Friendship Rose.

 Hello everyone: As always, I hope you and your families are doing well, keeping each other healthy and safe.

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The RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE has this awesome and fun sketch for you to play with, so we hope you come and play along with us in our gallery.

Please don't forget to use stamps that are at least one year old, ok?

This is my card.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Power Poppy's "Everything's Even Rosier" (2016)

Power Poppy "Best Day Ever" (2015)

Prismacolor pencils.

Gina Marie Enamel Dots.

Pattern paper from my stash.

Thank you for visiting me today and for your comments, they always make my day.

Stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Tank Full of Love......

 Hello everyone: As always, I pray you and your families are doing well, keeping each other healthy and safe.

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It's time to start creating some sweet Valentines, so the RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE has this romantic mood board to inspire you to play along.

And this is the card I created, to inspire you a little more to join my teammates and me in our gallery.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Flourishes "Tokens of Affection" (2014)

Flourishes "Love Sweet Love" (2012) Sentiment in front.

Sentiment inside (unknown)

Stampin' Up! enamel hearts.

I hope you can get inspired to create some beautiful Valentines for family and friends, February 14th. will be here before you know it.

Thank you for stoping by today, your comments are very much appreciated,

please hop over the RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE, to get more inspiration from my fabulous teammates.

Please, stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Pampered Little Fairy........

Hello everyone: I hope you and your families are still doing well, keeping each other healthy and safe.

Well, I haven't played with my Fairies in a while so the RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE gave me the inspiration to create this card, here's this winged sweetie, getting ready for something very special.

This is the inside.

              And this is what I used.

Lily of the Valley "Positively Pampered".

I stamped the image on Neenah Solar White card stock and fussy cut it.

The sentiment inside is from Power Poppy "Party Time" 

Prismacolor pencils.

The DSP is also from Lily of the Valley.

So hop over to the RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE and play along with us, we can't wait to see what you create.

Thank you for stopping by today for a visit, I sure appreciate your comments.

Please stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

 

A Sketch for Retro Rubber # 172.

Hello everyone: As always, I pray and hope you and your families are doing well, keeping each other healthy and safe.

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The Retro Rubber Challenge has this fun sketch designed by our teammate Claire, I hope you will come and play along.

Here is the card I created to inspire you to join us in our gallery.

This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Stampin' Up! "Pretty Pines" dies.

Power Poppy "Glistening Paper Whites"

for the sentiments. (2016)

Memory Box "Precious Hearts" for the bows.

Stampin' Up! "Detailed Bands" Dies, (2020)

Thank you for stopping by today.

Thank you in advance for your comments, I sure appreciate them.

Please stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Knitting Comfort.

Hello everyone: I hope and pray you and your family are doing well, taking care of each other and staying healthy and safe.

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I just love sketch challenges, especially when my teammate Claire Grantham, from the RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE BLOG is the one designing them, this one is no exception.

Here's the card I created to inspire you to play along with us.

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This is the inside.

My card is created with one of my most endearing images from a retired Flourishes set called "Stitched for You" (2012), I love this set because every single image reminds me of my sweet, amazing Maternal Grandma, she's the one who thought me how to knit, crochet and cross-stitch, I love her and miss her every single day. 

The images on this card were colored with Windsor&Newton watercolor markers.

I created my own DSP using the Stampin' Up! set called Artistically Inked, I love the watercolor look of these stamps. I used the long one to stamp my paper using two different shades of green, I added some gold accents to the images with a small brush, I think it came out pretty good, don't you think?

Here is a picture of my DSP.

I'm having lots of fun with this awesome stamp set, I'm going to create more DSP using other color combinations, I just love the way it turned out.

So, I hope you come over and check out the RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE BLOG  and get more inspiration from my fabulous teammates, we can't wait to see what you create.

Please keep in mind that the stamps you use MUST BE OLDER THAN ONE YEAR, I'm sure that, if you are like me, you must definitely have older stamps that you just can't get rid of, am I right?😉😊

Till next time, stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

A Cheer Up Bunch.

Hello everyone: As always, I hope you and your families are still healthy and safe, I've been saying for a long time that the only way to avoid ending up in a hospital, sick or worse, is by taking all the precautions and follow the guidelines.

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Anyway, the RETRO RUBBER has this picture to inspire you to come and play along with so I hope to see you in our gallery.

This is my card.

This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Every single flower and greenery was stamped and cut with the Stampin' Up! set called "Beautiful Bouquet (2017-2018)

The sentiment on the little tag is from a Flourishes set called 

"Zinnias" (2011)

I embossed the panel with the retired Stampin' Up! embossing folder

called "Quilt Top".

The sentiment inside is from a Power Poppy set called 

"Always Here" (2018)

I hope you come and play along with us over at the RETRO RUBBER

Challenge, hop over to our challenge blog and check out what my teammates have created to inspire you to join us.

Until next time, stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

 

A Fun Sketch from Retro Rubber.

Hello everyone: I'm always hoping you and your families are doing well, keeping each other healthy and safe.

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The RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE has a fun and fabulous sketch for you to play with, designed by our teammate Claire Grantham, we hope you will play along and join us in our gallery.

This is the card I created with the sketch.

This is the INSIDE.

And this is what I used.

Stampin' Up! "Peace Within" (2009-2010)

The teeny, tiny bird on top of the basket's handle is from an

Altenew set called "Birch Land" (2015)

Stampin' Up! "Gorgeous Grunge" (2013-2014)

Spellbinders "Hemstitched Squares"

Prismacolor pencils.

The strips of paper on the front and inside are cut from

the Power Poppy packages, I love how bright and colorful they are.

I hope you find a bit of time and play along with us at 

RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE

I love sketches, they take the guesswork out of creating your cards, this one is really fun and gives you lots of options on what to use for each part.

Hop over to the challenge page for more inspiration from my awesome teammates.

Till next time, please stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

 

Pastel Persian Motifs.

Hello everyone: As always, I pray that you and your families are doing ok and taking care of each other in these difficult times, please don't forget to wear your masks.

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Isn't this a beautiful image? I love these soft pastel colors that inspired me to create this card, I hope you get inspired as well to come and play along with my teammates and me at the RETRO RUBBER gallery.

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This is the INSIDE.

And this is what I used.

Altenew "Persian Motifs"

Power Poppy "Simply Camellias" (sentiment on the front panel)

WOW Pearlescent embossing powder.

Gina Marie Enamel Dots.

Tim Holtz distress inks.

Aqua painter.

I hope you hop over the RETRO RUBBER challenge blog for more inspiration from my talented teammates and come and play along.

Thank you for visiting.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

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Tic, Tac, Toe Fun.

Hello everyone: As always, I pray that you and your families are healthy and safe, please keep wearing your masks and keeping your distance, this pandemic is still here and we still need to do our part to contain it in the best way possible.

God Bless us all.

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 I really like the Tic Tac Toe challenges, you have a lot of choices to play around with, I picked the first vertical row on the RETRO RUBBER grid, "Birthday, Neutrals and Die or Punch".  

Here's my card and I hope you get inspired to play along.

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This is the inside.

This is what I used.

All the images and sentiments are from the Altenew "Beautiful Day" stamp set. (2015)

Stampin' Up "Papillion Potpourri" stamp set and punch (2012)

Prismacolor pencils.

My Favorite Things "Wonky Stitched Rectangles"

I would like to play with these challenges.

Challenge Up Your Life.

Try it on Tuesday

"Say it with Flowers"

Everybody-Art-Challenge

Thank you for visiting today, please hop over the RETRO RUBBER challenge blog to check out my teammates' beautiful projects for more inspiration.

Stay healthy and safe and please don't forget to wear your masks.

Hugs.

Maria.

 

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RR sketch

Hello everyone: I every day I hope that you and your families are doing well, this pandemic is not over yet so, keep wearing your masks and keeping your distances, we need to be patient and responsible if we want to go back to NORMAL. 

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Welcome to a new challenge over at RETRO RUBBER, this sketch was designed by our teammate Claire, and this is the card I made to inspire you to come and play along with us in our gallery.

Have you ever seen a blue and orange phone?? LOL!! I haven't and that's probably why I decided to color this sweet old model phone this way.

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This is the INSIDE 

This is what I used.

Flourishes "Call Me" (2012)

All the DSP is from my stash except for the blue flower strip

that came from the wrapping that Marcella (Power Poppy) uses

to wrap our stamp sets when she ships them to us.

I used Prismacolor pencils to color my image.

The die-cut flowers are from a SU die set called "Botanical Builder" (retired)

This year I will leave my cards without a sentiment inside, sometimes my family asks for a particular card and if it's not for a birthday or Mom's Day, etc. it's hard to change the sentiments without messing up the card.

I'm playing with the following challenges.

Unicorn Challenges

Challenge #62 "Use Flowers"

Always Fun Challenges

Challenge #201 "Anything Goes"

Make the Cards Challenge

Use Your Stuff

"It's my Favorite" 

For this card, the phone is my favorite, wish they were still around.

I hope you hop over the RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE BLOG for more inspiration from my awesome teammates and then, join us in the gallery.

Stay healthy and safe and don't forget to wear your masks.

Hugs.

Maria.

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Glistening Village.

 Hello everybody: As always, I pray that you and your families are doing well, taking care of each other and wearing your masks.  

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Well, my teammates and I over at the RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE have a new challenge for you to play with, use the photo to inspire you, create a card and come and join us in our gallery.

My inspiration was the bright color red of the lantern and the snow.

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This is the inside.

This is what I used.

Power Poppy "Glitter House Village".

Power Poppy "Glistening Paperwhites" (for the sentiments).

Power Poppy "Merry Littles".

Prismacolor pencils.

DSP from "The Paper Studio".

White acrylic paint for the "snow".

I hope you come and play along with our RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE challenge this time, it's a great opportunity to add one more Christmas card to your stash.

Thank you for stopping by.

Stay healthy and safe.

Hugs.

Maria.

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