Search Results for: watercolor

How To Use Liquid Watercolor On Card Backgrounds – VIDEO

Rubbernecker Blog MASK-AND-LAYER-12

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 […]

Continue Reading

How to Make Your Own Ink Pad With Liquid Watercolors – Video!

Rubbernecker Blog MASK-AND-LAYER-8

Once again, we have an awesome video from Preeti showing how to make your own ink pad using liquid watercolors. You won’t BELIEVE the amazing multi-colored looks you can get with this fun tip! It’s always fun using the supplies you have in different ways, and we hope you feel inspired and crafty after watching Preeti create these amazing projects today! See the projects below and head to the bottom to check out the video.  Enjoy this fun video to […]

Continue Reading

Watercoloring Die Cuts with Color Fuse Inks

Rubbernecker Blog KC-Rubbernecker-5301-05D-Organic-Shapable-Daisy-5-right-

Watercoloring die cuts like the flowers and foliage on this project is a fun technique for coloring images.  I used hot press watercolor to cut the flowers and foliage and used Color Fuse inks to color them.  Hot press watercolor paper is very smooth and is the perfect base for creating gorgeous color and shading.  For this project I used the Organic Shapable Daisy, Flower #5 (large leaves), Wreath Set and Tiny Flower Buds. I used Color Fuse Set #5 […]

Continue Reading

Make a Watercolor Flower Background with Stamps!

Rubbernecker Blog Loose-Watercolor-Butterfly-Cards-by-Annie-Williams-Main

Hi there – Annie here today with a fun way to create a loose watercolor flower background using clear silhouette-style stamps. My gardens have been bursting with color lately and I wanted to try to replicate the look using bright colors and soft edges. These cards are the perfect way to send a sweet springtime hello! The images in the Spring Meadows Stamp Set are super versatile because they really can be used for either foliage or flowers. For this […]

Continue Reading

Watercolor Butterfly Smile For You

Happy Monday everyone! Our team always wants to bring you wonderful inspiration. Today Lisa is going the extra mile with Watercolor Butterfly #7 (947). You really can’t help but smile when you see her card. The great design, coloring, and layout are perfect.  We really can’t say enough about how beautiful Lisa’s card is. All the colors she decided to use blend and go so well together.  Combining the Nested Decked Rectangle Frame die cuts (5176D) with the Grunge Frame […]

Continue Reading

Spring Watercolor Thinking Of You

Are you ready for Spring? Our team is ready for spring and making beautiful watercolor cards to show for it. We have new Watercolor Background (1227) stamps that allow you to make an amazing watercolor background for your cards. These stamps give you a watercolor look without all the effort or worry that it will come out badly.  Our designer made this watercolor thinking of you card. She used the watercolor background stamps and our new release Organic #4 (3204) […]

Continue Reading

Beautiful Watercolor Lotus

How many of you love our watercolor flowers? Here is a new look on the Watercolor Lotus (1125) stamp. Jamie did an amazing job with her card this week. Jamie embossed the flower with white embossing powder then continued to bring it to life with her beautiful coloring. The sentiment Jamie used is from the Happy Birthday (3031) stamp set. The font and the position look perfect with her card. To add some wonderful texture to her card she used […]

Continue Reading

Watercolor Bouquet with Ann-Marie

Ann-Marie has made a stunning thank you card this week.  She used our watercolor stamp Bouquet (919) along with Ken Oliver’s Color Bursts (cbset-4). The Color Bursts make it bright and beautiful with all the wonderful colors she used. To get that perfect color using the Color Bursts she used the Rubbernecker Watercolor Paper (wcp).  The sentiment she used is from Best Friends Etc (3032). The font and her placing of the word thanks looks perfect with her card.  Until […]

Continue Reading

Watercolor Wine Glass Card

The Watercolor Red Wine Glass (1043-02) stamp is always a fun one with almost all of our sentiments. Lisbeth’s creation this week is extra fun with the beautiful wine glass she made with the Ken Oliver Color Bursts Fresh Floral colors (cbset-5). The Ken Oliver Color Burst work very well on the Rubbernecker Watercolor Paper (wcp) she used. She also made it a lot of fun with the sentiment Obey All The Rules (648-04). What a perfect pair she has […]

Continue Reading

Watercolor Forest

If you were on the fence about buying Watercolor Forest (972), this card should help you decide. Mary brought us an amazingly beautiful card using Watercolor Forest. She made the ground and the sky background on this card look so soft and beautiful, that it made the forest really stand out.  She also used Laughter and Joy (982-05) that looks like stars in the sky. It all blends together so nicely. The card looks absolutely stunning.   

Continue Reading

Watercolor Wine Glass

 Mary has brought us a very elegant and fun card to inspire us today. Mary used the Watercolor White Wine Glass (1043-03) for her card. She very smartly used Ken Oliver’s Color Bursts to make the wine in the glass whatever color she wanted. She did a perfect job with the Color Bursts. Mary’s added sequin embellishments drifting over to the Fruit Salad (789-02) sentiment give it that extra added elegance of wine. Although, we believe any wine drinker can […]

Continue Reading

Gentle Breeze Watercolor Card

Gentle Breeze (1027) is a gorgeous watercolor stamp, Keri has made it even more amazing. Gentle Breeze looks amazing on her card with the colors that she used. She was able to pull from the same colors as her patterned paper. Keri has a talent for matching her patterned paper to what she is doing every time. The Freehand Phrase Set (900) sentiment works so well with this card, and with the stamp. Keri also used the matching Freehand Phrase […]

Continue Reading

Watercolor Forest

Watercolor Forest (972) is a very versatile stamp set. You can use it for so many different things. You can use it for birthdays, thank you, miss you and more. Angela made us a fantastic thank you card today using Watercolor Forest. She made the distressed background almost look like the Northern Lights over Alaska, it is just beautiful. The sentiment she used from Best Wishes Etc (3029) works so well with this card. The font looks beautiful lingering above […]

Continue Reading

Watercolor Effect Flowers in the Breeze

Flowers In The Breeze (713) is one of our gorgeous watercolor stamps. Ruza has made this stamp come to life with her project this week, it looks magnificent. She used a birthday sentiment from the Best Friends Etc (3032). What a beautiful birthday card Ruza has made. We can’t wait for you to see it at Expo. If you would like to get these stamps you can always click the names of the stamps and it will take you directly […]

Continue Reading

Watercolor Wow with Fall Foliage

Fall Foliage (924) is a beautiful stamp. Our designer Keri Parish has done an excellent job bringing this stamp set to life.  She used a combination of  the Ken Oliver’s Color Bursts, and our own watercolor paper to make the colors to blend so well. She did a fantastic job with all of it. The paper that Keri used along with her buttons really keep the Fall Foliage stamp the center of attention. The paper really brings out the colors […]

Continue Reading

A Gorgeous Fall Color Combo For Cards

Rubbernecker Blog project_20220720_1143278-01

This luscious Fall color combo for cards is unexpected but downright gorgeous! When Colleen set out to make this card, she used her researching the Pantone 2022 Fall colors as inspiration. Her finding colors in shades of blue, purple and brown led to her creating this spectacular Fall color combo for cards that we are just over the moon for! While this color combination is unconventional for Fall cards, you can’t help but feel the season with this project and […]

Continue Reading

Handmade Autumn Cards With Lots of Ombre!

Rubbernecker Blog Rubbernecker-Stamps_Lisa-Bzibziak_08.12.22M

The gorgeous handmade Autumn cards are made even more beautiful with the double use of an ombre look! This month’s theme is all about handmade Autumn cards and this one from Lisa is just about one of the most quintessentially golden glowy cards we’ve seen. We absolutely LOVE the double ombre thing going on and of course Lisa has shared all her tips for the making of this beauty. Shall we get started? To begin, Lisa  picked out a watercolor […]

Continue Reading

Gorgeous Handmade Gift Tags For Fall!

Rubbernecker Blog Photo-Jul-21-7-47-17-PM

You will want to make a batch of these handmade gift tags for fall occasions – learn why they can do double duty! Today we have some beautiful, bright and deliciously rich handmade gift tags for Fall from Natasha. These are so vibrant and modern and will look just spectacular tied onto any butcher paper wrapped package or plain kraft paper gift bag. But handmade gift tags also do double duty in the most insanely easy way! Simply pop one […]

Continue Reading

VIDEO – A Fall Mixed Media Background!

Rubbernecker Blog project_20220720_1145014-01

Add some golden glow to your card with this beautiful Fall mixed media background! Before we get into all the delicious details about this card with that gorgeous Fall mixed media background, we just have to share what Colleen said inspired her. She says” Autumn is my favorite time of year and I love the traditional fall colors and pumpkins. I wanted my card to actually smell like fall (those of you who live in all season areas know what […]

Continue Reading

Our August Theme Cards for Fall!

Rubbernecker Blog CARDS-FOR-FALL

If you are always looking for new ideas for cards for fall, you will want to CAMP OUT here in August! We LOVE making cards for Fall! Maybe it’s because we are over the crazy hot weather or because, for some of us, it means our kids are going back to school (giving us more time to stamp!). Or maybe it’s because we are just ready for a new color palette. Whatever the reason, Fall cards are always popular and […]

Continue Reading

Create A Winter Card Background – Frosty and FUN!

Rubbernecker Blog Photo-Jun-27-11-46-43-AM

Learn how to create a winter card background that you can use all season long! Today Natasha is sharing a way to create a winter card background that you will want to use over and over. It will come out a little different every time and that is one of the things that makes it so fun to use! And the card is just SO cheerful and sweet and would make a perfect non-denominational holiday card. Let’s dive into the […]

Continue Reading