Anything Goes! at Retro Rubber

Everyone's favorite challenge to enter is anything goes, right?  I do enjoy seeing all the different styles of cards that show up on these challenges!  Join us over at Retro Rubber Challenge Blog and play along.

 

 

There are many birthday cards I like to send out for the month of August.  It is by far the most busy month for me to send greeting to my family and friends.  Here is one I created using the Altenew Alluring Orchids released in 2024.  What I like about this set is the spots at the center of the flower are a stamp, making them very easy to add to the flower.

•  The outline of the orchids is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black.  
• Altenew's Baby Pink, Fuchsia, Magenta, Jazzberry, Soft Lilac, Lavender Feilds, Deep Iris, Midnight Violet, and Matcha Tea are applied through the layered stencil sets.
• Midnight Violet is stamped on the image with the corresponding stamp.   
• The image is die cut with the matching die.
• Cardstock is inked with Matcha Tea and the sentiment from Scrapbook.com Happy Birthday is stamped in Midnight Violet before die cutting.
• The black background is splattered with Spellbinders Opaque White water color.
• The layers are adhered together and the edges of the orchid image are trimmed off the card edges.

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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 RRCB279.  No backlinking. 
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• Enter as many times as you like. 
• Feel free to combine our challenge with a maximum of 5 challenges.  Entries linked to more than 5 challenges will be disqualified without notification.
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To start out our challenges for August we are going to the Tropics at Retro Rubber Challenge Blog.  This is a challenge I submitted for our group, and I had a lot of fun playing with my stamps.  

 

 I choose a stamp set from Pinkfresh Studios released in 2022, Hibiscus.  At that time their stamp/stencil/die sets were designed with a matching washi tape.  I have one of two of these sets with the washi tape, and a few more of the stamp/stencil/die.  This is my favorite card of the series I made with two stampings of the main image.

•  The image is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black.
• Altenew inks used to stencil the images: Baby Pink, Fuchsia, Magenta, Jazzberry, Eucalyptus, Forest Green, Golden Honeycomb, and Amber Blaze.
• I liked the inspiration image and copied it by using Kraft cardstock and Hero Arts Nest Wood Frame Shapes from 2019.
• Hero Arts It's Your Day from 2015 provided the sentiment stamped in Amber Blaze.

 

 

One image from the set is a large focal point.  The Sentiment is Technique Tuesday Large Birthday from 2019. 

 

Another version with Hero Arts Wood grain Fancy Die for a background.  Sentiment is Scrapbook.com from 2022, stamped in Fuchsia. 

 The final set has the same background with an oval die cut added.  The die cut is made by using Simon Says Stamp Stitched Ovals from 2015.  The sentiment is another one from the Scrapbook.com Happy Birthday set.

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 RRCB278.  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 5 challenges.  Entries linked to more than 5 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. 

Thank you so much for checking in here with me!  Please make your own Tropical Flowers project and join us at Retro Rubber!