Retro Rubber Challenge #279 - Theme - Anything Goes..

Hey,

Welcome to another fun Retro Rubber challenge.

This time we have everyone's fave anything goes for you!

I made these cards as a bit of therapy one night. I just felt the urge to watercolour and I pulled out this beautiful flower stamp by Altenew 'You Make Me Happy', I have had it since 2018. It watercolours beautifully and is so simple. I used a fave Clearly Besotted sentiment from 2019.

They were not popping off the card blanks, so I added a piece of vellum and I think they look much better now!

What will you choose to play with? Pop over to Retro Rubber, and get inspired by the things the DT have made.

Challenge ends September 4th.

Don't forget to tell us the age of your stamp, that is part of the fun of our challenge, and please only enter 5 challenges, including Retro Rubber.

Cx

Retro Rubber Challenge #278 - Theme - Off to the tropics

Hey,

Welcome to another fun Retro Rubber challenge.

We have a fun theme for you this time - use tropical flowers on your card

I had a few more tropical flower stamp sets than I thought, so this was a lot of fun!

I started by blending a panel onto a piece of card stock, using some tropical colours. I then stamped all my flowers in slightly darker coordinating inks, over the blended panel.

I decided I wanted to add the little Chameleon somewhere on my card and I thought he looked great hanging off the sentiment banner. So I blended the banner to match where it touched my blended panel and the Chameleon.

I used the following sets - MFT 'Tropical Flowers' and Concord & 9th 'You're my Person' - both of which I have had since 2016 and I also used MFT 'Polynesian Paradise' that I have had since 2019.

How will you use tropical flowers on your project? Don't forget to pop over to Retro Rubber, and get inspired by the things the DT have made.

Challenge ends August 21st.

Don't forget to tell us the age of your stamp, that is part of the fun of our challenge, and please only enter 5 challenges, including Retro Rubber.

Cx

Retro Rubber Challenge #277 - Tic Tac Toe...

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Welcome to another fun Retro Rubber challenge.

We have a tic-tac-toe board for you this time.

Tic tac toe is always a lot of fun!

I went with the diagonal row - Sparkle, Your Choice, Flowers. For your choice, I went with no markers!

Yep, my card was made with only inks. This ancient set by Concord & 9th 'Hello Lovely' that I have had since 2016 comes with a bunch of random shaped stamps that you can use to add colour to the stamped image.

My sparkle is a bit of bling dotted around and some wink of stella; sadly, I don't think you can see the shimmer and sparkle in my photo :(

Also my sentiment is by Simon Says Stamp and is from 2015!! 

Can't wait to see which row you chose, don't forget to pop over to Retro Rubber, and get inspired by the things the DT have made.

Challenge ends August 7th.

Don't forget to tell us the age of your stamp, that is part of the fun of our challenge, and please only enter 5 challenges, including Retro Rubber.

Cx

Retro Rubber Challenge #276 - Let's get sketchy...

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Welcome to another fun Retro Rubber challenge.

We have a sketch for you this time.

You know how much I love a sketch! 

I had a completely different idea in mind. But remembered I had these cool Taylored Expressions Freebie 2024 postage stamps. Lisette gave them to me as a Christmas gift in 2024. I chose 3 from the 12 stamps that I thought went well together and would make a great birthday card.

It was super easy to make, I coloured the stamps using Altenew markers. The sentiment is one of many ancient ones that live on their own clear blocks on my desk, because I use them over and over. I have no idea who it's by, but it is at least 10 years old!

Such a cute card!

Show us your interpretation of the sketch, pop over to Retro Rubber, and get inspired by the things the DT have made.

Challenge ends July 24th.

Don't forget to tell us the age of your stamp, that is part of the fun of our challenge, and please only enter 5 challenges including Retro Rubber.

Cx

Retro Rubber #275 - Colour Challenge...

Hey,

Welcome to another fun Retro Rubber challenge.

This time we have a colour challenge for you. This palette was chosen by me, I love ceramics and the plates really drew me in!

I thought this cute set by Avery Elle 'Rawr' that I have had since 2020 would work well with the colours. I basically built a collage of rectangles in the colours, creating a background for my sweet Dinos. I coloured the Dinos using colours/tones from the palette. The banner die is also by Avery Elle, but is ancient and from 2015!!

I can't wait to see how you use the colours, don't forget to pop over to Retro Rubber, and get inspired by the things the DT have made.

Challenge ends July 10th.

Don't forget to tell us the age of your stamp, that is part of the fun of our challenge, and please only enter 5 challenges including Retro Rubber.

Cx