It’s a new challenge and the last one for the year for Retro Rubber!  As it is the holiday season, we have a fun photo inspiration for you to try!

I started with a sweet snowman family stamp from Anita’s Stamps from 2002.  I used my SU! markers to color the images and then added a bit of chalk in the background.

I stamped the sentiment (Clearly Besotted Message Me 2016) and then die cut with my pierced rectangles.  I layered a couple of pierced rectangles and then adhered on top of a couple of other rectangles.  Everything was run thru the trusty linen impression plate.

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The winner of my blog comments from Challenge 100 is Tara Prince!  Tara, please email me at seejanestamp at outlook dot com to claim your prize!  Congratulations!!  Thank you everyone for taking the time to comment!  You are all winners in my book!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:  CS: SU! white, vanilla, cherry cobbler and be of good cheer dsp.  Stamps:  Anita’s snowmen (2002) and CB message me (2016).  Inks:  SU! markers and chalks.  Dies:  MFT pierced rectangles.  PTI linen impression plate.

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.

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.

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.

Welcome to a new Retro Rubber Challenge!  For this challenge you can use the colors, the images, a school theme or a mix of them.

I went with the school theme when I actually started out planning to use apples.  But I found the fun pattern paper and went with it.

I backed some pattern paper with solid cardstock and adhered to the white card base.  Then I used the ABC image from the SU! bookcase builder stamp set from 2017 to stamp a background.

I opted for a repeat pattern with different inks and then added some twine across the top.  Just a fun little fact, the surface that I use in my photos is actually an old school desktop complete with pencil tray and ink well (which you can't see).

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Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:  CS:  SU! white, so saffron, riding hood red, and storytime dsp.  Stamps:  SU! bookcase builder (2017).  Inks:  SU! so saffron, pool party, riding hood red, and wild wasabi.  Other:  SU! crushed curry twine.

We have a fun new challenge at As You See It!  This challenge is called back to basics – and it is what it says – paper, ink, and stamps.  That’s it!

I love a great clean and simple card.  In my first holiday card of the season, I used green, red and black inks.  Can’t get any more clean and simple than that!

I stamped the images in the bottom corner to leave all that lovely white space!  On which I would normally use my linen impression plate – but not today! 

Play along with us HERE!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:  CS:  PTI white.  Stamps:  PTI grand ampersand.  Inks:  SU! cherry cobbler and old olive.  Memento black.

Welcome to a new challenge at House of Cards!  As always, we have a fun challenge with making either a birthday card, using the colors or both.

My apologies to my teammates and to you for the late post today!  You know when you wake up in the middle of the night and wonder what day it is?  And then remember you were supposed to have a card made and a post up for today?  Yep!  That was me!  But better late than never!

I went for the birthday card with a bit of the colors thrown in.  I dug out some of my funky patterned paper and adhered to a base of white.

I accidently shorted the striped piece but I love the result – it adds a bit more something something to the card.  I added the sentiment and then ran the card through the linen impression plate.

Be sure to join us!  Link up HERE!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:  CS:  PTI funky town and white.  Stamps:  PTI KIS birthday 2.  Other:  PTI linen impression plate.