Baby Luke: August

Hey y'all, happy Saturday!  I've got a big ol' mug of Lucky Irish Breakfast tea in front of me, Ryan and the hubs are playing video games, and it's a lovely peaceful Saturday morning.  Just lovely :)

We're still trucking along with the layouts for Baby Luke's baby book.  I talked to my parents last night and they said Luke, who turned 1 in February, is walking all over, climbing on everything he can reach, and always wants what his big sister has.  He's pretty much the spittin' image of my little brother (his dad), haha!

So both my brother and SIL love cars and between the two of them they own I think seven or eight vehicles.  I already used Geared Up Garage on the first page in the book, so for this one I used Pedal to the Metal.  It was in the Occasions catalog the year I made this book, and I pretty much bought it just for this.  The Confetti Celebrations DSP pattern reminded me of tire treads and I thought it was just perfect for this layout.  I chose bright summery colors for this and I had to color the truck in orange because my dad actually owns a bright orange truck.

Hope your weekend is off to a good start.  We're going to see if we can go out and do something...ANYTHING!  So much stuff is still closed but maybe we can find a new place to go hiking or something...cheers!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Pedal to the Metal
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Smoky Slate, Tempting Turquoise, Stampin' Blends in Smoky Slate, Pineapple Punch, Mango Melody, Lovely Lipstick
Paper:  Tempting Turquoise, Mango Melody, Pineapple Punch, Lovely Lipstick, Thick Whisper White, Mango Melody & Pineapple Punch DSP, Confetti Celebrations DSP
Accessories:  Sizzix letters, Stitched Shapes dies

Dune Buggy

Hey y'all!  Didja miss me?  I've been concentrating on scrapbooking this week--I'm working on a whole bunch of pages from our Thanksgiving 2018 trip to Gatlinburg, Tennessee and they've been taking up all my stamping time this week.  But I took a break yesterday to make something to share here.

Pedal to the Metal is in the Occasions catalog and I don't think I've seen more than one card made with it among all the blogs I follow.  Well, I bought it for Baby Luke's baby book since my brother is such a car nut, and this is the first time I've made a card with it so there you go.

I love this sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

And I was inspired to pull out Pedal to the Metal by the challenge from the Paper Players:

Though I must say I think my card is a bit more CAS-plus.  There's white space, but also some layers on there.  (How do you like the oil splats from Geared Up Garage?)

Finally, I used the colors from CAS Colours & Sketches:

I almost did the monochromatic color challenge from Color Throwdown, but in the end I decided a cherry-red dune buggy was the way to go :)

We have rain, rain, rain for the third day in a row here, wish me luck keeping Ryan entertained.  We've got an 80% chance of thunderstorms for the rest of the day.  Stay cozy, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Pedal to the Metal, Geared Up Garage
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Basic Gray, Crushed Curry marker, Coastal Cabana marker, Smoky Slate & Cherry Cobbler Blends
Paper:  Coastal Cabana, Smoky Slate,  Crushed Curry, Thick Whisper White
Accessories:  Rectangles Stitched dies, Dimensionals

SUO Challenges: Emboss Like a BOSS

Hey hey Stampin' Up! fans!  It is time once again for a new challenge at SUO Challenges!

This time we're asking you to break out the embossing--use embossing powder, embossing paste, or dry embossing.  I decided to break out the Shimmer Black Stampin' Emboss Powder to make this:

As always when a card involves something sparkly, it was hard to get a good picture of this.  The truck image is embossed with the shimmer powder, and the die cut words are covered in it as well so this card shines IRL.  For embossing letters like this, I find it works best to cover half the word with Versamark and the embossing powder, hit it with the heat gun, and then do the other side.  That gives you something to hold on to (the side you're not heating) and if you get two layers of EP on the middle of the word, it's not enough to be noticeable.  And I always lose the dot for the "I" so I used one of the Monster Bash Enamel Shapes from last year's holiday catalog.

My dad owns an orange truck and his favorite color is blue, so that's why I chose the colors I did.  I used the oil stain stamp from Geared Up Garage to make my own patterned paper under the die cut words.  This card is I think 3 1/2" tall by 6 1/4" wide, I measured it to fit in a regular office envelope I had.  I needed it wide enough for both words to go across the front.

Okay, show us how YOU emboss like a boss!  Upload your card at the SUO Challenges blog.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Pedal to the Metal, Geared Up Garage
Ink:  Versamark, Balmy Blue
Paper:  Pacific Point, Pumpkin Pie, Balmy Blue, Basic Black
Accessories:  Stitched Shapes dies, Well Written dies, Shimmer Black EP, Monster Bash Enamel Shapes