Hot Air Balloon Retirement Card

Layer a 15.5x12cm piece of blue cardstock onto a slightly larger piece of yellow cardstock and attach to the card front.

Curve the top edge of a 15.5x5cm piece of green cardstock, stamp the bicycle to the bottom-left corner and add detail using a white gel pen. Brush the top edge using Mowed Grass ink and attach to the bottom of the card front as shown.

Stamp the signpost with ‘retirement begins’ inside onto white cardstock, colour using markers and cut out. Attach in the bottom-right corner of the card front using 3D foam pads. Curve the top edge of a 15.5x2cm piece of green cardstock, brush using Mowed Grass ink and secure to the bottom of the card front.

Place white cardstock into the folder to cover the clouds, emboss and cut out. Repeat twice more and attach the clouds to the sky section of the card front as shown.

Place red cardstock into the folder to cover the hot-air balloon, emboss and cut out. Repeat with yellow and dark blue cardstock and attach all three images to the card front using 3D foam pads.

Emboss small pieces of brown cardstock to cover the hot-air balloon baskets, cut out and attach as shown to finish.