RRCB181 Tic Tac Toe Bunny

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  Time for a new Retro Rubber Challenge, where we get our older stamps inky and show them some love!  We have a Tic-Tac-Toe grid this week; check it out:

I chose to use the right column down of patterned paper, bling and twine, but it also works for the top row across of watercolor, rectangle and patterned paper!  So here we go; I used a SU stamp called Storybook Friends from 2012:

I am always scrambling for children's birthday cards, so I thought this would be a good way to create one!  I stamped my bunny twice, once on a piece of Basic White cardstock, then again on Thick Basic White, watercolored her and fussy-cut her out, popping her up on some dimensionals:

I added a Petal Pink diecut heart and stamped the sentiment separately on a scrap of white and diecut it with the new Stylish Shapes dies.  Finally, I added some Sparkly Organdy ribbon and a little rhinestone on her magic wand.  The card base is Basic White and I used some retired Birthday Bonanza DSP!

I just think she is so sweet, she's going to be hard to part with, LOL!  What will you create with our grid this week?  Just remember to use stamps at least a year old and tell us the approximate age.  You may be able to get some help from Splitcoaststampers if you can't remember how old your stamps are...they have a gallery section that lists lots and lots of stamps by manufacturer, including Stampin' Up!  Thanks for visiting today!  And be sure to pop over to the Retro Rubber blog to see what the other designers created as well!  Thanks for stopping by today!

These handsome little guys attended their great-aunt's funeral on Saturday at our church where I was helping with the luncheon.  Jameson looked very nice in his corduroy jacket and tie; Sawyer was dressed casually because, as Jameson said, "He's too little to go to a funeral" so he went with a friend to a ball game!  So cute!  Jameson also said to his mom after she told him their aunt passed away..."Mommy, you shouldn't be sad.  Aunt Loie is with Jesus now." A sermon in a sentance from a seven-year-old boy!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe." Proverbs 18:10

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Storybook Friends (ret, 2012)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Petal Pink, Petal Pink Gingham DSP (ret), Birthday Bonanza DSP (ret)
Ink	Stazon Black, Petal Pink, Smoky Slate, Calypso Coral
Accessories	Holiday Rhinestones (colored with a Calypso Coral Blend), Dimensionals, Glitter Organdy Ribbon
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Heart & Heart Scallop Dies (Nestabilities), Aquapainter

RRCB102 Black and White

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  The Retro Rubber Challenge is back for the new year!  Here is our first challenge of 2019 for you; are you ready to dust off those older stamps?  Here ya go:

I need several birthday cards this month, so I pulled out a set from 2012 called Storybook Friends, and simply stamped the bunny in black:

I did use some new DSP; this is from the Botanical Butterfly line, which is a SAB freebie! I love these little polka dots! To keep the black and white polka-dotted theme, I added some washi tape, and a birthday sentiment with some faceted gems as an embellishment:

I layered two square Basic Black scalloped squares together to create a mat for my white panel, then mounted it on a another black layer that was diecut with some curved scalloped dies:

My final addition was some dotted ribbon and a few diecut stars!  I was itching to color this little bunny in, but I kept it plain for the challenge!  I hope you'll play with our challenge this year!  Remember, your stamps must be at least a year old, tell us how old they are, then share your creation with us at the Retro Rubber blog!

A little trip to the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, NJ!:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Storybook Friends, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Basic Black, Botanical Butterfly DSP
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon, Faceted Gems, Pick a Pattern Washi Tape, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Squares Framelits, Rectangle Stitched Framelits, Stitched Hillside Dies (Lawn Fawn) Star Frame Die (Avery Elle)

Yippee Birthday

 

Hi everyone!  The week is winding down....still lots to do, but I took some time out to make a birthday card for my great-nephew, who will be turning two this weekend!  It uses the Freshly Made Sketches sketch; the House of Cards April color palette; and the Retrorubber Challenge to use baby animals!

I used some Lawn Fawn plaid paper with the little puppy image from SU's Storybook Friends, which is from 2012:

 

I cut the DSP, as well as a Tip Top Taupe border, with a scalloped stitch border die from Pretty Pink Posh, and stamped the puppy in Chocolate Chip ink and did some watercoloring.  I took a chance that it wouldn't bleed, but unfortunately, it did a little bit; I should have used a blender pen instead:

(I doubt my nephew will care that it bled a little!)  I added a sentiment from the same set, cut it out with a stitched die and added some stitched stars embellished with some candy dots:

And Cassidy wanted to make her own card for him....she used the set I Dig You and chose her own colors and DSP:

I did do the cutting, but she laid it out and put it together!!!

Hope you have a wonderful day and be blessed!

Project Details--All Products SU Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Storybook Friends
Card stock & Papers	Thick Whisper White, Tip Top Taupe, Soft Sky, Perfectly Plaid Winter DSP (Lawn Fawn)
Ink	Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky
Accessories	Candy Dots
Tools	Big Shot, Square Stitched Dies (Lil' Inker), Scallop Borders Die (Pretty Pink Posh), Bundle of Stitched Shapes Die (Simon Says Stamp), Aquapainter, Dimensional

CCMC414 and PPA308 Birthday for Emma

Happy Saturday, peeps!  I took a couple days off from my blog and went to visit my dad at the Delaware shore!  It was a nice little break!  But today we have a birthday party for my niece's youngest....she is an Irish twin!  I had never heard of that expression before, but little Emma and her older sister Lucy will both be one year old for about six weeks, until Lucy celebrates her second birthday in August!  My niece is a trooper, keeping up with these two!  They're adorable!  Anyway, I thought the colors from Create with Connie and Mary were fun and fresh:

And I matched them up with the Pals Paper Arts sketch from my sweet friend Ann:

I realized I don't have many "kids" stamps, so I pulled out my old standby, Storybook Friends, and some new Fruit Stand papers:

I stamped the image with Stazon and added some coloring with markers, then a sentiment from the same set at the bottom, along with one from an older Paper Pumpkin set at the top:

I made a "faux" candy dot with a little circle stamp and some Itty Bitty Accents Epoxy Stickers!  I also stamped the same dot and a little flower from Itty Bitties on the DSP!  Finally, the inside was stamped with a sentiment and candle from Sweet Stuff.  Oh, and I did add a Tangelo Twist ribbon too!

At one year old, I am sure Emma will be more interested in her gift than the card, but it was still fun to make!  Thanks for popping in today!

Cassidy is still on vacation, but I did hear she finally learned to ride her bike without training wheels!  Woohoo!

TSOT247 and SIP25

Happy Saturday, peeps!  Try Stampin’ on Tuesday had such a great sketch this week, I just had to play!  When I was a kid, I remember this Mondrian style and thinking it was so cool!  So here’s the sketch:

Are you tired of seeing these papers?!  I had them on my desk (still) from the baby card I made earlier this week, and since I needed a baby boy shower card, I just picked out a few more for the sketch:

 

 

The little duck from Storybook Friends (one of SU’s cutest ever sets!) was the perfect size to fit in the lower right-hand block; I stamped him on some Whisper White cardstock, colored him a wee bit and fussy-cut him out, then stamped him again on the printed paper and mounted him on top!  He is so sweet, squawking out his “hooray”!, don’t you think?

 

 

The “hooray” is from the same set, just cut out with a Nestabilities banner:

 

and I stamped a sentiment and another little critter on the inside as well:

 

 

I am also submitting this to the Stamp, Ink Paper challenge for this week, which is “Cardmaker’s Choice”!!

Thanks for visiting today!

 

We put out the Nativity set yesterday! 

 

 

Then, she started renaming the figures and making up her own stories!

 

 

Then she put them all to bed!

 

 

Enjoy your day!

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!

ColourQ261

Woohoo!  Happy Tuesday, everyone!  Wow, how can it be the last day of September?!!  Yikes!   I hope you’ll have some crafty time to spend with the ColourQ challenge this week!  Check this cutie out:

What a sweet little guy to welcome you & your guests at the door!  Unlike the old piece of carpet that’s serving as my welcome mat right now, LOL!  Gotta remedy that!  Anyway, I was lamenting that I had no cute little fox stamps, when I spied Storybook Friends in my retired pile, and guess what?  There was a fox….I had never even inked him up!  So I got to work and used the sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments this week, a nice simple one:

And here is my Mr Fox:

Isn’t he cute?  We were supposed to go to a friend’s retirement party on Saturday, but since DH was still under the weather, I’ll just send her this!  I colored the fox with an aquapainter and reinker ink, then added a little grass with my blender pen and mounted it on my card.  The sentiment is from Good Greetings, stamped on a Kiwi Kiss banner cut from the Itty Bitty Banners die:

The papers are from Simple Stories’ Harvest Lane; the ribbon is retired SU.  I did add a couple sparkly brads just for fun, along the scalloped panel!  Hope you will come play with us too!  Be sure to check out the designers’ samples as well…as usual, they’re full of fun ideas!

Cassidy had a physical on Friday, and the doctor asked me, “Does she dress up? Does she play make-believe?  Does she interact with you freely?”  Yes, yes and yes…..she promptly went home and put on one of my shirts, a sports bra over top of that, and Grampy’s shoes!  And then said “CHEESE” for the camera!  Oh, that kid!

Enjoy your day!