RRCB174 Pastel Angels

Hello, peeps!  It's the first Retro Rubber challenge of 2022, where we give our older stamps some love, and Jane has some really cute prompts for us!  Here's our first one...dig it!

I feel like a ninny because these would be perfect colors for a Valentine's card, but I pulled out a Christmas stamp from 2011 by Stampendous; I had seen my creative friend Lisa use this and I just had to have it for myself!  And here is my pastel card:

Aren't those little angels adorable?  I stamped them on Shimmery White paper with Stazon ink and watercolored them with reinkers of Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron, Balmy Blue and Blushing Bride:

I added some pastel snowflakes and mounted it on some retired snowy DSP from SU; the sentiment is from Itty Bitty Christmas (2019).  I am also entering this at the Krafty Chicks Christmas challenge #594 for this week!  

SO....what will you stamp with these pretty pastel colors?  Just make sure you use a stamp that's at least one year old, tell us the date of the stamp in your post and then share it with us at Retro Rubber!  Can't wait to see what you create!  Thanks for popping in today!

I made sure my bird feeders were full this past weekend, as it was very cold!  Plus John gave me a bird bath heater for Christmas and I was hoping to see some birds finally taking advantage of it!  Success!! This male bluebird came back several times:

And this Northern mockingbird gave me a look as if to say "Mind your own business!"  I apologize for the fuzzy pictures, I was taking these from inside, through a screen!  But you can still see them pretty clearly!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.  Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart."  Hebrews 12:2-3

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Itty Bitty Christmas (2019, ret), Little Angels (2011, Stampendous), Holiday Skates (2019, Avery Elle)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Shimmery White, All is Calm DSP (ret)
Ink	Stazon Black, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron, Blushing Bride, Balmy Blue, Calypso Coral
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Circle Dies (Lil'Inker), Aquapainter

TSOT538 My Friend

Happy Monday, peeps!  Today is a good day to stay inside and stamp!  I did a wee bit of that yesterday before watching PBS's All Things Great and Small....love that show!  Anyone else watching it? I remember reading those books when I was younger!  Anyway, I had been pushing these scraps around on my desk from another project and finally saw a sketch from Try Stampin on Tuesday that would work with them:

And here's how I worked my scraps into the card:

I trimmed down the Hand Penned DSP to fit the card front and matted it with some Basic Black.  The banners were cut from the same DSP, adding a fishtail cut so that the patterns were opposite.  The tag, tied with some gingham ribbon was already finished (the sentiment is from Easter Friends). so I plopped that on top with a dimensional:

Finally, I adhered it all to a mat that was embossed with the Timeworn Type embossing folder and it went on a Basic White base!  Easy and cute!  Thanks for popping by!

We celebrated Wayne's birthday and our anniversary, both on the same day, on Saturday night at a local pub!  Lots of fun and yummy food!  You can see there was nothing left of that chocolate dessert on the center of the table!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Easter Friends
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Hand Penned DSP
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Black and White Gingham Ribbon, String, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Tailor Made Tags, Timeworn Type EF

PP574 CAS Winter Deer

Hello stampers!  Is it cold where you are?  Brrrr!  It's certainly been a cold weekend here in southeast PA!  Claire's challenge for us this week at the Paper Players certainly is appropriate: 

Remember that this is a CAS challenge!! 

Oh my, I must tell you that this is the third card I made for the challenge!  First, I neglected to notice the "winter" description, so that one was put aside.  Then, the original headline was for animals or birds, but the prompt didn't say that, so I posted that one yesterday, LOL!  FINALLY, I came up with this one, which even though I only have "one" animal, hopefully, it's okay!

The CAS Christmas challenge is asking for Silver and Gold, hence my color palette!

Last year, SU featured some pretty gold embossed DSP called Wonder of the Season; I think I used one little piece of it!  But this newsprint-style pattern was a fun background for my silver-embossed reindeer:

I added a gold foil scalloped mat and some silver diecut holly leaves and silver berries!  I had also embossed a sentiment for the front but decided it looked better without, especially since this is a clean and simple challenge!  So I simply adhered it to the inside:

It all went on a plain Basic White card base!

I hope you'll come play with our clean and simple winter animals challenge!  It doesn't have to be a Christmas card....I am sure there are lots of other occasions for those cute little critters! Can't wait to see what you create...share it with us at the Paper Players and check out what the DT created as well!  Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

"My dear brothers, take note of this:  Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires." James 1:19-20

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Silhouettes (Sweet & Sassy)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Gold Foil (ret), Silver Foil (ret), Wonder of the Season DSP (ret)
Ink	Silver Encore (ret)
Accessories	Silver Embossing Powder, Mini Dimensionals, Silver Dots (unknown, from my stash)
Tools	Big Shot, Heat Tool, Layering Squares Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Stitched Rectangle Dies, Christmas Silhouettes Dies (Sweet & Sassy), Greenery Dies (Tim Holtz)

TGIF351 Little Bird

Hi peeps, happy Saturday!  I fell in love with this TGIF sketch; I love anything that allows me to use little scraps:

I found some pretty scraps from a 6x6 pad by Carta Bella called Home Again; I paired them with a wee scrap of glimmer paper, along with little bird from Winter Aviary by Flora & Fauna: 

After stamping the little bird in Memento Black, I colored it with some Blends, then added some greenery in Evening Evergreen.  The sentiment is from Special Moments, stamped also in Evening Evergreen:

I stamped another Special Moments sentiment on the inside in Gray Granite, and added a few more sprigs for fun!

Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Special Moments, Winter Aviary (Flora & Fauna)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Seagreen Glimmer Paper (Close to My Heart), Coming Home DSP (Carta Bella)
Ink	Gray Granite, Evening Evergreen, Mint Macaron, Memento Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Blends, Stamparatus

AYSI266 Thinking of You

 Hi there peeps!  It's FRIDAY!  Yay! As I was posting this card for our first challenge of the year for As You See It, I was looking out my window and it was gray and cold...so this card will JOLT you into brightness, LOL!  First, let's look at the challenge, which is a sketch:

The Flowering Rain Boots set is probably my favorite one from the mini catalog...I only wish my poor old rain boots looked as good as these!  For some reason, I was compelled to go bright with my boots and flowers---Poppy Parade is my color of choice today:

I just think those pretty tulips needed to be in a gorgeous shade of red!  I paired a couple of DSPs together, added a little stitched line down the center, then stamped and diecut my elements and adhered them to the card front:

My sentiments are both from Special Moments; this one I stamped on a Tailor Made Tag and added some Crinkled White Seam Binding ribbon:

and on the inside, I added a couple of little seed packets! So fun!

I hope you'll find some inspiration with my sketch today---check out what the DT created over at the AYSI blog, then share yours with us too!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Flowering Rain Boots, Stitchery, Special Moments
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Poppy Parade DSP
Ink	Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade
Accessories	Dimensionals, Crinkled Narrow White Seam Binding
Tools	Big Shot, Tailor Made Tags, Rain Boot Dies

TTTC144 Easter Friend

Hello, peeps!  Time for the first Tic Tac Toe challenge of the new year!  It's Team X's turn and here's our chart for you:

 

I chose the middle row across because I couldn't wait to use this cute little chick from the new Easter Friends set:

I stamped him in Stazon Black on some Shimmery White cardstock and watercolored him in, then embossed it with the Stitched With Whimsy die.  Isn't the look on his face so cute?

Both sentiments are from the same set; this is the one I used on the inside of the So Saffron card:

I hope you'll play with our Tic Tac Toe grid this week!  Check all the samples out at our blog, then come play along!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Easter Friends
Card stock & Papers	So Saffron, Shimmery White
Ink	Stazon Black, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched With Whimsy Die, Aquapainter

AHSC455 Congratulations

 Happy Wednesday, peeps!  My schedule is all out of whack but I did manage to make a card for the Atlantic Hearts sketch challenge today:

I needed a card for a new team member, and I have been hoarding this pretty Heart and Home DSP, so I decided to break it out!  I paired it with some images from Quiet Meadow, and a sentiment from Special Moments:

I stamped a background in Pale Papaya and Cinnamon Cider with a couple of the images, then added the fussy-cut and popped-up flower, stamped in Basic Gray and colored with some Blends.  After diecutting it with a Layering Circle die, I added a few vellum leaves from the Forever Flourishing dies, and I sponged them with some Pale Papaya ink to make them stand out a bit:

I added a sentiment banner, some ribbon, and finally a trio of Genial Gems in the upper left corner. Oops, and I forgot; the diagonal pattern was achieved with embossing the DSP at an angle with the retired Coastal Weave embossing folder, then sponging on a little bit of Cinnamon Cider ink:

Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Quiet Meadow, Special Moments
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cinnamon Cider, Pale Papaya, Vellum, Heart and Home DSP
Ink	Cinnamon Cider, Pale Papaya, Basic Gray
Accessories	Genial Gems, Dimensionals, Cinnamon Cider Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Circles Dies, Blends, Coastal Weave EF (ret) Forever Flourishing Dies, Sponge Daubers