Everything Amazing for GDP195

I was a little stumped at initial approach to this week’s Global Design Project balloons theme challenge – so I started my creative journey by running my finger over the spines of all my stamps. I can’t tell you how many cards start with that process. That’s it! That’s when I came across Everything Amazing, a new set in Stampin’ Up!’s 2019 Annual Catalog – and there are balloons. Woo hoo! Here’s my card:

And here’s the banner for the super-fun challenge that inspired my card:Tips, Tricks and Reminders

• Everything Amazing. Have you paid attention to the Everything Amazing stamp set on page 20 of Stampin’ Up!’s 2019 Annual Catalog? The sketched, hand-drawn lettering is reminiscent of chalkboard art, so I heat-embossed the lettering on Basic Black cardstock with Whisper White Stampin’ Emboss Powder. Here’s a look at this fun, new set:Fun, celebratory images with a lot of great words. Here are some of the amazing sayings you can build with this super-fun set:
  • “You are an amazing friend”
  • “Wishing you an amazing birthday”
  • “You will do amazing things”
  • “Wishing you an amazing friend” 🙂
• Balloon Background. While I incorporated one pair of balloons on the top panel of this card, I didn’t feel like that was enough to meet the “balloon” theme of this week’s challenge. As such, I stamped a pattern of balloons on the Pineapple Punch background with Pineapple Punch ink. Since the stamp set is photopolymer, it was easy to line up the images and stamp them down. Here’s a closer look:And here’s a close-up of the finished card (just to prove that the balloons actually made it to my finished project). The tone-on-tone is subtle, which makes the inclusion of the balloons even more fun:
• Color Combination. There’s an open space in the top, right corner of this sentiment that needed to be filled, so I stamped the heart, hat and balloons from the stamp set on colored cardstock and built a little collage of these fun images in the top, left corner.I stamped the opening and resolve of this sentiment on Coastal Cabana cardstock and snipped them out to fit inside the lines of the embossed sentiment. If you like this bright-and-cheery combination of Pineapple Punch, Coastal Cabana and Poppy Parade as much as I do, please save this:

Stamp Sets: Everything Amazing Papers: Pineapple Punch, Coastal Cabana, Poppy Parade, Basic Black Inks: Pineapple Punch, Whisper White Craft, Tuxedo Black Memento Accessories: White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Stitched Nested Labels Dies, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Everything Amazing Photopolymer Stamp Set – 149340

Price: $16.00

Stitched Nested Labels Dies – 149638

Price: $35.00

Pineapple Punch 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 146971

Price: $8.75

Coastal Cabana 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 131297

Price: $8.75

Poppy Parade 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 119793

Price: $8.75

Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 121045

Price: $8.75

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder – 109132

Price: $6.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada) – 129053

Price: $30.00

Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill – 147277

Price: $9.50

Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147141

Price: $7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad – 132708

Price: $6.00

Supply List

I hope you’ll pop over to the Global Design Project site to see the cards by the design team members and to play along with this week’s challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

My Favorite Things. I love to share my favorite things with you. I’ve shared two posts with some of my favorites from Stampin’ Up!’s 2019 Annual Catalog. If you’ve like to take a look, click on the links below:

• My Favorite Things – Day One
• My Favorite Things – Day Two

I hope these lists help you to whittle down your wish list – or identify some amazing products you may have missed.

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