Hello again! After finishing my Feathered Cardinal card this morning, I was still in a crafty mood 🙂 So I went on and made a colorful stripes card for Freshly Made Sketches #469.

This week’s sketch is perfect!! –

It’s very versatile, so I actually made two different cards for the challenge. This post is dedicated to my first card:

To make my card, I first stamped the image of the string and the kid holding it with my MISTI stamping tool.

Then, I added the colorful stripes to the card, and stamped the image again on top. I stamped the kid on a white piece of paper, fussy cut and adhered him to the front:

For the heart balloon, I stamped the heart from the same stamp set (Just Miss You by Simonsaysstamp), and cut the image by hand. I did it three times, for more dimension. To give some volume to the balloon, I added a layer of Glossy Accents on top:

I love the effect of Glossy Accents on balloons. I used it for the first time on a different card, and I just love it!

The sentiment, “Hug Enclosed”, is from the Just Miss You stamp set too.

The stripes and the balloon on this card reminded me of another card that I made a couple of months ago:

If you want to read more about the technique that I used on that card, click here.

Do you like using stripes on your card? Tell  me a comment below – I love reading your comments!

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Happy Sunday! ❤️

– Michal