Ancient Map Coasters ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     This set of coasters is so fun and easy to make for the world traveler in your life! Six come in a pack, but I only used four for the tutorial that you can find on the Red Rubber Designs Blog.

    You'll need the Ancient Map Background and Sweet Goodies Squares stamps, along with the Square 4" Black Coasters, all from Red Rubber Designs, to make this coaster set with gift tag, made from torn bits of tissue paper. For the rest of the supplies with step-by step directions and photos, please click here. 

Thanks for looking! 

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Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Ancient Map Background

Sweet Goodies Squares

Challenges:

Frilly and Funkie ~ It's a small, small world (Coasters are 4")

Happy Father's Day Card ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

    I hope you had a great Father's Day! Here's the old world card that I made for my dad using stamps from Red Rubber Designs.

     I used white cardstock and brown ink to stamp the maps using the Ancient Map Background and Ship Collage stamp sets. Then I colored them with Distress Inks, watercolor pencils, and some mists, and popped up the ship image. I cut the helm with my Cricut Expression using the Life is a beach cartridge, and inked the edges with some more brown ink. I stamped the sentiment using Contemporary Greetings, which covers all of the major holidays throughout the year, and more.

Challenges:

June Card Challenge (Father's Day) @ Scrapbook.com
Crafty Cardmakers and more #141 For a man or boy

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Inspirational #123 Red Rubber Designs DT

    Father's Day is right around the corner and this weeks Inspirational #123, hosted by Kendra, is the perfect opportunity to get your Father's Day cards made! If you haven't had a chance to play yet, come check our Red Rubber Inspirationals, a weekly stamping challenge. I made this card for my husband.

    I stamped the Ancient Map Background onto kraft cardstock using  Burnt Umber Palette Ink. Then I spritzed it with Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays (Treasure Island Aqua and Clam Bake Beige), and Perfect Pearls Mist (Turquoise). Then I used some Distress Inks (Vintage Photo and Brushed Corduroy) to give it some more depth. I used the same colors, along with Gathered Twigs to mask the circles on the top left using the Well Rounded stencil from The Crafters Workshop. I also masked the compass on top of the grid that I stamped using Vintage Background.

   The rest of the stamping was embossed using Lindy's Stamp Gang Embossing Powder (Midnight Copper), which I also used on the brad and coin, which started out gold. I used Contemporary Greetings for the sentiment, So Splattered for the splatters, and Background Soup for the edges of the card.

Thanks for looking!