MFT Sketch #536

Here's my version of this week's sketch. Another birthday, another grand. I know, it seems I have a grand with a birthday every month, doesn't it. Well, there are 12 months and I have 8 grands, (5 are girls) each with a birthday in a different month, so there it is. 

I've had these balloons, colored and in my stash, for a long time and figured I'd use them for this sketch, since it involves circles. (see sketch below) Seemed perfect to me. All the images are from the Up in the Air stamp set. (Sorry, it's retired now.)

Sketch #536, My Favorite Things

Product List:
My Favorite Things, Up In The Air stamp set *retired

My Favorite Things, Old Friends (happy)

My Favorite Things, Smooth White cardstock

My Favorite Things, Skinny Strips dies

My Favorite Things, Fishtail Foundations (strips) 

Copic, X-press it blending card

Copic, Sketch markers

Concord & 9th, All The Birthdays stamp set (birthday)

Distress inks, Peeled Paint, Tumbled Glass (grass and sky background colors)

Embossing powders, white and black; leftover cardstock scraps, foam squares