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Gorgeous Handmade Card With Coffee Theme!

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Today we get to show off a gorgeous handmade card with coffee theme details from our Associate Designer, Julie Warner. You may remember this stunning card from this post and today we’ve got some fun additional inside scoop on this card. We figured there’s nothing like curling up with a cup of coffee on a Sunday morning….. First let’s get another look at this beautiful card: Julie wanted to create an image where it looked like this coffee lover was […]

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Super Cute DIY Christmas Cards!

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Today we have an assortment of some SUPER cute DIY Christmas cards all made by Lisa and all using items from our newest Christmas release. Let’s take a look and then we can get some juicy details! First this adorable slimline card with some of our stinkin’ cute (if we do say so ourselves!) winter cuties: Next we’ve got an adorable scene created in a shadow box. A shadow box created using one of our DIES and NOT with a […]

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VIDEO – How To Use Liquid Watercolor On Card Backgrounds

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Hold onto your stamps, folks – today we have another Stamp Along With Rubbernecker video on how to use liquid watercolor to make the most stunning card backgrounds. Preeti is at it again with a simply stunning wintry nighttime galaxy background for her admiring forest friends. We can’t get over all the depth and color and light and just gorgeousness Preeti created using her liquid watercolors and we feel so grateful that she shared her techniques with us in a […]

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Thank You Card Sayings – En Espanol!

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Some of you may know that we have many thank you card sayings in the shop including this brand new and FLYING out the door set and this set in Spanish and lots in between. We love mixing things up and since “Gracias” has become a popular word for even the non-Spanish speaking peeps this card is a GREAT example of a fun way to use a stamp from a foreign language set in a way everyone can understand it! […]

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Slimline Quick and Easy Thank You Card With Dimension

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Woo-hoo – we love slimline, we love fast, we love simple and we LOVE when they all come together for a slimline quick and easy thank you card! And this one shared by our designer Jamie, has a fun easy way to add some real dimension with just a few bits of die cutting. Before we get started, have you jumped on the slimline card bandwagon yet?  If you haven’t you really should – it’s a huge trend and people […]

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Soft and Lovely Elegant Thank You Cards

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Today we are excited to share some soft and lovely elegant thank you cards that you can make – one or a batch! – to send for more formal occasions or just when you want to send something really pretty. Don’t these just fit that bill perfectly? And these cards use some basic design ideas that you can use for any kind of card so read on and be inspired! First you can see that this card was made featuring […]

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Make Some Holiday Thank You Cards!

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Today in our Friday feature Stamp Along With Rubbernecker, Preeti is showing us how to make some really pretty holiday thank you cards. She’s got some amazing tips in her video and the cards are just SO lovely. Think about those people who have made things easier for us this year and those people who we want to both gift and thank – holiday thank you cards are perfect for those people especially if you are tucking a tip inside. […]

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Handmade Thank You Cards With Gorgeous Flowers!

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Today we have not one but TWO beautiful handmade thank you cards made using some of our glorious clear layered floral stamps. We just LOVE how Annie combined sets to create these cards and can see endless possibilities using these ideas. Let’s check them out in more detail! Here’s he first card. We can’t get over the combination of peonies and pine cones – who knew they look so pretty together? (Well, Annie did!) First, Annie used the Sweet Peony […]

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Make a Batch of Cute Homemade Christmas Cards!

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Do you make a lot of cards and if so, are you looking for some ideas for batches of really cute homemade Christmas cards? You are in the RIGHT PLACE! Today Allie has a terrific idea for a basic design idea that you can customize to your heart’s content – here using a few of our brand new Christmas stamp and die sets – to make a big beautiful batch of cards. Let’s dive in! First, here are the new […]

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Creative Thank You Cards – Make a Shaker!

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Today’s version of fun, creative thank you cards is extra special because it is also a slimline card AND a shaker card! Talk about stacking the deck of creativity! Let’s take a closer look at how Jamie made today’s project for us…. First, Jamie cut a panel of white card stock sized for a slimline card front using two dies from the Slimline Nested Stitch Die to create a pop-out panel and frame all in one cut.     Then […]

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Make a Beautiful Flower Thank You Card!

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In keeping with our theme of thankfulness, we are excited to share this bright and  beautiful flower thank you card that is so perfect for showing your appreciation for that person in your life who is special to you. We just love the cheerful yellow against that crisp combination of black and white. And there’s a SUPER fun PRO TIP in here, too, about that gorgeous gingham so read on and get the details…… First, Carol cut out black and […]

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A Trio of Rainbow Thank You Cards!

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In keeping with our theme of gratitude, today we are particularly thankful to Allison for sharing this enticing trio of rainbow thank you cards. We just LOVE how she’s showed a way for us to make three cards in one fun session because as much as we love immersing ourselves in our craft, sometimes we have to be efficient, too! Allison said she wanted to show off the versatility of one of the slimline insert dies we created and we […]

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Coffee Lovers Blog Hop – Fall & Winter 2020

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Welcome to the Fall & Winter 2020 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! We love this hop because, as you can see from our huge collection of coffee related goodies, we LOVE coffee! And we LOVE how our designers turn our stamps and dies into such fun coffee themed cards! Let’s take a look at this hop’s collection….. First, Lisa has given us a card that speaks the truth – adulting IS hard sometimes. And coffee might not fix it but it […]

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A Beautiful Floral Slimline Thank You Card!

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Today our designer Annie has a gorgeous floral slimline thank you card to help us kick off our month of thankfulness. All November, we will be featuring cards that express OUR gratitude for you and to help you be inspired to share thankfulness with those you love. And don’t forget the giveaway!! We are just loooooving this beautiful card! It’s got a little antique-y style bling in the form of the gold embossing on the background, luscious color from those […]

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Super Cute DIY Slimline Baby Boy Card!

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Today we have a fun twist on all the amazing slimline cards we’ve been showing off – we’ve got an off-the-charts cute and oh-so-simple to make slimline baby boy card for you to try! Our designer Jamie created this for us and we think it’s just adorable! Of course, you could adapt this for a baby girl, too by maybe spelling out “joy”? Either way, this is a really sweet project and it’s relatively simple to put together. Let’s get […]

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A Cute Halloween Slimline Card With Owls!

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We thought we would bring October to a close with one more adorable Halloween slimline card – with owls! Owls are a permanent theme in the stamping world and we love that we can bring you even more fun things to do with your owls from Rubbernecker with the Halloween and Christmas Add-Ons. When Lisa made this card she talked about cutting out a whole slew of little owls and their cute little Halloween costumes. She says she had fun […]

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Showing Off A New Slimline Die Set!

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Wowzers – isn’t this card made with the new Nested Scallop slimline die set gorgeous? When we started designing and bringing you slimline die sets, we made sure to keep some of the more popular motifs from our standard dies and scallops are ALWAYS a hit. This card takes full advantage of how fantastic layers look on a slimline card and Allie used one of our super cool slimline insert dies, too, for a look that is so rich and […]

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Elegant Homemade Christmas Cards!

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Today we are sharing one of the most elegant homemade Christmas cards we’ve seen this season. Carol used on of our new clear layered floral stamp sets call Winter Bouquet. She layered these gorgeous pine cones and floral stems over a sparkly overall background and it’s just so dazzling! Let’s check out how she put this together. First she stamped the Veined Leaves background stamp onto white card stock with Versamark and heat embossed with gold powder. PRO TIP: Be […]

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A Shadow Box Shaker Card Video Tutorial!

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In today’s installment of Stamp Along With Rubbernecker, Preeti is sharing a shadow box shaker card video tutorial LOADED with tips and tricks to make this STUNNING project.This is a total show stopper and yet somehow Preeti makes it all so DOABLE! For easy future reference, here are the measurements of the three panels you will use in every version of this amazing “How’d she DO that?!?” project: Shadow Box Measurements: 6 ¼ x 5 ½ Front panel Score at […]

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A Fun and Spooky Monster Card!

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We just cracked up when we saw Lisa’s spooky themed but oh-so-adorable monster card today! The silly funny monsters against that doom and gloom background is the perfect combination of trick and treat! Let’s check out how she made it! First she cut out her monsters from purple and green card stock and mixed and matched the pieces to make her little characters. Then she used her clouds stencil that she made using the new Clouds Slimline Die to sponge […]

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A Coffee Slimline Card With a Chuckle!

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Some of us love coffee, some of us love slimline cards and that means, for sure, that some of us will LOVE a coffee slimline card, especially when it makes you laugh! Let’s dive into today’s project by the talented Jamie! First, she die cut a piece of white card stock using the Slimline Insert Geometric X Die and trimmed it closely to the “lattice” created by this popular die. She used four shades of Color Fuse ink – Caramel, […]

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