Welcome to a new challenge at As You See It!  We have a love theme for this go around so I went pretty clean and simple (naturally!).

I started with a die cut heart out of white paper before adding an ombre of sweet sugarplum ink to it. 

I added the sentiment and then popped it up on a base of sweet sugarplum with a bit of white twine tied around it.

Finally, a sweet little heart and rhinestones finished off the card.

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! white and sweet sugarplum.  Inks:  SU! sweet sugarplum.  Dies:  PTI linen impression plate.  MFT stitched heart stax.  Stamps:  PTI grand ampersand.  Other:  Rhinestones and dots.

It’s a new challenge for a new year at Retro Rubber!  The challenge is to make a winter themed card.  I thought this would be easy until I couldn’t come up with anything!  Luckily, I had a meeting this past weekend where a friend showed off her collection of wreaths.  One of them was a snowflake wreath so I used that for my inspiration.

I started by drawing a circle and then stamping a variety of snowflake stamps around it.  I used colors that I used on this card that I made a few weeks ago.  These stamps were from my Simon Says Stamp Lots of Snowflakes stamps from 2014.

I added the sentiment from my Penny Black Yuletide Wishes stamp set from 2016 and decided to put the stamp a bit to the right.  I moved it around the circle, in and out of the circle and ultimately liked it where it ended up.

I added a few rhinestones and some twine before adhering to a card base of soft sky.

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! white and soft sky.  Stamps:  SSS lots of snowflakes (2014).  Penny Black yuletide wishes (2016).  Inks:  SU! baja breeze, pool party and soft sky.  Other:  Rhinestones.  SU! pool party twine.  PTI linen impression plate.

Welcome to the first As You See It Challenge of 2020!  It’s a recipe challenge to use silver, snowflakes, dry embossing, rhinestones and an inspiring sentiment.

I started by stamping some snowflakes in light gray and then stamping the sentiment over the top in black ink.

I added a piece of silver cardstock and then ran the card front thru the tin types impression plate.  After that, I die cut using a stitched rectangle and adhered to the black card base.

Finally I added the rhinestones and was done!  Just a note, these photos may look a little dark – when I lighted them up, the silver was too reflective and made the dry embossing even harder to see.  (The pattern is a stitched diamond and inverted dots at the edges of the diamond.)

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! basic black, white and brushed silver.  Dies:  MFT tin types impression plate.  SU! stitched rectangles.  Stamps:  SSS lots of snowflakes.  Verve smallest things.  Other:  Rhinestones.  Memento London fog and black inks.

It’s a fun new challenge at As You See It!  This challenge is fill in the blank!  What brings you holiday joy?  For me, although there are many things, my answer is snow!

I stamped a variety of snowflakes in different blues and then ran my card thru my linen plate.

I added this fun sentiment!  I love snow, glitter not so much but I do love nature’s glitter!

Finally, I added a few stars and was done!

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Supplies:  CS:  PTI white.  Inks:  SU! baja breeze, pool party and soft sky.  Stamps:  PTI freshly fallen.  SSS lots of snowflakes.  Other:  PTI linen plate.  Bling.

It’s our last challenge for 2019 at Retro Rubber!  It’s a color challenge to use red, white and green!

I started with a die cut of some appropriately colored pattern paper.  Then I stamped my brush tree and die cut.  The tree is from the PTI Joyful Christmas stamp set from 2015.

I stamped the sentiment and then punched using my washi tape punch.  The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted Message Me from 2016.

I layered everything up and added a bit of bling!

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Thank you for stopping by my blog this last year!  I so appreciate the comments and the looks!  I wish you and your families a wonderful Holiday Season!

Supplies:  CS:  PTI white.  Lawn Fawn Christmas plaid.  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  SU! washi tape punch.  MFT small scalloped stitched squares.  PTI joyful Christmas.  Ink:  SU! call me clover.  Other:  Rhinestones.

We have a new challenge at As You See It.  It’s a color challenge to use granny apple green, pineapple punch and blueberry bushel.

I started by stamping some roses using the yellow and the green inks.  I stamped the sentiment then die cut the sentiment in white and blueberry bushel and layered them up.

Finally I die cut the roses and a piece of blueberry bushel and adhered together.  I added the layered sentiment, some bling and was done. 

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! white and blueberry bushel.  Inks:  SU! granny apple green and pineapple punch.  Dies:  SU! stitched nested dies.  MFT washi tape dies.  PTI linen plate.  Stamps:  SSS many thanks.  PTI KIS encouragement.  Other:  bling.

It’s a new challenge at Retro Rubber.  A fun tic tac toe challenge and I chose the third row of pattern paper, butterflies and twine.

I started with a die cut of pattern paper that I wrapped twine around. 

I adhered to the card base, stamped the sentiment and added the sweet punched butterfly.  The stamp is from the PTI keep it simple thanksgiving from 2014.

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Supplies:  CS:  PTI fresh snow linen paper.  Lawn Fawn fall plaid.  Stamps:  PTI KIS thanksgiving (2014).  Dies:  MFT double stitched squares.  SU! butterfly punch.  Other:  twine and pearls.

A lovely sketch challenge is on tap at As You See It!

I started with some fall themed pattern paper and adhered to the white card base.  I die cut two double stitched circles from shaded spruce and white.

I added the sentiment and then did an acorn punch with a button and some twine.  Finally I added some bling and was done!

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! white and shaded spruce.  Lawn Fawn sweater weather.  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  MFT double stitched circles.  SU! acorn punch.  Stamps:  PTI mini blooms.  Other:  bling and twine.

It’s a new challenge at Retro Rubber!  It’s anything goes!

I started by adding some pattern paper to my card base and then a bit of twine.

I stamped the sentiment and gourd/leaf images before die cutting the scalloped square.  The gourd and leaf are from Stampin’ Up!’s Gourd Goodness from 2017 while the sentiment is from the 2013 PaperTrey Ink Mum’s the Word stamp set.

I layered the square above the twine and added some bling.

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! early espresso, white and cupcakes and carousel dsp.  Inks:  SU! certainly celery, old olive and so saffron.  Dies:  MFT mini scallop stitched squares.  PTI linen plate.  Stamps:  SU! gourd goodness (2017).  PTI mum’s the word (2013).  Other:  bling. 

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  The challenge is to use shades of blue and make a card in ten minutes or less.

I started by running my blueberry bushel card base thru my linen plate.  Then I ran the white card front thru the linen plate and die cut the stitched rectangle.

I stamped the feathers in three shades of blue – marina mist, bashful blue and soft sky.  The sentiment was stamped in blueberry bushel.  I adhered the card together and then decided it needed some bling.

With just over two minutes left, I thought I had plenty of time to put some bling on there.  Well, I didn’t!  I had just found what I wanted to use when the timer went off.  So the card was done with 0 seconds left and no bling!

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! white and blueberry bushel.  Inks:  SU! bashful blue, marina mist, soft sky and blueberry bushel.  Dies:  SU! stitched rectangle framelits.  PTI linen impression plate.  Stamps:  SU! lovely amazing you.  W+9 hand lettered hello.