Be Always Blooming ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     Hello! I'm back with another art journal page featuring the Beautiful Butterflies Cling Mounted Stamp from Red Rubber Designs, and the Iris Fantasy download from their digital shop, Pickled Potpourri Designs! 

     I started by creating texture to the background with some cheesecloth, strips of lace, and some fiber adhered with a coat of clear gesso. Then I applied my new Prima Unicorn Effect Paste to the Stamperia Wonderland Stencil, before coloring with my Lindy's Gang Sprays (Blue Hawaiian Blue, and Ocean Breeze Blue), Magical (Sassy Sapphire), and Magical Shaker (Guten Tag Teal).

     The Tim Holtz chipboard flourish was coated with Prima White Gesso, and colored with Lindy's Magical Shakers (Guten Tag Teal and Polka Purple) along with Blue Hawaiian Blue Spray. Then I really made it sparkle with Unicorn Effect Paste, which I absolutely LOVE!

     I also applied Unicorn Effect Paste to the Beautiful Butterflies, embossed with Lindy's Midnight Violet Embossing Powder! Can you see the beautiful chunks of glitter? 

     I used Midnight Violet Embossing Powder over some old black alpha stickers to spell ALWAYS, and Angel Wings Peacock for BE and BLOOMING. 

    The flowers, Iris Fantasy, were colored with Lindy's Magical Shakers (Guten Tag Teal and Polka Purple), along with Blue Hawaiian Blue and Witch's Potion Purple, also used on the butterflies. Then I gave the flowers some sparkle with Lavender Stickles, and the leaves with Eucalyptus Stickles. 

Thanks for looking!

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Featured Red Rubber Designs Stamp:

Beautiful Butterflies

Featured Pickled Potpourri Designs Digital Stamp:

Iris Fantasy 

Challenges Entered:

Lindy's Gang ~ February Color Challenge

Lindy's Gang Products: 

Sprays (Blue Hawaiian Blue, Ocean Breeze Blue, Witch's Potion Purple)

Magical (Sassy Sapphire from the Drop Dead Diva Shimmer Set) 

Magical Shakers (Guten Tag Teal and Polka Purple) 

Embossing Powder (Midnight Violet, Angel Wings Peacock)

More Than Words ~ February Always & Quote

Frilly and Funkie ~ Let Me Count the Ways (3 butterflies, 3 rubber stamps, 3 digital stamps, 3 iris', and 3 words in the quote)

Dream the Future ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     Happy Thursday! I've been playing in my art journal again, to create this page featuring the Dream, Beautiful Butterflies, and My Sunshine Rubber Stamps from Red Rubber Designs!

     I started by adding lots of texture to the background, beginning with a piece of cheesecloth adhered with Prima Marketing Soft Matte Gel. Then I added strips of lace and trims, a couple of small keys, and some pieces of Tim Holtz Chains, and covered it all with Prima Marketing White Gesso. Once it dried, I colored it with a few Lindy's Sprays (Tiffany Lou Blue, Delphinium Turquoise, and Afternoon Delight Denim). Then I used my Stamperia (Steampunk Mechanism) Stencil with Prima Marketing Patina Effect Paste, applying the blue and brass with a stipple brush, to create the gears and bigger keys. The diamond/stars were done with the Bo Bunny Stickable (Oh My Stars) Stencil.
   

     Additional texture was added to the background, chains, and cardboard with Prima Rust Pastes (Brown and Red).

     The main image and "Dream" was stamped with the Dream Cling Mounted Stamp using Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink, and embossed with LG Midnight Pewter EP onto white cardstock, colored with Lindy's Sprays (Tiffany Lou Blue and Delphinium Turquoise).

     I used chipboard for the rest of the title, embossing it with LG Hyacinth Blue Jade EP.

     Then I went over the letters with Patina Effect Pastes.

     All of the flowers and leaves were stamped with the My Sunshine Stamp, and the butterflies with the Beautiful Butterflies Stamp, all embossed with LG Midnight Pewter EP onto white cardstock, colored with LG Sprays (Pineapple Paradise, Hag's Wart Orange, Cajun Carneliun Red, Steampunk Sepia, and Ponderosa Pines Olive) and one Magical (Rowdy Rizzo Red from the Go Greased Lightnin' Set).

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Featured Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Dream

Beautiful Butterflies

My Sunshine

Challenges Entered:

Lindy's Gang ~ November Color Challenge

Lindy's Products:

Sprays: Tiffany Lou Blue, Delphinium Turquoise, Afternoon Delight Denim, Pineapple Paradise, Hag's Wart Orange, Cajun Carnelian Red, Steampunk Sepia, Ponderosa Pines Olive

Magicals: Rowdy Rizzo Red from the Go Greased Lightnin' Set

Embossing Powders: Midnight Pewter and Hyacinth Blue Jade

More Than Words ~ November Future and Stars ( I used Future in my title, and the stars were done with Prima Brass Paste using the Bo Bunny Stickable Oh My Stars Stencil. They're not the typical star, so I hope it counts).

Art Journal Journey ~ Vintage or Modern (I tried combining both by using some old trims and laces combined with my newest purchase of the gears and chains, and creating old rust with colorful butterflies and flowers/leaves.)

Bee Happy ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     I'm always happy when I'm working with color, and of course using my Red Rubber Designs Stamps, featuring quite a few on this double spread in my art journal!

     After coloring the background with Lindy's Gang Magicals and Sprays, I used Lindy's Purely White Embossing Powder with the Script Background Unmounted Stamp over both pages. The rest of the stamping was embossed with Midnight Pewter Embossing Powder. Then I used the Distressed Typewriter Bet Stamp (no longer available) to spell "Bee", framed with one of the Rose Wine Labels, that I backed with clear acetate colored with Butterscotch Alcohol Ink.

     "Happy" was embossed with the Vintage Greetings Stamp (also unavailable), and colored like the rest of the stamping, with Lindy's Magicals and Sprays. The Beautiful Butterflies and bees were curled for dimension, with some Clear Wink of Stella added to the wings for a touch of sparkle.

   

     The bees and flowers with the beads added to them, were stamped with the Be Fabulous Unmounted Rubber Stamp.

     Then I stamped the other flowers with the Floral Collage Cling Mounted Stamp, to go with the script on the background. The lattice design behind them was embossed with the For Everything Unmounted Stamp.

     I had so much fun creating this happy spread! Thanks for looking!

   

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Featured Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Be Fabulous 

Beautiful Butterflies

Floral Collage

Rose Wine Labels

For Everything

Script Background

Distressed Typewriter Bet

Vintage Greetings

Challenges Entered:

Lindy's Gang Blog

Lindy's Gang Products:

Sprays

Sidewalk Chalk Flat Spray

Delphinium Turquoise Shimmer Spray

Cosmopolitan Pink Shimmer Spray

Witch's Potion Purple Shimmer Spray

Magicals

Drop Dead Diva Shimmer Magicals

Sassy Sapphire

Prima Donna Purple

Drop Dead Gorgeous Green

Hi Maintenance Magenta

Bling-y Blonde

Embossing Powders

Purely White
Midnight Pewter

Frilly and Funkie ~ "B" Happy

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday ~ Fun In The Sun

Allsorts Challenge ~ In My Garden

Country View Challenges ~ In the Summer Garden

Stamping Sensations ~ In My Garden

Beautiful Butterflies Tree Stump ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     Happy Earth Day! I'm always saving items that would normally be thrown away for future projects, and decided to finally transform one of the many almond cans that I've been hoarding. So I used some mixed media to create a tree stump with these Beautiful Butterflies that I stamped from Red Rubber Designs!

       I started by covering the whole can with a light coat of gesso, including the lid. If you want to be able to take the lid on and off, I suggest you leave the top lip of the can alone, as I did NOT and had a hard time putting it back on again. :( Once dry I applied another coat with the Tim Holtz Woodgrain stencil just around the can. Then I sprayed it with various browns, sprinkled on some Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals (Greased Lightnin' Green and Sandra Dee Sepia), and lightly covered it with some Distress Embossing Powders (Shabby Shutters and Brushed Corduroy) to mimic moss and dirt. Here's a closer look at the front!

     When I applied my second coat of gesso to the lid, I placed some twigs and these delicate fern leaves that my Mom collected for me YEARS ago, from the woods in her own backyard when she lived in Truckee, CA.  Thanks Mom! Then I used the same techniques that I did on the stump, but added more of the greens. I love the natural texture and almost didn't want to cover it up with the butterfly. Lol!

     But I did, embossing all of the butterflies in black onto white cardstock, and coloring them with Distress Inks. Then I applied some Wink of Stella for a light sparkle. Here's a view of the back.

I hope I've inspired you today to recycle and celebrate our beautiful Earth! 

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Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Beautiful Butterflies

Challenges:

Scrap Africa ~ Mood Board Challenge no. 73

Anything But Cute ~ April Earth Day

Frilly and Funkie ~ It's Not Easy Being Green!

(Recycled an almond can)

Stamps and Stencils ~ Trash to Treasure

Simon Says Stamp Blog ~ Butterfly Beauty

Water Lily Mother's Day Card ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     I was so excited to try my first digital stamp from Pickled Potpourri Designs, which is the digital side of Red Rubber Designs! It was super fast and easy to print out the Water Lily stamp onto white cardstock, and lots of fun to color it in with Distress Inks and some sparkle with Wink of Stella. To the water background I added Eucalyptus Stickles for even more sparkle!

     My design inspiration came from this beautiful sketch #5 used for this month's Card Challenge @ Scrapbook.com.

     The wood strips and background were created with gesso, sprays, paints, and stencils. Then I followed some of the lines of the grid with my sewing machine. To the main image I hand-stitched a circle, adding some ribbon and green fiber along the bottom.

     

     Then I added my stamped Beautiful Butterflies, which I also colored with Distress Inks, fussy-cutting and layering them together. For the sentiment I used Contemporary Greetings, which has a great variety of sentiments to cover the major holidays throughout the year, as well as birthday and sympathy. 

Thanks for looking! 

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Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Beautiful Butterflies

Contemporary Greetings

Pickled Potpourri Designs:

Water Lily

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Blog ~ Butterfly Beauty

Try it on Tuesday ~ Mood Board ( I took my inspiration from the water and lily)

Inspirational #216 ~ Make a Fuss

     I'm hosting Inspirational #216 this week at Red Rubber Inspirationals! Come join us and make a fuss, by fussy cutting your stamping! I fussy cut all of the butterflies on this card that I made from plain cardstock.

     I used a blending tool and Distress Inks on some white cardstock, and then flicked it with some water drops. The butterflies were stamped with black ink using Beautiful Butterflies , fussy cut out, and colored with markers. I curled the wings a little, and then applied Glossy Accents to them for some shine. Then I used the Fern Frond stamp. The stitching on top was stamped using Running Stitches, and for the sentiment below, I used Darling, all from Red Rubber Designs.

     Finally, I added some flowers and bling, coloring the little orange flowers with some mists. Thanks for stopping by!