My Cruising By Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share My Cruising By Card using the Speedometer Etched Dies from Spellbinders and the Gears & Textures Bundle by Stampin’ Up! A good friend’s birthday was yesterday and there has been a lot of interest in the card that I gave him. So, I decided to create a post with details for those who have asked.

Our friend loves to take his Corvette cars to the track and race them around. So, when I saw the Speedometer Etched Dies and matching Cruisin’ By Sentiments Stamp & Die Set, I knew they would be perfect for his birthday card. 

The Details of My Cruising By Card

I decided to reuse an old card front that has some cool metallic embossing on it. I had been saving this for years in my stash for the perfect card. It reminded me of the retired SU Metal Plate 3D Embossing Folder. Since I was reusing this old card front, I decided to create a Centre-Step card where I could work around the glue that was on the front.

Once that was decided, I die cut all the bits to build my odometer and die cut the stamped the sentiments.

Then, I die cut the different gears sizes using the Gears and Textures Dies and the Textured Metallic Specialty Paper by Stampin’ Up!

Next, I adhered the embossed panels to my card base, as well as the bottom panel which used a strip of the Classic Garage Designer Series Paper.

I popped up my odometer and tucked in the gears around it on the different panels. I love how by adding the gears to the side panels, it created dimension. For the top two gears, I added spinning nail charms to make them interactive.

Since there is so much going on with the card front, the only embellishment that I added was a retired key trinket beside the sentiment. How fun is that!

As a finishing touch, I stamped a couple of elements from the Gears & Textures Stamp Set in Basic Gray on the inside along with the sentiment in Black. I matted the stamped Basic White with Basic Black and adhered them down.

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Measurements:

• Costal Cabana Card Base:
  • 11” x 4 ¼” cut/scored according to template below
• Centre Panel – Embossed Card Front:
  • 2-1/8” x 4-3/8”
• 2 Side Panels – Embossed Card Front:
  • 7/8” x 4-3/8”
• Bottom Panel – Classic Garage Designer Series Paper:
  • 7/8” x 4-1/8”
• Copper:
  • 1 Large and 1 medium gear
• Tungsten:
  • 3 Medium and 1 small gear
• Silver (For Odometer):
  • 1” x 4 ¼”
  • ½” x ½”
• Basic Gray (For Odometer):
  • 4” x 4” (Large Circle)
  • 1 ¾” x 1 ¾” (Smaller Circle)
• Basic Black (For Odometer):
  • 3 ½” x 3 ½” (Number Plate)
  • 4 ¼” x 4-1/8” (Inside Mat)
• Basic White:
  • 3 ½” x 3 ½” (Circle behind Number Plate for Odometer):
  • Scrap for 3 Sentiments
  • 4-1/8” x 4 (Inside) 
• Costal Cabana (For Odometer):
  • 1 ½” x 3”
• Real Red (For Odometer):
  • Scrap

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Card Recipe for My Cruising By Card:

Speedometer Etched Dies, Spellbinders
Cruisin’ By Sentiments Stamp & Die Set, Spellbinders
Gears & Textures Bundle, Stampin’ Up!
Textured Metallic 12” x 12” Specialty Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Silver 12” x 12” Foil Sheets, Stampin’ Up!
Classic Garage 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! (Retired)
Key Trinket, Classic Garage Metal Embellishments, Stampin Up! (Retired)
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Stampin’ Up!
Basic Gray Classic Ink, Stampin’ Up!
Spinning Nail Charms, Amazon
Costal Cabana, Basic Gray, Basic Black, Basic White and
Real Red Card Stock Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”

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Downloadable Centre-Step Card Template

To download a PDF of the Centre-Step Card Template, please click here or on the picture.

To view some of my other masculine cards, please click here.

Hope you like My Cruising By Card using the Speedometer Etched Dies by Spellbinders and the Gears & Textures Bundle by Stampin’ Up!!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie