Retro Rubber Challenge #209

It certainly is summer now! It's light where I live until almost 8:30 at night and watermelon is abundant! And over at Retro Rubber they're celebrating by having their challenge be a summer themed card. (rrcb209)

There were so many ideas in my head with which way to go with this one. I absolutely love watermelon, but I don't have a real watermelon stamp-only a digital one. Then I thought of the 4th of July. I love that too. Nothing screams summer like some red, white and blue stars on a card. But I dug around in one of my stamp boxes and found this cutie that I haven't used for several years. It was a lot of fun to pull it out and create with it again.

The stamp set is from 2011 or 2012. I Googled Avocado Arts and sadly, their last post was in 2016. Being in business can really be tough. However, I know that my stamp is about 11 or 12 years old and I've had it about 10 years. It's a really fun set with several more images than I used on my card.

Here's my supply list:

• White Card Stock
  
• Black Card Stock
• Doodlebug Designs Petite Prints Paper
• Avocado Arts Grillin' and Chillin' 
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
• Michaels White Embossing Powder
• Copics Y02, Y38, Y06, BG23, DV29
• Black Enamel Dots

In order to pull off using four colors, I had to make this card 4.25 x 6 inches. It's a little differently sized so I plan on mailing it in a clear slimline envelope which I bought on Amazon.

It was really fun making this card. Thanks so much to Jane and everyone over at Retro Rubber for some summertime inspiration!