An Unplanned Break... and more...

Hello everyone!

The Retro Rubber Challenge Blog is going on hiatus until mid January 2026.

The blogging platform I use (Typepad) gave us a 30 day notice that they are shutting down as of September 30, 2025.  This has left me trying to find a new platform and move the content.  It did not help that Typepad was down from 9/4 until 9/10.

This has been most frustrating as you can imagine.

But as always, my team rallied around and asked what they could do!  They are so amazing!  We have a plan to move to a new platform and be up and running again in January.

Thank you to all of you who follow this blog and play along with us or just stop in to see the creativity of the card community.

We will be back in January!  Until then stay safe, craft like crazy and love your family!  Peace to all of us!

Jane, Claire, Neva, Donna and Heather

Good afternoon all!  A huge thank you to everyone who played along with this challenge!

We love all of you who stop in and visit us on a regular basis!  If you are new to our site and like what you see, be sure to stop by on Tuesday when our next challenge goes live!

 Without further ado – here are the top picks, in no particular order…

Liz Williams

Christine

Arlene R

Donna Scholz

Deb Horst

Jenn Borjeson

Jolanda J

Normally I post the pictures of the beautiful card creations of our top picks.  But with Typepad shutting down, it's become difficult to work in their product.

Thank you to everyone who has played along with us!  We are not closing down, just on hiatus as I switch blogging platforms.  We will be back in January 2026.

The design team voted on their fave and this week's winner is :  EVERYONE!!!

See you in January 2026 for the next challenge!!

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• Challenge 261 | Top Picks!
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• Challenge 259 | Top Picks!

Our new challenge revolves around books!  Dig up your library stamps or sentiments about reading and make us a card!  Join us!

We have changed the maximum challenges you may enter from 10 to 5.

Remember to use a stamp older than a year and you must include the age (or approximate age) of the stamp in your blog post. After all – we want to give these old stamps some love!

Are you on Facebook?  If you share our challenge on your Facebook page, we will happily share your post!

To be considered for a Top Pick and to receive comments - be sure to link your card below!

Be sure to play along with us! This challenge ends September 5, 2025.

Enjoy the inspiration of the design team!

Claire

taking a break

Neva

Donna

Heather

Jane

 CHALLENGE GUIDELINES

• We require stamps older than one year.  If we feel you are using newer stamps, you may be disqualified from the challenge without notification.
• New papers/dies are OK – but you must use at least one stamp older than a year and describe the age in your blog post.
• Please note that all challenges require the use of at least one stamp older than a year.
• Post your new creation to your blog or online gallery.   Use keyword RRCB262.  No backlinking. 
• Link back to the blog using the Linky Tools by the due date. 
• Enter as many times as you like. 
• Feel free to combine our challenge with a maximum of 5 challenges.  Entries linked to more than 5 challenges will be disqualified without notification.
• If your project is posted on a private group site such as Split Coast Stampers or a photo sharing site not all DT members may be able to comment.   Thank you for understanding.
• Turn off Word Verification.  We love to comment but word verification can make that difficult.

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• Challenge 261 | Tic Tac Toe!
• Challenge 258 | Happy Birthday to You!
• Challenge 257 | Tics Tacs Toes!

Good afternoon all!  A huge thank you to everyone who played along with this challenge!

We love all of you who stop in and visit us on a regular basis!  If you are new to our site and like what you see, be sure to stop by on Tuesday when our next challenge goes live!

 Without further ado – here are the top picks, in no particular order…

LeAnne Pugliese

Jolanda J

Smilyn Stef

Liz Williams

Christy S

The design team voted on their fave and this week's winner is :  LeAnne Pugliese!!!

See you Tuesday for the next challenge!!

Related Stories

• Challenge 262 | Top Picks!
• Challenge 260 | Top Picks!
• Challenge 259 | Top Picks!

We have a tic tac toe that you should enjoy!  Join us!

We have changed the maximum challenges you may enter from 10 to 5.

Remember to use a stamp older than a year and you must include the age (or approximate age) of the stamp in your blog post. After all – we want to give these old stamps some love!

Are you on Facebook?  If you share our challenge on your Facebook page, we will happily share your post!

To be considered for a Top Pick and to receive comments - be sure to link your card below!

Be sure to play along with us! This challenge ends August 22, 2025.

Enjoy the inspiration of the design team!

Claire

Neva

Donna

Heather

Jane

 CHALLENGE GUIDELINES

• We require stamps older than one year.  If we feel you are using newer stamps, you may be disqualified from the challenge without notification.
• New papers/dies are OK – but you must use at least one stamp older than a year and describe the age in your blog post.
• Please note that all challenges require the use of at least one stamp older than a year.
• Post your new creation to your blog or online gallery.   Use keyword RRCB261.  No backlinking. 
• Link back to the blog using the Linky Tools by the due date. 
• Enter as many times as you like. 
• Feel free to combine our challenge with a maximum of 5 challenges.  Entries linked to more than 5 challenges will be disqualified without notification.
• If your project is posted on a private group site such as Split Coast Stampers or a photo sharing site not all DT members may be able to comment.   Thank you for understanding.
• Turn off Word Verification.  We love to comment but word verification can make that difficult.

Related Stories

• Challenge 257 | Tics Tacs Toes!
• Challenge 262 | Books! Books! Books!
• Challenge 258 | Happy Birthday to You!