Fall Happy Birthday using RRBC Sketch

It is time for a new challenge over at Retro RubberChallenge Blog, and this go around it is a fun sketch.  Stop by the blog and check out the complete line up of the Mod Squad’s take on this sketch.

I choose to flip the sketch on its side and make a birthday card for fall.  I started with a very old (late 90’s) Magenta dandelion image and a simple Scrappy Cat Birthday Wishes set that I’ve had for five or six years.   

At first I tried an ink color and didn’t like the results, so I went with a tried and true way to get an ink color from my marker set!  I used the brush tip end of the Tsukineko Memento Dual Tip Marker in Bamboo Leaves and colored directly on the rubber of the stamp, then used the moisture of my breathe to make sure the ink was still wet just before stamping.  This technique works best on rubber stamps, but can be successfully used on some photopolymer stamps as well.  (Test it before you stamp on your project!)  I was able to get a good image with the Scrappy Cat set.  After stamping on cream card stock trimmed to 3” x 5 ½” I colored the small sections of dandelions with Tsukineko Memento Dual Tip Marker in Pear Tart.  With a little bit of Designer Dries Clear adhesive I added some Recollections Snow flocking to mimic the dandelion seeds.  The edges are inked with Tsukineko Versa Magic in Gingerbread.

The border is cream card stock trimmed to 4”x 6 ½” and is liberally spritzed with Imagine Crafts Fireworks in Bamboo Leaves.  If you look closely you can see the shimmer in the color.  The top two layers are adhered together before placing the flocked brads by Creative Imaginations through both layers.   The base card from Kraft card stock is trimmed to 6 ¾” x 8 ½” and folded in half.  The top layers are adhered to the front.

Please do come by and share your project using the sketch above over at Retro Rubber Challenge Blog.  We ask that you use a stamp older than a year and have some fun with your retro rubber!

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments #143 Birthday Sentiment

Create and Inspire #32 Anything Goes

Inky Impressions #275 Make it Krafty

Crafting from the Heart #83 Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion #285 Anything Goes
Artistic Impressions #143 Anything Goes w/ a twist of Birthday
Blessings Ink Anything Goes