Retro Rubber Challenge #81.. Sketchy for you..

Hey,

Welcome to another fun Retro Rubber challenge.

We have a sketch for you this time, created by me!

You know how much I love a sketch, so it was a lot of fun for me to create a few for the Retro Rubber challenge, I was super pleased when Jane asked.

I decided to rotate the sketch, as I really wanted to use the awesome 'Celeste' stamp by Art Impressions - I love their humor.

I coloured the stamp using Distress Inks with a paintbrush and a Nuvo glitter pen. The stamp is quite big so I had to break out a large circle die and a A5 (A7us?) card.
I took a really deep breath and used a big piece of the purple leopard paper that I have had for ages and I ration it, but 2018 is the year of use it, so...

The sentiment came with the stamp set and it always makes me smile.

Now it's your turn to 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 March 9th.

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

So Naughty..

Hey,

When a friend 'enables' you to buy Christmas stamps that you really don't need what do you do?

Make her a card using said stamps..obvs!!

The set in question is 'Naughty' by Kat Scrappiness.

I am feeling pretty smug about this card, it came out even better than the vision in my head.

Look at how the die-cut holes and glitter paper look like lights.. swoon..

Sorry, let me slow down and start at the beginning!

I coloured and fussy cut the awesome Reindeer lady by Art Impressions, I have had this stamp a few years and it gets dragged out every Christmas. I thought it would work perfectly with all the sentiments in the set my friend encouraged me to buy and I actually made 5 other cards using this combo. However they were not as detailed as this one.

I die-cut the white paper using the awesome snowfall die by GinaMarie Designs and added some glitter paper behind to get the twinkly look.

The fact that my die-cuts looks like lights shining through the sentiment is an accident..I forgot to stamp the 'naughty' first.

I love it and I believe it arrived and my friend loves it too!!

Cx

Retro Rubber #52..Let's get sketchy...

Hey,

It's time for another fun  challenge over at Retro Rubber. 

This time, we want you to use the sketch - 

I love sketches and for this one I had something in mind..but when I tried it out, I wasn't in love..

So I rummaged through my stamps and saw the awesome Reindeer Games set by Art Impressions, I bought it last November when it was released at Michael's making it just over a year old.

I love the sassy lady dressed as a Reindeer / elf. I coloured her using distress inks, aquabrush and promarkers. I then fussy cut her out.

I thought she needed Reindeer paper and so I hunted through my Christmas papers for the scrap you see here. I added a glittery panel for the other border.

I used some creative license and moved the sentiment up the card a bit, but I am guessing Jane will let me have that :)

I know who I am sending this too, my parents have a very sassy neighbour and I bet she would go to a Christmas party dressed as a Reindeer/Elf LOL.

Show us your interpretation of the sketch and head over to Retro Rubber and view the awesome makes by my teammates.

Challenge ends on December 2nd. Don't forget to use a stamp a year or older and tell us about it that's part of the fun. Also, please limit your entries to 10 challenges including ours.

Cx

Moving Along With The Times...Come Dancing..

Hey,

Welcome to another great challenge from the Moving Along With The Times team.

This time our hostess is Hazel and her theme is 'Come Dancing' 

I decided to dig out a fun stamp by Simon Says Stamp and Art Impressions for Stamptember. I love these fun AI stamps. They have a whole range with a group of older ladies having a lot of fun.

I coloured this card using Promarkers - imagining my group of friends and I when we are a bit older..dancing it out!

The sentiment came with the set and I stamped it onto a die-cut banner, that matches the card blank.

Simple and fun.

Now it's your turn, but first go over to MAWTT and check out the creations by my teammates.

Challenge ends on 13th April.

Cx

Retro Rubber #28 Anything Goes..

Hey,

It is time for everyone's fave theme this time over at Retro Rubber.

Time to get settled in at your desk and have a play - that is what anything goes means to me..

I decided to dig out some NBUS that is old..I have had the main Art Impressions stamp for nearly 18mths and I am ashamed to say I have never used it!!

So I dug it out here and decided it would make a fun watercoloured anniversary card for my friends, who are a little quirky.

I watercoloured the stamp using an aquabrush and distress inks. The sentiment was a freebie and I have had it for about 4 years..it is one of my go to anniversary stamps!

What anything goes project will you create? Link up over at Retro Rubber whilst checking out the great creations from the ladies.

Don't forget to use a stamp a year or older and tell us about it. Challenge ends on Dec. 4th

Cx

Dance like no one is watching...

Hi,

Hope you had a great weekend.

I had a fantastic one. It was great to hang with Cheiron...despite the 7hr journey and the loftartreatreat was great fun - ever better as I knew people, I also managed to come home with a few Lawn Fawn items..

Then to add the icing on my cake of a weekend, I made the top 3 over at Shopping Our Stash..with my Wooden it be nice Hippo - Yay!!

Today I am using x2 items of NBUS....I really have to stop buying things..

This card is for my friend Lindsay, it is her birthday later in the week and the fab stamp by Art Impressions for SSS Stamptember reminded me of her and her girl posse!

The sentiment is a freebie from a card magazine my Ma gave me and I thought it worked well here. It is also, in my opinion, a phrase to live by!

I coloured the image with a mix of Promarkers and Distress Inks with an aquabrush. The large stitched die for the image is my fave and by SSS.

Simples..which I seem to be doing a lot of..

Cx

Retro Rubber #24...Travel..

Hey,

So slightly hungover here post birthday celebrations...but my fuzzy mind is being cleared because it is time for another great challenge from the Retro Rubber team.

This is one of my fave themes, I have so much stash dedicated to this..

Travel!! Yay!

As you might have noticed I do a fair amount of travelling myself.. 

So I decided to look at travel in a different way and went with the great stamp by Art Impressions, its part of their Girlfriends range and I've had it a couple of years and love it. 

But here is the thing..when I was looking for a link for it, it would appear that my stamp is completely different to the one I can find online!! If anyone can tell me why (because I have not a clue) then I will send you a little happy mail :)

So back to my card...It makes me think that this will be me in my old age with my girls..on a beach.

The sentiment is by Unity Stamp Co. and I thought it fit the image perfectly. I coloured the image with a mix of distress inks and an aquabrush and Promarkers.

Now over to you, to show us your fab travel projects, first pop over to Retro Rubber and check out the fabulous creations by my awesome teammates.

Challenge ends on October 9th and don't forget to use a stamp older than a year and tell us about it.

Cx