Monday 23 August 2010

Cody's Balloon



Hello, I hope you've all had a lovely weekend!  Mine was spent making this for a friend of a friend - well sort of!  This is for the lady that asked for the baby girl Christening card that I made earlier this year well she came back and asked me to make a card for her Son's 1st birthday.  Oh I was all a tremble as it is such an important card, I can make cards for everyday occasions but when it comes to special cards I loose all confidence!  
Anyway, I gave it a go and here is the box I made to hold it.


This is Cody's Balloon from Mo Manning and is my latest acquisition.  I made a practice card which I will keep to show for another day.  Ive paper pieced him using denim paper scraps stuck onto a full A4 sheet so they went through the printer!


So here is the easel card with the box behind.  Im quite enjoying making boxes at the moment only because the last 3 have gone well (did I ever mention that Ive got millions of little card boxes scattered over my desk to store lots of odds and ends - the ones that didnt fit together!)
I was going to use Glossy Accents on the balloon but as it was quite large I didnt want it to buckle whilst drying.
Hope you have a great week,
Keryn x

8 comments:

Kathy said...

You had nothing to worry about, Keryn! Your stuff is always fab and this gorgeous boxed card is no exception, it's totally adorable

Claire said...

What are you like hun - this is adorable and I bet he will love it. The colours are fab and the box is gorgeous. I really don't know what you are worried about with your confidence - no need to be. Hugs, Claire x

Larisa said...

What a nice card - it made me to smile )) - so good image ))) The striped blue paper is so good for this idea to be good ))
Hugs. Larisa. xx

pinky said...

Oh wow Keryn this is absolutely stunning and perfect for a 1st Birthday. She will be so knocked out with this one, she'll be back again lol.
Pinky

chris said...

Hi Keryn, this is so fabulous, love it. hugs chris xx

Clare said...

Wow Keryn!!! all that worry and look how beautifully it turned out. You are so much like me but i think sometimes the cards actually turn out 10 times better than we think when we stress over them!!!. Such a gorgeous image. That lady will be over the moon with it. Big hugs Clare xxx

Unknown said...

this is fantastic - i'm sure the woman loved it - who wouldn't.

Paula x x x

Julie said...

A great card, love the paper piecing.