Retro Rubber Challenge Blog #117 - Anything Goes

Hello everyone!

I am here with Retro Rubber Challenge blog and we have a new challenge, which is "Anything Goes"!  I love challenges with anything goes, because you can create anything you would like!

If you have not joined our challenges before, the rules are very simple, just use a stamp older than a year and you must include the age (or approximate age) of the stamp in your blog post. I cannot wait to see you take on it.

Here is my card, I have had this Memory Box butterfly die called "Fairyland Butterflies" in my stash for a lot of years and decided to pull it out.  I took some watercolor paper and inked it up with distress inks.  I then die cut the butterflies out.  I took a white panel measuring 4 x 5 1/4 and die cut the butterflies out again.  I adhered it to the base of my card and then added the butterflies, I added the sentiment from the Altenew stamp set called "Many Thanks" which was released in January of 2018.  I finished my card off by adding some sequins to coordinate with the colors of the butterflies.

closer look at my card

Are you ready to play along? Be sure to stop over on the Retro Rubber Challenge blog to get some more inspiration! Thank you for stopping by, you have until August 23rd to join the fun!





RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE #116 - Tic Tac Toe Challenge

Hello everyone!

I'm here with Retro Rubber Challenge Blog with a new challenge which is a fun tic tac toe created by our wonderful design team member Jan Clothier!  I love these challenges, my card I heat embossed the sentiment, the hearts have texture and I added enamel dots.  I almost had a two way tic tac toe because my hearts I consider romance, but didn't use pattern paper.  Have fun and don't forget to use at least one stamp older than a year.

Here is my card, I stamped the hearts from the Altenew stamp set called Halftone Hearts which was released in May of 2017.  I stamped the heart images in several different colored inks, I stamp the sentiment also from the Halftone Hearts stamp set, I stamped the sentiment under the hugs and kisses with versamark and embossed it with white embossing powder and used foam tape to pop it up on my card.  I finished my card off with several different colors of enamel dots.

Closer look at my card

Are you ready to play along? Be sure to stop over on the Retro Rubber Challenge blog to get some more inspiration! Thank you for stopping by, you have until August 9th to join the fun!

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Graduation Card/Teacher Cards

Hello everyone!

This is the time of year when you need graduation cards, teacher appreciation cards and thank you cards.  I am showcasing three cards that I created using mostly Taylored Expression stamps and dies.  I am playing along with the Taylored Expressions Fan page over on Facebook.  There are a few more days to play along, click here to upload your cards.

My first card I created using the Taylored Expression Bubble Greeting - Grad.  I stamped the image and colored it with copics.  The background is Taylored Expressions Shining Star Cutting Plate.  I used some gold glitter paper behind the stars.

My second card, I stamped the paper from the Taylored Expressions Notepaper Background, I added the holes on the side of the paper with a punch from my stash.  I then used Gina K. Designs Fancy Foil Red Velvet with Taylored Expressions Foil It - Cardstock Apple of My Eye Sentiments.  I foiled the apples with my Minc and used my scan and cut to cut them out.  I then adhered them to the paper and layered it with black and adhered it to my top folding card.

My last card, I die cut the background and adhered it to my top fold card, I then foiled this apple with Gina K. Designs Jelly Bean Green.  The sentiment is from a stamp set by Altnew, I stamped it with versamark, used white embossing powder and heat set it.  I added this to the card with some foam squares.

Thank so much for stopping by, please come back again soon!

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