Hello everyone! December has arrived and it's a happy day! I am ready to share Spellbinder's Crafty Advent Calendar for 2024 … crafty surprises over the next 24 days as we work our way to Christmas Eve! Each post will include a video tutorial so join me as we CRAFT ALONG. DAY 1 is a sweet hot air balloon and I absolutely love it!
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The hot air balloon was cut from dark teal, light teal, fuchsia and dark gray cardstock. The balloon and basket were also cut from foam. After the balloon was assembled, it was stacked on the foam die cuts.
The arched plate from BetterPress Label Silhouettes was used to hot foil white cardstock with Gold Glimmer Hot Foil. The panel was trimmed to 4 1/4” by 3” and mounted on a light teal panel measuring 4 3/4” by 3 1/2” before being adhered to an A2 sized card base.
Clouds were cut using dies from Over the Rainbow Die Set. They were adhered to the card front.
The foam mounted hot air balloon was adhered to the arch with the trail of gold embroidery floss tucked underneath the right side of the basket.
The sentiment included with the Day 1 die set was cut from dark teal cardstock and foam. The sentiment was stacked and adhered to the bottom right hand side of the hot air balloon with the embroidery floss running underneath it.
Small pink flowers with teal leaves created with the Over the Rainbow Die Set were used to embellish the hot air balloons, and the sentiment banner.
The embroidery floss was held in position using glue dots. Gold confetti was adhered to them and additional embellishments were added around the hot air balloon.
The confetti was finished off with Nuvo Crystal Drops Morning Dew.
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