Welcome to the first ever blog hop for the Retro Rubber Challenge!  We are changing things up a bit to celebrate our 100^th challenge!

Here’s the scoop…play along with our celebration themed tic tac toe challenge!

Then hop around to all of the design team blogs and leave a comment!  Each team member is offering up some surprise retro (new but older than a year) goodies to one lucky person who leaves a comment on their blog.  That means there will be seven winners!

As always, we will be listing the five top picks with the winning pick receiving a prize for this challenge only.

*You do not have to enter the challenge to win but you must leave a comment on the design team blogs in order to have a chance to win!

Ok..here we go:

Claire Grantham

Neva Cole

Donna Idlet

Maria Rodriguez

Jan Clothier

LeAnne Pugliese

Jane Knudsen

Help us celebrate 100 challenges!!

I am so excited to be celebrating 100 challenges!  When I started this challenge, I never dreamed we would still be going at 100! 

You may just be starting the blog hop or hopped here from Jan Clothier.

I opted for the balloons, ink smooshing and glitter for my card!  I am using this sweet balloon giraffe from Close To My Heart Balloon Animals from 2016.  I heat embossed it in white on a piece of water color paper.

I also heat embossed the sentiment before doing my ink smooshing.  I die cut the watercolor paper, adhered to the card base and added glitter dots and rhinestones.

Thank you for checking out our Retro Rubber Blog Hop!  Play along and link up HERE!

***Be sure to leave a comment to win a brand new retro prize.  Comment on each of the design team blogs for a chance to win!!*** 

Your next stop on the blog hop is Claire Grantham!

Supplies:  CS:  SU! lemon lime twist.  Watercolor paper.  Stamps:  CTMH balloon animals (2016).  Inks:  Tim Holtz distress – twisted citron, spun sugar, picked raspberry, dried marigold and spiced marmalade.  Dies:  MFT blueprints 22.  Other:  SU! glitter dots.  White embossing powder.

It’s a new challenge for As You See It!  It’s a fun sketch so make sure you play along!

I started by attaching several pieces of pattern paper to white cardstock.  Then I die cut the rectangle shape using my double stitched dies.  I then backed the piece with some perfect plum.

I attached the rectangle to the white card base and then added a popped up sentiment and some bling.  This card is going to a dear friend who is retiring and who also loves purple!

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Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:  CS:  SU! white and perfect plum.  Pattern paper from stash.  Stamps:  PTI KIS retirement.  Dies:  PTI linen ip.  MFT washi tape dies and double stitched rectangles.

Welcome to a new challenge at Retro Rubber!  It’s Anything Goes!

I opted for a fall card!  I started by swishing some cajun craze ink on my card base and then added a polka dot tag die over the top.

I die cut a couple of leaves and added to the tag.  Finally I added a sentiment from my Papertrey Ink Autumn Hills stamp set from 2012.  A little twine finishes off the tag.

Play along and link up HERE!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:  CS:  SU! white, cajun craze and crushed curry.  Dies:  PTI linen impression plate.  RC dots tag layer.  Concord & 9^th layering leaves.  SSS sketchy banners.  Inks:  SU! cajun craze.  Stamps:  PTI autumn hills (2012).  Other:  SU! crushed curry twine.

It’s a lovely new challenge at House of Cards!  For this challenge you must use gold or pearl accents or the colors in the challenge image.

I opted for a gold and white theme.  I started with three die cuts of wine glasses and a congratulations sentiment.

Something about gold makes me think of happy occasions and we are entering the holiday season so it seemed appropriate.

I finished off the card with a few gold accents and my trusty linen impression plate.

Play along by linking up HERE!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:  CS:  SU! white and gold.  Stamps:  CB message me.  Dies:  PTI linen ip.  MFT wine service and washi tape.  Other:  SU! dots.

It’s a new challenge at Retro Rubber!  It’s a photo inspiration so use the colors, items or harvest theme for your card!

My card is super clean and simple.  I stamped a trio of squash and added a sweet sentiment. 

I am using the Stampin’ Up! Gourd Goodness from 2017.  The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted Message Me from 2016.  Finally, I ran the card thru my linen impression plate and was done.

Join us by linking up HERE!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:  CS:  PTI white.  Stamps:  SU! gourd goodness (2017).  CB message me (2016).  Inks:  SU! certainly celery and old olive.  Other:  PTI linen impression plate.

We are starting a new challenge at Retro Rubber!  It’s a tic tac toe courtesy of Jan Clothier.  I puzzled a bit on this one and finally went for the bottom row of animals, windows and circles.

I rolled the window and circles together by die cutting a stitched circle in the card front that I popped up on the card base.

Before adding the card front, however, I stamped this sweet puppy and colored with my pencils.  It is from the SU! Bella & Friends.  This stamp set came out in 2016 and I purchased it as soon as I saw it that year.

I added a bit of chalk around the image to ground the little guy and then stamped the sentiment on the card front.  I love the saying and always think of Toy Story when I see it.  And now I am humming the tune.

Play along with us and link up HERE!

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Supplies:  CS:  PTI white.  Stamps:  SU! Bella & Friends (2016).  Dies:  PTI linen impression plate.  Lil Inkers stitched circles.  Other:  Colored pencils and chalks.

We have a new challenge at As You See It!  A fun sketch that you can do a lot of things with!

I opted for my first Halloween card of the year.  Using pattern paper I created a number of flags and adhered to the white card base.

I added the sentiment and a bit of thick twine as per the sketch!

Be sure to play along with us and link up HERE!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:  CS:  SU! white and frightful sight dsp.  Stamps:  PTI KIS Halloween.  Dies:  MFT stitched fishtail.  Other:  SU! old olive twine.

Welcome to the October House of Cards Challenge.  Use either the colors in the challenge image, autumn flowers or both.

As usual, I did a smidge of both.  I started with a sunflower that I stamped in daffodil delight and peekaboo peach.  I love the depth that I get from the peach ink.

I added the leaves and the sentiment before drawing a line and dots in the opposite corner to balance the card.  Finally, I ran through the trusty linen impression plate.

Play along HERE!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:  CS:  PTI white.  Stamps:  SU! painted harvest.  Inks:  SU! peekaboo peach, daffodil delight, soft suede and old olive.  Memento black.  Dies:  PTI linen ip.

It’s a new challenge at Retro Rubber with a fun sketch by Claire Grantham!

I love a great sketch so I went to town with a Christmas card.  Using pattern paper and cardstock I created the bulk of the sketch.

I die cut three threes and a circle and then arranged according to the sketch.  That was when I realized I forgot about the sentiment!  So I went for it and just stamped on the patterned paper.  The sentiment is from my trusty 2016 Clearly Besotted Message Me set.

Join us and play along with this sketch!  Link up HERE!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:  CS:  SU! white, real red, old olive, crumbcake, smokey slate, and merry moments dsp.  Dies:  RC trees.  Stamps:  CB Message Me (2016).

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  I love a good color challenge and this is it!  Use dapper denim, Bermuda bay and lemon lime twist on your card.

I started by slanting a piece of dapper denim that I topped with a slice of white card stock and Bermuda bay across my card base.  I liked how the white separated those colors and makes the blue kind of float.

I die cut some wheat using the dapper denim and lemon lime twist and adhered to the card.  Finally, I added a sentiment.

Be sure to play along and link up HERE!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:  CS:  SU! white, dapper denim, Bermuda bay, and lemon lime twist.  Dies:  RC wheat.  PTI linen impression plate.  Stamps:  CB message me.