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 #251 - Anything Goes..

Hey,

Welcome to another fun Retro Rubber challenge.

Anything goes is always a popular challenge, it gives everyone a chance to dig deep into that retro stash!

I recently got my 'new' stash organised and so I now swing by there first before making anything. Some of it is shamefully quite old...

Today, my stamp set is by Concord & 9th 'Umbrella Turnabout'. I bought it on sale in 2023, and I have never used it. Which is such a shame, as it's gorgeous.

I stamped it using my Altenew stamp wheel, which is perfect for turnabout stamps. I used Altenew inks too - Mountain Pine, Pink Diamond, Eastern Sky and Rocky Shore. I used my colorcube cards for inspiration and blended 2 cards -

I love these colorcubes, the first one was bought for me as a gift and I use them for cardmaking and quilting to get perfect colour combos.

To finish my card (which I made for my Aunt), I added a piece of glitter cardstock and a Hello die-cut (by Simon Says Stamp).

I love how this turned out and I ended up with a large leftover piece of the umbrellas, perfect for another card.

What will you find in your stash to play with? Pop on over to Retro Rubber, and get inspired by the things the DT have made.

Challenge ends April 4.

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