Floral Collage ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

       Happy weekend! I'm back with an art journal spread featuring some Floral Cling Mounted Rubber Stamps from Red Rubber Designs!  

     The background was colored with Lindy's Magicals (Rowdy Rizzo Red, Greased Lightnin' Green, and Yodeling Yellow). Then I applied black gesso to a floral Prima stencil, shown on the left, to reveal the colors. 

     The main image and some of the plants were recycled from a magazine. I also recycled some fruit netting underneath the main image, where I randomly applied some Prima Olive Green Rust Effect Paste. The paste was also used along the torn edges of the black cardstock, and finished with a coat of Emerald Creek (Apple Martini) Embossing Powder, for a cool mossy effect. 

     All of the stamping was done with Archival Ink (Jet Black), embossed with Emerald Creek (Black Onyx) Embossing Powder, and colored with the same Magicals as the background. The big yellow flowers were made with the Charcoal Flowers Stamp.  

     

     To create a bush, I cut off the vase from the Spring Bouquet Stamp. Then I added the red flowers, embossed with the Floral Collage Stamp. 

          Thanks for looking!

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Featured Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Floral Collage

Charcoal Flowers

Spring Bouquet

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Challenges Entered:

Mixed Media Place ~ July Challenge 

Products Used: Black Gesso, Rust Effect Paste (Olive Green), Archival Ink (Jet Black)

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge ~ #52 Anything Mixed Media Goes

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Bright and Cheerful

Crafty Creations ~ #395 Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge ~ #466 Embossing

Memories Canvas ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     Have you ever had such a precious and meaningful photo, that you're afraid to scrap it? My mom, who rarely ever asks me to scrap photos for her, actually printed and gave me this photo many months ago, of her and her dad, who passed away a few years ago from Alzheimer's, to get to whenever inspiration strikes. Finally putting my fears aside, I decided to mount it on canvas, using a variety of stamps from Red Rubber Designs.

     The newspaper that my grandpa's standing on in the photo, inspired the text that I stamped over torn strips of white tissue paper, with the Well Defined Backgrounds and Define It Rubber Stamps. Then I adhered them with Prima's Soft Matte Gel, covering the sides as well. Once dry, I aged it with some Lindy's Sprays (Brushed Nickel and Black Orchid Silver), followed by a coat of Emerald Creek's Fractured Ice EP to seal the strips, and for some sparkle and shine.

     After tearing around the edges of the photo, I adhered it to the center of my canvas. Then I framed half of it, using black gesso and a stencil, also followed by a coat of Fractured Ice EP. Next, I used my fingers to dab over the stenciling, and rest of the raised texture from the tissue paper, with Prima's Brushed Iron Metallique Wax. The Dusty Attic corner chipboard piece, was made from a combination of all three (black gesso, Metallique Wax with the addition of Old Silver, and coated with Fractured Ice EP). All of the flowers were embossed onto white cardstock with the Charcoal Flowers Cling Mounted Rubber Stamp, and shaded with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink.

     Since the title was embossed over all of the texture that I created, using the Memories Unmounted Stamp, it came out faded and illegible, all three times, but is fitting for the horrible disease that my grandpa suffered from. All of his broken and fragmented memories are represented by the Prima Frosted Mica Flakes, that I adhered one by one, with Glossy Accents around the rest of the canvas and photo.

     I'm happy to say that mom was beyond thrilled with the results!

 

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Featured Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Charcoal Flowers

Memories 

Well Defined Backgrounds

Define It

Challenges Entered:

More Than Words

Crafty Creations Challenges ~ #367 Anything Goes

Simon Wednesday Challenge Blog ~ Use more than one stamp 

The Artistic Stamper ~ May Backgrounds

Brick & Rose Thank You Card ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     Happy Thursday! Today I'm sharing a Thank You Card that I made with some stamps from Red Rubber Designs.

     The bricks were made from a Prima stencil and gesso, and colored with Distress Spray Stains (Vintage Photo and Antique Linen). Once dry, I added some Distress Embossing Powder (Vintage Photo and Brushed Corduroy) on top for some gritty texture. Then I tore and machine stitched the side edges. 

     I did a lot of fussy-cutting with the roses, stamped with the Charcoal Flowers Cling Mounted Stamp Set, and colored with sprays. Then I arranged them around the gold frame, embossed onto black cardstock with the Fanciful Vintage Unmounted Rubber Stamp Set. 

     To mimic the bricks in the background, I tore around the edges of the stamped and paper pieced Rose Wine Labels, and popped it up for more dimension. The sentiment fit perfectly inside, and was stamped with the Savvy Sayings Unmounted Stamp Set.

     Thank you for your visit, and shop Red Rubber Designs for all of these stamps and more! 

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Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Charcoal Flowers

Rose Wine Labels

Fanciful Vintage

Savvy Sayings

Challenges:

More Mixed Media Challenge ~ February "Anything Goes" Optional Red 

Crafty Cardmakers ~ #182 Add Some Texture

Creative Artiste Mixed Media ~ #23 Anything Mixed Media Goes

Happy Mother's Day Card ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     What mother wouldn't want to receive flowers for Mother's Day? I colored and fussy cut these yellow roses with the Charcoal Flowers stamp from Red Rubber Designs onto this tag/card that I made for my mother-in-law!

     My design inspiration came from sketch #3 used for this months Card Challenge @ Scrapbook.com.

     The background squares were colored with Distress Inks onto white cardstock, cut with decorative scissors, and machine stitched around the edges. I used the Beauty Of A Woman Background stamp to create the script on the green squares, by simply using water onto my stamp and letting it react with the Distress Inks for a softer look. To the yellow squares, I used a dotted stencil with some white gesso to create some polka dots. Then I stamped some smaller dots onto the white tag, using the Speckle Background stamp, and raised it up a little with some pop dots. 

   
     For the sentiment I used the Contemporary Greetings stamped along the bottom. Thanks for looking!

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Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Charcoal Flowers

Contemporary Greetings

Beauty Of A Woman Background

Speckle Background

Challenges:

House of Cards ~ Add script and/or color inspiration: I stamped the script on the green squares with water.

Dare 2 B Artzy ~ Polka Dot Challenge: I made polka dots on the yellow squares with gesso, and stamped dots onto the background of the tag. 

Simon Says Monday ~ April Showers bring May Flowers

Happy Mother's Day Card Preview ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     These beautiful roses will last a lifetime, on this tag that I added to my card featuring the Charcoal Flowers stamp from Red Rubber Designs! 

     So check out the Red Rubber Designs Blog, to see the rest of my card, and how I created the background squares! Thanks for your visit!

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Inspirational #215 ~ Spring Flowers + Lindy's Stamp Gang

     Spring flowers are in bloom with Inspirational #215, hosted by Barb, at Red Rubber Inspirationals! Originally I was just going to make these tags, until I remembered this photo of Prosser Lake in Truckee, CA with the flowers in bloom.

     It worked perfectly for the April color challenge at Lindy's Stamp Gang!

     I started by cutting 3 tags from white cardstock with my Cricut Expression (Plantin SchoolBook) at 4". Then I used a spray adhesive to apply cheesecloth to the tags. I applied gesso to the tags using the Textured Stencil from TCW, and once it dried, had fun with my Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays! Starting with the tag on the left, I used Witch's Potion Purple on the bottom, and Cotton Candy Pink on top. For the middle tag, I used Cathedral Pines Green and Mystic Malachite on the bottom, and Tiffany's Blue on top. On the third tag, I used Yellow Rose of Texas on the bottom and Cotton Candy Pink and Witch's Potion Purple on top. After machine stitching the tags, I added the fussy cut stamped flowers that I made with Charcoal Flowers from Red Rubber Designs. I also stamped the purple swirls using Butterfly Flourish.

     I misted the background and dyed the lace with Cotton Candy Pink and Witch's Potion Purple. I also used the Tim Holtz Dot Fade Stencil on the background with Distress Inks (Dusty Concord and Seedless Preserves). In between the tags, I added some vintage buttons.

Thanks for looking!