RRCB153 Easter Blessings Tic Tac Toe

Hey there everyone!  It's time for a new Retro Rubber challenge, where we show some love to our older stamps!  Today we have a fun Tic-Tac-Toe grid:

I chose the right column going down: rhinestones, coloring and blue, and I used the sketch from Try Stampin on Tuesday:

 

And here we go:

This adorable Gift Givers stamp is from 2011, and I had never even used this one from the set--it still had the backing on it!  I stamped it in Memento ink and colored it with Blends, then fussy cut it out and popped it up on some MFT Homespun Gingham DSP:

I added a diecut bow from the Stitched Blooms dies and accented it with a blue rhinestone.  The scalloped trims were diecut with the Stitched Be Mine dies, and the lower layer is from Carta Bella's Soak up the Sun.  I used a sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings as well.  It all went on a Crumb Cake card base and on the inside, I stamped a few more Easter sentiments from Close To My Heart's Easter Animals (at least 2019)

Our grid this week offers lots of possibilities, so I hope you'll play along!  Just make sure your stamps are at least a year old and tell us how old they are!  Meanwhile, check out what the DT created over at the Retro Rubber blog!  Thanks for popping in today!

First time for Chinese food!!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"Have I not commanded you?  Be strong and courageous.  Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord You God will be with you wherever you go."  Joshua 1:9

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gift Givers (ret), Itty Bitty Greetings, Easter Animals (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Homespun Gingham DSP (My Favorite Things), Soak up the Sun DSP (Carta Bella)
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Rhinestone (from my stash), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Be Mine Dies, Pierced Blooms Dies, Blends

Birthday Sprinkles

Happy Monday, peeps and Happy March!  No challenges today, just a quick card I created with Sweet Ice Cream...such a great set for birthdays or any sweet greeting!  And it was a chance to use some brighter colors, which I really needed on a dreary weekend!  So here we go:

I stamped the popsicles in Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Flirty Flaminto, Poppy Parade, Mango Melody and Pumpkin Pie, then stamped the sticks in Soft Suede and Crumb Cake:

I added some sequins and a couple of sentiments, diecut with the Stitched Rectangles die.  It all went on a Soft Seafoam card base and DSP layer!  The sentiments are from Itty Bitty Birthdays and Sweet Ice Cream, stamped in Flirty Flamingo.  Yummy!  Thanks for popping in today!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!  Come back tomorrow for a new Retro Rubber challenge too!

PP530 Sweet Friend Sketch

Hi stampers!  Sunday brings a new Paper Players challenge with Ann as our hostess and she's sharing a great sketch!  Here we go:

 

I have been itching to play with the new set Welcoming Window, so I paired it with some colors from the Color Dare Tic-Tac-Toe palette:

I chose the top row across, using Highland Heather, Mossy Meadow and Balmy Blue!  So here we go:

I did a bit of creative stamping and diecutting to get the window the way I wanted, then added the vase and flowers:

This set has a lot of sweet sentiments, and I love this one; I cut it out with the Tasteful Labels die:

I added this sweet little corner vine:

and another pretty sentiment, backed with some brick:

I am also entering this at the Krafty Chicks, where they are looking for "occasions"!

This is a great basic sketch that can be made as simple or layered as you want!  Can't wait to see how you interpret it!  Be sure to pop over to the Paper Players blog to check out the awesome samples!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Welcoming Window
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Mossy Meadow, Balmy Blue DSP
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Highland Heather, Sahara Sand
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Window Flower Box Dies

Thanks a Bunch

Happy Saturday, peeps!  Hope you have a nice weekend planned!  It's raining here so I SHOULD be cleaning up my craft room....we'll see how that goes, LOL!  I do have a quick little card for the FMS sketch by Judy, as well as the Sunday Stamps color challenge...I love orange, but it took me a little while to figure out what I wanted to do with it!

 

So since I had this Basket Bunch still on my desk from last week (remember I said I needed to clean up!?) I thought a little punny card would be fun:

I used Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze and Sahara Sand as my colors; I stamped the carrots in black and colored them with Blends, then diecut them and layered them on a panel of Sahara Sand.  The ribbon was some Grapefruit Grove retired grosgrain that I "dyed" with a Pumpkin Pie Blend.  Once it dried, I adhered it to the bunch of carrots with a glue dot.  The horizontal panel is Pumpkin Pie, diecut with a die from Ornate Layers, and the sentiment was stamped in Cajun Craze:

I also added some background speckles using the Sweet Ice Cream set!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!  And be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Paper Players challenge! 

A little funny my sister sent me:

"To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice."  Proverbs 21:3

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sweet Ice Cream, Basket Bunch (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Pumpkin Pie DSP
Ink	Memento Black, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Grapefruit Grove (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Grapefruit Grove Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Basket Builder Dies (ret), Spellbinder Rounded Corner Dies, Blends

TMS594 Sympathy

 Happy Friday, peeps!  The weekend is upon us...albeit a wet one, but I can't complain since we've had some lovely sunshine the last couple of days!  Sadly, I needed another sympathy card, and I really liked the sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches this week:

Woven Heirlooms is a lovely set that doesn't see enough ink in my craft room, and it has a perfect sympathy sentiment, so I paired it with some almost-retired SAB papers from Flower & Field:

I stamped the sentiment in Memento Black, then added a Basic Black mat as well as some Rococo Rose diecut flowers; they looked a little plain, so I colored some retired Candy Dots with my Basic Black Blend, and added a few black leaves to complement the pattern in the DSP:

I am a big proponent of color in my sympathy cards....they don't have to be garish, but I think some muted colors like these are appreciated!  Thanks so much for popping in today---enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Woven Heirlooms
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Rococo Rose, Basic Boack, Flower and Field DSP
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Dimensionals, Candy Dots (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Circles Dies, Pierced Blooms Dies, Basic Black Blend

Tic Tac Toe 102 A Green Hello

Hi peeps!  Time for a new Tic-Tac-Toe challenge with Betty on Team X as our hostess!  Here's her grid:

I actually made three cards for the challenge!  My first one uses the center column of Shades of Green, Word Diecut and Enamel Dots!  I pulled out some Toile Tidings Christmas DSP in Garden Green along with Forever Fern to get started:

I used the Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch:

I stamped some of the greenery on a piece of Very Vanilla, then added a couple of layers (got the printed DSP in the right direction this time!) and added a diecut sentiment in Pear Pizzazz and Garden Green on top, along with an Old Olive bow and a little Glitter Enamel Dot for fun:

A sentiment from Berry Blessings was stamped on the inside, along with another fern:

My second and third cards use some lovely older CTMH papers...they're so pretty, they don't need much embellishment at all!  This time, I used the top row of Thinking of You Sentiment, Shades of Green and Stenciling:

They are both mounted on Kraft paper card bases.  They also both use stencils from SU, using a Blender Brush and Soft Suede ink.  This one also uses some thick Baker's Twine and a little banner:

Here's a detail of the stenciling:

This one simply uses some Gold Metallic Pearls along with the stenciling.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts:

The eclectic patterns on the paper lend themselves very well to the stenciling!  And I always need encouragement cards, so these will be perfect, and they were easy to make, too!

I hope you'll play along with our Tic-Tac-Toe grid...so many different ways to create!  Check out what the DT made at our blog as well!  See you there!

Dana's neighbor took his sons and Cassidy to a neighboring farm to go sledding!

The hill behind the barn looked pretty steep!  I wonder where her hat went????

By the way the snow is flying around her feet, she must have been using them as brakes!!!

I wonder if the cows wanted to go sledding too?!!!  Thanks for popping by today!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Forever Fern
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Garden Green, Pear Pizzazz, Pear Pizzazz DSP, Toile Tidings DSP (ret)
Ink	Garden Green, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Seafoam
Accessories	Glitter Enamel Dot (ret), Ornate Garden Old Olive Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched So Sweetly Dies. Halo Hello Dies (Poppy Stamps)

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sentiments CL342 (Hero Arts)
Card stock & Papers	Kraft, Skylark DSP (both Close to My Heart)
Ink	Soft Suede
Accessories	Gold Metallic Pearls, Thick Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Blending Brushes, Basic Pattern Decorative Masks (stencils)

IB163 Take A Number

Hey everyone!  Happy Thursday!  We have a cute inspiration photo for you today at Inspired By:

And here's the optional sketch:

This challenge came along at just the right time for me, as I needed  a birthday card for special lady at my church who is turning 90!!!  So here we go:

I started with a So Saffron card base and added a mat of pretty floral  DSP  from the SAB Paper Blooms.  I colored in a few of the flowers with my So Saffron marker to complement my palette!  The retired Large Numbers were used to cut "90" from some Misty Moonlight cardstock that had been adhered to a Foam Sheet.  I created my own DSP by stamping some flowers from the retired Blooms & Wishes on a piece of Whisper White cardstock, then matting it with some Night of Navy, diecut with a Stitched So Sweetly die.  A few flowers cut with the Pierced Blooms dies and a banner and sentiment from the retired Number of Years finished it off:

The inside has a few more flowers and this sweet sentiment from the same set:

Our friend is nearly blind but hopefully she'll be able to see this big bold 90!!!  And I hope you'll be able to play with some numbers of your own!  The possibilities are endless!  Check out what the DT created at the Inspired By blog to get some inspiration!

Can you see a little dog in here?  She always snuggles in to get warm:

Enjoy your day and be blessed! 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	By the Numbers, Blooms & Wishes (both ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Night of Navy, So Saffron, Misty Moonlight, Paper Blooms DSP
Ink	So Saffron, Night of Navy
Accessories	Dimensionals, Foam Sheets
Tools	Big Shot, Pierced Blooms Dies, Large Numbers Dies (ret), 1/8" Hole Punch