SugarPea Designs-Talk Nerdy to Me

***  Scroll down to the post below or click HERE to see my card for this week's Color Throwdown challenge!  ***

This month's SugarPea Designs challenge is an Anything Goes theme.  With a wide open theme like that, there's no excuse for not pulling out your SPD stamps and joining in!

I used the I Like Big Books stamp set along with the SugarCuts Brainy Bookmarks dies and the current sketch from Retro Sketches for my love themed design with a masculine twist.

I started out by using the large eyeglasses die from the Brainy Bookmarks dies to cut a pair of glasses from gray cardstock.  The frames were glued to acetate, then carefully trimmed.  This gives the lenses a glass-like look.

I found some masculine patterned papers in my stash and used them for the panels on my cardfront.  I arranged them on a piece of pale gray cardstock adhered to a dark gray card base.  The "talk nerdy to me" sentiment was stamped in gray pigment ink on a cream fishtail flag strip.  Once all the pieces were in place, I added the eyeglasses on top, using teeny, tiny pieces of foam tape for dimension.  A few red enamel dots scattered around the panels completed the design.

Want to play along with us?  We only have a few rules…

• Play along with ANY stamps and dies you’d like – Winner is chosen at random to keep things fair, but if the winners project features a SugarPea Designs stamp we will increase the voucher to $15.
• Feel free to combine our challenge with any other challenge(s).
• Upload to your blog or other online gallery using keyword: SPD21 so we can easily find your work.
• Add your name and link to your card or project in the InLinkz on the SPD blog.

Be sure to stop by the SPD blog for links to the rest of the design team members playing along today to provide you with inspiration!

Materials Used:
I Like Big Books stamp set, SugarCuts Brainy Bookmarks dies (SugarPea Designs); Memento Luxe Gray Flannel ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Grout Gray cardstock (My Favorite Things); Hawaiian Shores and Smokey Shadow cardstock (Papertrey Ink); Scoot 6x6 paper pad (Echo Park); Boy Oh Boy 6x6 paper pad (Carta Bella); acetate; foam tape