It’s a new Retro Rubber Challenge!  It’s anything goes!

Even though spring has finally arrived, I made a wintery birthday card.  I stamped and embossed this image from My Favorite Things Pure Innocence and then colored with my alcohol markers. 

I stamped and embossed the sentiment and die cut, choosing to wrap twine thru the cut outs.  I popped it on the card, die cut the card front and was done!  Both stamps I have had for more than 5 years.

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Supplies:  CS:  PTI white and kraft.  Stamps:  PTI Just Sentiments Snow.  MFT Pure Innocence.  Inks:  SU! Blends.  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  MFT pierced rectangles.  SU! Spotlight on nature.  Other:  twine.  Clear embossing powder.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  It’s a speed challenge to use punches!

I am back after a short break fighting with my computer.  I am just happy to have a working computer again!  This challenge is about speed and punches.  I pulled out one of my top three punches – the bitty butterfly and promptly punched three butterflies.  (That sounds bad…lol)

I used a word background stamp and added a thank you sentiment.  I added the butterflies and some bling, die cut the card front, adhered to the base and was done.  Time used: 9 min!

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! White and brights dsp.  PTI soft stone.  Stamps: background stamp (unknown).  SU! Heart shaped.  Dies/punches: SU! Deckled rectangles and bitty butterfly punch.  PTI linen plate.  Other: rhinestones.

It’s a new Retro Rubber Challenge!  It’s a color challenge to use a variety of purples and a cream/peachy/pink color.

I went with my usual CAS and die cut some sweaters.  I used my distress inks and blending tools to create variegated sweaters.  I love these dies – they are from a Swedish stamp company called Gummiapan.

I popped them up on a base of cream cardstock and added the sentiment from My Favorite Things Warmest Wishes from sometime before 2017.

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Supplies:  CS:  PTI cream and white.  Dies:  Gummiapan knitted sweaters.  PTI linen plate.  Stamps:  MFT warmest wishes (circa 2017).  Inks:  Distress – milled lavender, shaded lilac, tattered rose, Victorian velvet, dusty concord and villainous poison.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  It’s a fill in the blank!  This year, my crafting resolution is more ink blending and coloring!

I have been watching a lot of crafting videos lately and they have all been about ink blending and coloring.  I usually rely on my colored ink pads but these videos have inspired me to do more with my blending brushes, alcohol markers, colored pencils, watercolor pencils and watercolors.  Let’s hope my resolution holds out!

I went really clean and simple here by die cutting a background, a picket fence and an urn.  I used my inks and blenders to color the fence and urn, leaving the background white.  I did attempt to color the background but just couldn’t get the right color or look.

I popped the fence and urn up on the background and adhered to the kraft base.  I added a simple sentiment and was done.  What is your crafting resolution?

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Supplies:  CS:  PTI kraft and white.  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  Gummiapan antique urns, picket fence and worn paper note.  Stamps:  CB message me.  Inks:  Distress inks – antique linen and mermaid lagoon.

It’s a new Retro Rubber Challenge!  It’s a theme challenge to make a card with a winter theme.

I started by stamping and coloring this sweet snowman image.  Then I die cut and adhered him to some snowflake paper and popped that up on my card base.

I stamped the sentiment from Papertrey Ink’s Just Sentiments: Snow (2021) and die cut as well.  I added to the card, threw on some dots and was done!

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! white and iconic celebrations.  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  SU! spotlight on nature.  Stamps:  Unity casual winter hello.  PTI just sentiments snow (2021).  Inks:  SU! blends:  misty moonlight, poppy parade, gray granite and pumpkin pie.  Other:  SU! dots.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  It’s a color challenge to use berry burst, basic gray, smokey slate and peach pie.

I started by stamping and coloring this sweet donkey image.  I used peach pie on his nose and ears, smokey slate on him and berry burst for the flowers.

I die cut the image and then popped it up over a strip of basic gray dsp.  I stamped and die cut the sentiment, added to the image and was done!

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Supplies:  CS: SU! white and neutrals dsp.  Inks:  SU! blends berry burst, smokey slate and peach pie.  Stamps:  Unity darling donkey smiles.  Dies:  Unity stitched banners and grunge cuts.  PTI linen plate.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  It’s a fun sketch challenge!

I started by running my misty moonlight card base through the forever plaid embossing folder.  Then I cut down the snowflake paper and backed it with white to make it pop from all the blue.  I stamped the sentiment and snowflake and then diecut before adhering.

I twisted some silver thread and white twine around the snowflake paper and then added the rest of the sentiment.  Happy Holidays everyone!

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Supplies:  CS: SU! white, misty moonlight and iconic celebrations.  Dies:  SU! forever plaid ef.  PTI linen plate.  MFT mini scalloped stitched squares.  Stamps:  PTI fab flakes and Christmas cheer.  Inks:  SU! misty moonlight.  Other:  SU! white twine and silver thread.

It’s a new Retro Rubber Challenge!  It’s a holiday tic tac toe and I opted for ribbon/twine, tag and embellishments. 

I am back after an extended break.  Lots of things going on that prevented crafty time for me but I wanted to make sure I got in for the last challenge!

I started by embossing a piece of white cardstock that I adhered to the white base.  I die cut a tag and backed with candy cane paper and then added the ribbon/twine, candy canes and rhinestones.  The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted Message Me from 2016.  Merry Christmas to all!

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! white and iconic celebrations.  Stamps:  CB message me (2016).  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  RC striped tag.  SU! dotted circles ef.  SU! holiday collection framelets.  Other:  SU! cherry cobbler twine and seam binding ribbon.  Rhinestones.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  It’s a speed challenge to make a card with trees in 10 minutes or under!

I started by stamping and die cutting a couple of scrub brush trees.  Then it was off to the races.  I quickly die cut the card front with my deckle edge rectangles and added two pieces of dsp and adhered to the card base.

I popped up the trees, whipped up the sentiment and with shaky hands was pressing it on the card when the timer went off!  My monochromatic trees card was done with no time left over!

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! very vanilla, pecan pie and iconic celebrations dsp.  Stamps:  PTI joyful Christmas.  Dies:  PTI linen plate and joyful Christmas.  SU! deckled rectangles and washi punch.  Inks:  SU! pecan pie.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  It’s a color challenge to use azure afternoon, granny apple green and shaded spruce.

I started by stamping leaves from SU! gorgeous leaves in the required colors and adding splatter as well to make my background.  Then I added some strips of shaded spruce and granny apple green dsp to the base and die cut.

I die cut a couple of leaves out of azure afternoon and granny apple green and popped those up with the sentiment.  I love how it turned out because these colors are really amazing together!

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Supplies:  CS: SU! white, shaded spruce, granny apple green, azure afternoon, regals and brights dsp.  Stamps:  SU! gorgeous leaves.  PTI autumn hills.  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  MFT blueprints 13.  SU! washi punch and seasonal layers dies.  Inks:  SU! azure afternoon, granny apple green and shaded spruce.