Retro Rubber Challenge #114 - Christmas in July

Happy July everyone!

It's so nice to be back sharing with the Retro Rubber Challenge Blog! The team is starting the challenge a day early so that we can collaborate with the Double Trouble Challenge! The theme is Christmas in July, all you have to do for our challenge is to make a Christmas card using at least one stamp older than a year.

Here’s the cool part or other options by teaming with Double Trouble you get to play along with their challenge as well! All you need to do is follow their requirements which are super easy and fun!

• Thing 1 – Double Trouble: Make a square card, scrapbook page, gift box or use squares on your project.
• Thing 2 – Double Dare: Use a rubber or acrylic stamp older than one year. (Sweet – that’s Retro Rubber Challenge!)
• Thing 3 – Twisted Sister: If you create a beach scene with Santa you can earn an extra chance to be in Double Trouble’s random draw. This is what I did, I made a beach theme with a penguin wearing a Santa hat!

Be sure to visit their website – Double Trouble Challenge – to get all the details for their challenge to make sure that you are following their requirements as well!  So here we go! Double the fun! Double the Trouble!

Here is my take on the challenge.  I am using the Joy Clair Stamp called Christmas Penguins which was released in July 2015, the surf boards are from the Joy Clair Stamp set Good Vibes  this set was released in September 2018 and the sentiment is from the Penguins Tropical Christmas which was released in November 2018.  These two last stamp sets are not counted in the year or older stamp sets.

Thank you so much for stopping by, have fun playing along with Retro Rubber and Double Trouble Challenge! You have until July 12th to join the fun.

Joy Clair Designs - Good Vibes

Hello everyone!

It's Donna here with Joy Clair Stamps and today I am here with Joy Clair featuring the newly released stamp set from the Everyday line called  "Good Vibes". I can't believe we are almost in the Fall season, this summer was a great one for me.

Here is my card:

Another look at the card

1.  My card is an A2 card, 4 1/4 x 5 1/2,
2.  I took some distress ink and used some masking tape to make the sand, masked off the sand and created the water with distress ink, then I used a cloud stencil to create the clouds,
3.  I stamped the sentiment with black ink,
4.  I stamped and used my scan and cut to cut the images from the Joy Clair Good Vibes,
5.  I then colored the images with Copics,
6.  I then took some glossy accents and put it on the ball and the window and lights of the Jeep to give them some definition (see pic below),
7.  After the glossy accents dried, I arranged the elements on my card and used some foam tape to pop the Jeep and the ball on the card.
  



If you have not joined the Joy Clair Challenge this month. The theme is always anything goes but our Design Team uses a photo inspiration to create their project that you can use too. If you would like to join the challenge, head over to Joy Clair for more details.  One lucky winner will have a chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate to the Joy Clair Store.

I hope you enjoyed my card as much as I enjoyed making it!  Please follow Joy Clair's facebook page, Color by Faith Bible Journaling facebook page, Instagram and Twitter, be the first to hear the news, sales and giveaways! They also have a Pinterest page and Youtube channel for your inspiration!