RRCB94 Consider Yourself Vintage

Hi peeps!  It's Tuesday and that means Retro Rubber time!  We've got an easy one for you this week:

Yep, it's an Anything Goes challenge...you just need to use stamps at least a year old (and tell us how old they are!)!!!  For today's card I used an Artistic Outpost stamp set called Route 66 and a Unity set called Consider Yourself Vintage...these both happen to be from 2012!  I stamped some of the images on the DSP in Granite Gray ink, collage-style, then stamped some more on my main panel.  I matted the main panel with an Early Espresso mat, which I distressed with an acrylic ruler:

I stamped the sentiment on a little banner/tag and overstamped it with a checkerboard image (My Favorite Things Distressed Background Blocks, probably from around the same time):

and just for fun, I added a couple of pieces of the new Chicken Wire Elements from the upcoming Mini Catalog!  They look like metal, but they're paper and they cut very easily!  I added a metallic brad in one corner as well!

I am always short of masculine birthday cards, so this will bulk up my stash...I certainly have enough "vintage" friends that would appreciate my sense of humor!  

What will you come up with...the possibilities are limitless!  Share your creation at the Retro Rubber blog, we can't wait to see it!

You never know what you'll find at Walmart!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

FMS346 and Addicted to CAS141 Hello Summer

Hello, friends!  It's good to be back; we went to the Delaware shore for a little vacation!  The weather was incredible, and we came home in the rain and so far it hasn't stopped!  We have flooding of the little streams in the back and front of our property!  And they're calling for a week more!  GAH!  Anyway, I'm trying to get back into the stamping swing of things, as I feel pretty rusty!  My card today is a just a little simple one using the Freshly Made Sketches sketch and the Addicted to CAS code word of "Summertime":

When I got the Country Road stamp set, I thought that the wagon wheel looked a little bit like a citrus fruit, so I put it to work on this creation, using Grapefruit Grove, Pineapple Punch and Lemon Lime Twist for my colors:

I added a couple of sentiments from various sets, a layer of In Color DSP and finally, a sprinkle of sequins from my stash:

A good way to get back into my stamping groove!!  Thanks for popping in today!

Dana and family went on vacation the same time we did; they went to Virginia Beach and had a wonderful time:

Wayne is quite a magician!  He turned Cassidy into a mermaid!

Then he created a sea horse:

Clever guy!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Country Road, What The Doodle Feather (Papertrey), All Smiles (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, In Color DSP
Ink	Grapefruit Grove, Pineapple Punch, Lemon Lime Twist
Accessories	Sequins by Sylvia, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Circle Dies (Nestabilities)

KJ245 & LRW311

Happy Thursday, peeps!  This card was sort of thrown together…it started out one way, then ended up totally different than I imagined.  So anyway, now it’s a Thanksgiving card and it qualifies for the Kraft Journal’s challenge this week:

as well as Little Red Wagon’s tag challenge!  So here we go:

I chose baker’s twine, stamped, and diecuts for my trio!  The image is from My Creative Time called Just For You…a sweet bunch of seasonal sentiments perfect for a tag!  The little acorn border is from Impression Obsession; the leaves are from SU’s Among the Branches; and the diecut leaves are from Lawn Fawn.  I punched the tag with SU’s Scalloped Tag Topper and added some Cherry Cobbler thick baker’s twine:

The background is Unity’s Gurnsey Gingham, stamped in Versamark and touched up a bit with some chalk.  I added a few sequins for a little sparkle!  Thanks for checking it out!

A little raspberry delight!

Enjoy your day!

Beachy Thinking of You

Hi everyone!  Hope you’re having a good week…the weather yesterday was crazy!  One minute the sun was shining, the next, it was pouring rain!  I managed to get in a few minutes of stampy time to create a card for a friend who’s going through some issues.  I used the Linda’s sketch at  Freshly Made Sketches:

I gave a bunch of different stamps some love while making this card!  The beachy images are from an older Impression Obsession set, and I heat embossed them with Versamark and Crumb Cake ink and clear embossing powder, then colored them loosely with my Aquapainter.  They got a touch of glitter, too!  The background gingham, stamped also in Versamark, is from Unity; the cheesecloth is a retired Cornish Heritage Farms backgrounder, stamped in white on vellum, then diecut with a W+9 die; the speckles are SU’s Gorgeous Grunge, and the sentiment is from a nice set that my friend Martha gave me from The Paper Studio.  The twine is from last month’s Paper Pumpkin!

I am also submitting this to Shopping Our Stash 209, which is to use gingham and/or checks, and The Kraft Journal’s challenge this week is summer!  Thanks for popping by!

Cassidy decided to ride her bike in the rain, since she was already wet from swimming….crazy girl!

FMS189 and FF65

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Any of you out there use LiveWriter to do your blog posts?  I am so glad that Microsoft and Blogger worked out the glitches!!  The little things are so important, right?!  Okay, nuff about that, I have a quick little get-well card today, using the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

and the colors from Fab Friday:

Such a great color combo!  I pulled out a little image from the retired Storybook Friends and did some watercoloring:

I had to flip the sketch to make my image work, but isn’t this little kitten so sweet in Hello Honey?

And along with the sentiment from And Many More, I made a little heart button by gluing three hearts together, punching some holes and adding twine:

My image is stamped in Stazon Black on SU’s Watercolor Paper; I also used Unity’s Gurnsey Gingham on my background!  Now this one needs to go out in the mail ASAP!  Enjoy your day!

A little doctoring on the porch:

Thanks for visiting!

Paper Players 246

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Hope you’re having a fabulous weekend, especially since it’s the Memorial Day holiday weekend in the USA!  Today Anne Marie has a sketch challenge for us at the Paper Players!  Here you go:

I was definitely having stamper’s block with my card this week…it was not the sketch; I LOVE the sketch; I just couldn’t make anything work!  Finally, I pegged together something that I liked, using some older Unity stamps:

and the color challenge from Colour Me…! shown here:

 

I used some SAB paper from the recent catalog; stamped my images in Bermuda Bay and colored them with a blender pen and Pear Pizzazz ink:

and then a row of polka dots using a PTI set, stamped in Smoky Slate and again, colored with a blender pen:

I received the fun baker’s twine as a gift and it worked perfectly with the colors too, so I added that behind my image for a fun embellishment!  A couple of stitched borders and a “celebrate” sentiment and my card will get added to my birthday card stash!

Hope you find the sketch inspiring and will play along with us this week too!  Here’s what the other designers created with it:

• Ann
• Anne Marie
• Claire
• Debbie
• Jaydee
• Joanne
• Karren
• Laurie
• Nance
• Sandy
• Shannon

Taking Lamby for a walk:

Hey, if you let go, the stroller goes by itself!  Wheeeeeee!

Enjoy your day!

FMS167

Happy Thursday, peeps!  I have one more Christmas card…can you believe it?  I still am thinking of people I’ve missed!  This one is for a couple from my church who are celebrating their first Christmas as newlyweds!  She was a music major in college, so I thought she would enjoy this card.  I used some leftover digital musical paper I had printed for another project, and the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

and here we go:

I used some other scraps of DSP from my plethora of 6x6 pads; the vertical piece is stamped with a Unity single stamp called Rejoice for our Silent Night; the circular panel is stamped with the words from The Sounding Joy (ret. SU) and the “joy” diecut is from Lil’Inker:

I added some gold glimmer stars and a little bit of Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon to complete my card!  Thanks for visiting today!

We attempted to make gingerbread cookies yesterday; Cassidy quickly got bored with the rolling and cutting part, which is the part I thought she would like, and she couldn’t handle the piping, but she definitely got into the sprinkles:

and the eating!

They weren’t the most beautiful cookies, but she had fun!