Make a few of these pretty handmade Fall thank you cards to have on hand! Today we get to feast our eyes on this idea for such vibrant and cheerful handmade Fall thank you cards thanks to Annie. She says “While brightly colored leaves get all the love during fall, I actually love the gorgeous fiery autumn flowers more.” Well when they look like this, we sure do agree! Let’s take a look at how Annie made this for us […]
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This project is an excellent example of just beautiful one layer card masking – easy, quick and totally versatile! Today Colleen is sharing a project she created for us using a simple but beautiful one layer card masking technique that you can use over and over, with all kinds of themes and designs. You will love how easy this is! Let’s dive in……. Colleen started by stamping the flowers, stem and leaves from our Happy Mother’s Day set using Color […]
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Today we get to see a fun and easy way to combine gloss and sparkle on handmade cards for lots of gorgeous detail! There are so many ways to add a little bling-bling to your projects and today Jamie is sharing a simple and quick way to combine gloss and sparkle on handmade cards. This easy one-two combo gives you tons of light reflection and with the pretty coloring under and over these finishes, you get tons of impact. Let’s […]
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See how you can make some truly beautiful yet simple handmade Fall cards in mere minutes! Today our friend and Rubbernecker Associate Designer, Kittie, is sharing her idea for simple handmade Fall cards that are just as gorgeous as the ones that use a zillion fun things and take an afternoon to design to perfection. As much as we may love a good capital-P Project, sometimes a simple but sweet card is just what we need, both to send AND […]
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Who knew that you could create such a beautiful background with a simple ripped paper technique? Card makers have been tearing up their papers for as long as they’ve been making cards. Today Allison is sharing her take on a simple ripped paper technique to create a background that is so stunning and adds so much visual interest, letting her little embellished die cut flowers really pop. Let’s get her details so we can make one of our own! Allie […]
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Here are three of our favorite projects to make some DIY paper Halloween treats! Whether you hand out candy or gift cards or any other goodie, we thought we would share some ideas for DIY paper Halloween treats that you can make this weekend and have handy. This time of year we like to treat our delivery people, that barista who always gets our pumpkin spice latte just perfect, the grocery bagger who always makes sure our bread is […]
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See two cards that use stenciling over different papers to create the coolest looks! Today Lisa is sharing her take on stenciling over different papers and we have to say the results are so gorgeous that we immediately started picturing ALL our stencils with ALL our new patterns in our new Rubbernecker Paper Pads! Let’s get Lisa’s tips on stenciling over patterned papers AND gel prints and see how she made these two cards. For both cards, after choosing her […]
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Learn how to use stamping foam with stencils in just a few easy steps! If you’ve been wondering how to use stamping foam with stencils to make custom stamps, you are in the exact right place! Today Melinda is taking one of her favorite stencils from our collection and using it to make a custom stamp for her oh-so-pretty Fall themed Thank You note. She shared with us that she is “going to spend the month of October making thank […]
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Come see how you can create gorgeous looks using one layer card masking – quick and easy and FABULOUS! Today’s technique is so simple that it’s almost not a “technique”. One layer card masking – quick and easy and with just a few supplies – is an oldie but boy, is it a goodie! And today Colleen is showing it all off with a beautiful, colorful, perfectly all occasion card that we can all make in mere minutes. Let’s dive […]
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We are in LOVE with this sweet handmade Fall card with all its precious details and just beautifully colored Fall veggies! Today Annie has combined something older – seasonal dies – and something newer – our Harvest Time Paper Pad – and is sharing this sweet handmade Fall card. Using the tractors she sees pulling cartloads of pumpkins in her area, Annie recreated that iconic Fall vibe in paper. Let’s learn how she did it so we can make some, […]
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You just have to see this brilliant method of layering inks to make more colors when you are stamping! We dream about having every shade in the universe represented in our popular Color Fuse Inks. Today, Carol has made that a partial reality by showing us a fabulous and easy way to use layering inks to make new colors that, naturally, work beautifully with every other shade of Color Fuse. You are going to love this clever trick and we […]
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Check out a gorgeous handmade western card with incredible details! Recently on her blog, Kittie shared this stunning handmade western card that we thought looked so much like a postcard we just had to share it. We recently added some new western themed elements to our shop and Kittie took them and RAN with them! Just LOOK at those details! Kittie used our Saddle and Wagon Wheel die set paired with the Deckle Hills, Deckle Frame and Picket Fence along […]
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See some Flashback Friday posts about stencils and layers and how to use them on your gorgeous cards! We love the use of stencils and layers and our design team apparently loves them too! We have so many beautiful projects on the blog that show off our stencils. Today we wanted to revisit a few posts that show off different ways to use our stencils with some tips on how to get more out of these handy tools. And be […]
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Hooray! The National Coffee Day Blog Hop was super fun and inspirational. Y’all loved our new Coffee Sets and took full advantage of our Coffee-Themed Sale all week. The sale is still active until tomorrow 10/6, because we love you and couldn’t resist letting you take one more look for 20% off: Shop Coffee Sale-Use Code JAVA20 We had over 50 participants, but alas, there can only be one winner. We used the random name wheel to select a winner […]
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See what’s brand new from Rubbernecker October 2022! Today we get to unveil all the goodies that are brand new from Rubbernecker October 2022! We’ve got some absolutely gorgeous stamp sets, some with coordinating dies and a few with a brand NEW product we are launching with this release! How many times do you use a sticky note to make a mask for a stamped image? Or use masking paper and then only get a few uses out of it […]
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Check out today’s beautiful project to get a Rubbernecker October Release sneak peek at a new stamp set and NEW coordinating product! You know us – we are like little kids with a secret that we just can’t keep! We just HAD to put up at least one Rubbernecker October Release Sneak Peek and we thought this card from Jamie was perfect. Not only is it a beautiful Fall floral card but it makes perfect use of a brand new […]
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Take a peek at how we combined celebrating World Card Making Day 2022 with National Coffee Day with our Guest Designer, Ricky Burton Romero! Happy World Card Making Day 2022! Have you set aside any time today to celebrate a day that celebrates all of us who LOVE making cards? We sure hope you did – you deserve it! A few days ago we celebrated National Coffee Day with a super fun blog hop. We are VERY excited to share […]
Continue ReadingGet all our projects from this month in today’s handy dandy Rubbernecker September 2022 project roundup post! Can you believe it’s the end of September already? That means it’s time for our Rubbernecker September 2022 project roundup where you can see all the beautiful projects we shared this month and be able to get to each and every one with a single click. You know what to do to get to the post for all the details – just click […]
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Check out some cute projects created to add to the fun of the National Coffee Day Blog Hop 2022! It’s that time again – it’s the National Coffee Day Blog Hop 2022! We have some fun things to share AND a special new product created in honor of this day that combines our love of coffee and stamping! Scroll through all of our card inspiration and leave us a comment to let us know your thoughts. We will be choosing […]
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Learn a fun trick to make a beautiful handmade card with blue jay birds. We see lots of cardinals on cards and today Melinda has used a clever trick to show off her handmade card with blue jay birds. She says “We have a ton of blue jays where I live and they do look much like a cardinal. So I was inspired to make my cardinal into a jay!” We never thought about how much these colorful bird resemble […]
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Get some tips on mixed media card making using our brand new Paper Pads! There are loads of ways to get started with mixed media card making and we’ve seen posts from several of our talented Design Team members showing us how to incorporate this “anything goes” style into cards using goodies from our store. Today, Natasha is showing us a design idea for a fun, rustic vibed mixed media card using our new Autumn Leaves Paper Pad. She says […]
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