Retro Rubber #184 - Far out...it's the 70's..

Hey,

Welcome to another fun Retro Rubber challenge.

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

I love this theme, fun to use a different set of colours. I went with ALL of the colours in my blending. I used distress oxides and I think it came out pretty well.

I recently reorganised my stencils and I came across this fab one by Andy Skinner 'Hippy Chick' that I had forgotten about and I thought she would be perfect for a 70's theme.

Whilst I had the stencil still taped down, I stamped a bunch of fun sentiments and icons over my blending. These are by -

Jillibean Soup - Fabulous (owned since 2018)

Lawn Fawn - Heart Swatch (owned since 2017)

CraftSmart - Tiny Mixed Sentiments (owned since 2020)

As you can see one of my sentiments overhangs the stenciling, this was intentional and adds a fun detail I think. I made a bunch of these cards, they made me so happy and I tried different colour combos too. I really love how they look in the mini slim format.

How will you use the colours? Pop over to Retro Rubber and get inspired by the things the DT have made.

Challenge ends June 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 10 challenges including Retro Rubber.

Cx

Fusion Card Challenge - Green

Hey,

Welcome to another fantastic Fusion Card Challenge.

This time we have 'Green' theme for you! As always both the sketch and the inspiration image are awesome.

Which will you try? As always, I loved both, so I fused them!

I was inspired by the green circles and so I created a background in multiple greens. I love using glitter paper and I had some scraps from Christmas that fit perfectly here. I actually wanted to use an oval for my sentiment, but it was too big! 

It felt a bit bland, so I added the gold twine (my all-time fave $1 Target purchase) and some bling to liven it up!

I used -

Concord & 9th - Dotty Turnabout stamp

Craft Smart - Shake Chic sentiments

The Works - Dotted, Scalloped, Stitched rectangle dies

Altenew Inks - Parrot, Hunter Green, Just Green, Minty Mint, Sweet Leaf

Make sure you check out all the rest of the inspiration by the DT over at the Fusion challenge blog, and play along with your own creation! When playing along you may use the sketch OR the photo to inspire your makes. OR, if you are feeling adventurous, you can fuse them together (see what I did there!).

Can't wait to see your makes. 

Challenge ends on January 1st.

Cx

4from1: Craft Smart time to party...

Hey,

Hope you had a nice long weekend? 

Today Hubby and I go back to work after a week off - ugh!

I finally got around to inking up this stamp (by Craft Smart from Michaels) during the first weekend of our vacay.

I bought it mainly for this giant sentiment, that I thought would make fun CAS cards and I think I was right!

To add interest I inked the stamp using minimum of 3 colours, sometimes to create a vignette and others just for the solid colour. I used Memento Dew Drop inks for this, as I wanted to use a mix of colours, smaller pads are better for this technique.

Simple and easy. All they needed was some coordinating enamel dots and bling and they were done. Very very easy makes.

Cx