Starry Congrats Card

The Stars Framelits are retiring!  This is one of those sets that I find I use year-round...birthdays, Christmas, Fourth of July.  Here, I used them for a graduation card.  

The Fabulous Foil Designer Acetate was an afterthought, and I just love how it looks on this card.  I watercolored the bottom layer with Delightful Dijon and brushed on some stripes with the same color Stampin' Write Marker.  It was too blah looking, so I then brushed over it with Clear Wink of Stella.  Still not satisfied, I added a bit of Dazzling Details to the stripes.  Okay, getting there, but still looked a little drab.   That's when I decided to add the foil acetate.  Wow, much better!

The sentiment is from the Happy Happenings stamp set, which is also retiring.  It's also time to bid farewell to Delightful Dijon.

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Another Balloon Card! - Fabulous Chic Balloons

Okay, then!  I think I've finally had my fair share of balloon cards.  Didn't realize what a roll I was on.   And it seems I've had a bit of a crush on Melon Mambo too.  I'm so over it.   I was rummaging through my 12 x12 DSPs and when I came across the Fabulous Foil Designer Acetate which was hiding in the stash, I pulled out a sheet determined to use it.  I had an image of clear balloons in my head (probably as a result of balloon overdose) and just couldn't shake it.  Not the most profound use of that gorgeous acetate, but hey, at least I finally used it.  The balloon strings are stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with White Stampin' Emboss Powder.  I used my snips to cut out the banner.  I'm usually not a fan of fussy-cutting, but there really isn't anything fussy about this simple cut.

A little tip when using the Acetate:  Use the Paper-Piercing Tool to "roll up" a Mini Glue Dot and hide it under a few of the polka dots on the balloons.  Out of sight, out of mind!