Girl Put Your Records On

Mornin' y'all and happy Friday.  This post would have been up a while ago but for some reason I had to take FOUR pictures of today's card, there was some random bit of black something on it but I finally got a clean picture!  And today's card has me singing a song by Corinne Bailey Rae where she sings, "Girl put your records on, play me your favorite song!"  Here it is:

I missed the deadline for the Just Us Girls challenge but that's okay, I enjoyed making this card anyway.  Here's that challenge:

Which I paired with the new Color Hues Challenge:

I don't know why but I do associate black, white, and red with musical images.  Anyway, I had a good time playing with more of my retired stamp sets and that's the important thing.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  For the Record, Soft Swirls
Ink:  Real Red, Versamark, Real Red Blends
Paper:  Real Red, Basic White
Accessories:  Layering Circles dies, black embossing powder, Dimensionals

Ryan had his last day of Lego bot-builders camp yesterday and here we are tailgating on Wednesday:

The lady who ran the camp came out and asked to take our picture because we were just SO CUTE together.  Speaking of cute...

Daphne's adorable when she's sleeping.  That is all.  Byeeee!

The Clue of the Broken Locket

Welcome to another Nancy Drew challenge, and today we are on book #11, The Clue of the Broken Locket!

This is one of the times where the original text (left) and the revised text (right) are not even nodding acquaintances they're so different, so let's take a peek.

Case file:  Carson Drew is asked to draw up the legal paperwork for a pair of actors to adopt 14-month-old twins, but he regrets it afterwards and Nancy decides to look for the babies' biological parents.  The babies were found in a boat with a broken locket; the adoptive mom wants to destroy the locket and the clothes the babies were found in, but Nancy prevents that and ends up taking care of the twins along with Bess because the actors' nursemaid is useless (and so are the actor parents, they adopted the babies pretty much as a publicity stunt).  Not only does Nancy reunite the babies with their mother, she also reunites a pair of adult twins who had lost track of each other after the man went off to WWI.  Also, I read somewhere that the old man with the pipe is a self-portrait of the cover artist : )

Here's my card for the OT version of The Clue of the Broken Locket:

I had to have a golden locket on my card, even if it's not broken, and I liked the love sentiment since the mother was so happy to be reunited with her babies.  She had been struck by lightning (!!!!) and unable to claim the babies when they were found the next day in the boat.  I wanted a soft, dreamy background so I inked up Painted Stripes with Versamark for the card base, and found a scrap of a Balmy Blue pattern to match Nancy's ruffled shirt.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Painted Stripes, Best of Love
Ink:  Versamark, Pecan Pie
Paper:  Darling Duckling, Wild Wasabi, Thick Basic White, Tranquil Textures DSP
Accessories:  Gold EP, Antique Pearls, Dimensionals

Next up is the revised version:

Case file:  Carson sends Nancy, Bess, and George to a lake in Maryland to investigate a ghostly boat that's scaring people away from the lake.  The girls meet Cecily Tyson and her boyfriend Nico Van Dyke, who is the lead singer of the popular band The Flying Dutchmen; soon they discover that there's a suspicious family (brothers, their wives, and a set of young twins) living in the big house on the lake.  Cecily is there looking for an old family treasure dating back to the civil war.  They catch sight of a girl who looks exactly like Cecily and it turns out she's really Cecily's cousin and the mother of the twins who is being held against her will.  Cecily and Susan (the doppelganger) both have pieces of a locket that was passed down in the different branches of their family with clues to the family treasure.  And also as if kidnapping and wrongful imprisonment aren't enough crimes for two brothers, they're also pirating Nico's records.  This one is a bit all over the place!

Here's my card:

I managed to find a piece of patterned paper that has the same colors as Nancy, Bess, and George's shirts AND it's even in the same order as on the cover.  Since one of the mysteries dealt with pirated records, I had to bring out For the Record for this one.

Also there is no power on this earth that would induce me to go trudging through a swamp barefoot.

Supplies, RT card:
Stamps:  For the Record
Ink:  Versamark, Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight, Blushing Bride
Paper:  Misty Moonlight, Crushed Curry, Bashful Blue, Magenta Madness, Thick Basic White, Abstract Beauty DSP Stack
Accessories:  Layering Circles dies, clear EP, gold sequins, Dimensionals

Comment here with a link if you make a card for this challenge, I would love to see!  Visit Hey, Nancy Drew for more in-depth book commentary.  I'll be back next Saturday when we'll be taking a look at The Message in the Hollow Oak!

Rockin' 70s

Hey y'all, how's it going?  I really need to learn *not* to try reading right before bedtime...I always stay up too late!  But I got my trusty mug o' tea this morning and a card to share.

Let's start with the Retro Rubber Challenge:

I used Delightful Dijon (harvest gold), Always Artichoke (avocado green), Really Rust (burnt orange), and Chocolate Chip (brown), so even my colors are retro!  As for the stamps, For the Record isn't retro yet, but Music from the Heart is at least 2 years old, Epic Celebrations is 4 years old, and Gorgeous Grunge is 8 years old.  Man, for a while there I used Gorgeous Grunge on *everything*, so it was fun to bust it out again for this!  Also, as for the 70s theme, I think I've already mentioned that I recently bought my first pair of bell bottom pants and I'm working on putting together an epic 70s playlist (it's an ongoing process as I find more music!).  So no way was I letting this challenge pass me by.

But I played in two other challenges as well!  I used the sketch from Fusion:

And the inspo list from Festive Friday:

As someone who is allergic to the sound of silence, I really appreciated the music theme this time around.  I used music notes, white, an instrument (guitar), embossing, and a circle.  Half the list ain't too bad.

Have a great day!

Supplies, all SU! (many retired)
Stamps:  For the Record, Music from the Heart, Epic Celebrations, Gorgeous Grunge
Ink:  Versamark, Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, Always Artichoke
Paper:  Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, Thick Basic White, Always Artichoke DSP
Accessories:  Layering Circles dies, Stylish Shapes dies, clear EP, Dimensionals

And here's my awesome butterfly bell bottoms!

I need to have them hemmed; the hems are unfinished and even wearing tall espadrilles, these pants drag on the floor.  But I loves them!  And I *have* worn them out in public!

SUO Challenges: A Birthday Record

Happy Tuesday!  Ready for a new challenge from SUO Challenges?

This time around our theme is birthdays!  Everybody has one of those, so I know I can always use more birthday cards.  So here's what I made:

I decided early on that I wanted to use For the Record (get it now, it's not carried over in the new annual catalog) but then I got stuck on a layout idea, so I did what I always do:  flipped through the catalogs until I found something I could CASE :)  In this case, my inspiration came from page 58 of the Occasions catalog, the card on the bottom right.  I used that as a jumping-off point and made my card from there.  For the banner behind the record, I took the patterned paper (which was white with black splatters) and used a blending brush to add some Pool Party ink.  The record is heat embossed with black embossing powder, as is the sentiment.  If you're careful lining it up, the largest circle in the Stylish Shapes dies will just fit perfectly around the record.  The stars and gold gemstone in the record center are SU!, but I think they're retired.  I don't have the packaging for them anymore so I have no idea.

Your turn now!  Create a birthday card and upload it on the SUO Challenges blog.  As always, use your Stampin' Up! products and have fun!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  For the Record
Ink:  Versamark, Pool Party
Paper:  Pool Party, Blushing Bride, Thick Basic White, Abstract Art DSP Stack
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies, black EP, gold accents, Dimensionals

You Spin Me Right Round, Baby

Saturday surprise!  I had one more challenge that I wanted to participate in, so bonus card for this week :) And I inked up another new stamp set!

I paired up For the Record with the Abstract Beauty DSP stack and I'm 100% sure this record is fabulous music from the 80s :)  Probably the Bangles.  Check out the Try Stamping on Tuesday sketch:

I spent a long time searching through my embossing powders because the black powder was hiding.  I finally found it and then decided to do the shimmery black powder instead and I love how that turned out, look at this:

SU! only had the shimmery white and black embossing powders for one year I think, and they were *awesome*.  I still have a few containers of Iridescent Ice embossing powder too, loved that.

I thought about putting the sentiment on the front, but decided I couldn't cover up that glittery record, so I stamped the inside instead.

We had a couple of rainy days this week, but today is just beautiful weather so we're going to get out and enjoy it.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  For the Record
Ink:  Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black, Magenta Madness
Paper:  Basic Black, Thick Basic White, Abstract Beauty DSP Stack
Accessories:  Shimmery Black EP, Layering Circles dies, Dimensionals, Graveyard Gala enamel dots