Well, it’s officially the last day of August, and 2020 has gone by either really fast, or unbearable slow, we can’t figure out which one. With the general consensus being that 2020 has been the pits, we are looking forward to the holiday cheer in our near future. Today our designer, Jamie, has made a few fun gift tags to spruce up your packages and treat containers. These are simple and easy projects that go a long way to add […]
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Oh, My, Gosh, Becky, look at that Stamp, its just so….cute! So last week our Designer Michelle did a post showing you how to color up our fun “Ethel Cooking” stamp with Copic Markers. As promised, we also have a video that dropped today with a real-time coloring of this beautiful character. Michelle is best known for her amazing ability to color up realistic skin tones, and detailed images that are so vibrant and true to color. Its therapeutic watching […]
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Ok, who has had a chance to play with our new floral layering stamps from our August release that dropped a few weeks back? They are so clean, and so much fun to craft with. For todays card, our designer Carol used the beautiful Autumn Fire stamps with the coordinating dies. She mentioned that she made two cards with this set, so you can see that it really can be used any time of year, as well as for Fall with […]
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Today we are featuring a beautiful cheery example of flower card design ideas using slimline cards from Kittie Caracciolo, our Exclusive Associate Designer. Don’t you just LOVE Kittie’s cards? They are always loaded with so much detail and look SO fun to make! Kittie shared with us that she is really enjoying having lots of extra space for her design ideas and this card certainly shows that off! Kittie used one of our Slimline Frame dies in combination with one […]
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It’s finally Friday and we are pumped up for the weekend and ready to get our craft on!!! Today we have a fun new tutorial for you from our talented designer, Preeti Chandran! Today she is teaching us how to do Spotlight Stamping three different ways, and we are itching to make these projects after watching the video! Today she is using some amazing Layered stamps from our new August Release, along with our Color Fuse Inks, that make all […]
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Happy Monday crafty friends! If you or someone you know needs coffee to get going in the morning, we just know you’re going to love todays card. This coffee set is so much fun- full of coffee cups, coffee to go, snacks and sentiments! You’ll want to pick up this set for your next java inspired project. We love it a latte! Todays card also uses our slimline inside and outside cuts, for a fun and easy project with […]
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Today I want to share what I think is a really cute slimline card idea because you can adapt it to so many different themes. I chose three seasons but you could use this concept for flowers in a garden, times of the day or any other time when you want to show the same motif in different stages. For this card I used the Rubbernecker Slimline OPC Square, Cabin, Winter Tree, Stitched Hills, Tiny Leaves, Grass #2, Tiny Flower […]
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Door cards have become so popular in paper crafting. You just have to see how Kittie makes these amazing scenes. We love how she challenges herself making each door scene unique by adding seasonal embellishments. For this pretty summer scene she used the some of our amazing die-cuts that you don’t want to miss: Door with Steps, Macrame Planters, Tall Terracotta Pots, Small Flowers #1, Small Flowers #3, Tiny Flower Buds, Grass Set, Puppies, Knob Top Fence and Leaves and […]
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Today we are excited to share this handmade camping card to help you hold onto the tail end of summer! If you or anyone you know loves to go camping, this handmade camping card is a cute way to celebrate that passion. And it was SUPER easy using the new camping dies from our latest batch of papercrafting dies! For this fun card our designer Kittie used the Camping Tent, Camp Fire Set, Camping Items, Cooler, Winter Tree, Spring Leaves, […]
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Today we are sharing the perfect birthday card for a golfer featuring our “old” buddy Ralph again! We hope you are following along with us this week as we feature these hilarious characters that make every card so humorous. Yesterday we had one of Ralph Bending Over that left us giggling all day. Today we have Ralph Golfing, and we think he makes a stellar birthday card for any guy in your life! Follow along with our designer, Jamie, as […]
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Happy Monday peeps – today we are going to go through the steps for how to make a shaker card. We know that many of you are already pros but some of our papercrafting friends are just getting started. BUT our project is so sweetly simple yet so adorable even you pros will love it! And hey, it’s Monday! Who couldn’t use a little shake shake shake in their Monday step? The days are getting hotter and everything here in […]
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It was so much fun making this farm pop up box card. When I design a pop up box I like to fill it full of themed images that tells a story, starting on the main top portion of the box and carries over to the three flaps. For this project I used Rubbernecker’s Barn, Tractor, Farm Animals, Chicken/Squirrels, Ducks, Picket Fence, Corn Stalks, Grass, Bird Set and Cloud Stencil. I used Color Fuse Inks Sets #2, #4 to color […]
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Oh my gosh – who could imagine that nothing more than small paper flowers and little greenery could create such a stunning card? Our designer, that’s who! She referred to this as a “paper flower wall” and we think that’s a great description. These clusters of these adorable tiny paper flowers against this white on white card is honestly breathtaking! She started by cutting her frame and the circle background from white card stock and adhered the frame to the […]
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Today we are sharing a gorgeous vertical slimline beach card created by our Associate Designer Kittie Caracciolo. We feel SO lucky to have Kittie exclusively creating cards like this one for us to show off our goodies! Kittie shared that she imagined looking back at the beach to build this scene and we love this perspective! She used the newly released Rubbernecker Slimline Solid Bubble Scallop paired with the Lifeguard Tower, Palm Trees, Sand Toys, Deckle Hills, Waves and the […]
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Have you checked out all of the unique slimline dies in the Rubbernecker store yet? I thought this fun Slimline Postage Die would be perfect for creating a postcard-inspired card for a friend that I’ve been missing lately. Embellished with just a couple of die-cuts on a pretty ink-blended background, I love how the extra empty space afforded by the slimline format really allows me to convey a sense of absence. INK-BLENDED BACKGROUND Start by cutting a piece of white […]
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Making this handmade kite card on this vertical slimline layout was so much fun. The tall card provides lots of space for the tree and the kites flying in the sky. I used grass, flowers and a fence at the bottom of the card to balance the scene. I used the new Slimline Scallop with Holes, Winter Tree, Kite, Grass, Picket Fence, Garden Stems, Spring Leaves, Small Flowers #3 and Sun Moon. The Slimline Card Base and Scene Layer Cut […]
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Who is ready to be dazzled today by a gorgeous slimline shaker card? Our designer has paired the new Slimline Scallop Die with our adorable Under The Sea set for today’s seaworthy card. Take a peek: Is that not SO adorable? And she swears it’s easy! Let’s see how she did it! How to make the Slimline Shaker card base: With removable tape, mask off a rectangle shape with a ½” border on the edges on the front of […]
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Last week we had an awesome coloring post by Michelle Houghton, showing us how to color up an old rusted tractor. As promised, today we have this fun video tutorial for you to see! Head on over to our YouTube channel for this and so much more!
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Happy Monday Friends and fans of slimline cards! Wasn’t last weeks new release so much fun? We were beyond thrilled with your response to our new slimline die-cuts and love all the creations we see rolling in. Our designers have created some beautiful projects to share with you over the next few weeks to help get those inspiration juices flowing! So grab some coffee and scroll through today’s post for a colorful and fun floral card to send to your […]
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Did you ever think a big beautiful bunch of paper ivy leaves could make such a gorgeous statement on a card? Today’s designer loves keeping cards with simple messages at the ready to give out for a quick thank you or just to let someone know she’s thinking of them. Take a look at this stunning card:
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Before we get into today’s AHmazing tips on creating rusted metal – Copic markers tp the rescue……..we have to say “What a week!”. We have had so much fun with all the new die-cut releases, our Sizzix machine is smoking from running so many cuts – haha. We thought we will give it a break and spend some time with our trusty Copics today and do some coloring to close out the week. We have so many fun stamps that […]
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