Whisper White thick
Patterned paper: SU! Mint Macaron paper from a card kit
Ink: SU! Bermuda Bay, Mint Macaron, Night of Navy & Smoky Slate
Tools: SU! 'Subtle' 3D Dynamic embossing folder, Memory Box 'Beautiful Balloon' die, Poppystamps 'Fancy Clouds' die set, MFT 'Fishtail Flags' Stax die set, Die'Sire 'Decorative Corner 1' die set, sponge daubers
Embellishments & accessories: SU! Dimensionals, 3D foam tape
Ruth