Friday, June 10, 2016

Need for Speed Day1

Hey Papertrey Peeps. It's time for another monthly countdown with PTI! I've got some products releasing this month that were inspired by one special little boy in my life. My almost four-year-old Sullivan is singularly OBSESSED with Hot Wheels.



The use of the word "obsessed" is actually a bit of an understatement in this situation. The kid lives and breathes Hot Wheels. (I have no idea where he gets this obsessive personality trait...it's not like I'm that way with my hobbies...wink.) We have been instructed to refer to him as "Sully Hot Wheel" instead of "Sully Lincoln". He was in the pool yesterday splashing around a bit with this most blissed out look on his face and when I asked him what he was thinking about, he said...wait for it...I'm sure you'll be shocked..."Hot Wheels!" And as you can see, he often expresses love in terms of his favorite toy....





So, naturally, Mama had to come up with a stamp set that was inspired by Hot Wheels. Goodness knows, I step on and kick out of the way enough "inspiration" on a daily basis around here. It's almost like I'm being being beaten on the head with the idea. Which isn't a stretch. Sully often finds himself in time out because he's chucked a toy car across the room at something. We've all learned to duck.



The Need for Speed stamp set and dies consists of three multi-step race cars. I'm letting the cat out of the bag all at once here by showing you all three. By designing them from the top, you get to see all the fun details. They are really fun to stamp and in various color combos.

Also included are several car-themed sentiments. The racy font is used on key words and those are separate stamps for different color treatments.

This is also a set of tire tracks in the set with the width matching the wheel base of the cars. I did some selective stamping of it (only stamping up one track instead of two)  here on this card to frame the sentiment.



A different angle here so you can see what I did with embossing powder. All the windows were embossed with clear powder on black ink, the metal pieces (bumpers, hood details) with silver, and the white stripes on the Amethyst Allure car is white embossing powder. The white pops against the Soft Stone die cut and card base. All these little touches give a realistic look to the cars.

That's it for me. More Need for Speed over the next few days. Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek. Need for Speed will be available to purchase on June 15th, 2016 at 10 PM EST at www.papertreyink.com. And more release inspiration can be found at Nichole's blog here.

Supplies

Stamps: Need for Speed
Dies: Need for Speed
Cardstock: Soft Stone
Ink: Pure Poppy, Amethyst Allure, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, True Black





19 comments:

  1. WOW!!! such a fun set..also for BIG boys!

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  2. OH my gosh! Your post made me laugh: my nephew, 4 as well, is also Hot Wheels obsessed (along with Lightning McQueen obsessed)! We, too, have learned to duck the 'chucks'! I'm adding this set to my wish list right now! This Aunty would be 'very' popular if she made cards for her special little man with these...Thanks for creating something for the guys, no matter what their age!
    ~carol

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  3. Yep, my 21 year old was just like your Sully! He's moved on to jeeps now �� I'm buying this set just to make retro cards for him! Thanks, Erin!

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  4. YES! I am super excited about this set! My hubby is a car guy - but not a classic car guy - and these are perfect for him! thank you!

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  5. LOL! What a lovely post - Sully's face is a picture! Great cars and card!

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  6. Oh Erin, you brought a tear to my eye, and a smile to my face. I had a little boy who loved hot wheels too! They're boxed up now, but I'm sure his little boys will give them new love soon! Such a handsome set of cars! Can't wait to see more.

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  7. Fun, Fun, Fun! Great set and such a meticulously engineered card. Can't wait to see more.

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  8. So very cute, the cars and Sully!

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  9. LOL! I love the look on Sully's face, priceless. Very cute card.

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  10. Great set...having the owner of the art gallery I work for loving American classic cars I have to know what make these cars are...do tell....

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  11. Interesting post, Erin. It's fun to learn about the inspiration behind an idea.

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  12. Oh Erin...your post brings back not so distant memories of my two boys (now 14 and soon to be 13). Both were also obsessed with Hot Wheels. Nana and Papa (husbands mom and dad) brought all of my husbands old Hot Wheels (we're talking in the 100's here). My boys were in Hot Wheels heaven (and mom was really having to step over and pick up toys). Don't get me started on Thomas the Tank Engine....that is a whole another story! LOL!

    So question for you. My boys always loved the Hot Wheels where you could open the doors and hood. Is there a stamp where we could put something under the hood if we took an exacto knife to the car to make it so the hood will lift up?

    Linda

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  13. the car card brought a smile to my face! Great work

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  14. Cute story and adorable card, Erin! Love how you embossed in different colors to make the "Hot Wheels" look more realistic.

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  15. Nice details on the cars! Sully has lots of company in the world for his car obsession!

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  16. My 46 year old son was as obsessed with Hot Wheels as Sully so I can understand. I finally refused to walk in his room because of cards and Legos all over the floor. Thanks for coming up with the stamps. My grandson is in to them too. Nice card.

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  17. LOL! My 2 year old obsessed-with-hotwheels boy is sitting on my lap and said "MY CAR!" when he saw your card! I bought him a car last week and he's carried it with him ever since... it goes to bed with him and everything!

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  18. You are a genius for coming up with this fun set! I can't wait to see more. Your son is so adorable in front of all those hot wheels. Why can't life's simple pleasures last, well, a life time! Thanks for sharing that adorable picture of your little cutie.

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  19. My son was obsessed with hot wheels a few years back....so sweet! Wonderful new set!!!!

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