Somebunny's Thinking Cards ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     Happy early Easter! I made a couple of cards for my sweet little nephew and niece, featuring the Somebunny's Thinking Cling Mounted Rubber Stamp from Red Rubber Designs. The eggs and background were smooshed with Distress Inks onto white cardstock.

     All of the images were stamped with permanent brown and green inks, and painted with various sprays.

     Then I did some fussy-cutting, and layered the carrots to show through the sheer ribbon.  

     I used the same brown ink for the sentiment, and finished all of the colored cardstock edges with Picket Fence Distress Ink. 

     It was easy to make this card the same, with a simple switch of blue and pink, but hard to decide on which one I like better!

     Thanks for looking, and get your Spring Celebrations Cling Mounted Rubber Stamps @ Red Rubber Designs! 

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Featured Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Somebunny's Thinking

Challenges Entered:

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges ~ #387 Easter

Crafty Cardmakers ~ #208 Bunnies, Chicks, or Eggs

Simon Says Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Creations ~ #363 Anything Goes

Let's Craft and Create ~ #135 Anything Goes Optional Easter

     

Spring Flowers Tag

      Nothing says Spring like a field full of blooming flowers, which I tried to replicate on this tag made from stamps and Lindy's Gang products!

     Most of my inspiration came from the beautiful photo and colors used for the March Color Challenge @ Lindy's Gang. 

  

     I started by coating a Ranger Manila Tag with Prima Heavy White Gesso. Then I sprinkled with some Magical Powders (Sassy Sapphire, Drop Dead Gorgeous Green, and Greased Lightnin' Green), and sprayed with water, to create the background sky and grass. All of the stamping was done on white cardstock with Ranger's Jet Black Archival Ink, and colored with Magical Powders (every color from the Drop Dead Diva Shimmer Set) and Sprays (Pineapple Paradise, Cathedral Pines Green, Ponderosa Pines Olive, and Witch's Potion Purple). 

     

     Along the edges of the tag and the hole on top, I applied Reindeer Moss Green Embossing Powder. I backed it with white cardstock, colored with Hi Maintenance Magenta and Prima Donna Purple Magicals, and embossed the dots and edges with Purely White Embossing Powder.

     I also used Hi Maintenance Magenta and Prima Donna Purple Magicals to dye the ribbon, leaving the top ends alone to give it an hombre effect. Since I had already fussy-cut all of my flowers, and these ones were left over, I decided to bundle them on top, and use them anyway. 

Thanks for your visit!

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Lindy's Gang Products:

Magical Sets ~ Drop Dead Diva Shimmer and Go Greased Lightnin'

Sprays ~ Pineapple Paradise, Cathedral Pines Green, Ponderosa Pines Olive, and Witch's Potion Purple

Embossing Powders ~ Purely White and Reindeer Moss Green

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Challenges Entered:

Lindy's Gang ~ March Color Challenge

Try it on Tuesday ~ The Call of Spring (Inspired by the flowers and colors)

Fussy and Fancy Friday ~ #208 Spring Flowers

Simon Wednesday Challenge ~ Floral Frenzy

Dad's Vintage Birthday Card ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

      Happy Thursday! I went vintage with my Dad's birthday card this year, having fun with some Mixed Media Stamps from Red Rubber Designs!

     My design inspiration came from Sketch #1, used for the March Card Sketch Challenge @ Scrapbook.com, that I flipped horizontally.

     The sentiment was embossed onto wood veneer banners with the Contemporary Greetings Unmounted Rubber Stamp Set, anchored by some brads that I applied Prima Rust Effect Paste (Red and Brown) to. I also rusted the edges of the base of the card, cut from black cardstock.
   

     But first I created the background with a stencil and black gesso, applied to white cardstock. Once dry, I lightly went over it with some Prima Wax (Rich Copper and Bronze Age). Then I stamped all over with the Vintage Background, Postage, and Fly Fairy Unmounted Rubber Stamps, using permanent black and red ink, while embossing others. Along the edges and corners, I embossed the Background Soup Stamp, and colored it all with some sprays, finishing the edges with Rusty Hinge Distress Ink.

     The tape measure was colored with Distress Inks (Fossilized Amber, Vintage Photo, and Rusty Hinge), to which I applied Prima's Black Gesso to the Tim Holtz Measured Stencil. Like the black gesso on the background, I again gave it a light dab of Prima Wax (Rich Copper and Bronze Age), hand-stitching below it.

     To personalize it some more, I added his mom and grandma's buttons that I was lucky enough to inherit, and truly is my treasure, for the March Treasure Challenge @ A Vintage Journey.

     Then I embossed the Postage Stamp onto black cardstock, cutting out the center, to frame a piece of white cardstock colored with sprays. I popped it up, and added Prima's Patina Effect Paste to the chipboard numbers. The grid behind it was stamped with the Vintage Background Stamp, and finished with Rusty Hinge Distress Ink.

     Thanks for looking, and shop for these great quality rubber stamps @  Red Rubber Designs!

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Featured Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Vintage Background 

Postage

Background Soup

Contemporary Greetings

Fly Fairy

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Challenges Entered:

Frilly and Funkie ~ Knock on Wood (Wood Veneer Banners that I sprayed and embossed my sentiment on)

A Vintage Journey ~ March Treasure Challenge

The Artistic Stamper ~ Stencils and Masks

Creative Artiste ~ #36 Anything Mixed Media Goes

Crafty Creations ~ #362 Anything Goes

Time Springs Eternal LO

     Hello! I'm back with a layout using some older Bo Bunny collections, (Trail Mix and the Avenues) combined with some masking, stamping, and embossing.

     I was inspired by the colors and natural elements in the mood board used for the  February Time Challenge @ Mixed Media & Art. 

     It also gave me the perfect opportunity to play with my Prima Rust Pastes, which I masked, applied to the brads, some stamping, and to the chipboard "time". 

     

     The background was masked with some LSG sprays, also used to color the stamped butterflies, and a couple of the flowers. Then I used the Ranger Mini Birch Stencil with Prima's Heavy White Gesso, behind an actual piece of bark. 

     

     

     I popped up this alarm clock that I stamped with Ranger's Jet Black Archival Ink, and applied some touches of the rust paste to. Then I covered the face with Glossy Accents. 

   
     The majority of the stamping was done with the Prima Finnabair Rust & Dust Stamp, including the odometers that I stamped onto the leftover packaging from my Petaloo flowers, with Rusty Hinge Distress Ink applied to the edges.
     

     The clock below was embossed with LSG Midnight Copper EP, also used on the edges of the fussy cut clocks on top. To create moss, I used some stipple brushes with Distress Embossing Powders (Brushed Corduroy, Peeled Paint, and Shabby Shutters), applied in that order, along the bottom and right side of my page.  

     

     I framed my page with some fibers, colored with the same sprays, and anchored with some rusty brads.

     

     Finally I made the doors with paper from Bo Bunny's the Avenues, and stamped a keyhole on the right. The doors were placed onto black cardstock with the edges embossed with Distress Embossing Powder (Peeled Paint and Shabby Shutters).

     And to Get In On the Action over at Frilly and Funkie,  I made the doors open to this photo.

     Thanks for looking!

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Challenges Entered:

Mixed Media & Art ~ February Time Challenge

Frilly and Funkie ~ Get In On the Action

More Mixed Media Challenge ~ "Anything Goes" Optional Green

Charming Gardens Card ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     With Spring right around the corner, I wanted to feature the Charming Gardens and Charming Gardeners Cling Mounted Stamps from Red Rubber Designs, since I hadn't used them since the blog post here, and they're so much fun to color!

     I was inspired by this beautiful bonus sketch, used in last months Card Sketch Challenge at Scrapbook.com. 

     The sky was done with Broken China Distress Oxide Ink, and the stamping colored with Distress Inks and Distress Spray Stains. Then I finished the circle edges with Ranger's Verdigris EP, adding some to the fountain, watering can, and bucket. Finally, I added some Glossy Accents to the water in the fountain, and the puddle under the can. 

     The sentiment was embossed with the Sophisticated Sentiments Unmounted Rubber Stamp using LSG Purely White EP.

     I used a resist technique by stamping the dots onto white cardstock with the Build A Background Stamp, using Ranger's Clear EP. Then I went over the dots with my blending tool dipped into Picked Raspberry Distress Ink, which I also used to stamp the flowers with the Happily Grateful Stamp, embossing the leaves from the set with Ranger's Verdigris EP.

   
     Thanks for looking, and shop Red Rubber Designs for these stamps and more!
 

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Featured Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Charming Gardens 

Charming Gardeners

Happily Grateful

Sophisticated Sentiments

Build A Background

Challenges Entered:

Crafty Cardmakers ~ #206 Floral Delight

Creative Artiste ~ #36 Anything Mixed Media Goes

Crafty Creations ~ #361 Anything Goes

Create and Inspire ~ 71 Anything Goes

Serendipity Art Journal ~ FotoBella DT

     Happy International Scrapbooking Day! The FotoBella Design Team is celebrating today with some fabulous projects found here, with supplies from FotoBella.com. I made another page in my art journal using Bo Bunny's Serendipity Collection, and some mixed media, including Distress Spray Stains.

     I started by layering some papers from the Ephemera, along with a torn dictionary page, to the center. Then I applied Prima Marketing's Heavy White Gesso to the background using Dylusions Diamond in the Rough Stencil with Bo Bunny's Palette Knife. Once dry, I spritzed it with some Distress Spray Stains (Twisted Citron, Lucky Clover, and Fossilized Amber). After that dried, I stamped some text with Prima Marketing's Garden Fable Stamp.

     Then I used my fingers to apply White Linen Dylusions Paint around the bible quote from the Ephemera to create a cloud.

     I took out my Serendipity Noteworthy and Chipboard Packs to add the birds, butterflies, nest, and banner.

   
     The rest of the stamping was embossed with Emerald Creek Onyx Frost EP. Above the banner I used Bo Bunny's Stitches Stamp and Prima Marketing's Garden Fable Stamp for the sprig of leaves.

     It's faint, but under the nest of eggs, I used the doily from Prima Marketing's Vintage Emporium Doily Stencil with Emerald Creek Soft Fallen Snow EP.
   

     I also used the Vintage Emporium Doily Stencil to make the cross with Emerald Creek Onyx Frost EP.

Thanks for stopping by, and shop FotoBella.com for these supplies and more!

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Challenges Entered:

Emerald Creek Dares ~ Easter Delights

Art Journal Journey ~ Spring

The Artistic Stamper ~ March Stencils and Masks

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Masculine Feel Better Cards ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     Hello! I'm welcoming the first day of March with a couple of masculine cards that can be used for any occasion with a simple change of sentiment, featuring some Unmounted Rubber Stamps from Red Rubber Designs.

          The Savvy Sayings Stamp gives you lots of other options for sentiments, including the one I embossed here, onto a smooshed Distress Ink background, framed with the Fabulous Frames Stamp. 

     The rest of the stamping was done on a coat of gesso, with the Gingham Background and Background Stripes Stamps. I immediately washed my stamps with soap and warm water, and it left no trace at all of the gesso. Once dry, I colored with some LSG sprays, and finished by rubbing some Prima Metallique Wax on top, to reveal the texture.

     I especially love the blues and silvers on this card, that I made for my uncle!

     But I know my cousin will appreciate the black, grey, and silvers on this card!

Thanks for looking!

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Featured Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Gingham Background 

Background Stripes

Savvy Sayings

Fabulous Frames

Challenges Entered:

Allsorts Challenge ~ Week 456 Something Beginning with "B" (Black, Blue, Brads, Better)

Crafty Creations ~ #361 Anything Goes

Create and Inspire ~ Challenge 71 Anything Goes