Guest Designer for Colorful Options May 2023 Challenge - Blue

Hello everyone.  After being named the Designer Spotlight winner in March, I am so excited to be invited to guest design (GD) this month at Colorful Options (CO) for their May challenge, especially since this month’s colour is BLUE.  For those who may not know, blue is my favourite colour! 😉   Of course, if blue isn’t yours, you can always create a rainbow colour themed project instead to play along.  Here’s this month’s inspiration board.

And here’s my bright, blue birthday card.

Used a balloon die from Simon Says Stamp to die cut the balloons from white cardstock.  Blended Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch distress oxide inks (DOx) to colour them.  To give them dimension, made sure to leave a highlight spot.  Leftover ink from a black foam blending tool was used to add shading to the white balloons.

Took the Blanket Stitched Rectangle die from Pinkfresh Studio next to die cut an A2 size panel from light blue cardstock.  Arranged and adhered the balloons onto the upper 2/3 of the panel.  Splattered with diluted white gouache paint for a festive confetti look.  Die cut the Birthday Trio sentiment from Gina K Designs twice from thick white paper and stacked them together for dimension.  Assembled the card onto a white card base to finish.

I want to thank Makira and the CO team for having me guest.  For more inspirations from the CO design team and/or to link up your project, click HERE.  Hope to see you in the gallery.  Thank you for stopping by.

Challenges:

Just Add Ink - #650 Large Letters or Numbers 

Seize the Birthday - #260 Balloons 

The Paper Players - #638 Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge from Anne Marie (diagonal: bright colors, die cuts, birthday)

AAA Birthday - #49 Balloons