Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy time at Retro Rubber

 Ah, the taste of fresh homemade lemonade . . . tangy sweet summer time drink!  Our challenge for the next two weeks at Retro Rubber Blog challenge is a color challenge, with the sample incorporating lemons.  

 

I choose to stay with the lemon theme with Hero Arts "Zest Wishes" from 2020.  I don't own the die set for this stamp collection, but it was easy peasy enough to fussy cut the images!

• The images were stamped in Nocturne Versa Fine Clair and heat embossed with black embossing powder on white cardstock.
• The images were water colored with Memento Dandelion and Cantaloupe.
• The sentiment is stamped in Versa Color Cyan and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. 
• Spellbinders Standard Circles large was used to die cut the circles, one from yellow vellum.  (I like how the yellow vellum over blue gives a greenish hue!)
• The background is blue cardstock has texture from the Taylored Expressions Pierced Circles Cutting Plate.
• Two of the images were fussy cut and the entire card is adhered together.  

Thanks so much for stopping by.  We hope you play along with our challenge at Retro Rubber Blog Challenge.  

CHALLENGE GUIDELINES

• We require stamps older than one year.  If we feel you are using newer stamps, you may be disqualified from the challenge without notification.
• New papers/dies are OK – but you must use at least one stamp older than a year and describe the age in your blog post.
• Please note that all challenges require the use of at least one stamp older than a year.
• Post your new creation to your blog or online gallery.   Use keyword RRCB235.  No backlinking. 
• Link back to the blog using the Linky Tools by the due date. 
• Enter as many times as you like. 
• Feel free to combine our challenge with a maximum of 10 challenges.  Entries linked to more than 10 challenges will be disqualified without notification.
• If your project is posted on a private group site such as Split Coast Stampers or a photo sharing site not all DT members may be able to comment.   Thank you for understanding.
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Christmas in July!

Even though it is summer . . . is it time to think about starting on your Christmas cards?  If you make a few a month, then you will be ready to send them out come December. This is our challenge at Retro Rubber for the next two weeks. 

I went with a tried and true die cut Nativity scene by Crafter's Companion and a few ancient stamps.

• Kraft card base in A7 size is die cut with Follow the Star from 2021.
• Blue card stock is trimmed to 5" x 6 1/4", and 2" x 6 1/4"
• The larger blue card stock is die cut to align the curve of the die.
• The bottom section is stamped with Crafter's Companion Festive Sentiments from 2021 in Memento Luxe Wedding White and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  Neato Stuff "Dots and Stars" cube from 1991 is lightly stamped in Memento Luxe Wedding white. 
• Personal Stamp Exchange 1994 is the large star stamped and heat embossed for the large star.  Another side of the cube is used to stamp and heat emboss the remaining stars on the top section.
• Both top and bottom are adhered to the card.
• The smaller blue section is stamped with a third side the Neato Stuff cube to create dimension and depth then adhered behind the Nativity scene inside the card.
  

I am really pleased with the finished card and cannot wait to send in for Christmas.  Pleased do join us at Retro Rubber and play along.  Our rules are simple.

CHALLENGE GUIDELINES

• We require stamps older than one year.  If we feel you are using newer stamps, you may be disqualified from the challenge without notification.
• New papers/dies are OK – but you must use at least one stamp older than a year and describe the age in your blog post.
• Please note that all challenges require the use of at least one stamp older than a year.
• Post your new creation to your blog or online gallery.   Use keyword RRCB234.  No backlinking. 
• Link back to the blog using the Linky Tools by the due date. 
• Enter as many times as you like. 
• Feel free to combine our challenge with a maximum of 10 challenges.  Entries linked to more than 10 challenges will be disqualified without notification.
• If your project is posted on a private group site such as Split Coast Stampers or a photo sharing site not all DT members may be able to comment.   Thank you for understanding.
• Turn off Word Verification.  We love to comment but word verification can make that difficult.

 

Retro Rubber Challenge #233 a fun Tic Tac Toe

Time to play with a new challenge over a Retro Rubber!  At times I find a Tac Tac Toe filled with too many choices.  This time my creativity had been sparked by watching crafty card making videos. Here is my creation.

 It is inspired by the top row of ink blend, stencil and sequins.

 

The process was straight forward even though it looks like a "how did you do that" card.

• Memento ink was blended on a 4" x 5 1/4" in the following colors: Bahama Blue, Summer Sky, and Teal Zeal.  The ink was heat set.
• The Crafter's Workshop Mini Flutterby stencil was used to create the Butterfly pattern.  Versa Clair Fine in Blue Bell is inked over the top of the stencil.  The key to this technique is to use the right style of stencil and an ink darker than the background blended inks.
• To finish the card Recollections Thanks from 2019 was stamped in Delicata Silver Shimmer and heat embossed with silver embossing powder.
• Sequins are added with liquid glue so they can be moved around to the optimum position.  
• The edges of a A2 card are inked in Versa Clair Fine Blue Blue to soften the look of the contrast between the card base in the card front panel.

Please do come and play along with our challenge, let us see what you come up with this plethora of options!

CHALLENGE GUIDELINES

• We require stamps older than one year.  If we feel you are using newer stamps, you may be disqualified from the challenge without notification.
• New papers/dies are OK – but you must use at least one stamp older than a year and describe the age in your blog post.
• Please note that all challenges require the use of at least one stamp older than a year.
• Post your new creation to your blog or online gallery.   Use keyword RRCB233.  No backlinking. 
• Link back to the blog using the Linky Tools by the due date. 
• Enter as many times as you like. 
• Feel free to combine our challenge with a maximum of 10 challenges.  Entries linked to more than 10 challenges will be disqualified without notification.
• If your project is posted on a private group site such as Split Coast Stampers or a photo sharing site not all DT members may be able to comment.   Thank you for understanding.
• Turn off  Verification.  We love to comment but verification can make that difficult.

 

Retro Rubber Challenge Blog Sketch Time

 Here we are with another challenge from Retro Rubber.  It is an easy peasy sketch.  

Working with sketches often leads me to looking through my "card making kits" aka left-over paper scraps from finished scrapbook layouts or other card making adventures.  This paper is from a My Mind's Eye paper collection stack from Michael's a few years back.

This paper choice was perfect for a masculine birthday card.

• Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangles die cuts the card front.
• The sentiments are 2015 Hero Arts Happy Birthday (Make a Wish), and 2014 Sizzix Birthday (it's your day and Happy Birthday).  All are stamped in Versa Fine Claire Pinecone.  
• Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Squares die cut the smaller images and Lawn Fawn Everyday Sentiment Banners the banner.  
• All layers are inked in Versa Fine Claire Pinecone and adhered together

A finished card in less than 15 minutes, and great way to use paper creatively!

Please do play along with us at Retro Rubber Challenge Blog!  We would enjoy seeing your creations!

CHALLENGE GUIDELINES

• We require stamps older than one year.  If we feel you are using newer stamps, you may be disqualified from the challenge without notification.
• New papers/dies are OK – but you must use at least one stamp older than a year and describe the age in your blog post.
• Please note that all challenges require the use of at least one stamp older than a year.
• Post your new creation to your blog or online gallery.   Use keyword RRCB232.  No backlinking. 
• Link back to the blog using the Linky Tools by the due date. 
• Enter as many times as you like. 
• Feel free to combine our challenge with a maximum of 10 challenges.  Entries linked to more than 10 challenges will be disqualified without notification.
• If your project is posted on a private group site such as Split Coast Stampers or a photo sharing site not all DT members may be able to comment.   Thank you for understanding.
• Turn off Word Verification.  We love to comment but word verification can make that difficult.

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Color challenge time at Retro Rubber

 This color challenge is right up my alley, I love all shades of purple!  Retro Rubber's challenge is:

This stamp has been in my collection for awhile, but sadly had never seen ink.  What was I waiting for? 

The focal image is Penny Black's Lovely Lilac release in 2020.  It is perfect for coloring directly on the image technique.

• Using Memento Dual Tip markers (water based) the parts are colored and stamped using a stamp positioner.  First Bamboo leaves for the stems.  The flowers are stamped from lightest to darkest color: Lulu Lavender, Sweet Plum, and Grape Jelly.  The stamp positioner allows for multiple layers of coloring.  The secret is to gently mist water over the coloring on the stamp itself to reactivate the ink.
• The sentiment is from Inkadinkado Thanks released in 2011 and is stamped in Memento Bamboo Leaves.
• Memento Bamboo Leaves is used to edge the card front after it is trimmed.  
• The edges of the card base are inked with Grape Jelly and an ink dauber.    

This was an enjoyable card to create and the results are elegantly satisfying!  Please do come and play along with us at Retro Rubber Challenge Blog.

 CHALLENGE GUIDELINES

• We require stamps older than one year.  If we feel you are using newer stamps, you may be disqualified from the challenge without notification.
• New papers/dies are OK – but you must use at least one stamp older than a year and describe the age in your blog post.
• Please note that all challenges require the use of at least one stamp older than a year.
• Post your new creation to your blog or online gallery.   Use keyword RRCB231.  No backlinking. 
• Link back to the blog using the Linky Tools by the due date. 
• Enter as many times as you like. 
• Feel free to combine our challenge with a maximum of 10 challenges.  Entries linked to more than 10 challenges will be disqualified without notification.
• If your project is posted on a private group site such as Split Coast Stampers or a photo sharing site not all DT members may be able to comment.   Thank you for understanding.
• Turn off Word Verification.  We love to comment but word verification can make that difficult.

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Retro Rubber Challenge Out to Sea

Retro Rubber Challenge for the next two weeks is a nautical themed card (or project) to go with out to sea!   For me watching the ocean is a mesmerizing peaceful time to just chill.  Sometimes it's wild and foamy, other times it is on a beach with warm sand and gentle waves.  I was fortunate to grow up in a place where I could see the ocean daily from age seven to seventeen.  Now I live far from any ocean but have a wonderful lake for water viewing pleasure.  

There are many wonderful ways to interpret this challenge.  I went with the lighthouse image in my stash.

This is the inspiration image from Retro Rubber, please check out the rest of the Design Team's creations for addition ideas!

 

To create this card I pulled out an image from Stampendous 1997 labelled Portland Head Lighthouse. That would be the Portland, Maine Portland, not the one in Oregon.

• The image is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and is colored with Derwent Water Color pencils. Some of the colors are colored on paper then moistened with a wet fine brush to allow fine details to be colored.  
• The focal image is die cut with Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangles, then matted on chocolate cardstock.
• The image is adhered to the card front off center to balance the sentiment.
• The sentiment is from Heartfelt Creations Thank You from 2018.  It is stamped in Versa Fine Vintage Sepia. (I tested having the image centered and much preferred the final design!)
  

Please do join us and make your own nautical themed card!  Thank you for stopping by!

 CHALLENGE GUIDELINES

• We require stamps older than one year.  If we feel you are using newer stamps, you may be disqualified from the challenge without notification.
• New papers/dies are OK – but you must use at least one stamp older than a year and describe the age in your blog post.
• Please note that all challenges require the use of at least one stamp older than a year.
• Post your new creation to your blog or online gallery.   Use keyword RRCB223.  No backlinking. 
• Link back to the blog using the Linky Tools by the due date. 
• Enter as many times as you like. 
• Feel free to combine our challenge with a maximum of 10 challenges.  Entries linked to more than 10 challenges will be disqualified without notification.
• If your project is posted on a private group site such as Split Coast Stampers or a photo sharing site not all DT members may be able to comment.   Thank you for understanding.
• Turn off Word Verification.  We love to comment but word verification can make that difficult.

Tic Tac Toe! Friendship card

Spring is inching happily towards us!  At Retro Rubber Challenge Blog we have a fun Tic Tac Toe and it happens to be my contributed challenge.  Often I have a hard time with Tic Tac Toe challenges, as I overthink the process.  But once I got going on this one I was able to check all the squares off, and complete a black out, well I guess that's a bingo term!

 

 

This is the challenge image to create your card or project. 

 

 

My card was created using the following:

•  The die cut is Stitched Ovals from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  It is die cut from white cardstock and stamped with Hero Arts 2009 Friends are Flowers in Memento Luxe Pear Tart and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  Fireworks! Bamboo leaves is gently tapped over the image to add some depth and painted into the leaves. Small die cuts from Sizzix Tim Hotlz Tattered Flowers are die cut from scraps of cardstock to put over the stamped flower.
  
• The pink shimmer card stock is first die cut with the Stitched Ovals from Elizabeth Craft Designs then pressure embossed with Darice Petal Background embossing folder.  With a white core paper, the flowers are distressed with a sanding block as well as the edges.  K & Company adhesive gems are added to a few of the flower's centers.
• The card base has Fireworks! Bamboo leaves gently tapped around the edges to pair with the focal image.
• The layers are adhered together to the card base, taking care the the oval is placed the same direction as it was die cut.  Even with symmetrical dies they are not perfect!
  
• Sheer purple ribbon is tied into a small bow and adhered to the card.

How fun is that?  Sometimes a Tic Tac Toe board can inspire the next little detail on your card!

 CHALLENGE GUIDELINES

• We require stamps older than one year.  If we feel you are using newer stamps, you may be disqualified from the challenge without notification.
• New papers/dies are OK – but you must use at least one stamp older than a year and describe the age in your blog post.
• Please note that all challenges require the use of at least one stamp older than a year.
• Post your new creation to your blog or online gallery.   Use keyword RRCB229.  No backlinking. 
• Link back to the blog using the Linky Tools by the due date. 
• Enter as many times as you like. 
• Feel free to combine our challenge with a maximum of 10 challenges.  Entries linked to more than 10 challenges will be disqualified without notification.
• If your project is posted on a private group site such as Split Coast Stampers or a photo sharing site not all DT members may be able to comment.   Thank you for understanding.
• Turn off Word Verification.  We love to comment but word verification can make that difficult.

Do come and play along with us at Retro Rubber Challenge Blog. We would love to see what you create!