Retro Rubber Challenge 94 - Design Team Card

I enjoyed going through last week's Retro Rubber gallery for the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge. Thank you to everyone who played along. Picking a winner was tough!

This week, we've got an old favourite - Anything Goes. Of course, since this is Retro Rubber there is still the proviso that you must use at least one stamp that's more than a year old and give us an indication of the age.

I found Anything Goes quite tough this time around. What would my 'anything' be? So I did what I always do when my mojo is on strike - I looked around for a challenge to inspire me. I got this at the very aptly named Inspire. Create. Challenge, who have a fantastic colour combination going this fortnight.

I started off by dripping some reinkers onto a pool of water on the page to create a base for my cluster of elements. Then I did a wee bit of splattering of ink before drying it off and layering in some stamping using Timeless Textures and the three challenge colours. This fabulous set of background textures is still current at Stampin' Up! but I got mine from the 2016 Occasions catalogue.

The Lemon-Lime Twist foliage is from the retired Botanical Builders framelits. The sentiment is from the just retired One Big Meaning, which first appeared in the 2015-16 Annual Catalogue.

To help accentuate the sentiment, I've sponged lightly around the edge in Lemon-Lime twist, mounted it on a Melon Mambo scalloped circle and tucked in a vellum circle behind. Then finally, a few scatted sequins finished off this card.

We'd love to have you join us at Retro Rubber Challenges. You can join us up until 7 September. If you're interested in the Inkspire.Create. Challenge, they are open until 4 September.

Update: Delighted to be Runner Up at Inkspire.Create.

If you're joining us at Retro Rubber, then don't forget that you must use at least one stamp older than a year, tell us how old it is and not join up to more than ten challenges in total.

If you live anywhere in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up demonstrator, I'd love to help you with ideas and Stampin' Up products. Please message me through my Facebook page, linked in the sidebar of this blog or leave a comment below. 

And, of course, you can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar of this blog or by clicking on any of the products listed below.

Product List
Not included are retired items: One Big Meaning,  Botanical Builders dies and sequins.

Timeless Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[140517]

$42.00

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

[131286]

$17.75

Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock

[119980]

$17.75

Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock

[144250]

$17.75

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

$10.50

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

$19.00

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad

[147096]

$15.75

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[131156]

$7.75

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147051]

$15.75

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[115662]

$7.75

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

[147145]

$15.75

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[144092]

$7.75

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

$69.00

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

$7.25

Colour Inkspiration 11

I've been so busy lately that I haven't entered the challenges I wished I had. So it was a great pleasure to find the time to put together something for the eleventh challenge at Colour Inkspiration, a Facebook based challenge. The graphics are always beautiful and this one is no exception. It just begs you to come play!

It's been a while since I got out Touches of Texture but these colours seemed to call for it. As a background for the panel, I used the challenge colours as a base for a piece of faux metallic paper. I made this a few times around Christmas and used it in a class, where it was very popular. The new Garden Trellis embossing folder is perfect for this technique, I think. 

There are tiny pearls in the flower centres and there are some flicks of clear Wink of Stella in the mix as well. I couldn't resist tucking in a little bit of the gorgeous Copper Trim ribbon to pick up the touches of copper embossing on the background paper.

Ingredients

Card: Early Espresso, Marina Mist, Very Vanilla

Stamps: Touches of Texture, One Big Meaning

Inks: Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Marina Mist inkpad and marker, Versamark

Other: Copper embossing powder, Stitched framelits, Layering oval framelits, Copper Trim, Garden Trellis embossing folder, pearls, clear Wink of Stella

Retro Rubber 62 - DT card

Welcome to another Retro Rubber Challenge! As Spring approaches, at least in some parts of the world, we're asking you to use flowers in your card.

Here in New Zealand, it's autumn and the leaves are falling, but it was good to start thinking of flowers for this challenge. 

This time, the stamps I've used are really only just retro. The Altenew Peony Bouquet I've owned for about a year and I remember umming and ahhing for a while before buying it so I think it was part of the January 2016 release. It's a beauty but its four-step stamping meant it took a bit of practice to get it consistently right. But when it works, it is just so, so, so gorgeous and what says Spring more than the first peonies? 

The sentiment is much more retro, since it's been retired for a while and came out in the 2013-14 Annual Catalogue.

The designer paper and the embossing folder are also both retro, having been around for well more than a year.

As always, the rules at Retro Rubber are very simple: use at least one stamp older than a year and tell us how old it is and don't link up to more than ten challenges in total.

We'd love to see what you do with our challenge when you dig out your old stamps for a bit of an outing. Link up your entry by May 19.

Since this card was inspired by the sketch at Fab Friday, I'd like to enter this card at their challenge too.

Ingredients

Card: Flirty Flamingo, Whisper White, Subtles DSP,  Pear Pizzazz

Stamps: Altenew Peony Bouquet, SU Four You

Inks: Tuxedo Black, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Flirty Flamingo, Blushing Bride, Rose Red

Other: Peony Bouquet dies, SU Square Lattice embossing folder, dimensionals, Basic Grey Stampin' Write marker, Blushing Bride enamel shapes

As You See It 148 - DT card

After last week's lovely sketch, this week at As You See It, we have a beautiful spring colour challenge for you.

With those colours, it was hard to go past florals. Touches of Texture is a fabulous set and I enjoyed getting out for this challenge. I black embossed the flower cluster and coloured it with markers.

We'd love to have you join us in this challenge. You have two weeks until Wednesday 3 May, 11.55 p.m. PST to show us how you see this challenge.

Ingredients

Card: Pink Pirouette, So Saffron, Garden Green, Whisper White

Stamps: Touches of Texture, One Big Meaning

Inks: Versamark, Tuxedo Black, So Saffron, Stampin' Write markers in Garden Green and Pink Pirouette

Other: Black embossing powder, Layering Oval framelits, dimensionals, Washi Tape from Warmth and Cheer (retired), button in Garden Green (retired) and Garden Green twine (retired), dimensionals.

Farewell to the 2015-17 In Colours

I feel very attached to this set of In Colours. Not only do I really like them, they were the In Colours when I became a demonstrator, so I feel as though they've shared my journey. In fact, I used Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe and Watermelon Wonder in the very first card of the very first class I ever had. So when I realised they'd be unavailable soon, forever, I made a little set of notecards just as a kind of farewell moment.

And with their envelopes...

So if you want any paper, inkpads, re-inkers or accessories in Mint Macaron, Watermelon Wonder, Delightful Dijon, Cucumber Crush or Tip Top Taupe, get your order in before the end of May. The sooner the better, as these items sometimes sell out. You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar and your goodies will be delivered to your door.

Ingredients for the ThankYou cards

Stamps: Brushstrokes background stamp, One Big Meaning, Touches of Texture (inside and on envelopes)

Inks: 2015-17 In Colour collection

Card: 2015-17 In Colour collection, Whisper White

Other: SU doilies, linen twine, Layering circle framelits, Stitched circle framelits, dimensionals