A Retro Happy Birthday

Hello and Welcome

A quick post today for the current challenge at

Retro Rubber where you ink up stamps 

that are more than 12 months old.

I enjoyed making one for their Tic Tac Toe Challenge

a few days ago and so made another  - 

this time with a bit more stamping on it.

I chose to go down the right had side  with

Floral Ribbon and Birthday.

My stamps that are older than twelve months are

SU Just Believe (2012?)

for the background leaves

and Curly Cute (2012) for the sentiment.

The leaves were inked with

 SU Mossy Meadow and sponged.

The Happy Birthday in the same colour.

Added a few die cuts wild flowers from Tim Holtz

waxing one with Art Alchemy Heather Hills

and the yellow brushed with Nuvo Shimmer.

I added SU ribbon and adhered to

Mossy Meadow DP and white card stock

embossed with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots.

Attached then to my white card base.

Thanks for dropping in

Love reading your thoughts!

A 'Pinky' Birthday Card

I'm Tic Tac Toe'ing today for

Challenge 121  at  Retro Rubber Challenge Blog

Hello and Welcome.

As you can see I went from top left

to the middle and bottom right.

I used one of my favourite old embossing folders

from SU called Manhatten Flower with the

Funky Flower from Craft Concepts.

Both were embossed with Pink Bazzill paper.

I wanted a touch of colour on my flower and used

Art Alchemy Royal Robes wax.

Here's a close up trying to show you

the shimmer - oh and my card still smells

divine from that wax.

After I cut the top part of the flower

I attached it to the embossed background

deciding not to pop it.

Added a coloured cabachon

and popped my die cut, gold, heat embossed

 Gina K sentiment from the 2010 Fancifold Tags stamp set.

It's always nice to get those older, sometimes neglected

stamps/embossing folders out and give them a little love.

Hope you like my make for today.

Love to read what you thought.

Till next time

ps. it isn't very long

A Happy Birthday Tic Tac Toe

Hi and Welcome to today's post.

It's for the current Tic Tac Toe Challenge  at

 Retro Rubber where we get to play with stamps

older than a year. 

For my Tic Tac Toe I chose the Middle Line

Masking Birthday Flowers.

It's funny how your mind works.

I was happily stamping/cutting away yesterday

making my card for this challenge and ready to

photograph it and when I woke up this morning

I realized I had used the same Spellbinder dies

on the last challenge I made for Retro Rubber!

I had better not do that next time.

I thought of making another one wondering if

the Designers would think this girl only has 2 Dies.

Since time is of the essence I had to go with it.

Sorry it is so similar to my last one.

The stamp I used is another retired SU set

called Avant Garden which

I have finally used for the first time. 

I cut out a mask for the flower and then inked 

in 3 different colours from the Altenew 

Red Cosmos set. The leaves were inked with

Memento Olive Grove and Pistachio.

Sentiment in Memento Luxe Northern Pine.

This was then cut with a SB circle die

and attached to the lacy circle die.

I backed that with a Cuttlebug folder 

and corner rounded it.

Adhered to green card stock adding some ribbon

to match the flowers and on the white card base to finish.

Thanks so much for dropping in.

I'm Guest Designer at the Retro Rubber Challenge Blog

Hello and Welcome to today's post.

Several weeks ago I was invited to be Guest Designer over at the

Retro Rubber Challenge 

Thank You so much Jane for the Invitation.

Their New Challenge is this Sketch below.

Lots of potential here that you can go to town on

BUT you must use a stamp that is at least 12 months old.

After all it is nice to get those older stamps out 

and ink them up isn't it?

I had so much fun working out which ones to use and 

landed up with a couple of older Retired SU ones - 

even using Retired Designer Paper and Inks.

Just don't know how old they are as I bought them

as Retired Items! 

I started by inking my background from

SU Creative Elements several times.

I then got out the SU Delicate Details stamp

with it's lacey border inking and placing it underneath.

Both were inked with SU Tip Top Taupe.

My flower is from the same set as above

 in Calypso Coral first then I inked

two more in Tangarine Tango and fussy cut them for dimension.

This was attached to a MFT stitched circle die

and backed with a Spellbinders Scallop die 

from Groovy Guava DP.

Sentiment is from Altenew.

Finished by sponging the edges, adding cotton,

a bow and some tiny beads to the centre of the flower. 

Thanks for dropping in.

Love to see how you interpret the Sketch

and add to the Gallery Here. 

Of course you checked out what the 

Design Team created first didn't you?

You're My Style

Hello and Welcome.

Today I have a card for the Retro Rubber Challenge.

I found this great blog a few weeks ago where you 

need to use a stamp that is more than a year old.

Now we all have zillions that are tucked away

and just a little bit dusty don't we?

I know a lot of my friends will recognize this stamp.

It's from Gina K Designs - Springtime Silhouettes

and was one of the first stamp sets I bought 

way back around 2011.

It was such fun looking through those old stamps

to choose which one to use for their current

 Anything Goes Challenge

I also decided to use some older Spellbinder Dies

Squares/Lacey Squares and Fancy Tags for the sentiment.

Those fancy shoes were heat embossed in white 

on black card stock.

Then I added the backgrounds.

Finished with some ribbon behind my sentiment,

 a few liquid pearls and a pink flower to the shoes.

That's it for now.

Thanks for dropping in.

Till next time Cherrio from

Cool Guitars for My Man.

Hello and Welcome to today's post.

It's all about the Males this time round as Father's Day is 

just around the corner in Australia and 

my Hubby's Birthday next week.

Since he loves playing his guitar with his 'old' mates

this is what I chose.

I got out bright coloured Distress inks 

in Black Soot/Hickory Smoke/Carved Pumpkin

Fossilized Amber and Peacock Feather.

Simple inked the back background multiple times

from SU Timeless Textures stamps

then my guitars from Inspired by Stamping.

 Added a few 'picks'

You can't play a guitar very well without them!

Sentiments are from STAMPlorations 

Oh So Grateful and One Cool Chick

Added some washi tape to the top and bottom.

Cut this out from a stitched die and adhered to 

black card base.

***

The new challenge over at Crafting with Dragonflies

is asking for a 'Guy' card.

Pop over and see what the Designers made and join in.

You have 2 weeks so plenty of time to play.

***

There are a few others that have the same idea so 

will pop this card over to

 Water Cooler Wednesday

Details Here

Retro Rubber Challenge is a new one I just found

and you need to use stamps that are more than a year old.

The main stamp set I used I know is more than 2 years old

as the Owner used to live in Australia but

moved back to America. My background stamp is

also older than a year and is 

SU Timeless Textures - now retired.

I went the top line left to right

using a stitched die, washi tape and going masculine.

Details for this challenge are Here

Hope you all have a great week end and

get to do the things you love doing

especially craft!

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your comments.