Retro Rubber Challenge #175 - Love, Love, Love...

Hey,

Welcome to another fun Retro Rubber challenge.

We are all about the love this time..

I bought these amazing Love wood die-cuts from Dollar Tree and I made a bunch of fun cards with them. This one is a shaker!

The background is stamped using my all-time fave Hero Arts Tiny Hearts background stamp that I have had since 2017, when I bought it second-hand from Jenn Shurkus!

I stamped the hearts onto white card and die-cut the heart aperture to create the shaker. The love die-cut is popped up on foam dots for a bit more dimension.

Looking forward to seeing the things that love inspires you to make and don't forget to pop over to Retro Rubber and get inspired by the things the DT have made.

Challenge ends February 11th.

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

Woven heart...

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Happy Monday and welcome to August!

July was a hard month and a sad one too, we said goodbye to our family Dog Oscar on Friday, so hard losing a pet, he was the heart and soul of our home.

I have been loving all the paper weaving cards that I have seen around.

So I had a go myself. It is a LOT of work, but actually easy, just time consuming, the results are stunning, as you can see!

I kept it all super simple once it was finished and just added a simple glittery love die-cut.

Don't you just love simple cards!

Cx

Retro Rubber Challenge #128.. Love is in the air!

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Hello from London and welcome to another fun Retro Rubber challenge.

This time we have a colour challenge for you - that fits the Valentine mood..

The minute I saw this challenge I knew that my Pink Fresh Studio 'Heart Bouquet' set (now retired) was going to get an airing. When I bought this set in 2017, it got SO much use..but then I moved on, I'm such a magpie!

I stamped and coloured the lady and the bouquet, I coloured it using Copics and Sakura glitter pens. I was a bit stumped for a background and didn't feel like masking to use a stencil. So I broke out my ruler and drew my own background!

I left it sentiment free, because I thought it could be used for several occasions and that perhaps one of my male friends, might like it for their lady :)

Show us how you romance the colour combo and pop over to Retro Rubber and get inspired by the things the DT have made.

Challenge ends Feb 21st.

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

Cx

CASology: Repeat Butterflies..

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Happy Friday.

So its been a while since I joined in over at CASology, with Christmas and everything getting in my way!

Seems like a great way to start 2020 by playing along.

I used the Stampin' Up 'Perpetual Calendar' set to make my desk calendar and it was still on my desk and I saw the butterfly stamp and thought it would work perfectly here.  I stamped it in a few different colours of Altenew Inks (which I LOVE) and I can't believe I haven't used the butterfly in this way before.

I added a few teeny tiny die-cut butterflies here and there for some added dimension, but you can't really see them that well in my photo.

Over the Christmas break (before I left for London) I organised my dies. I have a fair amount of stand alone dies and tbh I really had no idea of what I did or didn't have. Needless to say I stumbled across some forgotten faves, like the wonderful 'Love You' die by Simon Says Stamp that I used on my card. I die-cut it out of some pink self-adhesive foam.

Such a pretty girly card, so unusual for me to be this girly.

Have a great weekend, I will be on the couch watching NFL playoffs!

Cx

Mini Love...

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Happy Monday to you!

I like to get creative with anniversary cards, especially as I send them to the same people every year!

I love the Love Heart Frame Die by Simon Says Stamp (sadly no longer for sale), it is SO versatile and I use it a lot.

This time, I thought it would be fun to use the 'Love' die and keep the negative part and make cards using that too.

The main heart frame die-cut I affixed to the awesome notecard card blanks from Target ($1 for 6) and added the Love word over the top of it.

A while ago I bought a random pack of mini 3x3 red papers and the mini square cards use two of these.

I love how cute these cards are and how easy they were to make.

Cx

Retro Rubber Challenge #103.. Ribbons of Love..

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Welcome to another awesome Retro Rubber challenge.

This time we are combining love with ribbons (for some of us that is the same thing LOL)...

Inspiration hit me the minute I saw this one and I dug out the Heart Confetti set by Clearly Besotted, that I have had since 2017. It comes with tons of different hearts and I used 7 of them to create the top part of my card.

I die-cut a red heart and added a little ribbon bow, but before I affixed it to the white heart stamped panel, I stamped the sentiment by Unity Stamp Co. that I have had since 2015.

This came out so well that I gifted it to my work colleague to use as her Valentine's Day card for her Hubby.

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

Challenge ends Feb 8th.

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

Catch The Bug: Annual Birthday Bash.. Thursday Colour Challenge..

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I am back again today playing along with the Catch The Bug Annual Birthday Bash.

Today we have a colour challenge for you -

I love the Love Monsters stamp and it is one I pull out a lot for Anniversaries. This time I coloured it to match the colours in the challenge.

I love these weird Oval window dies, but I rarely use them, but as I wanted to add some washi tape behind the image, I thought they would be perfect.

The amazing sparkly tapes that accidentally match the theme were a gift to me from JT.

The sentiment is by MFT and felt like a great fit for this card.

It's going to make a perfect Valentine's for someone,

Pop over to Catch The Bug to see what the rest of the DT have made.

Want play along?
HOW TO PLAY: Enter up to 3 times with a project using the colours above. If you use a Bugaboo Image, you could WIN 10, 7 or 4 Bugaboo Images of your choice. We LOVE to see what you do with your Bugaboos! If you NEED a Bugaboo Stamp to use, head on over to the store and get the Friday Freebie! If you have a wonderful NON-Bugaboo Image you'd like to use, you’ll be eligible for 7 or 4 Bugaboo Stamps Images of your choice if you’re one of our winners! All entries must be new and follow the sketch.
You have until 6 am Sunday, January 20, 2019 to join the sketchy fun go over to Catch The Bug to link up your project.

Cx

Love and a Cat...

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I have friends who are cat people and some who are dog people..

So generally when I am making cards for these people I try and think about what they might prefer, as I tend to use critters / animals / monsters a lot.

I wanted to make a fun anniversary card for my friends who have been married for like a bejillion years! And remembered I have this fun cat stamp by Unity Stamp Co, that I have hardly used.

This was another super simple make, I stamped the cat and the sentiment (I added the Happy Anniversary part), coloured the cat with Promarkers and added a bit of sparkle pen to his bow tie and the heart.

Die-cut it out and voila! Anniversary card.

I love the sentiment, it's pretty true in my house.

Cx

Retro Rubber Challenge #79.. Love is in the air..

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Welcome to another awesome Retro Rubber challenge.

The theme this time is one of my faves  -

I decided that the stripey plate would be my inspiration.

I created the fat stripes using a Heidi Swapp stencil and Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry with a giant dauber from Tsukineko. 

I had always planned to stamp the sentiment over the stripes, but I had intended to add a bit of colour to the word. Change of plan once I saw it. Too gorgeous to add colour..

The Love stamp is "Typography Love" by Woodware and I have had it since 2014. It actually says 'with love' but I masked off the with part.

I love a simple card like this..I might make a bunch for Valentine's day.

Show us what your makes and pop over to Retro Rubber and get inspired by the things the DT have made.

Challenge ends February 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

CAS Mix-up: Corrugated Heart...

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Happy Monday.

My first day back at work!!

So I said that I would probably play along again with the February CAS Mix-up challenge

This is my second entry and I used the same old DCVW corrugated card in grey.

I die-cut a heart from the corrugated card and from a piece of velum. I matched them up, so the vellum piece is slightly higher and just peeks out.

The background splatter I stamped using a great Concord & 9th stamp (Lace Leaf).

I die-cut the Love You from a Simon Says Stamp die set and before I stapled them in place, I glued the letters together so they were slightly wonky.

I put the heart and the sentiment together before mounting it over the splatter. For a bit more stand-out I added black enamel accents dots.

Again a pretty CAS card and covers off the main two requirements, the your choice elements are die-cutting, splatter and vellum.

I am seriously considering playing again....I am loving working with the corrugated card.

Cx

Kitty Love...

Hey,

Happy Friday.

I have been a bit absent, due to a complication with my surgery. I am good, but it's set me back a bit.

I thought I would share this super simple card I made a while ago using a Unity Stamp Co stamp..so cute..the whole thing is one stamp.

I can't decide whether to use it for a Valentine's card or for an Anniversary card?

Cx