Every Leaf Card ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     Today is not only the first day of Fall, (which is my favorite season), but also my sister's birthday. So I made her a card featuring the Every Leaf Unmounted Stamp from Red Rubber Designs.

     I painted the background, leaves, and around the card base with Dylusion's Paints, spritzing the background with water to create an ombre effect. The small and large leaves are both included in the Every Leaf Stamp. 

     All of the embossing was done with Emerald Creek (Burnt Copper Leaves) Embossing Powder, including the medallion.

  

     Finally, the sentiment was stamped with the Sophisticated Sentiments Stamp.

     Thanks for looking, and enjoy the Fall!

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Featured Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Every Leaf

Sophisticated Sentiments

Challenges Entered:

Try Stampin' on Tuesday ~ Challenge 426

All Sorts Challenge ~ 538 Trees and Leaves

Crafty Cardmakers ~ #241 Autumn Colors

Moo-Mania ~ #200 Autumn Glory

Emerald Creek Dares ~ Be True To Your School (Did back to school season)

Try it on Tuesday ~ Hot! Hot! Hot! (Used Hot colors)

Green Best Wishes Card ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     My parents recently got their genealogy results done, and found out that my Dad has a little Irish in him, which we never knew. He's also battling cancer, and just had his 3rd stroke, so I wanted his birthday card to be extra special. So I combined some of my Red Rubber Designs stamps with some gesso, sprays, and embossing powders to create this lucky card full of love and hope!

     The first thing I did was to make the lake from white gesso, using a palette knife to create ripples. Then I colored it and the background with some Lindy's Sprays (Cathedral Pines Green, Frosty Forest Green, Freaky Frankenlime, Ocean Breeze Blue, and Tibetan Poppy Teal). I added a few more layers of spray to the water, followed by Prima Art Alchemy Paints (Mermaid Sparkle and Magical Pond), and clear embossing powder. Along the edges of the lake, I adhered some green glitter. 

     The trees were inked in black, with some embossed with Lindy's Gang (Angel Wings Peacock) EP using the Tree Silhouettes and Mountain Scenery Stamps. 

     The shamrocks were stamped and embossed with the Celtic Images Stamp, with some rhinestones added to the centers. The gold embossing was done with Ranger (Gold Tinsel).Then I embossed the sentiment with the Sophisticated Sentiments Stamp using Emerald Creek (Black Cherry) EP. 

     Thanks for visiting, and get these stamps and more at Red Rubber Designs!

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Featured Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Tree Silhouettes

Mountain Scenery

Celtic Images

Sophisticated Sentiments

Challenges Entered:

Art Daily Cafe ~ March Mood Board

Feeling Sketchy ~ Sketch #212

More Mixed Media Challenge ~ Anything Goes with optional Green

The Artistic Stamper ~ March Color it Green

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Create a Scene

Crafty Cardmakers ~ #229 Make It Green

Mix It Up Challenge ~ #23 Anything Goes + Inked Background

Let's Craft and Create ~ AG + Option Green Things

Tuesday Throwdown ~ #437 Good Luck

Charming Gardens Card ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     With Spring right around the corner, I wanted to feature the Charming Gardens and Charming Gardeners Cling Mounted Stamps from Red Rubber Designs, since I hadn't used them since the blog post here, and they're so much fun to color!

     I was inspired by this beautiful bonus sketch, used in last months Card Sketch Challenge at Scrapbook.com. 

     The sky was done with Broken China Distress Oxide Ink, and the stamping colored with Distress Inks and Distress Spray Stains. Then I finished the circle edges with Ranger's Verdigris EP, adding some to the fountain, watering can, and bucket. Finally, I added some Glossy Accents to the water in the fountain, and the puddle under the can. 

     The sentiment was embossed with the Sophisticated Sentiments Unmounted Rubber Stamp using LSG Purely White EP.

     I used a resist technique by stamping the dots onto white cardstock with the Build A Background Stamp, using Ranger's Clear EP. Then I went over the dots with my blending tool dipped into Picked Raspberry Distress Ink, which I also used to stamp the flowers with the Happily Grateful Stamp, embossing the leaves from the set with Ranger's Verdigris EP.

   
     Thanks for looking, and shop Red Rubber Designs for these stamps and more!
 

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Featured Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Charming Gardens 

Charming Gardeners

Happily Grateful

Sophisticated Sentiments

Build A Background

Challenges Entered:

Crafty Cardmakers ~ #206 Floral Delight

Creative Artiste ~ #36 Anything Mixed Media Goes

Crafty Creations ~ #361 Anything Goes

Create and Inspire ~ 71 Anything Goes

Rise and Shine Birthday Card (Sneak Peek) ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     Happy Thursday! My mom's love of chickens and roosters definitely inspired her birthday card this year, featuring the Rise and Shine Cling Mounted Rubber Stamp from Red Rubber Designs! I recycled a small kraft bag to showcase it.

     Using the same Water Stamping Technique that I shared on my last Red Rubber Designs Blog post, with the same Rays of Hope stamp, I just changed the colors of my Distress Inks. Please view today's post here to see the results, and how I combined the Gingham Background, My Sunshine, and Sophisticated Sentiments Unmounted Stamps from Red Rubber Designs to create this special card!

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Featured Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Rise and Shine

Rays of Hope

Gingham Background

My Sunshine

Sophisticated Sentiments

Bingo Birthday Card ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     Happy Thursday! Today I'm sharing the birthday card that I made for my dad, using mixed media and some fun stamps from Red Rubber Designs!

      

     I started by lightly coating the background with white gesso. and stamping the Bingo Pieces and Background Soup Cling Mounted Stamps with permanent black ink. Then I glued down some buttons and covered them and the background with a heavier coat of gesso. After waiting for it to dry, and coloring it with Distress Spray Stains, I realized that I had covered a lot of my stamping. So I re-stamped the Bingo Pieces onto white tissue paper, and applied it over the buttons with Tim Holtz' Distress Collage Medium Vintage. Then I embossed copper along the edges and button rims.

     I just used the numbers from the Bingo Card, and colored it with Distress Inks. The brown strip from the DCVW 8 X 8 Neutrals Cardstock Stack was colored with Walnut Stain Distress Ink, and embossed with copper using the Sophisticated Sentiments Unmounted Rubber Stamp Set.

   

      The compass was paper pieced and stamped with the Every Road Unmounted Rubber Stamp Set, embossed again with copper, including the small brad in the center. Then I backed all of my pieces with some recycled netting. Thanks for looking!

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Red Rubber Design Stamps:

Bingo Card

Bingo Pieces

Background Soup

Every Road

Sophisticated Sentiments

Challenges

The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge ~ #34 Buttons

Creative Artiste Mixed Media ~ #24 Anything Goes

Creative Carte Blanche ~ Numbers

Crafty Creations Challenges ~ #337 Anything Goes

     

Showy Strips Birthday Card Preview ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     With so many September birthdays this month, I decided to feature some fun and bold stamps from Red Rubber Designs using some blue bling to mimic "sapphires",  the birthstone for September. I made this card from black and white cardstock, with lots of embossed stamping in black and white, to really make the bling stand out.

     For details, close-ups, and to view my full card, please visit the Red Rubber Designs Blog! Thanks for looking!

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Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Showy Strips

Happily Grateful

So Splattered

Gift For You

Sophisticated Sentiments

Many Thanks Shaker Card ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     I'm ringing in the new year with some new products, and a new technique, with my very first shaker card! I had so much fun with this, I'm actually working on another one now!

      I've combined lots of misting, stamping, and hand-stitching on this card that I made for my in-laws! For details, and to see the whole card, please visit the Red Rubber Designs Blog!

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Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Butterfly Flourish

So Splattered

Sophisticated Sentiments

Speckle Background

December Birthday Card ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     Since Christmas is my husband's favorite holiday, I decided to combine the colors, along with black, for the birthday card that I made for him!

     I was inspired by this sketch from Your Next Stamp, used for the December Card Challenge at Scrapbook.com.

     The main image was stamped and embossed in black using the All Things Of Nature stamp from Red Rubber Designs, onto white cardstock colored with some mists and sprays. For the sentiment I used Sophisticated Sentiments. Then I used the Speckle Background stamp over it, embossed in white, for a snowy effect, which I also used along all of my edges. The rest of the papers, and the snowflake transparency are from Little Yellow Bicycle's Once Upon a Christmas line.

     I'm also entering this into Sweet Stampin' Challenge for the Snow Time theme. Thanks for your visit!

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Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

All Things Of Nature

Sophisticated Sentiments

Speckle Background

Teal Birthday Card ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     With all of the birthdays coming up next month, I thought I'd get an early start, with this teal card that I made from cardstock and vellum.

     I took my design inspiration from sketch #129 at Cardabilities!

      I started by stamping the birthday definition from the Well Defined Backgrounds stamp, onto white cardstock. Then I used a few mists to achieve the color, dripping some of it down the front. Once that dried, I applied some gesso onto a stencil, immediately adding some glitter to it, for some sparkle and shine. The banner was made from silver vellum with an embossed sentiment from the Sophisticated Sentiments stamp. I used silver stitching around the edges, and a silver netting on the base of the card. The Kaisercraft flowers were also sprayed, then scrunched and layered, before adding the grey pearls to the centers.The fibers and buttons finish it up! Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a peek! 

Red Rubber Design Stamps:

Well Defined Backgrounds

Sophisticated Sentiments

Inspirational #221 ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     It's time to shape up, with Inspirational #221, at Red Rubber Inspirationals! I'm hosting this week and would love to see any type of stamped shape. I used circles for both of my examples, starting with this card that I made for a few other challenges as well.

     This sketch at Viva La Verve was perfect to try the Bokeh effect for the first time for the May challenge at House of Cards!

     I started with some white cardstock, and inked the background with yellow, black, and grey Distress Inks. Then I used a circle stencil with some white ink, and stamped the smaller circles using the Background Soup stamp. I used Circles of Love to emboss the silver dots, and for the buttons, which I popped up and added some brads to. The circles overlapping the image in the middle are cut from white and silver vellum. I used some grey ink to create the road, and stamped Tree Silhouettes along the sides, taking inspiration from this photo used for the May Stamping Challenge @ Scrapbook. com. 

     For my next card I also used the Background Soup stamp, but with yellow paint, to create the small circles. All of the papers are from an older Bo Bunny (Flower Child) collection. I used Butterfly Flourish to stamp the butterfly and flourish. The butterfly was colored with Distress Inks and a coat of Yellow Stickles, which gave the wings a natural curl. Unfortunately, my sentiment got a little smudged, but it kinda goes with the distressed, shabby look I was going for, so I just left it alone. I stamped "Happy" using Sophisticated Sentiments, and "Mother's Day" using Contemporary Greetings. 

      I finished it up with some more Stickles to the flower stickers, and flowers on the stamped flourish. 

Thanks for your visit, and have a great day!

Happy Birthday Hon! ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     Happy Birthday to my handsome husband, and love of my life!! Here's the card that I made for him, using stamps from Red Rubber Designs.

     I got my inspiration from sketch #3  used for the December Card Sketch Challenge @ Scrapbook.com.

     I was also inspired by last weeks Inspirational # 148: Frame It! I stamped Designer Diamonds onto white cardstock with black ink, and cut the middle part out to create a frame. On the inner corners I stamped and embossed Corner Cuts, using Lindy's Stamp Gang embossing powder (Midnight Pewter Obsidian), which I also used for the birthday sentiment using Sophisticated Sentiments. The background strips were stamped using Well Defined Backgrounds. I finished it off by spraying some mists onto the white background. 

Thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Mom's Birthday Card ~ Red Rubber Designs

     Happy Tuesday! Just wanted to share this card that I made for my Mom's birthday last week.

     The lace was sprayed with a couple of mists, and then stitched down with a zigzag stitch on my sewing machine. I masked the chicken wire with some Distress Inks and more mists, but unfortunately I haven't seen my mask since. I remember washing it, but where I put it after that I have no idea. I got my inspiration to use it from sketch #107 @ Cardabilities.

     The colors were inspired by this color combo, used for this month's Card Challenge @ Scrapbook.com. 

     The sentiment was stamped using Sophisticated Sentiments from Red Rubber Designs, which is a must have if you're a card maker. I want to thank my friend Lisa (dancingirish) for the die cuts on here. So thanks Lisa!!

And thank you for stopping by!