Feel the need... the Need for Speed!

 

"I feel the need... the Need for Speed." I'm sure in the movie Top Gun, Tom Cruise wasn't talking about this four-piece stamp set, but I can pretend! *smile*

 



 

Today's card is all about Lucky Limeade, which - I'm sad to say - is going away at the end of May when we will get new In Colors. The other outgoing In Colors are not going anywhere - they're staying to "refresh" our color collections. Those colors are: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Calypso Coral and Island Indigo.

 

For this monochromatic card, I started with a Whisper White card (4-1/4" x 5-1/2") and layered a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of In Color dsp from the big 12" x 12" pad. There's a 4" x 2" Houndstooth embossed strip of Lucky Limeade on top of that, with the car cut out from Need for Speed. The sentiment is from Teeny, Tiny Wishes, punched with the Modern Label punch, with a Designer Brad.

 

 

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A couple of wonderful days with a 10-card class thrown in

I've had the best couple of days between yesterday and today. Yesterday, I took the kids plus one to the beach. I have to show you a photo. My son thought there was a fire!

Well, the fog burned off, and we had a gorgeous view of the water, mountains, ships and freighters. It was a day well spent, digging holes for poles to support our driftwood fort and makeshift furnishings, beachcombing, walking, wading and sunbathing.

Today, I met up with my friend, Barb, and spent the day shopping at craft stores and talking. We have so much in common, especially where our families are concerned. In fact, we were talking a bit too long because Kim called to say she was waiting. We went to a  newly discovered vintage market, and boy, did we get some great things! I spent all my money on one vendor's goods. The coolest thing I bought is a wooden chair that turns into a ladder. We all found something. It was fun!

Now onto stamping. I had two clubs meet earlier this week (I'll share those projects a little later), and a 10-card class on Tuesday. Here are the cards from that class:

This card uses the Fabulous You and Sassy Salutations stamp sets with the Fancy Fan Folder. I love the In Color Dahlias. They look so cute on the toe of the shoe! Of course, the card is finished with 2-way glue and Dazzling Diamonds glitter.

The Very Vanilla card features the Postage Due stamp set and Postage Stamp Punch. The colors are Cherry Cobbler, River Rock, Always Artichoke and Marina Mist.

This card uses the Need for Speed stamp set in Basic Black, and a stamp from Clockworks in Wild Wasabi. The sentiment is from Made for You. This card was inspired by Deb at ARTfelt Impressions.

This Whisper White card uses Floral District dsp with a corner rounder punch, and the cake and greeting from Embellished Events.

This was my favorite card. It uses the Blue Ribbon stamp set and World Spectacular dsp. The ink colors are Cherry Cobbler and Island Indigo. The stampers could use any stamp out of the Family Reunion stamp set. If it was for a female, they used rhinestones; and if it was for a male, they used brads.

I hope you have a fabulous weekend! I'll be back later this weekend with swaps and make & takes from my American Ink team gathering, which is tomorrow morning.

Happy Stampin'!

Need for Speed for Monkey Challenge #98: Happiness!

This week's A La Card Monkey Challenge #98 is all about Happiness. So I thought I'd choose a stamp set that would make two of my nephews - who have birthdays this month - happy! That set is Need for Speed. I made one card using the ATV and a second with the racecar.

I love this sketch because it's nice and simple. It was easy to add texture with the Houndstooth embossing folder. I used a sponge dauber with Early Espresso ink to make the embossing stand out. I also used a sponge dauber to burnish color onto the vehicles. You can see the sketch below:

Stamps: Need for Speed, Birthday Wishes;

Ink: Early Espresso, Basic Black, Marina Mist;

Paper: Very Vanilla, Marina Mist, Beau Chateau dsp;

Accessories: 1-1/4" Marina Mist striped grosgrain, jumbo brad, Houndstooth embossing folder, Big Shot, dimensionals, sponge dauber, largest circle punch.

Need for Speed for Monkey Challenge #94

This card got my (almost) 13-year-old son's thumbs up. Every year for his birthday invitations, he requests military-type stamps and colors. His favorite thing to do with his friends is to play with Nerf guns. Using the A La Card Monkey Challenge #94: Birthday + Sketch, I came up with this card. I used a pattern from the Pocketful of Posies dsp pack, along with Baja Breeze and Night of Navy colors. Here's the sketch:

 

Stamps: Need for Speed, On Your Birthday, Send Me Soaring;

Ink: Baja Breeze, Night of Navy;

Paper: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Night of Navy, Pocketful of Posies dsp;

Accessories: Oval punch, Scallop Oval punch, dimensionals, Subtles buttons, 1/8" Baja Breeze taffeta ribbon.