Hello card making friends and welcome to the Alex Syberia Designs Floral Balloon Extravaganza One Year Annivesary BLOG HOP | Giveaway (that’s a mouthfull, haha). . Alex Syberia is having a HUGE celebration for their first birthday with tons of inspiration and Prizes – lots and lots of prizes.
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To celebrate their birthday, Alex Syberia Designs has collaborated with a ton of wonderful sponsors to give away a grant total of £800 ($1,000) in prizes, (see list at the end of this post). To enter, simply leave comments at each stop along the hop. Winners will be chosen randomly from comments and announced Sept 18th, on the Alex Syberia Designs Giveaway Winners Page (on their blog).
It was so hard to decide what to share with you today because the NEW RELEASE is so fabulous and I love everything, LOL. BUT, the Balloons have my heart – SO say hello to FLORAL BALLOON EXTRAVAGANZA. And, a few other cards I’ll be sharing with you throughout the month.
Alex Syberia Designs Floral Balloon Extravaganza is a NEW stamp and Die set. I have coupled it with a few new products
Slimline Nested Stitched Die Set
Birthday and Wish Hot Foil and Die Set
Shiny Diamonds Stencil (with Gina K Glitz Glitter Gel – for some super blingy background noise).
How to create the Alex Syberia Designs Floral Balloon Extravaganza Cards:
Start by using a Misti to stamp all the balloons onto Canson 140lb cold pressed watercolor paper.
Next, paint the images with Altenew watercolors.
Then, die cut them out with the coordinating dies.
At the same time, use Polished Brass Glimmer Foil to foil the happy Birthday sentiment and white embossing powder on black cardstock for the other sentiments.
Alex Syberia Designs Floral Balloon Extravaganza Slimline Card:
Cut a white card base 7″ x 8-1/2″ inches, score and fold at 3-1/2 to create the card base.
Next, cut the Slimline Nested Stitched Die from a piece of Spellbinders Waterfall card stock 3-1/2″ x 8-1/2″.
Then cut the card front from white cardstock 3-1/2 x 7-1/2. Place the Shiny Diamonds Stencil over the top portion and use a palette knife to add Gina K Glitz Glitter Gel through the stencil. Once the design is dry, move the clean stencil down, and repeat for the bottom section of the pane.
Then, use Polished Brass Glimmer Foil to Foil the Birthday and Wish Sentiment Set and use the Coordinating dies to cut them out.
Use Tear Tape to attach all the pieces to the card front. Then use foam squares to add the balloons and sentiments.
Finally, embellish with clear rhinestones
Alex Syberia Designs Floral Balloon Extravaganza – card 2
Start by repeating the steps above to create the blingy background with the Shiny Diamonds Stencil on a 4 x 5-1/4″ card front and then attach it to a top folding A2 sized white card base (4-1/4″ x 11″, score and fold at 5-1/2″).
Next, white heat emboss the two sentiments onto scraps of black cardstock and die cut out with the coordinating dies.
Finally, attach two balloons to the card front and the sentiments using foam squares.
Finally, embellish with clear rhinestones.
Alex Syberia Designs Floral Balloon Extravaganza – card 3 (on the right)
Start with the same measurements for the card stock as in Card #2. Tape the 4″ x 5-1/2″ white card front to the Dazzling Fireworks Cover Die and run through a die cutting machine.
Next, using a blending brush, add a small amount of Pinkfresh Raspberry Bliss Ink to the bottom left side of the card front before attaching it to the card base.
Then, White heat emboss the sentiment onto a scrap of black cardstock and die cut with the coordinating dies before attaching it and a large balloon to the card front.
Finally, embellish with clear rhinestones.
And now it’s time to HOP along for more fabulous inspiration. Next on the list is and you have probably come from . Below is a list of the entire hop just in case you get lost along the way:
Auzz Trinklets n crafts : $30AUD Gift Card
Crafty Purple Frog: £25 Gift Card
Dies to Die For : £25 Gift Card
Doeading : 50€ Gift Card (only for EU)
Gina K : $100 Gift Card
Glitter and ink : $50 CAD Gift Card (only for Canada)
Jennifer McGuire Ink : 1 Share Handmade Kindness goodies bag -$75value
Kit & Clowder : $15 Gift Card
Mennys Bastelshop : 2x 20€ Gift Cards (EU)
Online Card Classes : 3 x free spots to any classes
Paper & i : $25 Gift Card (only for USA)
Pear Blossom press : $25 Gift Card
Scrap Shotz : $25 CAD Gift Card (only for Canada)
Seize the stamp : 2x CHF 25 Gift Cards
Simon Says Stamp : $100 Gift Card
SCT Magazine : $50 Gift Card
The Glitter Hubb : $25 CAD Gift Card
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I’m from the USA! The Cheerful Panda Moments set is my favorite from this release!
Awesome colors and designs with these beautiful balloons! Love the pretty cards you created!
Hi from Belgium 💟!
You made so many wonderfull cards! I love the pandas, but honestly, this whole release is fab. I’m still pondering what to choose. I do love the word dies. And that cover die with the fireworks that you used! Thank you for your beautiful cards Sandi! 💙
Hello from just down the road here in Cochrane! Sandi, you’ve created a lovely trio of balloon cards. I especially like the backgrounds you’ve created; subtle ways to enhance the overall impact.
My favourites from the release: the adorable pandas, the candles, the birthday and wish die.
~carol
Hello my friend, I have to agree, the pandas are so adorable and the birthday wish die is my favorite sentiment so far, haha
(from the USA) Your cards are beautiful. Love those balloons!
thank you Laura
I’m from the UK and I think your balloon cards are beautiful! The Floral Balloon Extravaganza set is my favourite but the whole release is lovely. x
Love these cards. I’m from Canada. Pandas are among my favourites!
Hi from Alberta, I love them too
USA! Your cards are so gorgeous! I love that little bit of pink ink blending you did on the bottom of the background!
Love your take on the balloons…really says ‘Happy Birthday’ in a big way!!! TFS
Paper Hugs,
Jan
Hi from Slovenia, Europe. Celebrate With Cake Stamps and Dies are my favorite from this release. Love your beautiful cards!
Hi back from Canada. That is a fabulous stamp set, I agree
Great balloon cards! All the detail to them is wonderful!
USA – favorite item is the cheerful pandas set – your cards are gorgeous – thanks for the ideas
Hi from Canberra, Australia!
So many beautiful cards and I love those colours.
What an amazing release.
Cheers
Lisa
OMG … These cards are just gorgeous. I am super excited to see so many fantastic stamp sets being released. I am in a quandry though … if I order now (several items already on my wish list) and pay for postage (to Australia) what’s to say there won’t be others that are released that I want to purchase as well. If I leave it until they are all released I will probably miss out on some that will sell out. Decisions, decisions 🥺
Thanks Nicki: this is the full release
Wow, these are all stunners!! Love all of your pretty designs.
Hello from the UK. Your balloon cards are just gorgeous and I love the idea of glitter gel through a stencil. I keep changing my mind about which is my favourite product. I’ll just have to spend a bit more! 🙂
Hello from Ireland, Europe! And well done on an amazing 1st year – here’s to many more! One of my favourite products are the adorable pandas – love how cute they are! Your cards with the balloons are fantastic – I am especially in love with the most pink card – that blending only around the edge & corner was a great idea!
I’m in the USA. Love the balloon products and your cards are so beautiful!
Hello from Pennsylvania in the eastern US –
Congrats to ASD on an amazing year! Your designs are SO good!
I love the cards that Sandy has posted. They are elegant and beautiful!
Lori S in PA
Thanks so much Lori
Sorry I misspelled “Sandi” – I was tired, I guesss. Love your cards… that Shiny Diamonds stencil looks super!
haha, no worries, i get that all the time, LOL, but thank you on the cards. The Shiny Diamonds stencil is beautiful for sure
Hello from Canada! I love these card so much, the balloons are so pretty!
thank you Alexander
I’m in the US. Love the balloons and the slimline products. And the pandas.
haha, face it, you love them all Janet, LOL, Me too
Hi from the US (Chicagoland.) I love how you used the same color palette on so many different designs and they all look so lovely with different backgrounds and dimensions! Thank you so much for sharing and inspiring!
Thank you Ruth. I find it easier to design that way, make a bunch of art pieces, and then design the backgrounds
Hi from the US! Your floral balloon cards are gorgeous! My favorite in this release is the streamer and fan stencil.
Hello from Michigan in the USA. Wow! As usual…your cards are stunning! Who would have thought balloon cards could be so lovely? I especially love that beautiful glitter paste used with the shiny Diamond stencil for background. Also really like the nested stitched die trim. But your colors and style are gorgeous! My favorite part of this release are the two sentiment sets…the stamp set and the hot foil set.
From USA – love the balloon cards and the pandas are such a good size for different designs. thanks for the step-by-step instructions
These birthday cards are really bright and festive and showcase the new release so well! Thank you for sharing this inspiration.