Retro Rubber Blog Challenge - #195 - You had me at Ombre...

Hey,

Welcome to another awesome Retro Rubber challenge.

This time we have an ombre theme for you..

Recently I have been working with these strip dies and I decided to make the ombre part of my card using these.

I have a bunch of the Michaels colour tone pads, which are great for this kind of card. I used the 'Pink Buttons' one here.

After I had applied all the paper strips to my white card, I had to stamp my sentiment and I was a bit nervous about stamping over the beautiful ombre! But this is where a stamp platform is your best friend!

I used the Waffle Flower 'Oversized Smile' set that I have had since it was released in April 2021 and this is its first use (shame..).

It came out well and makes me smile to look at it!

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

Challenge ends November 18th.

Don't forget to tell us the age of your stamp, that is part of the fun of our challenge, and please only enter 10 challenges including Retro Rubber.

Cx

Bombshell..

Hey,

Last year I discovered a new to me stamp company - Sweet Stamp Shop.

I really like Nicole's style and their price points. I am not affiliated with them in any way, but I believe you get a discount on your first order with them..

I bought the awesome Heartbreaker set on sale, I have been looking at it for a while then it went on sale so it was a no brainer.

I love all the fun sentiments that you can put in the banner.

My card was super quick and easy, just stamp and colour, nothing fancy.

I made a few of these, as I had the stamps set up on the MISTI, I haven't stamped in the banner yet. I might just leave them blank and give them to a friend as a set and she can add her own sentiment?

Cx

Christmas Card 2017: Unity Stamp Co Christmas Bicycle..

Hey,

Happy Friday.

I am very excited today, as Hubby and I are off to Tampa tomorrow morning to celebrate our 8th wedding anniversary and 13 years together!! I need some sunshine!

I am also excited as I have officially finished all my Christmas cards - whoop whoop, under 3 months for 130 cards..not bad going.

I actually find it way easier to create cards in little batches and this year with the MISTI on my team it's been a dream.

The cards today are one of my faves, I fell in love with the stamp by Unity Stamp Co last year, but it was too late to use it for my 2016 makes.

The stamp is quite a lot of work to colour, but SO worth it.

I still have a few more cards that I made for Christmas that I am going to continue to share with you.

Have a great weekend, everything will be scheduled until I get back on Thursday..

Cx

Christmas Card 2017: Lil Inkers ChristMoose..

Hey,

So Hubby and I probably touching down in London as you read this!

I wrote this post earlier in the week, so can't tell you about my birthday celebrations, soon I promise.

I love the stamp I used today, it is by Lil Inkers. I bought it before the Robin version and that is why I bought the Robin.

JT and I have a Moose thing, so even though he is a Reindeer..he's a Moose in my mind!!

These are simple to make, especially with a MISTI. I stamped them all at once and then coloured them using Distress Inks and a paintbrush.

I kept the whole card simple, stitched circle dies and the Recollections colour mats as a backdrop.

I could colour hundreds of these, they are so easy and the end result is so pretty.

Cx

Obviously More Monsters...

Hey,

Happy Monday from Mexico (kind of)...

I recently bought the new MFT More Monster stamps and dies...you know I LOVE Monster stamps.

I couldn't go away without having a little play, but as my time was limited I kept the cards simple.

A very long time ago I bought a stack of coloured paper squares from Michaels and it is still going strong and the best thing about them is that you don't have to trim them to size, if you use mini square card blanks.

I stamped all the monsters using the MISTI and then added all the details (eyes, mouths etc) that are separate stamps. Very efficient.

All the sentiments except RAWR (by Your Next Stamp) are from the same set as the monsters..

Super simple and quick and makes for a fun set of cards.

Cx

Belated Happy 4th of July...

Hey,

So back to work for me today. It has been a fun long weekend.

I wanted to share the 4th of July cards that I made. I only made 12.

They were a lot of fun to make and I have been itching to use the Liberty Girl stamp by Unity Stamp Co. since I bought her late last year.

I stamped onto watercolour paper (thank god for the MISTI), then I watercoloured all the stamps - I did all the red, then all the dark blue and then finally all the light blue. This took a very very long time.

To speed it up I used a messy style and to compliment this, I tore all the edges of the stamped / coloured panels, giving them all a bit of a rougher feel.

I don't know who the 4th of July stamp is by, it's a wooden stamp I have had for a while. I thought affixing this with a staple added to the edgy feel.

Hope you had a Happy 4th of July.

Cx

Showing off my MISTI Skillz...

Hey,

It was JT's birthday last week and I bought her a faux MISTI - works the same, just 50% cheaper.

I thought it would be good to make something to show her the benefit of this extra tool (I love a tool and keep enabling her...)

I stamped these cards using the MISTI and it makes it ALL so much easier.

I die-cut the white panels first, makes it easier to position everything.

Then I stamped the doily border in four different colours, no need to move the stamp, just clean and put a new piece of paper in the MISTI.

The stamps were a freebie as part of Stampin' Up Sale-a-bration and are called Delicate Details..I am already in love. The inks were also a freebie from my Retro Rubber teamie Debbie (who is my SU demo) she had a spare set and sent to me, how sweet is that!

The hello stamp is by WPlus9 and again, I lined it up using the MISTI and stamped it 4 times, simples.

I mounted the white panels onto grey card blanks and added some sequins.

Super simple, elegant cards that were a breeze to make.

Cx

Paper Smooches flower wreath...

Hey,

Happy Monday to you all.

Hope you had a great weekend, I had a very relaxing one.

I finished off a few things that I had started before my vacation.

This card was the result of a little play with the MISTI. I used this fave stamp set by Paper Smooches

I thought it would be fun to make a wreath style pattern, using all the different stamps in this set. This is super easy to do when you use the MISTI, as I just positioned the stamps where I wanted them and repeated it by rotating my paper.

I coloured it using Promarkers and then tried out a technique I have seen around a lot right now and added little dots here and there.

I am pretty pleased with how the stamping / colouring / dots turned out.

I die-cut the panel and added the sentiment (awesome die by Neat and Tangled) this weekend and it has come out even better than I expected.

I thought it would be fun to try out for the Paper Smooches October Guest Designer slot using this card.

Cx