RRCB136 Summer Fun

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  It's time for another Retro Rubber Challenge, where we give some love to our stamps that are a year old--or older!  This week we have an appropriate theme challenge:

I challenged myself this week by using a sketch and an unusual color palette with my fun, vintage summertime image from Technique Junkie, which I got at least three or four years ago:

Here's the sketch I used from Try Stampin' on Tuesday:

and the color palette from Inspire. Create:

I started by stamping the besties image in Night of Navy, then trimmed out around their heads and did some partial diecutting with a Stitched Shapes die.  I added a back panel of Rich Razzleberry, diecut with a Stitched So Sweetly die (and cut apart) which had been embossed with a Perfect Polka Dots EF:

I added a sentiment and shell from another old set from Artistic Outpost called Boardwalk (approx 2015), and mounted it all on this terrific printed paper that looked just like ocean water!  On the inside of my Coastal Cabana card, I added a few more oldies but goodies:  a sentiment from Friends 24-7 (2009) and Birthday Centers (Cornish Heritage Farms, probably 10 years old!):

I finished it off with a striped Bermuda Bay bow and some pretty turquoise sequins from my stash!  I have so many summer stamps, it was hard to choose, but I was happy with how this turned out, and it's already in the mail to someone special!

I hope you'll kick off summer by stamping a summer-themed card with us!  Just be sure to use stamps that are at least one year old, and tell us how old they are!  Can't wait to see what you share! 

The farmer cut our field on Saturday, and raked and baled it today....such a pretty sight, at least to a farm girl like me:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Besties (Technique Junkies), Friends 24-7 (ret), Boardwalk (Artistic Outpost), Birthday Centers (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry, Coastal Cabana, The Bee's Knees DSP (Honey Bee Stamps)
Ink	Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry, Coastal Cabana
Accessories	Bermuda Bay Striped Ribbon, Dimensionals, Sequins from my stash
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Perfect Polka Dot EF (ret)

PP444 Summer Vacation

 

Happy Sunday, happy June!  Ann is our Paper Players hostess this week with a timely theme:

The beach is our summer vacation of choice, so I pulled out a stamp called Besties from Technique Junkies, along with an older Artistic Outpost vintage beach set called Boardwalk.  I finally broke into some new Seaside Spray cardstock, pairing it with Blueberry Bushel!  So here we go:

I realize that the images of these two sets are really of different "vintage" eras, but I still like the images together!  I stamped the main image in Blueberry Bushel and diecut it with a Stitched Rectangle die.  I stamped a collage of the other vintage beach images on the Seaside Spray mat with the same color ink, then ran it through the Subtle EF and sponged the edges.  I added a circular embellishment and a couple iridescent sequins:

Aren't these shells lovely?

On the inside, I stamped a friendship sentiment from Free As a Bird, and another of the vintage beach images:

And since the Festive Friday challenge this week wants to see "blue", I am submitting it there as well!

I hope you'll play along with our summer vacation challenge this week!  Be sure to check out what the DT created at the Paper Players blog!

My two pretties!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Free as a Bird, Besties (Technique Junkies), Boardwalk (Artistic Outpost)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Blueberry Bushel, Seaside Spray
Ink	Blueberry Bushel, Seaside Spray
Accessories	Sequins (Etsy by Sylvia)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Subtle Embossing Folder, Sponges

PP306 Beach Girls

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Sunday means Paper Players challenge time!  This week the uber-creative Laurie is our hostess with a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge:

I chose the left-hand vertical column for my card today, using another new-to-me stamp from Technique Junkie called "Besties"!!   Here we go:

I stamped the image of the little girls in the ocean in Marina Mist on a stitched panel of some random scrap DSP I had in my stash!!!  Since my sister has been going through a wee bit of a rough patch (all is well now, though!) I thought it would be fun to send this to her, since we spent a LOT of time in the ocean when we were kids and we spend a LOT of time on the phone yakking to each other now!  I crossed out "best friend" and wrote in "sister"  and added a couple of enamel hearts below it:

My texture is some white jute ribbon (retired SU) and I mounted it on some pretty plaid DSP, again from my plethora of mishmash DSP!!  I did add a few more white enamel dots and a little horizontal DSP banner, just for fun!  She has already received the card and told me how much she loved it!

I hope you'll play along with our fun tic-tac-toe challenge...there are SO many possibilities!  Check out what the Players did at the blog...you won't be disappointed!

Speaking of beach, here we are at the playground at Buttonwood Beach on the Elk River!  This was early in the morning; later in the day, the river was full of boats and floats and partying people!

And a few more lovely birthday cards!  This one is from my creative friend Linda Callahan:

And this bright, cheerful beauty is from my dear sister in Christ, Robyn!

Thanks for helping me celebrate my day, ladies!