Breezy Quest Thank You Fun Fold

I'm back with a second card I made in my crafty friend Liz Ortiz's AECP workshop, and this one is so much fun! There's a mechanism to pop out one of my hot air balloons inside the card! And a pocket to add a little card! 

For this card, I die cut 3 hot air balloons using metallic cardstock and a few colors from Altenew's Pink Brilliance Glitter Cardstock set. Then I trimmed some panels of cardstock I had watercolored using Altenew's Palette Perfection Artists' Watercolor Tube bundle. I embossed the panels using Altenew's Cloudy Days 3D embossing folder and ran a white pigment ink pad over the raised portions of the panels to give the clouds a little more definition. 

I die cut "sending" and its shadow die from Altenew's Versatile Greeting 2 set and the "Thanks" and its shadow from Altenew's Bold Thanks die set. The "You are so kind" die is from Altenew's Essential Sentiment Strips die set. 

I ended up adding a Velcro dot to the inside of the card to help it stay closed because it's very thick with the different layers and the pop-up mechanism. 

 

Here's a look at the front of the card:

When the notecard is removed:

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Challenges I'm entering:

Anything Goes with a Fun Fold for Creative Creases #100: ATG with a fun fold (unlimited entries; ends at the end of the month)

Can You Handle The Pressure?: ATG with an embossing folder or a twist of something that starts with "F" (1/3; ends 2/22/25)

Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: ATG (1/4; ends 3/6/25)

Gem of A Craft Challenge: ATG (3/4; ends 2/20/25)

Allsorts challenge blog: ATG (2/3; ends 2/14/25)

613 Avenue Create: ATG (2/8; ends at the end of the month)

A Cut Above: ATG with die cuts (3/3; ends at the end of the month)

A Place To Start: ATG or Things in the Sky (like hot air balloons 😄) (2/8; ends at the end of the month)

simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Bright and Cheerful (3/5; ends 2/10/25)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG or option of burgundy, pink, and sage green (2/6; ends at the end of the month)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (3/5 for the week; 4/10 for the challenge; ends 2/19/25)

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: ATG or love (2/2; ends 2/19/25)

Word Power: ATG with words as the focus (2/3; ends at the end of the month)

Crafty Catz: ATG with option of use a die (1/5; ends 2/20/25)

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG (1/3; ends 2/22/25)

Cut It Up: This makes us smile (These cute little hot air ballooons make me smile!) (2/3; ends 2/17/25)

Let's Craft and Create: ATG with option of red, pink and white (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG (unlimited entries; ends 2/12/25)

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: ATG (unlimited entries; ends at the end of the month)