Happy Thanksgiving ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     Happy Thanksgiving! This holiday season, try adding burlap to your next project to create a natural look full of texture and dimension, that's perfect for Fall or Winter. I made a banner with it, on a card featuring an assortment of Autumn Rubber Stamps from Red Rubber Designs. 

     

      Autumn Swirls were embossed onto the background with Emerald Creek Baked Texture (Patina Oxide), after smooshing with Distress Inks (Bundled Sage and Rusty Hinge). It's matted with cardstock, embossed with more Baked Textures (Chunky Rust), and (Dirty Sand) on the base.

     I did some hand-stitching around the burlap banner, backed with orange cardstock. 

     The wreath started with some fibers that I saved from some packaging. 

     Then I embossed the leaves, acorns, and sentiment with Emerald Creek (Burnt Copper Leaves) Embossing Powder, using the Filled With Blessings Unmounted Rubber Stamp for the leaves, and the Contemporary Greetings Unmounted Rubber Stamp for the sentiment. 

     The acorns were embossed with the Give Thanks Cling Mounted Rubber Stamp, and topped with a raffia bow.

     Check back soon for the Winter version of this card, using burlap and stamps from Red Rubber Designs!

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Featured Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Autumn Swirls 

Give Thanks

Filled With Blessings

Contemporary Greetings

Challenges Entered:

Emerald Creek Dares http://blog.emeraldcreek.ca/~ Thankful #ECNOV2018

Baked Textures ~ Patina Oxide, Chunky Rust, and Dirty Sand

Embossing Powder ~ Burnt Copper Leaves

Crafty Cardmakers ~ #222 Lots of Layers

Addicted to Stamps ~ #168 Anything Goes with the option to use Ribbon

Crafty Creations ~ #378 Anything Goes

Fantastic Fall ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     Fall IS fantastic and my favorite season of the year! So I created a spread in my art journal featuring the Luscious Leaves Cling Mounted Rubber Stamps, and the Filled with Blessings, Give Thanks, and Autumn Swirls Unmounted Rubber Stamps from Red Rubber Designs.

     In addition to the cute scarecrow from the Filled with Blessings Stamp, are the plaid and dots that I stamped randomly over two pages of my art journal using Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink. Then I adhered pieces of burlap, followed with Prima White Gesso applied to the Tim Holtz Mini Birch Stencil. Once it all dried, Magicals and sprays were next to create some beautiful autumn colors.

     The rest of the stamping was embossed with Emerald Creek Onyx Frost Embossing Powder, giving it some sparkle, including all of the Luscious Leaves that I fussy-cut.

   

     The fence stamp is also included in the Filled with Blessings Stamp Set, and the pumpkins from the Give Thanks Stamp, colored with Distress Inks, Magicals, and Distress Sprays.

     The title was stamped and embossed onto a torn piece of white tissue paper with the Autumn Swirls Stamp, and adhered onto the burlap with Prima Marketing Soft Matte Gel. Once it dried, I colored over it with some more Magicals and sprays.

      Such a fun spread to work on, using some of my favorite Fall Stamps from Red Rubber Designs!

   

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Featured Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Luscious Leaves

Filled with Blessings 

Give Thanks

Autumn Swirls

Challenges Entered:

Emerald Creek Dares ~ Leaves of Change #ECSEPT2018

A Vintage Journey ~ Back to Nature

Try it on Tuesday ~ Slap it on

Make My Monday ~ #80 Autumn/Fall Colors

That's Crafty ~ Forever Autumn Challenge

Fantastic Fall Layout ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     Crisp leaves with beautiful changing colors is just one of the many reasons why I love Fall so much! This layout features the Luscious Leaves Cling Mounted Rubber Stamp from Red Rubber Designs made into a wreath.

   

     As soon as I saw this fabulous sketch @ The Studio Challenges, I knew it would be perfect for my photo! 

     I started by masking some circle reinforcement labels sprayed with Hag's Wart Orange, Cajun Carnelian Red, Mission Bells Brown, Black Orchid Silver, and Blazing Black from Lindy's Stamp Gang, based on the October Color Challenge. 

     Then I applied Prima Black Gesso onto the Well Rounded Stencil from TCW to create the other circles.

      

     I stamped the title and background along the right side with the Autumn Swirls Unmounted Rubber Stamp from Red Rubber Designs, embossed with Lindy's Midnight Copper Obsidian Embossing Powder. The tag was cut from kraft cardstock, covered with Prima Clear Gesso, and sprayed with Yellow Rose of Texas , Misson Bells Brown, and Hag's Wart Orange. I finished it up with machine stitching, tied off with some copper and rust fibers. 

      To make the wreath, I did a lot of fussy cutting, stamping my leaves with the Luscious Leaves Cling Mounted Rubber Stamp , embossed with Lindy's Midnight Pewter Embossing Powder onto various colors of cardstock colored with Hag's Wart Orange, Mission Bells Brown, and Cajun Carnelian Red sprays. Then I hand-stitched the circle with black and orange embroidery thread for this months twist in the Sewing Challenge that I host @ Scrapbook. com. 

Thanks for stopping by!

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Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Luscious Leaves

Autumn Swirls

Lindy's Stamp Gang Products:

Hag's Wart Orange Starburst Spray

Cajun Carnelian Red Starburst Spray

Mission Bells Brown Starburst Spray

Yellow Rose of Texas Starburst Spray

Black Orchid Silver Starburst Spray

Blazing Black Flat Fabio Spray

Midnight Copper Obsidian Embossing Powder

Midnight Pewter Embossing Powder

Challenges:

Lindy's Stamp Gang 

The Studio Challenges ~ October Sketch

Stamps and Stencils ~ Elements of Nature

Anything But Cute 

More Mixed Media Challenge ~ Anything Goes + Optional Orange

Creative Artiste Challenge Blog ~ #19 Anything Mixed Media Goes

Fantastic Fall Tag ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

      Fall is in the air with this fantastic tag that I made featuring stamps from Red Rubber Designs! To see the full tag and directions on how to make it, please visit the Red Rubber Designs Blog.

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Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Tree Silhouettes

Pumpkins and Acorns

Autumn Swirls

Autumn Leaves

Have a great day!!!

Water Under the Bridge ~ Red Rubber Designs

     Happy Friday the 13th! Here are some photos that I scrapped on a hike through the Eagle Falls trailhead, in Lake Tahoe, CA.
 

     The February mood board at Scrap Around the World inspired this paper that I made from white cardstock. The design inspiration came from Sketch #132 at Sketchabilities.

      I masked some leaves and pine needles with some sprays, and then stamped the leaves using the  My Sunshine stamp set. Then I used a stencil with some white paint and brown ink. Over the white rings, I used white embossing powder with Autumn Swirls. For part of my title, I used Alpha-Tiles stamped onto vellum. All of these stamps can be purchased at Red Rubber Designs.

     I'm also entering this into the February Four Categories Challenge at Scrapbook.com, for Category One, to use a wood embellie. I used wood embellies along with real bark from a pine tree, including two photos for the twist. The netting was recycled from some fruit, and the fiber around the circle photo came in a little bag with a sweater I recently bought. I still have a little left too!

Thanks for looking!

Inspirational #144: Fall Foliage

     I just LOVE fall, and since my parents 43rd anniversary was a couple of weeks ago, I decided to make them a fall themed card for Inspirational #144, to use fall foliage.

     I took my inspiration from bonus sketch #6 used for the October Card Sketch Challenge @ Scrapbook.com. 

       All of the papers are an older line, Beautiful Life, from Bo Bunny and is still one of my favorites! I started out by making the wreath from a ring of paper, which I wrapped and glued with rafia, adding orange fiber around the outside.  Then I stamped and embossed the leaves using the Filled With Blessings stamp set from Red Rubber Designs.  Inside of the wreath and the swirly background were stamped with Autumn Swirls. The anniversary sentiment was done using Contemporary Greetings, and I added the label plate over Anniversary, which I got as a RAK from my scrappy friend Lisa. So thank you Lisa! 

    And THANK YOU for visiting my blog!

Inspirational #142: Pumpkin Patch ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     It's time for a new stamping challenge at Red Rubber Inspirationals! I'm hosting this week's Inspirational #142, to stamp a pumpkin, in honor of Fall, my favorite season. I created this card using the Filled With Blessings stamp set from Red Rubber Designs. I just love the scarecrow with the pumpkin and colored him in with markers, as well as the polka dots and fence! The leaves were misted with different Autumn colors.

     The design inspiration came from sketch #5 used for the October Card Sketch Challenge @ Scrapbook.com.

     I misted the tag and stamped the sentiment using Autumn Swirls.

Thanks for taking a peek!