Drea's Scraps of Inspiration: Relax and Fish

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Relax and Fish Shaker Card ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

Father's Day is this Sunday, so I'm featuring the Relax and Fish Unmounted Rubber Stamp from Red Rubber Designs, on this shaker card that I made for my Dad, colored with Distress Inks. The corrugated board started out blue, and along with the circle, got three layers of Emerald Creek Embossing Powders (Deep Sea, Cool Lagoon, and Fractured Ice), to create the beautiful shimmer and depth of color, found in a lake.

I also embossed EC Fractured Ice onto the fish, and added sequins, before sealing up my window, made from clear acetate paper.

Then I used the Tim Holtz Splatters Stencil, with Prima Marketing Clear Gesso, sprinkled with Glass Glitter (Pearl) and more sequins, to mimic a splash.

Even though I made this card for Father's Day, it could also be used for other occasions, like birthdays, retirement, or just to show you care. Thanks for looking!

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Featured Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Relax and Fish

Challenges Entered:

Emerald Creek Dares ~ June Celebration #ECJUNE2018

The Artistic Stamper ~ June Color it Blue

Try it on Tuesday ~ For the Boys

Simon Wednesday Challenge ~ Frame It

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Relax and Fish Card ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

Red Rubber Designs has a wonderful selection of Outdoor/Nature Stamps, which I used to make this birthday card for my brother with lots of texture and layers.

All of the layers are made from white cardstock colored with sprays and Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals. I stamped the main Relax and Fish Unmounted Stamp with permanent black, brown, and green inks. Behind it, I stamped the Charming Forest Cling Mounted Stamp with permanent black ink, tore around the edges, and gave them both a coat of Tim Holtz Collage Medium Vintage.

I also coated the trees on top with Collage Medium after first stamping the treeline with Magicals, using the Mountain Scenery Unmounted Stamp, and then stamping over it again with brown permanent ink.

The PERFECT addition to this card is the vintage buttons! The large green one I inherited from my grandma, and covered it with Distress Embossing Powders, (Brushed Corduroy and Vintage Photo) to give the illusion of a trunk and branches coming from the stamped tree below it.

I also love this brown leather button that I inherited from my great grandma, and stitched it inside of the loop of rope that was inked with some browns! Buttons always go great with stitching, so I machine stitched most of my layers, using a different color thread on each one.

The background of the card was made with gesso and cheesecloth for some texture, and colored with sprays. The banner pieces are chipboard colored with LSG Magicals (Greased Lightnin' Green, Sandra Dee Sepia, Danny Zuko's Denim, and Sassy Sapphire) which I used throughout the card.