Retro Rubber Challenge #162 - Sketch Time....

Hey,

Hope you had a great 4th of July Holiday if you celebrate it. Hubby and I had lots of fun, our last weekend together for a while, as I am heading to London to see our families!

It's time for another fun Retro Rubber challenge.

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

You know how much I love a sketch!

I have a weakness for Whale stamps and decided that I would use one for this card, the curve of the circle made me think of Whales!

I used a piece of paper that has a watercolour fade to it for my background. I printed out a piece of ancient Pink Petticoat digital paper - it is my fave fish paper, which I die-cut using an Ellen Hutson Snow scene die - which how I got the water like bubbles!

My Whale is one of my faves, by Spellbinders from their 'Sunshiny Day' set that I have had since 2019. The spotty paper is a scrap and I stamped the sentiment in two colours using stamps from the Recollections 'Whale Hello There' set (from 2018).

So happy with this fun card.

Show us your interpretation of the sketch and pop over to Retro Rubber and get inspired by the things the DT have made -their use of the sketch has been nothing short of amazing!

Challenge ends July 16th.

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

Dotty Whale CASE...

Hey,

Happy Saturday!

I'm super excited today, as tonight Hubby and I are off to the Opera, which was my Christmas gift from Hubby..I will be finally hearing Placido Domingo sing..

I have become obsessed with Alex Syberia's method of dot colouring..

I have been practicing, but essentially my versions look crap LOL!

Then I saw a post of Alex's where she used a Whale for her dotty colouring and I love Whale stamps and have a few, so I thought I'd give it a go and FINALLY it all clicked.

Mine are by NO means as awesome as Alex's, but it's a start and I am super happy with the end results.

You really have to try it and even if you don't, do check out Alex's work.

I used a ton of supplies..
Whale stamp/die by Recollections
Birthday Fishes sentiment by Waffle Flower
Fintastic Sentiment by Newtons Nook
Mini fish shoal by Kaisercraft
Single fish by MFT
Clear droplets by Pretty Pink Posh
Stencil by Andy Skinner

Cx

Whale Hello There!! ....

Hey,

I am a big fan of nautical / sea themed stamps and recently I have acquired quite a few new ones - some have been gifts :)

Lisette found a set that I have been looking for and gave it to me for Christmas :)

It's by Recollections and they made a few fun sets last year and I have most of them, but this one eluded me..

Last weekend, I decided it was time for a play..

I stamped, coloured and die-cut the whale from the set and I chose all the background papers from my stash.

I was a bit thrown by how to anchor my Whale and add the sentiment, I tried waves stencils and didn't love that. So I was looking through my dies and saw the stitched arch dies by MFT and in the die wallet was a yellow one all die-cut and ready to go and it worked, so I die-cut 3 more to coordinate with my backgrounds.

I did a variant on the sentiment and added 'birthday boy', as I thought the cards were quite masculine!

I love how they came out, they work really well as a set.

Cx

Random Desk Pile: Whale Hey Cutie!...

Hey,

Happy Monday to you!

I am back home in NYC, it was great to be in London for so long, but always lovely to be home with Hubby and Boscat. My weekend has been all about rest and reuniting with Hubby and my desk.

I hit my desk early on Sunday morning and realised it was a bit of a mess and noticed a big random pile of stuff..

Looking through it, I realised I could probably make a bunch of cards without too much effort, which is perfect when I'm a bit tired and have been away from my desk for a while.

Here is a photo of the 12 cards I made -

Amazing right?!

I added ribbon, sentiments and gems to what was already on my desk.

I'll be showing you all the cards individually over the next week, as I want to ease back into blogging before my vacay at the end of the month.

Today's main card is a fun one.

I found the tag and the stamped, die-cut Whale in the pile and I added the sentiment and made it into this fun card.

I love the sentiment, I was going for 'Whale Hello There!' but the 'Hey Cutie' stamp by Mama Elephant was perfect. The Whale is by MFT, from their 'Ocean Pals' set

A great way to return to my desk.

Cx

Ahoy Matey!..

Hey,

Happy Friday.

So I am not sure what Ben and I will be doing today (weather dependant) but yesterday was a lot of fun. We shopped until we dropped, but before that I have a friend who works at the Empire State Building and she got us passes, so we got to go to the observation deck - skip all the lines, it was awesome!

My card today was made last Sunday when I broke out the Silhouette Portrait to have a play. I wanted to make a fun birthday card for a friend's Son.

Recently Hubby blew away my craftroom computer and so I had to reinstall the Silhouette Design Studio, which meant I got to go through all the files I have bought over the last 5 years and I found this awesome 'Ahoy Matey!' card.

All I had to do was get the size right and add that shimmery blue panel (that I thought looked like sea).

I forget sometimes how much fun I can have with the Silhouette, I really have to remember to break it out more!

Have a great weekend, Ben, Hubby and I will be hanging out before Ben and I fly to London on Monday.

Cx

Freshly Made Sketches..Whale Hello There!

Hey,

So I have been up since 7.45am watching World Cup Football. England won emphatically!

I love this week's sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches -

I thought it was perfect for my new 'Ocean Pals' stamps by MFT that arrived yesterday (actually retiring, so I got it from Ellen Hutson). I stamped, watercoloured and die-cut the Whale stamp.

I embossed a white piece of paper and die-cut it a using MFT stitched rectangle die and I used the smaller die from the st to die-cut the blue panel.

The sentiment is from the Stampin' Up 'Message in a Bottle' set and worked perfectly here.

Love the clean simple card I ended up with, a great addition to my stash.

Now for more Football!

Cx

Sketch Saturday #454 Sami Stamps Whale Love...

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Time for another great Sketch Saturday sketch.

This week our sponsor is Sami Stamps and they are offering $12.00 to spend in their store.

Here's the sketch.

I love the sketch this week and thought the Whale Love stamp by Sami Stamps would work perfectly here.

I printed the stamp and die-cut it using a Simon Says Stamp stitched circle die, I also used the smaller ones for the other 2 circles. I coloured the stamp using Promarkers.

I couldn't decide what colour my other circles should be, so I looked for the background paper and that made it a bit easier. The background paper is by K&Co and I think it was a random TJMaxx find..

I die-cut the banner in the same colour as the other circles and added a Clearly Besotted sentiment and added some hearts. I affixed it to the card using a mini staple.

For interest, I added a gold glittery heart and a large piece of gold bling to the circles.

I really love the soft feel of the card.

It's your turn now, but first go over to Sketch Saturday and check out what the rest of the DT have done with the sketch.

Challenge ends 17 March 7pm GMT / 2pm EST