Rock Your Weird (TSOT 650)

This is Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge #650, beginning on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, and ending on Sunday, July 14, 2024. 

While looking through my sentiment stamps, I realized I had plenty of the more common greetings, but not much along the lines of humor. So the next time I was browsing products I took an interest in more unusual sentiments and found the stamp set used on this card. I used four stamps from the set on the card front.

To create a fun vibe, several colors of cardstock and inks were selected. The call-out shapes were also stamped and then fussy-cut. The shapes were arranged in keeping with the sketch and popped up with foam tape. The greeting that I thought was the craziest was heat embossed in silver. I have a nerdy relative who will get a kick when he receives the card. I hope you enjoy the silly sayings, too.

The inside of the black card base was decorated with a panel of red cardstock, then white cardstock, and decorated with festive scraps and a sentiment.

Thanks for looking,

Melanie

Materials

Stamps: Photoplay "Good Vibes"

Inks: Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Up! Real Red & Garden Green

Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Basic White, Basic Black, Wisteria Wonder, Garden Green, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, and blue scrap from my stash.

Embossing powder: Wow (silver)

Misc.: 3M foam tape (2 mm); Love from Lizi Pinstripes 

Beat the Heat - Cool! (DTC #170)

Double Trouble Challenge #170 is open through Sunday evening, July 14, 2024. As is customary, there are three elements to this biweekly challenge. The details and guidelines can be found in the DTC170 Blog.

For Trouble Maker's Thing 1 requirement I used wind and water as my elements to stay cool, using heat embossing as my technique.

Then I took Double Dare's Thing 2 option and linked up with My Happy Place - Park Hopping HERE.

I could not ignore Twisted Sister's Thing 3 option and spent some time thinking it through. I went for a walk down memory lane as I pondered how to create this card to involve a theme park. Having lived in Florida for a long time (1950-1957 and 1967-1999), I have visited many beaches, keys, parks, swamps, and attractions related to the fun, beauty, plants, and wildlife associated with water and staying cool. 

Returning to Florida has always made me happy. What comes to mind is running through a sprinkler in the backyard to beat the heat when I was a child. This was before the days of theme parks. On Sunday afternoons my family enjoyed fishing or sailing in our sloop-rigged daysailor, the "Puffin", which was moored in Tampa Bay. Those were my halcyon days.

My family members have worked at several Florida theme parks over the years, and I have visited all of those parks. My finished card depicts a sailboat on Bay Lake at Disney World - Orlando. The wind and water spray keep boaters cool as they enjoy the sunshine.

Thank you for joining our challenges at Double Trouble and My Happy Place. I hope you also have good memories of your happy times and places.

Melanie

Materials

Inks: Versamark

Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Basic White, Basic Black, Real Red, Just Jade & Soft Sky

Paper: SBC "Travel Airplane Collection"

Dies: Stamps of Life words "So Cool" & Kokorosa "Sailboat in a  Frame"

Embossing Powder: Wow Silver Metallic extra fine

Misc.: SBC thin foam tape (1 mm.)