I thought this set and punch wasn't a 'must' and only got it after realising I was seriously lacking in easy balloon images for birthday cards. But there are so many different ways this can be used. If you only have the punch you can simply punch different colours and draw a few strings and adhere the 'balloons'.
Or you can can use different coloured cardstock and stamp the balloon highlights onto the balloons once they are punched out.
I teamed the one below with a die cut from the Large number dies and used bakers twine for the strings. The sentiment is from the Happy Birthday Everyone set.
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Cased from Maheswari Rajaguru at http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/maheswari.
Love the different look. These balloons were punched in white using the double punch and then sponged in Sahara Sand, Mint Macaroon and Daffodil Delight. It was very light in the middle of the balloons but quite heavy sponging around the outside. The string stamp makes it so easy to place the balloons in position.
Cased from Dena Rekow at http://youtu.be/bDGsFBip_Xg. This one was stamped in Black Archival ink using the outline stamp. I used a punched balloon as a mask. Once all the outlines were done I stamped the balloons in different colours. This 2 step stamping is a breeze with photopolymer stamps.
Loving the Watermelon Wonder cardstock. I was having so much fun with the balloon punch I ended up with heaps of balloons so made some more cards to use them up. The one below has Soft Suede as the card front.
Super easy tools for quick cards.
I haven't had much of a chance to use the Bloomin' Love stamp
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