RRCB131 Eggs Eggs Eggs

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  Time for another Retro Rubber challenge, and we have a fun tic-tac-toe grid this week!  Check it out:

I chose to do the left diagonal down:  eggs, diecut and patterned paper!  So here we go!  I used a set from 2000 called Soft as a Feather!  It was one of my favorite sets long ago, but I sold it!  Luckily, I found it online and bought it again!  I paired it with Nature Walk from 2011:

I stamped the nest and eggs from Soft as a Feather on Very Vanilla cardstock with Early Espresso ink and colored them with Blends and Copics, then fussy cut the eggs and popped them up on mini dimensionals:

I used the Stitched Shapes circle die to cut it out.  I then stamped two rows of eggs from Nature walk and colored them as well, did a row of double stitched embossing on them and mounted the panel on a piece of retired DSP (can't remember the name!!!) and ran the whole panel through the Big Shot with the largest Stitched Rectangle die:

I used my Stamparatus to stamp the sentiment, mounted everything on a Soft Sky card base and added a linen thread bow. Finally I popped up the nest image and added a birthday sentiment on the inside.  I love the soft look of these eggs....and it's not an Easter card, LOL!

I hope you'll play with our Retro Rubber challenge this week...remember that your stamps have to be at least a year old, and you must tell us their approximate age!  Can't wait to see what you create!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Soft as a Feather, Nature Walk (both ret), Stitched All Around
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Soft Sky (ret), DSP ???
Ink	Early Espresso
Accessories	Linen Thread, Dimensionals
Tools	BIg Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stitching Lines Dies (Ellen Hutson), Blends

RRCB130 Country Birthday Wishes

 

Hi stampers!  Time for a new Retro Rubber challenge where we give our older stamps (at least a year) some love!!  We've got a fabulous sketch for you this week:  

I just LOVE this sketch---I love things in threes, so this was right up my alley!  I was perusing my vast selection of 6x6 papers and came across this pretty woodgrain paper in subtle shades, already cut to size!! Woohoo!  I mounted it on a Crumb Cake card base and went to work:

My main sentiment is from a 2016 SU set called Time of Year...I stamped it in Pretty Peacock and fussy cut it out:

I am thinking it might be a little too bold for these soft colors, but it's already done, LOL!  I added a little banner from the same woodgrain paper, and stamped "wishes" on it, then added some diecut stitched stars from the same paper pack below:

I added some silver metallic pearls just for fun!  My niece's birthday is coming up and she is all about country decor, so this will be for her!

How will you interpret this sketch?  The DT has some fun ideas, you need to hop on over to the Retro Rubber blog to check them out!  Remember, your stamps have to be at least a year old, and tell us the approximate age!  Almost every SU set can be found on Splitcoaststampers in the SU Gallery, if you need help!!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Time of Year (ret), Sentiment Stamp from Spellbinders (at least 2 years old)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Felicity Collection DSP (BoBunny)
Ink	Pretty Peacock
Accessories	Silver Metallic Pearls, Dimensinals
Tools	Big Shot, Itty Bitty Banners Dies (ret), Bundle of Stitched Shapes Dies, (Simon Says Stamp)

RRCB129 Season's Greetings in Red

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  It's time for another Retro Rubber challenge, and it's an "Anything Goes"!

I recently saw a Harry and David box that contained some Christmas goodies, and I just loved the red and white theme:

So I thought it would be fun to re-create it on a Christmas card, using some retired SU dies and stamps!  I cut out a couple of houses from the Hometown Greetings dies in Real Red, tapering the bases so that I could layer them on a white card base:

I popped up the right hand layer with some mini dimensionals:

I stamped the little snowflakes in the sky and the greeting in Real Red as well, using some older Paper Pumpkin stamps:

The inside sentiment is also from Paper Pumpkin....as far as I can remember, these are from October 2017 and November 2016.

The Jingle Belles want to see lots of red on our Christmas cards, so I am entering it there, and the Christmas Kickstart challenge wants red as well!

It's always fun to have an Anything Goes challenge at Retro Rubber!  When you share yours with us, make sure your stamps are at least a year old, and tell us the age!  Can't wait to see you there!

RRCB128 Greeting Card Kids Valentine

Hi everyone!  It's Tuesday, and that means Retro Rubber day, where we give our older stamps some love!  Here's our challenge for these two weeks:

Isn't this just the sweetest photo prompt?!  Yum!  I had lots of ideas swirling in my head, but I finally chose a stamp set from 2010 called Greeting Card Kids.  Remember that one?  I stamped my wee little Valentine girl in Stazon ink on Shimmery White cardstock and watercolored her in:

I diecut her with a Stitched Shape circle die, added a scalloped Real Red mat, then placed her on a Rococo Rose gingham panel.  I added some Real Red diecut hearts as well:

A couple of past Paper Pumpkin Valentine sets came in handy for the sentiment on the outside:

as well as the inside:

And I used the sketch from the Fusion challenge for my layout:

Here's another card I made for the RR challenge before I remembered the Greeting Card Kids set; this one uses an image from a stamp set I don't know the name of; I got it at a yard sale and I think it is probably from the early 2000s:

Edited to add:  Thank you, Tina, for letting me know the name of the mystery set...it's Thankful Thoughts!  The sentiment is from Vintage Postcard, and it is from 2001, so if anyone recognizes the silhouette, let me know!  I stamped her in Riding Hood Red ink, and added a felt flower with an enamel center, some pink and white baker's twine and a polka dot background atop a mat of Merry Merlot.  Isn't this just the sweetest image?:

Love that little pup too!  Thanks for popping in today!  I hope you'll dust off some of those older stamp sets...they have to be at least a year old...and ink them up today for our pretty color challenge!  Share it with us at the Retro Rubber blog!  Can't wait to see what you create!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Card One Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Greeting Card Kids, Paper Pumpkin (all ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Real Red, Shimmery White, In Colors DSP
Ink	Stazon Black, Rococo Rose, Real Red, Crumb Cake, Blushing Bride, Pink Pirouette (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shape Dies, Layering Circles Dies, Heart Border Dies (Close to My Heart), Aquapainter

Card Two Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Vintage Postcard, Unknown (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Merry Merlot, Lost & Found Record It DSP (My Mind's Eye)
Ink	Riding Hood Red
Accessories	For the Love of Felt Embellishments, Pink & White Baker's Twine (my stash), Enamel Dot (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies

RRCB127 Sympathy

Hi everyone!  It's Retro Rubber time again...time flies, doesn't it?  We have a Tic-Tac-Toe for you this time, and since I have needed several sympathy cards recently, I took the advantage of using one of the diagonal lines for my card today; here's the grid:

I chose "sympathy", "die cut or punch", and "pattern paper":

My sentiment, stamped in Pear Pizzazz, is from a Paper Pumpkin kit, probably two years ago...I didn't keep track of the dates, sadly!  I stamped it on a piece of Thick White cardstock, and diecut it with a die from Reverse Confetti.  My card base of Grapefruit Grove was scored at each end at 2 1/8" to make a gate-fold card:

I added some pretty Papertrey printed paper and a few leaves in Pear Pizzazz.  My final touch was a little bow in the upper corner.  These folds are so simple, but really add a nice touch to an otherwise basic card!  

I hope you'll play along with our challenge this week....tic-tac-toes always have so many possibilities!  Just be sure to use stamps that are at least a year old, and tell us how old they are!  Can't wait to see what you create!  Check out what the designers did at the Retro Rubber blog and share yours there too!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Grapefruit Grove, Pear Pizzazz, Thick White, Green Tea Leaves DSP (Papertrey)
Ink	Pear Pizzazz
Accessories	Pear Pizzazz Ribbon (ret), DImensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Lacy Scallop Frame Dies (Reverse Confetti), Massa Leaf Frame Die (Poppy Stamps)

RRCB126 Winter Scene

Happy Tuesday, peeps, and welcome to our first Retro Rubber challenge of 2020!  Here's our challenge prompt for this week:

What a delightful image, especially since we have had temps in the 60s this last week...no snow in sight!  I chose to use an image from Close to My Heart from around 2015, stamped in Night of Navy and Stazon Black on some Wonderland DSP from Kaisercraft:

It's a smaller card, 4 1/4" square, with a Basic Black mat on a Whisper White base.  I used a Lawn Fawn die to cut the snow from behind the silhouettes, and added a small sentiment from a past Paper Pumpkin set:

I did create little snowprints in the snow and added some Wink of Stella for shine!  

I hope you'll stop in at Retro Rubber to play along with our wintry challenge!  Don't forget...the stamps must be at least a year old and you need to tell us the age!  It's fun to give our older stamps some love!  Can't wait to see what you create!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Snow Shadows (CTMH 2015-2016), Paper Pumpkin
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Basic Black Wonderland DSP (Kaisercraft)
Ink	Night of Navy, Stazon Black, Weathered Wood Distress Ink (Ranger)
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Hillside Dies (Lawn Fawn), Blender Pen, Wink of Stella

RRCB125 Red White and Green

Hello stampers!  It's time for another Retro Rubber Challenge, and this is a great one:

Yum yum!  I love different colors for Christmas, but you just can't beat the traditional red and green, can you?  It's always fresh and pretty together!  For my CAS card today, I created a tag with a Papertrey die from some Wrapped in Plaid DSP and a stamp set from Warmth and Wonder (hostess set, 2013-2014):

I stamped my cardinal and holly image first in Garden Green, and punched it with the Large Oval Punch, then again in Real Red and fussy-cut Mr Cardinal to pop up on top:

I painted in the berries with a white gel pen and re-colored them with a Real Red marker, but I can see I need to go over them to give them a bit more intensity!  Before adhering my tag to a SU Note Card, I added a Real Red tab at the top and some Real Red cotton ribbon.  I also stamped the little tree from the same set in Garden Green and Real Red, just for some added interest.  The inside was stamped with a sentiment from the same set.

The inspiration for this card came from a wee little unused leftover that I adhered to another tag cut with the same die, then adhered to a card front that I was going to make into a buckle card, but ditched at the last minute, LOL!  Since it is also red and green, I thought I'd share it as well; here's the leftover, attached to the tag:

And here it is, on the card:

The hat is from a Close to My Heart stamp called Beary Christmas Cardmaking (2018), the holly is from W+9's Merry and Bright (from a couple of years ago, not sure of the date!).  I embossed the top of the Garden Green card with the Tintype EF and added a stitched diecut border from Be Mine....all the reds are Lovely Lipstick.  I love this fun fold!

I hope you'll play with our traditional red, white and green challenge this week!  Share your creations with us at the Retro Rubber Challenge Blog...can't wait to see them!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

RRCB124 Tic Tac Toe

Hey everyone!  It's time for another Retro Rubber Challenge...this week it's tic-tac-toe time!  Check out the grid:

I chose to use the top row of metallics, mode of transport and patterned paper!  Now, the mode of transport is a bit tongue-in-cheek....but I thought a tricycle would be a fun image on a card for a little boy who never grew up!  So here we go:

My tricycle image, along with the sentiments next to it are from an Artistic Outpost set called Playtime (not sure of the date...maybe 2010?), and it was stamped in Night of Navy on some Authentique denim-look paper:

I also used images from Gorgeous Grunge (2013) to give it a bit more "vintage" look, and the sentiment is from Suite Sentiments (2017); I love how it goes along with the playful theme:

 

I added some metal embellishments as well, and then the inside features the old faithful, Guy Greetings (2015):

The sketch I used is the CAS(E) This Sketch, but I am afraid it's a bit too busy to be considered clean and simple, but here it is anyway:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Playtime (Artistic Outpost), Gorgeous Grunge (ret), Suite Sentiments (ret), Guy Greetings (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White (ret), Genuine DSP (Authentique)
Ink	Night of Navy, Basic Gray, Balmy Blue
Accessories	Metal Brads (ret)
Tools

RRCB123 Anything Goes

Hey friends!  It's Tuesday and time for another Retro Rubber challenge, where we give our older stamps some love!  Today we have an "Anything Goes" challenge...we're leaving it up to your imagination, just make sure your stamps are at least a year old!

I needed a few more boy birthday cards for my church family, so I pulled out Rev up the Fun (2013) and inked it up to make my card today:

These older Basic Grey papers were perfect for my motorcyle image!  I stamped it in Pretty Peacock on Rustic White cardstock and diecut it with a stitched circle die.  I added some retired Candy Dots for fun:

The sentiment was stamped in Cajun Craze, and I added a little scrap of the DSP on the banner, then embellished with a dot too:

I even stamped some tire tracks on the vertical piece!  This card is 5" square, so I will have to check my yard sale stash of envelopes for one big enough!  

I hope you'll play along with our Anything Goes challenge this week!  Just be sure to tell us how old your stamps are!  See you there! And thanks for popping in today!

Cassidy started playing the drums last week!  I am glad they are at her house and not ours, LOL!  But I am happy she's interested in it!  (And just so you know, the item behind her is a doggie toy box, shaped like a bone....had to clarify what exactly that was, LOL!)

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Rev Up The Fun (2013)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White, Cajun Craze, Wander DSP (Basic Grey)
Ink	Pretty Peacock, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Candy Dots (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies