Perennial Birthday for Retro Rubber 124 - DT card

Welcome to a new Tic-Tac-Toe challenge at Retro Rubber. Simply choose a row, line or diagonal and make sure your creation uses all three features. Easy! Of course, since this is Retro Rubber the requirement to use at least one stamp a year or more old AND to indicate the age of it still stands.

I like a good tic-tac-toe challenge and especially this one, since Jane gave me the job of creating it! So I really hope you enjoy playing it too.

I played the diagonal line: birthday - die or punch - patterned paper.

This was a challenge for me as I seldom use DSP in my card making. I've used it in two ways: both as a background paper and to paper piece some parts of the foliage.

I've paired up Perennial Birthday, from the 2018 Occasions catalogue, with some of the lovely Magnolia Lane DSP from the 2019 catalogue. I like that using old favourites with new products gives them a new lease of life and a new look.

I've used both a die - Stitched Rectangles - and the Leaf punch.

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

Perennial Birthday Cling-Mount Stamp Set

[151240]

$46.00

Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock

[133683]

$18.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$12.00

Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

[147108]

$15.75

Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147272]

$19.00

Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[148547]

$19.00

Stitched Rectangle Dies

[148551]

$74.00

Leaf Punch

[144667]

$34.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

Pearl Basic Jewels

[144219]

$10.50

Retro Rubber Challenge 105 - Design Team Card

This week at Retro Rubber Challenge, we're very excited to be partnering with Try Stamping on Tuesday.  We are using their sketch for our current challenge. As always, you must use at least one stamp that's older than a year and give us an approximate age for it. It's double the fun for you as you can link your entry to both challenges if you want to. You can check them out here.

As I was perusing my shelves, looking for some inspiration, I saw Perennial Birthday and realised that it hadn't come out to play for a while. It just squeaks into the 'older than a year' category, having first appeared in the 2018 Occasions Catalogue in January last year.

I've picked a bold colour combination: Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green, Black and a tiny touch of the retired Pink Pirouette.

In place of the three banners, I've used some of the small floral stamps that are part of the set.

I've used Stampin' Blends to colour in the outline stamps and after masking them, added in some of the Granny Apple Green dots. The smaller flowers, some of which are in Pink Pirouette (retired), are popped up on mini-dimensionals.

You can see what the rest of the team did by clicking here. Then why not get out some of your older stamps and join both Retro Rubber and Try Stampin' on Tuesday?

Update: Delighted to be a Top 3 Pick at Try Stampin' on Tuesday.

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 any of the products pictured below or the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar of this blog or you can message me.

Product List 

Perennial Birthday Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[145760]

$46.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

$17.75

Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock

[141421]

$17.75

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$60.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$12.00

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

[147095]

$15.75

Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147278]

$19.00

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147274]

$19.00

Pink Pirouette Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144604]

$19.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$7.25

The Paper Players 383 - Design Team Card

Welcome to a new challenge at The Paper Players. This week, Jaydee has a theme for us.

I see that the tulips in the graphic really grabbed the attention of the rest of the design team. For me, I know it's really spring when the camellias start to bloom so I got out the retired Avant Garden for this challenge. I know they're not really camellias but when they're stamped together like this, they do put me in mind of a laden camellia tree.

The Petal Burst embossing folder adds in a subtle touch of spring to the card as well.

We'd love to have you join us at The Paper Players this week. Here's a reminder of the rules of the challenge.

1. Create a NEW paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
2. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.
3. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
4. Please link your card to no more than four challenges, total. Entries linked to more than 4 challenges, including ours, will be deleted without notification.
5. Have fun!

Pop over to The Paper Players to see the creations of the rest of the Design Team.

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. Sale-a-bration is on and there's a new Special Occasion Catalogue out. 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.

Inspiration for this card also came from the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

Update: Delighted to be a Perfect Princess at Freshly Made Sketches this week.

Ingredients - all products Stampin' Up

Card: Whisper White, Flirty Flamingo, Basic Black

Stamps: Avant Garden (retired), Perennial Birthday

Inks: Powder Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Wild Wasabi, Tuxedo Black, Versamark

Other: Petal Burst embossing folder, White embossing powder, rhinestones

Freshly Made Sketches 321

A quick swim and a trip to the movies is a pretty perfect way to finish off the weekend but first, I did manage to get this card done for the challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.

Perennial Birthday is another new set that I bought from the Occasions Catalogue but I'm only just starting to play with it. This challenge seemed a good chance to give it an outing.

I've been using Stampin' Blends a lot lately so decided to use my watercolour pencils and blender pen this time. I like the soft look they give. Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry blended nicely in the large bloom too.

Ingredients

Card: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Shimmery cardstock, Whisper White

Stamps: Perennial Birthday

Inks: Stazon, Tuxedo Black, Smoky Slate

Other: Watercolour pencils, dimensionals, rhinestones, blender pen

All products Stampin' Up

Stamp, Ink, Paper 134

Today was our third scorching hot day in a row and in the end, I was driven from my craft room into the swimming pool. Once the heat of the day passed from extreme to bearable, I got back in to finish this card for Stamp, Ink, Paper's interesting colour challenge.

Interesting because they're similar colours which, to me, was a bit scary. I decided to play around with some ombre effects, so I've blended the three colours together over some white embossed images from Amazing You, a Sale-a-bration item that I can't get enough of. I just love those flowers!

Then I've used two inks on the sentiment. I left other embellishments out to let the colours do all the work.

I'm happy at how smoothly the colours blended together to show off the white-on-white embossing and the warm colours certainly reflected the temperature today!

Update: Delighted to be a Top Pick at Stamp, Ink, Paper this week.

Ingredients - all products Stampin' Up

Card: Calypso Coral, Whisper White

Stamps: Amazing You, Perennial Birthday

Inks: Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Berry Burst, versamark

Other: White embossing powder, sponges.

The Paper Players 376 - Design Team Card

After last week's Punny Valentine Challenge at The Paper Players, we have an exciting colour challenge for you: three core colours plus one other of your choice.

I had a bit of trouble including a fourth colour but went for using some touches of copper to help accent the sentiment.

I enjoyed using a new set from the Occasions catalogue, Perennial Birthday. Apart from a number of great birthday sentiments,  the other stamps in the set are floral bits and bobs to let you build up a garden or bouquet, so I was pleased to see that it could also create a more masculine offering.

After repeat stamping HAPPY BIRTHDAY in the three colours on the background, I made a cluster for the second part of the wording. The sentiment is in Dapper Denim. There's a scalloped circle in Tranquil Tide on a copper foil circle. That's popped up on dimensionals over a pair of Everyday Labels in Eastern Palace DSP. Then there's a bit of copper metallic thread tucked in behind.

At The Paper Players, we'd love to see what you do with these colours. Here's a reminder of the few rules to keep in mind.

1. Create a NEW paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
2. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.
3. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
4. Please link your card to no more than four challenges, total. Entries linked to more than 4 challenges, including ours, will be deleted without notification.
5. Have fun!

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. Sale-a-bration is on and there's a new Special Occasion Catalogue out. Please message me through my Facebook page, linked in the sidebar of this blog or leave a comment below. 

If you live in New Zealand and you would like to join my Stampin' Up team, message me for a chat. And, of course, you can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand.

Ingredients - all products Stampin' Up

Card: Dapper Denim, Very Vanilla, Copper foil, Tranquil Tide, Eastern Palace DSP

Stamps: Perennial Birthday

Ink: Dapper Denim, Tranquil Tide, Lemon-Lime Twist

Other: Layering circles framelits, Everyday Labels punch, dimensionals, Dapper Denim enamel shape (retired), Copper metallic thread

Inkspire Me 333

I am delighted to be able to play with Inkspire Me because I loved the idea of being able to add my own colour to the neutrals.

I chose a colour that I seldom ever use - Pumpkin Pie. I found myself colouring in the flowers from Amazing You, a Sale-a-bration set, in the bright orange almost against my will!

I started with a sponged stencilled background in Smoky Slate. I stamped the flower from Amazing You in Tuxedo Black and stamped extra leaves around it. The spray is built up with Pumpkin Pie blooms, and die cuts in Smoky Slate and vellum from Bouquet Bunch framelits.

The sentiment is from Perennial Birthday, a new set from the Occasions catalogue. The Pumpkin Pie sequins are also from the Occasions catalogue and I've added a small rhinestone in the centre of them and one in the flower centre to make three.

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. Sale-a-bration is on and there's a new Special Occasion Catalogue out. 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.

Update: Utterly delighted to be the Top Pick at Inkspire Me!

Ingredients

Card: Basic Black, Whisper White, scraps of Smoky Slate and vellum

Stamps: Perennial Birthday, Amazing You

Inks: Smoky Slate, Tuxedo Black

Other: Stampin' Blends in Pumpkin Pie, Bouquet Bunch framelits, dimensionals, Pattern Party decorative mask, sponges, Tutti-Frutti adhesive backed sequins, rhinestones.