Charming Forest ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     After the holidays, I finally got a chance to play in my art journal again, creating a Charming Forest with a variety of stamps from Red Rubber Designs! 

     To start the year with positive energy, I started by stamping all of the quotes from the Be Happiness Unmounted Rubber Stamp Set onto white and cream cardstock, using black and brown permanent inks. Then I tore them into vertical strips, and adhered them onto both pages of my art journal. Next came a light coat of gesso, followed with some Lindy's Gang Sprays and Magicals, used to color these pages for the Lindy's Gang January Color Challenge. 

     I even added some Lindy's Sprays and Magicals to white and black gesso, applied to the Tim Holtz Woodgrain Stencil to make the tree trunk and door. It took several coats to color the bark, followed with a coat of LG Embossing Powder (Reindeer Moss Green). Then I embossed the door knob, made from a brad, with LG (Queen Sheba's Silver).

     The Charming Forest images were stamped a few times onto white cardstock with black permanent ink, embossed with LG (Reindeer Moss Green) EP, and colored with Sprays and Magicals. Then I dyed some cheesecloth with LG (Ponderosa Pines Olive) Starburst Spray to make the tree tops. 

     The lake was made with several layers of Sprays and Magicals, with some black gesso applied to a stencil to mimic ripples. Then I covered it all with a coat of Lindy's Embossing Powder (Angel Wings Peacock). The grass was done with the Mountain Scenery Stamp. 

     To make the bridge, I also embossed (Reindeer Moss Green) EP onto some twigs to make them look wet and mossy. The sides were made from some rope and green fibers. 

     Originally I was going to add beads to light my tree, but these lanterns are so much better! They were stamped onto white cardstock and embossed with LG (Midnight Pewter) EP, using part of one of the Victorian Embellishments Stamp. Then I colored them with (Brushed Nickel) Spray and (Yodeling Yellow) Magical Shaker, adding some bling to the bottoms. Finally, I used (Sidewalk Chalk) Spray to paint rays of light shining from the lanterns, followed with some Stickles (Diamond) for even more sparkle. 

Thanks for looking! 

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Featured Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Charming Forest

Be Happiness

Mountain Scenery

Victorian Embellishments

Challenges Entered:

Lindy's Gang ~ January Color Challenge

Lindy's Gang Products:

Sprays (Sidewalk Chalk, Brushed Nickel, Mission Bells Brown, Steampunk Sepia, Mystic Malachite, Sea Mint Green, Ponderosa Pines Olive, Frosty Forest Green)

Magicals (Sandra Dee Sepia and Greased Lightnin' Green from the Go Greased Lightnin' Flat Set

Magical Shakers (Yodeling Yellow, Lederhosen Laurel, Black Forest Black)

Embossing Powders (Queen Sheba's Silver, Angel Wings Peacock, Reindeer Moss Green, Midnight Pewter )

A Vintage Journey ~ Put Your Stamp On It

Crafty Creations Challenges ~ #382 Anything Goes

Bleeding Art ~ December Shiny and Sparkly

Country View Challenges ~ January Landscapes/Cityscapes

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Use Something New (I used my new Lindy's Magical Shakers and Embossing Powder (Angel Wings Peacock)

Blue Vase Birthday Card ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     I had a lot of inspiration while making this card, using some fabulous stamps from Red Rubber Designs!

     

     I was first inspired by this beautiful sketch # 126 @ Cardabilities, which I flipped.  

     Then came the vase which was inspired by The Mixed Media Card Challenge #13 to use the color blue, with an optional vase element. 

     I cut my vase out of white cardstock with my Cricut Expression using the Serenade cartridge. Then I stamped the blue design using two shades of blue and the Victorian Embellishments stamp. To give it some shine, I applied the rest of my Glossy Accents, afraid it wouldn't be enough, which along the top of the vase I did miss a few spots. But it makes it look aged, so in this case it worked fine! 

     I also used white cardstock for the background, and started with the Script Background stamp. Then I used a stencil and some gesso to create the horizontal stripes behind the vase. Once that dried I used three different blue mists to spray all over the card. Next came the leaves, which I embossed with Ranger Blue Glass embossing powder, using the Happily Grateful stamp, which I also used to make the flowers. So that you could see more of the leaf design I decided to hand-stitch more stems to attach my flowers to. I added some light blue bling to the centers, and darker blue bling to the punched flowers along the right. The sentiment was also embossed onto blue vellum using the Darling stamp. 

Stamps from Red Rubber Designs:

Happily Grateful

Victorian Embellishments

Script Background

Darling

Challenges:

Cardabilities Sketch #126

The Mixed Media Card Challenge

Love Rubber Stamps Challenge Blog #158 Celebrations
Crafty Cardmakers and More #141 Sentiment

Thanks for looking!

Inspirational #213 ~ Have a Seat

      It's time for some new inspiration with Inspirational #213 (Have a Seat), hosted by Melissa, my newest team member at Red Rubber Inspirationals! Since I didn't have a chair stamp, I decided to stamp on a chair that I made with my Cricut Expression using the Summer in Paris cartridge.

     

     The chair and cushions were made from cream, textured, cardstock and colored with several sprays. Then I embossed the gold back, using magenta embossing powder and the Victorian Embellishments stamp for the pattern on the cushions.  To make the mirror, I used  Fabulous Frames with some more gold embossing powder, and cut out the rectangle in the middle. I used a few layers of inks around the gold and backed it with a pink, metallic, specialty paper. I did some punching and distressing, stamping the stitching with Running Stitches. To the pink background I did some more spraying and inking,  stamping the Victorian Vines Background on top with Violete Palette Ink, all from Red Rubber Designs. Behind the chair I used a couple of sheer ribbons, and clustered the embellies to the right. I added some beads to the centers of the flowers, and for a true vintage feel, some old buttons that I inherited from my grandma.

I hope you'll join in all the fun this week, and can't wait to see your creations!

Inspirational #120 ~ May Flowers Red Rubber Designs DT

     Your's truly is hosting again this week with Inspirational #120 for Red Rubber Inspirationals. May flowers is the theme and all you have to do is stamp a flower. Here's the sample card that I made.

     I started with some white cardstock, Distress Inks, and water, to make the background using Designer Diamonds. I tore and distressed the outer edges and around the diamond in the middle, stamping my flowers coming out from there using Place in my Heart stamp set with Palette Inks (Orangerie, Bordeaux, Sunflower, Landscape, and Chartreuse).

  I used the same colors, minus the greens, to stamp the border of diamond frames going across using Victorian Embellishments. I added some ribbons, hand-stitching in two different colors, and stamped happy birthday using Celebrate Tags.

     All of the colors were inspired by the May Card Challenge @ Scrapbook.com to use this color palette. I stuck to it pretty closely, other than the green.

Thanks for stopping by!

Inspirational #113 ~ Very Vintage

   Happy Thursday! It's time for another stamping challenge @ Red Rubber Inspirationals! This week Mary Anne is hosting Inspirational #113 ~ to create a vintage card. Here's the sample that I made.

I took my inspiration from sketch #5 used for the March Card Sketch Challenge @ Scrapbook.com.

   I started with some kraft cardstock and inked it with Distress inks. Then I stamped over it using  the Script Background stamp with water. It gave it a great aged and subtle look. I used Palette Inks (Bordeaux, Claret, and Violete) to stamp the Victorian Embellishments that I finished with french knots in the center. Around that I stamped and embossed the Fabulous Frames using Ranger gold embossing powder. I also used it to emboss the buttons and scalloped dots on the bottom using the Circles of love stamp set. The purple layer behind the stamping was sprayed and misted with Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays, which I also used to color the lace. After water distressing the edges I sewed them down with my sewing machine using gold metallic thread.

Be sure to visit the Red Rubber Inspirational blog for details! I hope to see you there!