Summer in the City ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     Hello! I hope you're enjoying the rest of the weekend. I had a groovy time with this art journal spread, using Dylusions Paints, and a variety of  stamps from Red Rubber Designs! 

     As I was going through my art journal, I came across this background that I had previously painted with Dylusions Paints. So I turned it upside down to create the illusion of light over the buildings. Then I stamped the sheet music and squares from the Vintage Background stamp set with Archival Ink (Jet Black) throughout both pages. To create the buildings, I applied black gesso to the Dylusions Stencil (Large Squares). Once it dried, I reapplied the stencil, to add Dylusions (Lemon Zest) Paint to some of the windows. 

     The cardboard sun was also painted with Dylusions Paints, with the addition of some micro beads. Then I stamped the rays with Dylusions Paint (Lemon Zest) using the Rays of Hope Cling Mounted Rubber Stamp. 

     The same techniques used on the sun, were also applied to the cardboard butterflies, but with different colored paints and beads. 

  

     All of the silhouettes were embossed with Emerald Creek (Black Cherry) Aroma Embossing Powder, using the Hey Life Stamp. 

     After blending a strip of white cardstock with Dylusions Paints to create an ombre effect, I embossed "Hot" and "Summer" with Emerald Creek (Onyx Frost) Embossing Powder, using the Alpha Grunge Stamp (no longer available). 

     The rest of the lyrics and year, inspired by the Summer in the City Challenge at Emerald Creek Dares, are Charcoal Thickers, embossed with a layer of Rocky Road Baked Texture, followed by a coat of Hammered Metal Embossing Powder.

     The Statue of Liberty was embossed onto white cardstock with Emerald Creek Baked Texture (Patina Oxide) using the Liberty stamp. Then I smooshed her with some Distress Inks (Cracked Pistachio and Hickory Smoke). 

     After painting some more cardstock with Dylusions Paints, I stamped and embossed all of the flowers with the Blossom Builders Stamp using Emerald Creek (Black Cherry) Embossing Powder, also used on the chipboard music notes, done in three coats for extra shine. 

Thanks for looking!

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Featured Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Rays of Hope

Vintage Background

Blossom Builders

Hey Life

Liberty

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Challenges Entered:

Emerald Creek Dares ~ Summer in the City #ECJUNE2019

Emerald Creek Products Used:

Embossing Powders (Onyx Frost, Black Cherry, Hammered Metal) 

Baked Textures (Patina Oxide, Rocky Road)

Bleeding Art ~ June Add Cardboard (The sun and butterflies)

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Frilly and Funky ~ Home, Sweet Home

Crafty Creations ~ #393 Anything Goes

ainkymess ~ Challenge 32

Inspirational #114 ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

Inspirational #114  is all about Spring, hosted this week by Kendra for Red Rubber Inspirationals. I had fun making this Spring card with some stamps, gesso, mists, and a branch cut from my Cricut Expression (Serenade cartridge).

   I started by misting some light blue cardstock with It's brown, Copper, and Harvest Orange Glimmer Mists.Then I masked the doily with some gesso. Other than the branch and nest, everything else was stamped, starting with the background kraft cardstock with Background Soup stamped around the edges. I used the All things of nature stamp set for the bird on the branch and the eggs. I colored the eggs with Distress Ink (antique linen) and Versa Magic Ink (aquatic splash). The birds that are flying are from the Hope Perches stamp set, and the flowers were stamped from the Blossom Builders set, which can all be found at Red Rubber Designs for really great prices.

    My design inspiration came from this fabulous sketch #96 @ Cardabilities. 

Thanks for looking!