It’s a new Retro Rubber Challenge!  It’s a theme challenge to use flowers on a card.

I stamped this fun house mouse lilac image on crumbcake and then colored with my alcohol markers.  The stamp is the Sensory Overload from 2009.  It’s the first time I have ever used it and I shouldn’t have waited so long!

I die cut with a pierced rectangle and then backed it with heather highland.  I stamped the sentiment from my Papertrey Ink Spring Hills from 2013 before adding this beautiful purple twine.  I adhered to the base and was done.

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! crumbcake and highland heather.  Stamps:  House Mouse sensory overload (2009).  PTI spring hills (2013).  Inks:  SU! blends – highland heather, crumbcake and old olive.  Dies:  MFT pierced rectangles.  PTI linen plate.  Other: twine.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  It’s a fill in the blank.  The best thing about mothers is love! 

I started by stamping and coloring mother and daughter images and then die cutting.  I die cut some pattern paper and the sentiment and then layered everything up.

Moms lead us, teach us, cry with us and celebrate with us.  I miss my mom terribly and she did all of these and more.  She did it because she loved me.  She held my hand when I was young and I held hers when she got older.  Where you go, I go.  Love you and miss you mom!

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Supplies:  CS: SU! white and daffodil afternoon dsp.  Stamps:  The Greetery hand in hand.  Dies:  The Greetery hand in hand.  PTI linen late.  SU! stitched rectangles.  Inks:  SU! blends – old olive, mango melody, daffodil delight, flirty flamingo, cinnamon cider, 500, 600, 900 and 1000.

It’s a new Retro Rubber Challenge!  It’s tic tac toe!  I chose pattern paper, dry embossing and die cut.

I started by running all of my paper through the linen impression plate.  Then I stamped the tulips and die cut them.  The images are from my Papertrey Ink Tulip Time stamp set from 2016.

I die cut the pear pizzazz and then ran it through the gridlines impression plate for my dry embossing.  I die cut it and the pattern paper with my mini stitched scallop rectangles.  I layered everything on my card base and added the sentiment which is from my Papertrey Ink Spring Hills stamp set from 2013 and punched out with my washi tape punch.  The dots added the final bit and I was done.

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Supplies:  CS:  PTI white.  SU! pear pizzazz and brights dsp.  Inks:  SU! daffodil delight, crushed curry, old olive and pear pizzazz.  Stamps:  PTI spring hills (2013) and tulip time (2016).  Dies:  PTI linen impression plate, gridlines impression plate, and tulip time.  SU! washi punch.  MFT mini scallop stitched rectangles.  Other:  dots.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  It’s a color challenge to use balmy blue, pacific point and night of navy.

I started by stenciling a harlequin background out of crumbcake on a piece of vanilla cardstock that I then die cut.  I stamped the sentiment in night of navy and the flower out of balmy blue and pacific point.

I backed the flower with some pacific point pattern paper and then layered up on balmy blue and the night of navy card base.  A little dab of twine and I was done!

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Supplies:  CS:  PTI vanilla.  SU! balmy blue, night of navy and brights pattern paper.  Stamps:  PTI bitty bouquets.  MFT delicate pretty poppies.  Dies:  SU! stitched rectangles.  PTI linen plate.  Tim Holtz harlequin stencil.  Inks:  SU! crumbcake, pacific point, night of navy and balmy blue.  Other:  twine.

It’s a new Retro Rubber Challenge!  It’s a sketch challenge!

I had many stops and starts on this one and ended up with something super clean and simple.  More simple than I intended for sure!  I cut some pattern papers and backed with crisp cantaloupe and adhered to the card front.

I stamped the sentiment from my Neat and Tangled Scandinavian Flowers stamp set from 2015, die cut and popped up on the card.  Done after about three hours of different ideas.  Sometimes I find the simpler the sketch, the harder it is.  Too many options!  Hopefully you won’t be stymied! 

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! white, crisp cantaloupe, black and sweet sorbet dsp.  Stamps:  Neat and Tangled Scandinavian Flowers (2015).  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  SSS sketchy banners.

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

I started by using my butterfly cover plate which has five rows of butterflies.  Perfect for this sketch!  I adhered it to a crumbcake card base and added the sentiment.

I punched some bitty butterflies in bright colors and then adhered randomly.  A bit of bling completes the card.

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Supplies:  CS:  PTI white.  SU! crumbcake and brights dsp.  Dies:  PTI linen and butterfly cover plate.  SU! bitty butterfly punch.  Stamps:  PTI bitty butterflies.  Other:  rhinestones.

It’s a new Retro Rubber Challenge!  It’s a color challenge and celebrates colors of the 60s.  We need to use three of these colors – bright orange, green, pink, purple or yellow.

Both the sentiment and image are from Art Impressions Golden Oldies and are from 1996.  It’s hard to believe I have had them that long.  I stamped up the Eunice image and colored in with my alcohol markers.  I die cut around Eunice and a piece of granny apple green.

I stamped the sentiment and then cut a piece of pumpkin pie to back it.  I adhered everything to the crumbcake card base and added a bit of bling to finish off the card.

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! white, crumbcake, granny apple green and pumpkin pie.  Stamps:  Art Impressions (1996).  Dies:  PTI linen and stamp a faire 1960s.  Inks:  SU! blends melon mambo, daffodil delight, granny apple green pumpkin pie, highland heather, 1000, 900.  Other:  Dots and rhinestones.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  It’s a speed challenge to stay dry. 

When I saw the challenge, I ordered this sweet house mouse stamp to use.  I also knew I was going to spend a lot of my time coloring.  So I did a bunch of dry runs by stamping and timing myself coloring.  I got it down to just over seven minutes for the image.  I did that by lining up the markers in order of use and keeping the caps off.  (I hope I didn't break the rules by doing that!)

I always keep a ton of white cardstock prepped and ready for card bases.  So I grabbed one of those and a stitched circle die cut that I have had in my scrap white paper for some time.

I had a scrap of pattern paper that I used to draw my colors from and just had to adhere and cut off the extra.  I looped some twine and added the image.  I was just pressing down on the sentiment when the bell rang so I considered that a win.  I only timed myself with the coloring so the rest was going to be up to chance and I got lucky enough to get the sentiment on, as I had saved that for last.

This was a fun challenge and really made me think up hacks to get a nice card done in the allotted time.

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Supplies:  CS: PTI white.  SU! sunshine and sprinkles dsp.  Stamps:  House Mouse rain flower.  Spellbinders cute boots.  Inks:  SU! blends – daffodil delight, granny apple green, crumbcake and balmy blue.  Other:  Twine.  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  Stitched circle.

It’s a new Retro Rubber Challenge!  It’s Anything Goes!

I actually started this card for another challenge and never used it so I dug it out and finished it off for this challenge.

I stamped a brushstroke of granny apple green and added a leaf vine in granny apple green as well.  I stamped the flower image in granny apple green, highland heather and gorgeous grape and then die cut.

I die cut the sentiment strip and then adhered everything together.  I added a few bits of bling for interest.  The stamps I used were all retro and from 2015 – PTI brushed off, choose joy and bitty bouquets.

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Supplies:  CS:  PTI white.  SU! granny apple green.  Inks:  SU! granny apple green, highland heather and gorgeous grape.  Stamps:  PTI brushed off (2015), choose joy (2015) and bitty bouquets (2015).  Dies:  PTI linen plate and bitty bouquets.  MFT blueprints 10, 15 and 20.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  It’s a theme challenge for spring flowers. 

I love daisies and opted to stamp and die cut some orangish daisies.  Then I did a postage stamp square out of cork to pop the daisies on.

I die cut a stitched rectangle out of mango melody that I ran through both my linen impression plate and my tin type impression plate.  I stamped and popped up the sentiment, added some bling and was done!

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Supplies:  CS:  PTI white.  SU! crumbcake, mango melody and cork.  Inks:  SU! mango melody, crushed curry, pear pizzazz and old olive.  Stamps:  PTI flower favorites.  Neat and Tangled Scandinavian prints.  Dies:  PTI linen plate, tin type plate, and flower favorites.  SU! stitched rectangles.  SSS postage stamp.  Other:  SU! rhinestones.