Hot Air Balloon Invitation

Two weeks ago i made some invitations for a baby shower - the theme was Hot Air Balloons, and the colour scheme blue, red and grey... We used trusty old "google" to get some inspiration, and this is what we came up with...  I wanted to make the background of the invitation to look like clouds - and where can you buy cloud paper when you need it - nowhere!!! So i had to come up with a solution quickly - i made a little cloud template, and used ink and some cottonwool to create the cloud effect - i think it turned out rather cute...

Here's a picture of the hot air balloons in the "production line"...

 And the finished product:

 And a picture of it all put together (she's expecting a baby boy, Ben)...

 This is what the inside of the card looked like, went with the same cloud effect - i had to cut these all by hand, but so worth it in the end...

I'm busy with another Hot Air Balloon project - a cot mobile...  I've never made one of these before, so i'm figuring it out as i'm going along - i think it's going to look awesome - will post some pics soon...

Liesl
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