Happy Friday!! I hope you are having a great summer! Ours has been unseasonably hot and humid for Michigan. It’s also been very busy and flying by too fast as well. When it’s that busy, making a card that looks great but takes no time at all is the best! This card was just that easy so I thought you would like to see it. This card reminds me of our wonderful trip to Turkey which is one of the best reasons that I love the Lift Me Up stamp set. My kids went up in a hot air balloon at sunrise in Cappadocia for a once in a lifetime adventure. This stamp set and its coordinating framelits are still available in the annual catalog.

My Secrets to Making This Lift Me Up Project

• I always have a color scheme in mind when starting my cards and those colors will almost always appear twice to keep the color balance.
• When paper piecing, use a liquid adhesive so you can move the pieces until they are just right.
• The balloons were curled with the McGill Tool Kit to round the edges a bit then adhered to the card base with dimensionals.

Quick List of Stampin’ Up! Products

• Stamp Sets: Lift Me Up
• Paper: Tranquil Textures DSP, Real Red, Mango Melody, Blueberry Bushel
• Ink: Real Red, Blueberry Bushel
• SU Tools: Up & Away Thinlits, Celebrate You Thinlits, Subtle Dynamic TIEF; Non-US: McGill Tool Kit
• Finishing Touch: Not this time!

I would like to submit my card to the following challenges. Please check them out and play along with me:

• Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
• Dies R Us Challenge: Birthday
• Always Happy Birthday Challenge

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DIY List of Stampin’ Up! Products