Colourful Seasons for Retro Rubber 131 DT card

This week at Retro Rubber Challenge, it's time for my favourite challenge - Tic Tac Toe. With Easter approaching, there are plenty of opportunities to make an Easter card but, as my example shows you, it's not compulsory. As alway, since this is Retro Rubber Challenge, you do need to use at least one stamp that is a year or more old and give us an approximate age for it.

I've played the middle row: Embossing - Die cut or punch - twine.
Embossing: One leaf has gold embossed veins and the sentiment is embossed with black embossing powder.
Die cut or punch: the card front is cut with the Stitched Rectangle dies and the leaves are all cut using dies from the Seasonal Layers dies.
Twine: There's a rustic twine bow on the centre leaf.

I've chosen Colourful Seasons, from the 2017 Annual Catalogue to use because with autumn coming on, it's so lovely to use.

The background stamping is from Artisan Textures, from the 2018 Annual Catalogue.

To create the leaves, I've used Pigment Sprinkles (Mango Melody, Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green) on Fluid100 water colour paper. They make for such an exciting background, since no two pieces ever come out identically.

Also new are the lovely Champagne Rhinestones, which add a touch of warmth to the design.

I was inspired by the sketch at Just Add Ink for this card and I might just squeak into their challenge this week.

We'd love to have you join in the challenge and show us how you see the sketch. You can visit the Retro Rubber Challenge site to see what the rest of the team have done with it and to link up your entry. You can play along until 3 April.

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar or clicking on any of products below.

Product List

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143726]

$57.00

Artisan Textures Cling-Mount Stamp Set

[151278]

$36.00

Seasonal Layers Dies

[143751]

$67.00

Stitched Rectangle Dies

[148551]

$74.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock

[147014]

$18.50

Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

[149612]

$19.00

Pigment Sprinkles

[149663]

$48.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[147094]

$15.75

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

[147095]

$15.75

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$20.00

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109129]

$12.50

Black Stampin' Emboss Powder

[146956]

$12.50

Heat Tool

[129056]

$60.00

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

$8.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

Aqua Painters

[103954]

$24.00

Stampin' Spritzer

[126185]

$6.00

Colourful Seasons for Retro Rubber 126 Team Card

Welcome to the first challenge for 2020 at Retro Rubber! It's a theme challenge this time round - make a winter themed card. As always with Retro Rubber, you need to use at least one stamp that's a year or more old and tell us the approximate age. Since it's mid-summer here in New Zealand, it was a welcome change to look at something a bit cooler!

It doesn't get cold enough to snow where I live, but in winter the last skeleton leaves from autumn are still around. I used that idea, plus cooler colours for my winter themed card.

I started by embossing two leaves from Colourful Seasons (from the 2017-18 Annual Catalogue) in white on the card base. Then I sponged over the area in Seaside Spray to bring them out. 

I added in some small stamped images to suggest things being blown by the wind and a die-cut skeleton leaf from the coordinating dies set, Seasonal Layers. Finally, just a couple of rhinestones to help suggest a touch of icy frost. The sentiment is from Beautiful You (from the 2017 Occasions catalogue) because we can alway hope for better things to come, especially in winter or tough times.

Both Colourful Seasons and Beautiful You, although older sets, are still current and available.

The team would love to see what you do with this retro winter theme. You can see what the rest of the team have done, and link up your entry, by visiting Retro Rubber Challenge.

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar or clicking on any of products below.

Product List

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143726]

$57.00

Beautiful You Cling-Mount Stamp Set

[151412]

$59.00

Seasonal Layers Dies

[143751]

$67.00

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

$18.50

Seaside Spray A4 Cardstock

[150889]

$18.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[147110]

$15.75

Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150085]

$15.75

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$20.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$12.50

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

$8.50

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$10.50

Colourful Seasons for Retro Rubber 123 - Design Team Card

Welcome to a new challenge at Retro Rubber. It's one that everyone seems to enjoy - Anything Goes.

Of course, since this is Retro Rubber, the standard rules still apply: you must use at least one stamp that's a year or more old AND give us an approximate age for it.

This card uses not one but three older sets. One of the pleasures of getting them out after a break is that you can mix them up with new products. So while the sets are all older, this is the first time I've used the new Stampin' Up! Pigment Sprinkles. I'm loving the intensity of the colours, the ease with which they mix and bloom and the great little sprinkle pots (with lids) that they come in.

The gold embossed leaves come from Colourful Seasons, one of my favourite sets from the 2017 Annual Catalogue. The background for them is from Artisan Textures (AC 2018). I use this set a lot but I love these two stamps because they remind me of rain drops. I've used a mix of Mossy Meadow and Golden Glitz. Golden Glitz is one of the stars of the 2019 Holiday Catalogue: a gold pigment ink that stamps with great shine and coverage so you have to look twice to check it's not embossing. I like the informality of the 'Thanks' from A Big Thank You. (AC 2018)

To see what the rest of the team have done, and to link up your entry, pop over to the Retro Rubber Challenge site.

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar or clicking on any of products below.

Product List

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143726]

$57.00

Artisan Textures Cling-Mount Stamp Set

[151278]

$36.00

A Big Thank You Photopolymer Stamp Set

[147377]

$36.00

Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock

[133683]

$18.50

Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock

[147014]

$18.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

[149612]

$19.00

Pigment Sprinkles

[149663]

$48.00

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

[147111]

$15.75

Golden Glitz Delicata Metallic Ink Pad

[150711]

$23.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$20.00

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109129]

$12.50

Seasonal Layers Dies

[143751]

$67.00