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Handmade Fall Cards – Thank You for Friends!

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Today’s handmade Fall cards are all about thanking our friends! We’ve been sharing lots of handmade Fall cards in this month of expressing our thanks and we cannot forget to thank our friends for everything they do for us. Today Lisa is taking that sentiment and really upping the ante with this stunning example – just LOOK at all that detail! We love that Lisa has combined so many things that are fabulous on their own and put together – […]

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Learn a Fun Watercolor Stamping Technique!

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This watercolor stamping technique will have you looking at your stamps in a whole new way! We were so excited to see Carol share this easy-to-do, fun watercolor stamping technique because, while it’s been around forever, this pretty method of creating watercolor looks on cards is enjoying a reboot in the card making world. Carol says, “The Daisy Daydream stamp set is the style of stamp that was used when I very first saw the demo at a Rubbernecker booth […]

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Watercolored Autumn Thank You Cards

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You can make a stack of these autumn thank you cards and have them on hand all season! This month we are featuring projects that express gratitude and these autumn thank you cards are so perfect for the fall season. Annie says “I love to create Thanksgiving cards that are simple and warm.  The sketched look of the Fall Pumpkins Stamp Set was perfect for some faux no-line watercoloring using markers”.  Let’s get Annie’s tips on how to make this […]

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A Pretty Floral Thanks Card For Any Occasion

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Use this floral Thanks card idea to make a stack and always have one at the ready! There’s something about a floral Thanks card that is so sweet and fresh and such a cheerful way to express your gratitude. Today we are sharing a simple to make card from Julie that you can change up in so many ways you will never run out of thank you cards in your stash! Let’s check out how she created this lovely card. […]

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Easy Stamped Layered Flowers For a Slimline Card

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Use our stamps for easy layered flowers that wow every time! Our stamps that created beautiful layered flowers are growing every day in popularity and simple but stunning cards like this one from Jamie are, we are sure, part of the reason! From highly detailed sets like this one to watercolor looks like the one today, layered flower stamp sets are an easy way to get lots of shading and dimension using just those stamps and great ink. Let’s see […]

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Use Your Negative Die Cut as a Reverse Stencil!

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Check out this fun twist for creating a reverse stencil from your die cut! Today Jamie is sharing a really innovative and fun way to use your die cuts to create a fun reverse stencil to help you add extra details with one easy step! We just love the way her night time “lights” peek through the skyline and she says she was inspired to thank a million people in a city with a million thanks. What a fun perspective! […]

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Tips For Using White Colored Pencils On Colored Cardstock

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Colored pencils do amazing things on white cardstock and did you know that using white colored pencils on colored cardstock can be just as magical? In today’s installment of Stamp Along With Rubbernecker, Preeti is sharing her easy to follow and SO fun to do tips for coloring beautiful, vibrant white flowers on colored cardstock along with all her fabulous shading techniques. You can feel you skills expand as you watch and then trying this out…..well, be prepared to impress […]

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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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Colorful and Unique Thank you Cards

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We are just loving that these incredibly colorful and unique thank you cards were made using a new slimline background stamp that we created as a fall themed item and – VOILA! – it’s a thank you card! Isn’t is delicious? And our designer said that aside of the coloring of the background image, which for those of us who love to color is ALL the fun!, this card is super simple to make. This is another one of those […]

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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 – VIDEO!

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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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Brand New – The BEST Thank You Stamp Set!

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We are calling this the “Best” Thank You stamp set because that’s what our customers are saying about it! And we are SO excited that our brain storm session about what WE wanted for thank you stamps has made you all so happy. In this month of thankfulness, we acknowledge that there are so very many things for which we can be grateful and they aren’t all obvious. First, let’s take a peek at the stamp set and then we […]

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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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Rubbernecker November 2020 New Stamps

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Yippee – it’s one of our favorite things at Rubbernecker – November 2020 new stamps are available and we’ve got some cute projects and a great walk-through video from Preeti! Let’s take a a look at some of the cards we will be sharing later on the blog and then sit back with a cup of something hot and delicious and watch Preeti give us some great ideas and insider tips! First, here’s an adorable card showing off our 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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