#GDP430 Bucket list-->Basket list--->Balloon list

 I am so incredibly excited to share that I received an honorable mention last week from the Global Design Project!  Hop back through my blog to check out the #GDP429 challenge, entries, winners and special mentions! 

This week's challenge is a sketch challenge.  I had this idea in my head and took some artistic liberty to the sketch to make it happen. It is on my bucket list to ride in a hot air balloon, and not just one that is tethered to the ground at the fair or local festival.  I imagine it would be beautiful at sunset.  This week's challenge made me think about all of the things that are on the forever Want-To-Do list and to put actions in place to make it happen.  I have a desire to go to Napa Valley and they also offer Hot Air Balloon adventures, hopefully their recent weather uncertainties will resolve and I can feel confident in booking a trip for my 40th year of living the best life.

Check out the Challenge and play along here http://www.global-design-project.com/.

Here I wanted to create hot air balloons across a sunset sky.  I knew I wanted to make black hot air balloons and needed a background that visually supported a vivid sunset.   I was going to blend or watercolor a background but then I found the perfect DSP in the Annual Catalog, Masterfully Made. The hot air balloons were cut using black cardstock and adhesive sheets and then pieced together. The sentiment used a piece from the balloon and embossed with white.  I accented with Crushed Curry for the matted layer on a basic black card base.  I embellished with the glittered gold dots from  Glossy Dot Assortment. To tie it together I found retired glittered black ribbon from Stampin' Up! and tied it in a  simple knot to add to the sentiment strip.

  Images are Copyright (c) Stampin' Up!

 

I added Wink of Stella to add some shimmer to the balloons and 

used dimensions to create a floating effect

Stay tuned as I create another card a bit closer to the sketch's intent and another with the Hot Air Balloons across a soft morning sunrise sky.

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Untethered dreams drift away in the breeze- MeB (Don't send your dreams up in the balloon, but place them in the basket where they can be come grounded even if they do drift away for awhile)