Inkspirational #311 Mickey Balloon

Inkspirational Challenge #311 has posted today over at the blog.  

The challenge is Clean and Simple (CAS) 

optional: feature a balloon

Since I recently purchased this fun Mickey die set  from Kat Scrappiness, I opted to feature a balloon!  I kept it CAS by embossing a white background behind the die cuts that are up on foam dots.  Lots of open white space!

So we hope you will join us for this challenge and link up your CAS design over at Inkspirational where you can also check out all the wonderful CAS designs from the rest of the DT!

Challenge ends on 3/22!

Also linking my card to:

Die Cut Divas

Anything Goes ends 3/31

Tic Tac Toe

CAS Free Favorite Color (red) ends 3/13

Stamps:  Happy Everything - Honey Bee Stamps

Ink:  Nocturne - Versafine Clair

Paper:  White, Pure Poppy, True black - Papertrey Ink.

Accessories: Mickey Balloon Dies - Kat Scrappiness, Beaded Garland Embossing Folder - Tim Holtz/Sizzix (an older one, not the new 3D one), foam dots

Minnie or Mickey?

Today I'm sharing two birthday cards.  I made the Minnie card for a friend who requested a card for her grown daughter that loves Disney!    I didn't have any specific stamps or dies for these two so I checked out Amazon and found some cute stickers and I used that idea for my design.

I  die cut a 3" circle for each face out of black, and then one from dotted red DP for Minnie and one from one from red for Mickey (cut in half and layered over the black circles) I die cut two 1 7/8 circles for the ears.  I used a bow die from The Greetery for Minnie and a really small oval die for Mickie's buttons.

I'm linking my card to:

Inspired by Challenge

Stamps: Birthday Cheer - PTI
Paper: White, Pure Poppy, True Black, Pure Poppy and Black Bitty Big Patterned Paper - PTI
Ink: True Black - PTI
Accessories: 3" circle die, small oval die, 1 7/8" circle die - Nestabilities/Spellbinders, Bow die (on Minnie) - Fit to Be Tied - The Greetery, Birthday Cheer Die (on Minnie) - PTI, Happy Birthday Combo die ( on Mickey) - Poppy Stamps.