Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Color Challenge 198

Greetings! I'm back to share my last card created for June's Color Challenge 198. I've gone with the turquoise/terracotta color scheme and a bit of snark, courtesy of the Giveashitometer Sentiment Clear Stamp by Carmen's Veranda and the Voltage Bigz Cutting Die!

Here it is!

Products Used:

Giveashitometer Sentiment Clear Stamp by Carmen's Veranda

Turquoise and Rust Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Engine Room 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Funky Fossil Designs

Industrial 3.0 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Studio Light

Collateral Rust 6x6 Patterned Paper Pack by Ciao Bella

Voltage Bigz Die by Tim Holtz for Sizzix

Alphanumeric Tiny Type Lower Thinlits Die Set by Tim Holtz for Sizzzix

Circle Nestabilities Die Set by Spellbinders

VersaMark Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Anti-static pouch

Detail Black Embossing Powder by Stampendous

Black Simply Sweet RubOns by Doodlebug Designs

Thin black chipboard

2" Sookwang Double Sided Tape

Low-tack Tape

Precision Craft Glue by Bearly Art

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create an A6 card from rust/terracotta cardstock. Set aside.
2. Back a piece of rust glossy-finish patterned paper from the Engine Room 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad with 2" wide Sookwang tape and adhere it to a piece of black chipboard.
3. Back a piece of darker rust/black patterned paper from the Industrial 3.0 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad with 2" wide Sookwang tape and adhere it to a piece of black chipboard.
4. Use the Voltage Bigz Die to cut both patterned paper/chipboard panels and to cut additional pieces of rust and rust/black patterned paper.
5. Place a piece of low-tack tape sticky side up on your work surface.
6. Select the letter dies from the ABC Thinlits Die Set to spell out "acme" and "shitometer". Place the dies cutting-side up on the tape.
7. Back a 2" strip of turquoise textured cardstock with Sookwang tape.
8. Place the low-tack tape with the dies, cutting-side down on the aqua cardstock.
9. Run the tape through your die-cut machine.
10. Adhere the letter die-cuts for "acme" and "shitometer" to the circle portion of the voltage die-cut as shown.
11. Use a 2 ⅛" circle die to cut beige-ish patterned paper and adhere to the back of the circular frame die-cut.
12. Adhere the arc-shaped patterned paper die-cut from Step 3 in the aperture of the circular frame die-cut.
13. Add "0", "5", and "10" rubons to the beige-ish patterned paper as shown.
14. Die-cut a scrap of turquoise cardstock with the arrow/pointer part of the Voltage Die.
15. Adhere the turquoise arrow/pointer die-cut to the circular frame die-cut.
16. Adhere the circular frame die-cut to the square base die-cut.
17. Adhere the nuts/bolt combination to the four corners to complete the "shitometer" voltage meter.
18. Layer a strip of copper diamond-plate patterned paper atop a 4 ¼" x 6" piece of turquoise patterned paper to create the background panel. 
19. Edge the background panel with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink.
20. Pounce an anti-static pouch onto a piece of rust patterned paper then secure the paper onto the base of a stamping platform with magnets and/or low-tack tape.
21. Position the Giveashitometer Sentiment Clear Stamp facedown on the patterned paper.
22. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the sentiment stamp and lift.
23. Ink the stamp with VersaMark Ink and stamp.
24. Remove the patterned paper from the stamping platform, add black detail embossing powder, pour the excess powder back into the ep container, and heat set.
25. Trim the patterned paper and edge with Nocturne VersaFine Clair.
26. Cut a panel of copper diamond-plate patterned paper so that it's ¼" larger than the embossed patterned paper.
27. Mat the sentiment with the copper plate patterned paper.
28. Adhere the matted sentiment, the shitometer die-cut, and nuts/bolts die-cuts to the background panel as shown.
29. Adhere the background panel to the reserved card.

You still have a bit more than a week to participate in this month's challenge for the chance to win some Lost Coast Ca$h!