RRCB187 Hope

 Happy Tuesday, peeps!  Time for a new Retro Rubber challenge, where we use stamps that are at least a year old or older---give those stamps some love!  Today we have a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge!  I am sure you'll be able to find something on the grid to inspire you!  Here it is:

Of course I chose the top row across of circles, birds and diecut!  The problem was what bird to choose!  I remembered this pretty CTMH paper called Skylark that I 've had for a couple of years, so I pulled it out and that was the base for my inspiration:

The quote is from a SU set called Friend to Friend (2004), and it was stamped on Very Vanilla in Lost Lagoon ink, then diecut with the Stylish Shapes dies and backed with a retired doily and another circle of Crumb Cake.  I stamped a few "stitched" around the outside edge with the Stitchery stamp (2021) and distressed the edges.  I added a little bird diecut and some organdy flowers that I've been hoarding for several years as well, LOL!  And you may be able to see a tiny little bit of the Young Vermillion stamp (2011) that I stamped in Soft Seafoam right up at the very top right hand corner of the DSP. All the rest of the images are part of the DSP itself.

I stamped the Vermillion again on the inside of my card with Versamark ink, and stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment (also from Friend to Friend) on the inside.

I haven't made a vintage-style card for a long time, so I was thrilled to be able to put some of these elements together to create one!  I hope you'll play with us at Retro Rubber this week too!  Remember to check out the date of those older stamps (Splitcoaststampers has galleries where you can find any SU set and its age) and tell us the approximate age!  See you there! 

Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stitchery (2021), Friend to Friend (2004, ret),  Young Vermillion (2011, ret),
Card stock & Papers	Pear Pizzazz, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Lost Lagoon (ret), Skylark DSP (Close to My Heart)
Ink	Sahara Sand, Lost Lagoon, Versamark, Craft White (to lighten bird), Old Olive
Accessories	Dimensionals, Organdy Flowers (ret), Doily (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stylish Shapes Dies, Bird & Blooms Dies (ret)

Paper Players 241

Happy Sunday, peeps!  It has been a glorious weekend here in Pennsylvania, hope it’s been great where you are too!  Nance is our Paper Players hostess today with an awesome clean and simple challenge:

Woohoo!  Anyone who reads my blog might know that I love to watercolor…so why was this challenge so “challenging”?  I am not sure, but this is the third card I made and I am still not real happy with it!  I wanted to do something similar to the blinkie above, but in the end, I just went with a line drawing and did my usual watercoloring!  I did choose an unusual color, because I don’t usually use Real Red unless it’s a Christmas card!  So here we go:

I thought it would be fun to use a bird on my card because I have been enjoying watching the birds at my feeder lately, although I doubt very much I will see one of these!  This is a retired stamp called Young Vermillion, and I really wasn’t sure what color a vermillion was!  So I googled it and a Vermillion Flycatcher is red….very, very red!  So that was my inspiration!  I stamped him in Stazon on watercolor paper and diecut him with a Lil’Inkers Stitched Circles die after coloring him with some reinkers and an aquapainter:

I did some background stamping with Real Red ink on Real Red cardstock, added a seam binding ribbon and a little tag from Tiny Tags and put it all together, quick and simple!  The design team has some really lovely samples they’ve put together too!  Check them out below, and be sure to share your CAS watercolored creations with us at the Paper Players!

• Ann
• Anne Marie
• Claire
• Debbie
• Jaydee
• Joanne
• Karren
• Laurie
• Nance
• Sandy
• Shannon

Speaking of birds, I heard a racket outside my kitchen window recently, and two red-bellied woodpeckers were fighting at my feeder!  I snagged this photo of the victor (sorry it’s not clearer, it was through the screen!):

Isn’t he a beaut?  And my own little nature lover, feeling MUCH better, and playing outside:

Have a blessed day!

CTD174 & FMS17

I have neglected my dear friends at the Color Throwdown for way too long, and when I saw their color challenge this week, I knew I had to play:

I just love that they have inspiration images!  I also used the Freshly Made Sketches sketch #17:

to make my thank you card:

I flipped the sketch so my Young Vermillion wasn’t looking off into space!  He was stamped on watercolor paper in Stazon, then colored (I am on a watercoloring kick lately) with an aquapainter  in Soft Suede and Daffodil Delight, then mounted with dimensionals on a piece of Soft Sky that I stamped with some images from French Foliage:

I actually stamped the bird on the Soft Sky panel as well so I didn’t have to cut out his little feet!!  Isn’t he sweet?  The River Rock card base is also stamped with the Weathered BG stamp. Thanks for visiting today!

This is what happens when you’re stamping and not watching your DGD in the next room:

Diapers everywhere!  Check out the guilty look!