This card is for Emily, who is a six year old girl battling cancer for the past two years. \u00a0Jennifer McGuire is hosting a challenge for her and Xander (for whom I made the card I posted yesterday HERE<\/a><\/span>) so that they can be showered with handmade cards made with love.<\/p>\n

I made this card taking into account that Emily likes animals, the outdoors and dark pink. I used an adorable stamp called Bunch of Balloons from Wild Rose Studio (How fun and joyful is a baby elephant floating up with a bunch of balloons, right?!), the Pretty Pink Posh Peek-A-Boo die, paper from the Carta Bella “Words of Love” collection, and some dark red satin ribbon.<\/p>\n

<\/a>As Emily is just starting to learn how to read, I also wrote a little note inside saying, “Just popping up to say hi.” and “Things are looking up in the new year.” Emily’s parents are going to give her the cards she\u00a0receives as they see fit over time, and I thought this would be a joyful\u00a0new years card for a six year old.<\/p>\n

I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean for the sky peeking through the opening and the following Copic colors\u00a0to color up the stamped image:
\nElephant: W1, 3, 5, and R30 and 20
\nDark pink balloon: RV52, 55 and 66
\nGreen balloons: G000 and 00
\nBlue balloons: G000 and 00
\nPink balloons: V000 and 01
\nPurple balloon: BV01 and 02
\nYellow balloons: Y000 and 11
\nI also coated some balloons with Glossy Accents and others with glitter glue for sparkle and shine.<\/p>\n

The following is a video showing the start to finish process of making this card:<\/p>\n