Pin this to the top of your card ideas for friends list! We are ALWAYS on the lookout for fun card ideas for friends, especially during these times when our friends are so much more important to us. This concept – how much our friends are pulling us through – is part of why we focused our efforts on some new friend items in our new release that you can see here. And speaking of the new release, today Renee […]
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Have seen all those gorgeous projects made by adding foil to cards? And thought how much you really don’t want to add yet another expensive machine to your list? Well, grab a cup of something that makes you happy, get comfy and get ready for another magical edition of Stamp Along With Rubbernecker with Preeti! Warning – You are NOT going to want to do ANYTHING but stamp after you watch this! Let’s watch Preeti show us how to get […]
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Today we have a card from Renee showing an idea for some cute handmade birthday cards for kids. When she saw this set, she immediately thought of her young nephew who loves boats and came up with this fun project. Let’s make one, too! First color a card front sized panel using your favorite blending too with some sand and sky – here Color Fuse Caramel Brown and Sierra Blue – to create the background. Cut that panel and another […]
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We are celebrating a BRAND NEW release of goodies and you know that means it’s time for another New From Rubbernecker Project Roundup! Our designers have been busy making some fun cards to inspire your creativity using our fun new spring items and this roundup of inspiration is a knockout. Take a look! First up we have this sweet lambie card with one of our more faith oriented greetings. People love our approach to addressing holidays that have religious meaning […]
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When we first saw this butterfly birthday card we had to take a moment and just appreciate how beautiful it is! The soothing background pattern of the watercolor style flowers, the highlighted oval that is the perch for a striking 3D die cut butterfly and that bold black sentiment…….it all just comes together in such perfect balance. And Renee, today’s designer, is sharing her whole how-to here so YOU can make it too! Renee used our Spring Blossom Watercolor stamp […]
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Can you imagine someone opening this handmade card with blue roses, here in the dead of winter, where fresh flowers are few and far between? Picture their eyes lighting up when they see these beautiful blue blooms against that sparkly snowy background. Well you CAN make this card and today Renee is going to walk us through how. Renee used our Fragrant Blooms stamp and coordinating die set with our Color Fuse ink to create these stunning, dimensional flowers. Our […]
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In her very first post as one of our new Design Team members, Renee is sharing with us a snowman birthday card that we think is just adorable! And thanks to a greeting that can certainly serve as birthday wishes but can be a nod to any cheerful greeting, we are thinking having a stack of these on hand would be excellent! Renee stamped and colored her images from our Christmas Inchies set and cut them out with the coordinating […]
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We are so excited to share some excellent masking technique tip shared today by Carol. She uses the very handy masking technique in a couple different ways on this beautiful one panel card and we are just loving all the depth and perspective she’s been able to create. Let’s dive in! Carol started with cutting some white card stock with the largest Nested Rectangle Scallop die. She stamped her polar bear with Copic safe ink onto this panel and again […]
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Today on Christmas Eve we wanted to share this post on how to make a Merry Christmas card as a Christmas card to you, our loyal followers and fans. We’ve shared some incredible Christmas cards and projects this month and what better way to end the cheer with a Merry Christmas card? Lisa made today’s card and she’s sharing lots of fun tips and ideas. Let’s dive in! Lisa stamped a piece of white card stock with the ‘Twas The […]
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We aren’t sure Michelle intended for this to be inspiration for masculine card ideas but we love how she combined these vibrant shades of blue with that edgy look of metallic silver. This isn’t just a card for a guy per se, but it sure would be a fantastic card for the men in your life!And thanks to the use of Color Burst, you can get a ton of really interesting color variances for a fresh look every time. Mix […]
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Today we have some really cute Christmas cards DIY in slimline mode. Of course you can adapt this adorable design to a standard sized card but we just love that Allie has packed a whole happy scene onto this card. Let’s check it out! Allie says “These cuties always find their way into a few of my cards through the year. I love the look on their faces and their playful postures.” Of course the way she’s colored them and […]
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Today we have not one but two Santa Christmas cards made for us by Lisa using our new Santa Postcard set. We just love that Lisa added to the vintage feel we baked into this set with her fantastic details. Here’s her first card: As we said, Lisa added lots of vintage-y details to this project and it starts with her snowflake panel! She used our Snowflake Frame stamp on a piece of white card stock with gold embossing powder. […]
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Isn’t this slimline snowman card so fun? We love that Annie has combined the clean lines of the square frame die with the gently curving hills and the crisp outlines of the snowmen with that dreamy wintry background – can’t you just almost smell the snow? Let’s take a look at how Annie created this card for us. First, she stamped the tree from Wintery Friends Stamp Set across a 3″ X 8″ panel of white card stock using Versafine […]
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Today we have an absolutely adorable slimline winter card made for us by Carol. We are just loving that this Christmas INCHIES set is being used on the supersized slimline card craze! You can see another Christmas slimline card using these tiny stamps here. Carol says “The images in this set remind me of the cute little Weeble toys from long ago!” Now that you mention it, Carol……. Let’s get into the details on how to make this card! First […]
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We are beyond excited to share today’s fabulous Stamp Along With Rubbernecker video all about how to use watercolor pens with layering stamps. You seriously will not believe the amazing results you can get with Preeti’s tips and tricks. It’s not often we look at something WE made and say “How’d she DO that” but today is one of those days. Take a look at these images. Would you not think these had been painstakingly created using so many shades […]
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People won’t believe that YOU made these cute homemade Christmas cards when they see all the incredible details Lisa has shown us how to pack into them. Follow along with her steps here, though, and you can really show off your mad skillz! Let’s get started! First, Lisa created the front panel by placing the Winter Trees In Circle inside the largest of the Small Stitch Rectangle dies and used some washi tape to hold them perfectly in place so […]
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Today we are sharing some adorable Christmas DIY gift tags that are super quick and easy to make and add so much Christmas cuteness! Jamie is using the card we shared here as her jumping off point and we just LOVE how she used her extra inchies to make these gift tie-ons! Just like with her card, Jamie started by stamping her Christmas Inchies on white card stock with black ink and colored them in with her Prisma colored pencils […]
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When we released our brand new Christmas inchie stamps, we envisioned lots of sweet little projects like tags and A2 cards – we never imagined that they could be used so perfectly on an oversized slimline card. But check this out – they are PERFECT! Jamie made this adorable card for us and we are just tickled at how she combined these stamps and die cuts on this project – let’s take a closer look at how she made it. […]
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We are getting into the holiday season and this post today sharing how to make a wreath with die cuts for your holiday cards is perfectly timed! Let’s take a look at how this comes together – it’s so easy and cute and you can create wreaths in all sizes for all you projects. First Allie cut a whole bunch of the elements using the Wreath With Berries Die. This die was specially designed for holiday themed projects in a […]
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You may have seen this post where this card first appeared and today as promised we are going to take a closer look at a clever way for how to merge rubber stamps together to create one continuous, fabulous image. See that huuuuuuuge stack of gifts? That’s made up from individual stamps in our new Snowmen With Presents set! Preeti has created another fantastic video for us for today’s Stamp Along With Rubbernecker and she is sharing, as usual, some […]
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Clearly, funny cat Christmas cards will be a hit this year because everywhere you look people are posting all kinds of things where funny cats – and dogs and horses and hamsters – are doing funny things. It’s always a nice break from the news these days. So funny cat Christmas cards are just what we need, right? Today Michelle is sharing her amazing Copic coloring skillz to show us how she colored up our zany Tangled Kitty to make […]
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