Balloon Backgrounds
By
Lori Ronnerud-Guimond
Crafty
Cruisers
Intermediate Stamping Design Team
Balloon backgrounds
hmmmmm
what
does that make you think of? Maybe taking a
bunch of balloons, tie them together, pounce on an ink pad, and then pounce on
your paper? This was my first thought, but then I found out differently. You
take kitchen/household items and put
them in the balloons then do the pouncing on ink and paper to make unusual
backgrounds. Rice turned out to be my favorite, then macaroni. What other items
can you think of using?
RICE Card
Supplies:
Latex Balloons, not
blown up
Uncooked Rice
VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Black Detail Embossing Powder
(Ranger)
Noir Black Palette Hybrid Ink
(Stewart Superior)
Reflection Blue Palette Hybrid Ink
(Stewart Superior)
White cardstock; Ό Sheet (5½ x 4Ό)
Sea Blue cardstock; ½ Sheet (5½ x
8½)
Silver paper; Ό Sheet, trimmed (5⅜
x 4⅛)
Heat Tool (Milwaukee)
Mono Adhesive (Tombow)
Deckle Scissors (Fiskars)
Lazy Days stamp set (TAC)
Fish Story stamp set (TAC)
Bottoms Up! Stamp set (TAC)
Instructions:
1.
Using a funnel, pour uncooked rice into a balloon (as much or as little
as you like). 
2.
Take that filled balloon and pounce on the Reflection Blue Palette pad,
then lightly pounce onto your white cardstock multiple times before
re-inking again.
3.
Trim this piece down to 5-1/8 x 3-15/16.
4.
Stamp fish with VersaMark and cover with Black Detail embossing powder.
Heat set.
5.
Stamp boaters with Noir Black Palette pad.
6.
Take a scrap of silver paper and stamp saying in VersaMark. Cover with
Black Detail embossing powder and heat set. Trim with deckle scissors.
7.
Fold blue cardstock in half. Attach silver paper to this. Attach stamped
cardstock to this. Attach saying on top of this piece.
MACARONI Card 
Supplies:
Latex Balloons, not
blown up
Uncooked Macaroni
VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Black Sparkle Embossing Powder
(Ranger)
Giverny Green Palette Hybrid Ink
(Stewart Superior)
White cardstock; Ό Sheet (5½ x 4Ό)
Chartreuse cardstock; ½ Sheet (5½ x
8½)
Hot Pink cardstock; Ό Sheet, trimmed
(5⅜ x 4⅛)
Heat Tool (Milwaukee)
Mono Adhesive (Tombow)
Happy Birthday stamp (TAC)
Instructions:
1.
Put uncooked macaroni into a balloon (as much or as little as you like).
2.
Take that filled balloon and pounce on the Giverny Green Palette ink pad,
then lightly pounce onto your white cardstock multiple times before re-inking
again.
3.
Trim this piece down to 5-1/8 x 3-15/16.
4.
Stamp saying with VersaMark and cover with Black Sparkle embossing
powder. Heat set.
5.
Fold chartreuse cardstock in half. Attach Hot Pink cardstock to this.
Attach stamped cardstock to this piece.
JELLY BEAN~Card #1
Supplies:
Latex Balloons, not
blown up
Jelly Beans
VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Black Detail Embossing Powder
(Ranger)
LAmore Red Palette Hybrid Ink
(Stewart Superior)
White cardstock; Ό Sheet (5½ x 4Ό)
Navy Blue cardstock; ½ Sheet (5½ x
8½)
Scraps of copper, navy & white
cardstock
Peel n Stick Foam Squares (Therm O
Web)
Heat Tool (Milwaukee)
Mono Adhesive (Tombow)
RX Sketches stamp set (TAC)
Greetings stamp set (TAC)
Instructions:
1.
Put one size jelly beans into a balloon (as much or as little as you
like).
2.
Take that filled balloon and pounce on the LAmore Red Palette ink pad,
then lightly pounce onto your white cardstock multiple times before re-inking
again. 
3.
Trim this piece down to 5-3/16 x 3-15/16.
4.
Stamp prescription bottle on scrap of white cardstock with gray ink. Trim
out cap and label.
5.
Stamp prescription bottle on scrap of copper cardstock with gray ink.
Attach trimmed white pieces in appropriate places.
6.
Stamp prescription bottle with VersaMark over the gray image on the
copper scrap. Cover with Black Detail embossing powder, heat set and cut image
out.
7.
Stamp saying on white scrap with LAmore Red Palette ink. Trim to desired
size. Layer onto a scrap of navy blue cardstock. Layer this piece onto a scrap
of copper paper.
8.
Fold Navy blue cardstock in half. Attached stamped white cardstock to
this.
9.
Using foam squares attach the embossed prescription bottle to this piece.
10.
Attach layered saying using Mono Adhesive.
JELLY BEAN~Card 2
Supplies:
Latex Balloons, not
blown up
Jelly Beans
Sunflower Palette Hybrid Ink
(Stewart Superior)
Violete Palette Hybrid Ink (Stewart
Superior)
White cardstock; Ό Sheet (5½ x 4Ό)
Bright Yellow cardstock; ½ Sheet
(5½ x 8½)
Magenta cardstock; Ό Sheet, trimmed
(5⅜ x 4⅛)
Vellum, Ό Sheet (5½ x 4Ό)
Lace Punch (Fiskars)
Vellum Tape (3-M)
Heat Tool (Milwaukee)
Mono Adhesive (Tombow)
Dress Up stamp set (TAC)
Instructions: 
1.
Put different sizes of jelly
beans into a balloon (as much or as little as you like). Blow the balloon up not
quite half way. Let sit until balloon stretches out some (1-2 hours) then let
the air out again.
2.
Take that filled balloon and pounce on the Sunflower Palette ink pad,
then pounce onto your white cardstock multiple times before re-inking again.
3.
Trim this piece down to 5-1/8 x 3-15/16.
4.
Take vellum and punch both of the long sides then the short sides.
5.
Stamp images onto vellum with the Violete Palette ink pad.
6.
Fold yellow cardstock in half. Attach magenta piece to this. Attach
stamped white cardstock to this piece.
7.
Apply vellum tape to the piece of vellum (4 corners and once in the
center). Then attach this to the above cardstock.
Balloon Tops card
 Supplies:
10 Latex Balloons, not
blown up, rubber banded together
Noir Black Palette Hybrid Ink
(Stewart Superior)
Haystack Palette Hybrid Ink (Stewart
Superior)
Cognac Palette Hybrid Ink (Stewart
Superior)
Burnt Umber Palette Hybrid Ink
(Stewart Superior)
White cardstock; Ό Sheet (5½ x 4Ό)
Dark Brown cardstock; ½ Sheet (5½ x
8½)
Mono Adhesive (Tombow)
Family Dogs stamp set (TAC)
Paw Print stamp (Judith)
Instructions:
1.
Take the balloons (top end) and pounce on the Haystack Palette pad.
Next, lightly
pounce onto your white cardstock multiple times before re-inking again. Wipe ink
off balloons. Repeat with the Cognac and then Burnt Umber ink pads.
2.
Trim this piece down to 5Ό x 4 and cut into Ύ strips. Attach 3 of these
to the Dark Brown cardstock which is folded in half.
3.
Stamp image with Burnt Umber ink pad onto a scrap of white cardstock.
Tear around image and attach to card.
4.
Stamp Paw Print with White VersaCraft pad under dog image (or you could
stamp a saying here).
Balloon Bottoms Card
Supplies:
10 Latex Balloons, not
blown up, rubber banded together
Noir Black Palette Hybrid Ink
(Stewart Superior)
Haystack Palette Hybrid Ink (Stewart
Superior)
Cognac Palette Hybrid Ink (Stewart
Superior)
Burnt Umber Palette Hybrid Ink
(Stewart Superior)
White cardstock; Ό Sheet (5½ x 4Ό)
Dark Brown cardstock; ½ Sheet (5½ x
8½)
Mono Adhesive (Tombow)
Coffee Beans stamp set (TAC-retired)
Java stamp set (TAC-retired)
Instructions:
1.
Take the balloons (bottom end) and pounce on the Haystack Palette pad.
Next, lightly pounce onto your white cardstock multiple times before re-inking
again. Wipe ink off
balloons. Repeat with the Cognac and then Burnt Umber ink pads.
2.
Trim this piece down to 5Ό x 4. Cut this into odd sized triangles and
attach to the Dark Brown cardstock, which is folded in half. Leave tiny gap
between the pieces for the base cardstock to show through.
3.
Stamp images with Noir Black ink pad onto triangles as desired.
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