Today’s the day – the August release of our new layered stamps has arrived, and you don’t want to miss out on these gorgeous floral stamps specially designed for Fall flowers! These beautiful new stamps can create Fall flowers but change up the colors and you’ve got year round creativity. They work beautifully with our Color Fuse Inks and all our layered floral stamps can be combined with other sets for endless bouquets. Our Designer Preeti Chandran has made a […]
Continue ReadingAutumn Card Making Ideas – SNEAK PEEK OF NEW STAMPS!
Today we have a sneak peek at one of the new layered floral stamps available tomorrow with this one of our autumn card making ideas. We cannot WAIT for you to see these new stamps – our designers went BANANAS!! – and we know you are going to love them! Let’s take a peek at the fall card our designer Lisa created to give you a taste of what you will see tomorrow. You are going to LOOOOOOVE it! This […]
Continue ReadingKen Oliver Color Burst Tutorial Video
Today we want to share a Ken Oliver Color Burst tutorial to show you the AHmazing results you can get! Did you know that we have some AMAZING stamps that are meant to resemble watercolored images? These are so fun to use with Color Burst watercolor powders; the results are gorgeous and several of our stamp sets were designed to take advantage of the punches of color. Our YouTube channel is full of so many fun tutorials, many of which […]
Continue ReadingColored Pencil Art – Stamp Along with Rubbernecker
Hey Fellow Crafters – we are trying out a new feature called Stamp Along with Rubbernecker and today’s topic is colored pencil art. We are going to test this out about once a month giving you a video tutorial covering a new fun technique or trick that you can then use right away, coming back to the video if you need a second look. Today, Preeti Chandran is making a stunning floral background card with butterfly and jewel accents! Her […]
Continue ReadingPaper Ivy Leaves en Masse – GORGEOUS!
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:
Continue ReadingMake a Paper Daisy Flower in a Flash!
Summer is finally here and with all the beautiful blooms outside, our designer was inspired to make a paper daisy flower – TWO in fact, for us today. She used our organic shapeable daisy dies to quickly cut and shape two beautiful flowers to add a beautiful dimensional effect to her circle cards. Let’s take a peek at these beauties! Aren’t those paper daisies GORGEOUS? We are in love with all her little details like the variegated striping on the […]
Continue ReadingA Tulip Flower Card for Any Occasion!
We are in awe of this beautiful tulip flower card – does that big bunch of flowers not look SO fresh and SO ready to be delivered to a friend? We especially love the idea that by simply switching out the greeting, this card could be used for pretty much any occasion. The pops of color on the white on white layering makes everything stand out in such a pretty way. And this beautiful card is actually easy to make […]
Continue ReadingA Paper Flower Bouquet ON A CARD!
Handmade cards with flowers are so popular for Mother’s Day so I just had to create a paper flower bouquet and work it onto a card. My mother was a florist and I learned floral design working with her in the flower shop. I know she would have loved seeing this colorful flower card and how I use floral design in my card making. Mother has been gone for more than twenty years but she will be in my heart […]
Continue ReadingFrame a Sentiment with Flowers
For my project today I show how I frame a sentiment with flowers. I had this large purple flower on my desk from recording the paper flower shaping video that I posted earlier this week and thought I would use it with foliage, a couple smaller flowers and a floral frame to highlight a sentiment. The Special Joy sentiment could be used for any special occasion-birthday, anniversary, thinking of you, etc. I framed it using the Floral Frame, Organic Shapable […]
Continue ReadingHow to Make Small Paper Flowers for Cards
Today I’m showing how to make small paper flowers for cards. A couple weeks ago I shared a window card with you made using the Window with Double Stitch. I had the four rectangle sections left over from the window project and thought they would be perfect used with small flower pots and a sweet sentiment. I paired the rectangles with Small Flowers #3, Tiny Flower Buds, Tall Terracotta Pots, Leaves and Greenery and a sentiment from the Kittie Says […]
Continue ReadingMacrame Planters Card
This clean and simple macrame planters card was fast and easy and is such a pretty card for any occasion. I have all kinds of ideas running through my head on how to use these dies. My next card will definitely be with at least one hanging in front of a die cut window. For this project i used the Rubbernecker Macrame Planters, Leaves and Greenery, Small Flowers #3, Tiny Flower Buds, Nested Rectangle Scallop and Best Friends stamp set. […]
Continue ReadingA Z Fold Box Card To Knock Your Socks Off!
Ok – I will admit it – this z fold box card IS over the top! I went a little nuts, what can I say? But the BASIC form of this Z fold box card can be used in about a zillion ways, as complex or as simple as YOU want to make yours, and it will STILL be a showstopper! For this card I used the Rubbernecker Circle Lattice, Window w/ Pierce, Tall Terracotta Pots, Tall Buckets, Apple Cart. […]
Continue ReadingPop Up Flower Box Card
Today I’m sharing a 3D pop up flower box card with a lattice background, Adirondack chair sitting against a fence and terracotta pots filled with flowers. I used the Rubbernecker Circle Lattice, Beach Chairs, Knob Top Fence, Grass, Large Ivy, Small Ivy, Tall Terracotta Pots, Watering Can, Small Flowers #1, Flower Buds, Small Butterflies and Cart Accessories #1. I used the A2 Pop Up Box Card Kit from The Paper Cut for the card base. Assemble the 3D Pop Up […]
Continue ReadingCopic Coloring On Rubber Stamps!
Hello Michelle, I have a fun new post today with a video tutorial showing you tons of tips for Copic coloring on rubber stamps! for the next few months, I am part of the Guest Design Team over at Rubbernecker Stamps! And today is my first day to post. I used one of Rubbernecker’s beautiful watercolor stamps, Scarlet Star to create this beautiful image by stamping with my Copic Markers. If you have not seen me run through this process […]
Continue ReadingFriends Deserve Roses!
Hi my crafty friends! Rubbernecker Stamps has some new beautiful stencils that make for a quick, easy, dimensional card. To make my card I ran the Bold Rose Stencil through my Crossover II Die Cutting Machine. You’ll need a rubber mat, that’ll push them paper through the stencil to give it dimension. If you don’t have a rubber mat, this card can still be made without dimension. While the stencil is still on the paper and the rubber mat, […]
Continue ReadingNew Release Bold Rose Stencil
Hello everyone! Have you seen the new Bold Rose Stencil (4012) that just released? Lisa made us some amazing inspiration for us today using it. The card is gorgeous! The way Lisa colored the bold rose stencil it is so beautiful. All the different colors and the extra white little touches she puts on the card. She used the Borders #1 die-cut (5160-01D) for the edging on the purple cardstock at the top. She added sweet bits of texture with […]
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