Hello … bonjour … and a Happy Saint Valentine’s Day to you! It was a delight to see you all the other day after my playtime (and thanks so much for all your warm and encouraging words 🙂 ) … and it’s lovely to be back so soon! At Time Out this fortnight, we have a theme for you … it’s a style one … Retro … with an optional twist of making your card one layer. Here’s what I did …
Retro really isn’t a style I’ve explored very much, so I resorted to Pinterest for ideas … and loved the 1960s colours and icons that were there … this design is a blend of lots of them. These little retro telephones are from Avery Elle (thanks, Darnell!) … stamped into a grid pattern, courtesy of Misti … coated with Spectrum Noir Sparkle … and Rainbow Drop’d in the centre of each dial. The simple scripty sentiment is from Hero Arts. Here’s a close up of the shimmer and shine … and those delicious pastel-y colours …
How will you interpret Retro … and will you use our optional one layer twist? There are so many ways to ignite your creative imagination with this theme … if, like me, you’re not sure which way to go, why not check out Pinterest as I did. We’d love to see what you create in our gallery. This fortnight, we’re sponsored by Funky Fossil Designs (thanks, Sarah!) … our winner, as voted for by the DT, will receive three stencils of their choice from the store … and as usual, will be invited to guest design with us in a future challenge. Details are over at the Time Out blog … along with heaps of inspiration from our brilliant DT … and from our talented Guest Designer, Esther from Shoregirl’s Creations. Why not pop over for a visit with Esther … there are gorgeous projects to explore and enjoy … and you can always say hello while you’re there!
My little telephones are going to be ringing their bells at …
Happy Little Stampers CAS – Friends
Papercraft Challenges – Something New (those sweet telephones)
Thanks so much for coming by, your visits and comments are always a joy! Anita 🙂
My Papercraft World 
How adorable is this Anita! Love the softness of the pastels!
These are so adorable. I love the colours and how you stamped them so softy. And yet again I love the sparkle! I am old enough to remember we had phones like this-wish we had had a purple one!
The phones are so fun and colorful. I love how sparkly they are. Wonderful card!
So decognizeble! I too didn’t know wich side to go…had so many idea’s…But with the stencil I got forced into using another one and that made how mine turned out…
I really like your take; won’t be that long before we don’t see those phones we grew up with any more! So, great and beautiful retro design! Hugs, Gerrina
I love the extra sparkle you added to your pastel, retro telephones! Such a fun card!
Wouldn’t we all have loved to have one of those pastel phones in our room back in the day. These are so cute all lined up like that, Anita.
My daughter and I had a conversation about these ‘retro’ phones the other day, Anita! We both wished we still had a rotary dial!
LOve yours in all these lovely pastel colors … I’ll put my thinking cap on – that, too, is a bit retro!
xx
Those colors are so up my alley that I squealed when I saw them. And that itty-bitty phone is so unlike the cell phone of today that they make my heart happy. Such a sweet, happy card, perfect for any occasion.
Lovely pastels and lovely what are now vintage phones. Yikes.
Those pastel phones are so much fun! Maybe those phones are obsolete, but in your sparkly colors, they just may make a comeback! I love the grid design, it’s perfect for a retro flare!
I love cards like this (multi-color), but you know me and sparkly…….that is the cherry on top, Anita. Happy Valentine’s Day!
These rotary phones certainly are retro Anita! lol I love this card, I love the phones and I love the colors and the shimmer and shine you have added. This is one really cool retro card! Hugs, Brenda
This card totally makes me smile Anita!! And definitely brings back memories of our yellow dial phone when I was growing up!! I love all the shimmer and shine on this simple one layer card…that really isn’t that simple at all! And what did we do before the MISTI?!! Mine stays out permanently on my desk now because I use it ALL the time! FABULOUS retro card my friend…LOVE it!! :0)
Love the colors on those cute retro phones! I can still remember the one we had as a child. Boring black, but loved that rotary dial!
These are so very sweet Anita, I especially love the colours that you used!
SO stinkin’ cute, Anita! I love the wee little telephones colored in pastel candy heart colors, all blinged up and schparkly! The simple hello sediment was the perfect choice to wrap up this darling retro card! Putting on my thinking cap … course I’m older’n most of your gals. Maybe I have a wagon train stamp around here somewhere!! LYAMYMSA!! Hugs, Darnell xxoo
Such a fun theme and you’ve interpreted it spot on Anita. Perfect placement of those ever so pretty retro phones and the most delicate of colours. Love the pop of bling too x.
What a fun and classy card – it is adorable.
This is so adorable! I love those little telephones, and the retro colors you used. Though I ended up in another direction, I too went to Pinterest to research retro colors. Fun! Love the sparkle and the touch of the shiny dot in the center of each phone! Just a wonderful card for the challenge, Anita! Hugs, S.
This is so sweet…love all your adorable pastel telephones, just too darn cute!
What a wonderful design. Retro phones in retro colors. Really sweet and fantastic.
I have an old princess phone with push buttons that I had to tuck in a closet when Lizzy was in kindergarten. She dialed 911 just before grandpa took her to school one day! But I do remember those rotary phones. Something special about the sound them made when you dialed them. Your card is a delight, and brings all sorts of memories back for all sorts of us. Love those pastels and the shimmer and shine you’ve added. Missing you tons, and wishing you an upcoming HB. xoxo
Loving your bright pastel telephones Anita! You have inspired me to join this challenge! Thanks!!
Your retro telephones are adroable Anita!! LOVE them in the pastel colours of the rainbow. Great design with lining them all up in a grid … that would take me FOREVER to figure out, even with my Misti! 🙂 Great card! xx
Your little retro telephones are so CUTE, Anita! I’ll date myself by saying that I remember using them 🙂 Love your pastel color palette and how you added sparkle to each one…Such a fun card!
Super cute idea! Love those adorable phones done in a rainbow of sparkly pastels!
what a fun take on the retro theme, anita!
I love these old phones! I remember them at my grandma’s house! Of course it was a black one, not the pretty colors on your card! LOL!
Love all those sparkly phones! Thanks for playing at HLS CAS, hope to see you join in with future challenges too.
Oh my gosh! Your little rainbow phones are absolutely adorable, especially with their sparkly bits! So incredibly sweet! Now I want a retro phone ‘in real life’…so much more character than the ones we have now-a-days! Love this!
hugs~c
Fun card! Love your retro phone image, and your spectacular sparkle!
Now that is one fun card! Love those pastel colors and the little sparkle! I was planning on playing along – thanks for the reminder! I hope I’ll find some time….
This is adorable!! I LOVE those little phones in the fun colors. GREAT addition of the sparkle too!
I too love your card, Anita. A fun challenge although I am a retro person myself.
P.S. I just looked and I have a stamp of a rotary style phone too. 🙂
Beautiful use of a sweet image Anita!
I love the added sparkle on your totally retro phones Anita – and the pastel colour scheme is divine!
I love this design with the pretty pastel colours – and you a genius for adding the perfect little finishing touches, like the little drops in the centre of each phone – and all that shimmer. Wonderful card!