NND IPC #251 - Bold Colour...

 

Hi!

Happy Sunday from me! I hope you are having a fabulous weekend!

A rare blog post from me, because I saw the Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge this month and HAD to enter - 

I love bold colours.

One of my all-time fave NND sets is 'Newton Dreams of London', not just because I am from London, but because I love the cute little English/London stamps. I overuse the Big Ben and bus stamps.

I used a Taylored Expressions square windows stencil to create my colourful blocks. If you look carefully you will see it is wonky, the stencil is so old it has warped with extensive use.

I used Altenew inks and their matching markers for my colours - Coral Berry, Turquoise, Ultraviolet and Citrus Burst. I think they are a perfect match. I coloured and die-cut the cute little buses and used foam tape to pop them up. Final touch was a birthday sentiment from my stash.

Fun card. I have had a lot of fun at my desk this weekend, mainly making DT things, so it was fun to play with no agenda, other than fitting the challenge.

Cx

Retro Rubber Challenge #269 - Tic-tac-toe...

Hey,

Welcome to the latest fun Retro Rubber challenge.

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

I went with middle horizontal row - Ribbon - Your Choice (tag) - Holly.

The funky holly die-cut is part of a stencil/die set by Taylored Expressions 'Play on Words - Holiday' I got it in 2025. I stamped my tag using the fun Taylored Expressions 'Trendy Tree Farm' background stamp that I have had since 2023. The ribbon is from my scraps bag.

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

Challenge ends April 17th.

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 #268 - Get your sketch on...

Hey,

Welcome to another awesome Retro Rubber challenge.

We have a sketch for you this time.

You know how much I love a sketch!

I went with mini slimline as I thought it worked well with the sketch. I used a Spellbinders embossing folder with kraft cardstock. The little floral papers are scraps from another project. The sentiment is by Hero Arts 'Mixed Sentiments' that I have had since 2013, and it is one of my faves.

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

Challenge ends April 3rd.

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 #267 - Colour challenge...

Hey,

Welcome to another fabulous Retro Rubber challenge.

This time we have a sweet colour challenge for you..

These are my kind of colours. I loved the image, so I wanted to incorporate rain or rainbows somehow, but I just couldn't get it to work! So I went back to the drawing board, scoured my stamp library, and stumbled upon this gorgeous stamp that I honestly don't think I have ever used!

I used all the colours from the palette to colour my stamped image. I used Altenew markers. I created a fun little border using the colours. All the papers are from the Spellbinders sampler pack. I love their cardstock.

Stamp by Unity Stamp co 'More Than Ice Cream', which I have had since 2022.

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

Challenge ends March 20th.

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 #266 - Luck o' the Irish!..

Hey,

Welcome to another awesome Retro Rubber challenge.

We have a fun theme for you this time..

I don't send St Patrick's Day cards, so my supplies for this theme are limited. But I have this awesome set by Lawn Fawn, and it sparked the idea for this card!

I found an already smooshed green panel in my desk crap pile and added the clover and star stamps from the Lawn Fawn set to it. I stamped, coloured and cut my Alligators from the Neat & Tangled set. Final step was to heat emboss the sentiment. I punched it using my fave label punch by Stampin' Up.

I love the end result, a super cute card for a friend and of course squeezing in a couple of 'gators made me very happy!

I used -

Lawn Fawn 'Lucky Charm' - 2015

Neat & Tangled 'Later Alligator' - 2019

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

Challenge ends March 6th.

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

p.s dates are when I purchased the stamp, not when it was released.