Retro Rubber Challenge #189 - Gnarly...its the 80s...

Hey,

Welcome to another awesome Retro Rubber challenge.

It's time for another fun colour challenge - this time 80s colours!

I love these colours!!

I used pink, mauve, blue and grey. I stepped out of my comfort zone with a little bit of paper piecing!! The background stamp is 'Looped Flower' by Hero Arts and I bought it second-hand from Jenn Shurkus around 2015!

I stamped the girl from the 'Jane Girl' set by Unity Stamps that I have had since 2018. I masked her off and added Altenew inks in my chosen colours to the background stamp and stamped it onto the white panel, over the masked girl. I then coloured her with copics and stamped her onto the grey chevron paper for my final colour choice. The chevron paper is 'Calm & Cozy Chevrons' by My Favorite Things.

The sentiment is one of my favourite go-to Taylored Expressions sentiment strips, I have a container of these and they are so handy.

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

Challenge ends August 26th.

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

CASology: Girl

Hey,

I hope you have had a fun weekend so far?

I have had a really nice time, hanging with Hubby, shopping and playing at my desk.

I wanted to play along with a challenge this weekend, so I had a look at a couple of my faves and picked out a few to play with.

First up is the CASology challenge - here is this week`s cue card -

I liked the idea of making a `Girl` focused card, I have a lot of girls in my life.

My card actually combines three stamp sets. The main girl stamp is by Unity Stamp Co `Today I am Happy`, I stamped it onto my watercolour cardstock and used distress inks to watercolour her, I added some sparkle with Spectrum Noir sparkle pens.

I built the sentiment using two stamp sets - I masked off part of the `Girl Boss` stamp, from the Sweet Stamp Shop `Girl Boss` set. The second part of the sentiment is from the Jillibean Soup `Friends` set.

I always default to blues or purples...

This little card will be winging it`s way to a good friend shortly.

Have a great Sunday, I am heading to the gym and then planting myself on the sofa for NFL Sunday!

Cx

Getting it done...

Hey,

Recently in the US office we got a new boss - Sarah.

She is pretty damn awesome and Nicole and I love her.

It's her birthday this week and so along with the gift we bought her, we wanted to give her a personalised card.

In her work bio they wrote that 'Sarah gets shit done.' hahahahaha - so true and perfect for a card.

I printed the text, then chose the awesome Daisy Girl by Unity Stamp Co. and stamped that just above the text.

Coloured with promarkers, added a bit of glitter glue for some shimmer and die-cut the panel out. I chose a cheery yellow card blank, as it matched the flowers and Sarah's sunny disposition.

Hope she loves it as much as we do.

Cx

P.s do you like my new backdrop for my card photos?

Random Desk Pile: Daisy Birthday...

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Today I am showing you card no 2 that I made from the random desk pile.

I got the Unity Stamp Co. 'Daisy Girl' before I left for London and I coloured her using TomBow dual brush markers..

I bought the July TomBow VIP box, which is awesome and came with an awesome storage box for my pens.. LOVE a storage box..

The background paper die-cut, the striped washi tape and the sentiment rub-ons - yes rub-ons, were all in the pile too!

Another quick assembly job and the addition of the clear droplets and voila! another finished card.

Cx

Retro Rubber #90.. Colour Challenge, Red, White & Blue

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Welcome to another fun Retro Rubber challenge.

As it's 4th of July tomorrow, we have a suitable Patriotic theme for you...

I decided not to make an actual 4th of July card, but to use the great Liberty Girl stamp by Unity Stamp Co to make a fun card for an American friend! I have had the stamp since 2016 and last year I used it to make 4th of July cards for my friends.

I stamped onto watercolour paper and used distress inks and a paintbrush to colour the image. The sentiment stamp came with the set and I added a little bit of blue bling to her hair.

Super simple, but fun and a bit cheeky!

Let's see what the photo and colours inspire you to make, pop over to Retro Rubber and get inspired by the things the DT have made.

Challenge ends July 13th.

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.

Have a great 4th of July, Hubby and I are doing some pre-4th marauding...

Cx

Happy Baby Shower!..

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As you know last weekend I was 'stealing' more of JT's family and her Aunt asked to make her some baby shower cards..

I know one of the babies is a girl, but wasn't sure what else she needed, so I made girl and boy focused cards.

I used a slightly neglected Unity Stamp Co stamp - Angie Girl 'Sweet Sixteen' - I thought the balloons were perfect, as I could colour them to suit the girl/boy theme.

In my BF haul last year I got a Pink Fresh Studio stamp set that has Baby Shower in it - awesome and surprisingly handy, now I live in the US!!

I decided that I would die-cut the word Happy using a Tim Holtz die and sparkly papers.

These cards are so delicate and pretty, perfect for a baby shower I think.

Cx

Poppy Girl...

Hey,

A simple post today of something I made whilst I was off on Christmas break.

I love these Unity Girl stamps by Unity Stamp Co, they are so pretty and versatile. I love the giant poppies here creating a built in backdrop for the girl.

I coloured her using distress inks and an aquabrush.

I left her without a sentiment, I do this sometimes. It's hand to have a blank card that you can add the appropriate sentiment to when it is needed.

Cx