Two of my grandsons are graduating from sixth grade today and I just have to go to lunch with a couple of friends too! What’s a girl to do? Well, she is to stamp something fast! lol
This may not look like a quick card, but it really was.
I inked the Rubbernecker image with markers before stamping 3 times onto vanilla cs. I then added the punched flowers and butterflies and the big ol' bow. The bow is seam binding, colored with tumbled glass reinker and coffee shop glimmer mist. The card front is layered onto soft suede cs. I then sprayed the whole thing with the coffee shop glimmer mist.
Stamps: Leaf Vine 537-10 by Rubbernecker
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Yay! Monday! Mmmmmm, well, whatever. It’s the beginning of a new week.
I just haven’t been able to leave this card alone. I keep making what I hope are improvements to it. Here is what I’ve done with it today!
#1 I created the card and it was fine, but I thought it needed a little something above the panel, so I embossed the little scallop. That was nice.
I decided that it needed a little break at the embossing, so I cut a very small strip of the Basic Gray card stock and added it just above the embossing. Oh yeah, I like that better. What do you think?
This card was created for the SCS challenge to create a card that is hiding a sentiment. Every time I hand a card to my husband to see what he things, he carefully looks it over and then, if he can’t figure it out, asks, “What does it do?” lol Too funny. Well, he will be happy to see that this one does something.
I stamped this cute raccoon image onto white cs with Tuxedo black ink before coloring with Copic markers. That is backed with Basic Gray cs. The butterfly is the hinge which is stamped with black ink onto the yellow cs and carefully cut out with scissors. The card is a 140 lb. paper from MFP that is the bomb for card bases. It is sooooo heavy. I love it. But don’t try to use your punches on it. NO WAY! But as a card base, trust me, it is the best.
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Today is Rubbernecker Stamps RELEASE DAY!! WOW, it is here already! Thank you for joining us, we are so glad you could be a part of the fun!! Since we had SO much fun last time, with our game? How about ANOTHER game? Our release day FUN this round, will be a WORD SEARCH!! All you have to do is travel to EACH of the FABULOUS design team blogs, like usual, and leave them some LOVE!! However, while you are there, you will pick up a WORD at EACH stop!! At the end of your journey you will you will then leave your ANSWERS on the RUBBERNECKER BLOG!
ONE lucky entrant will receive a
!!!!! PRIZE !!!!!
**A $25 RUBBERNECKER STAMPS
GIFT CERTIFICATE**
MY WORD IS
“COPICS”
You will have thru FRIDAY to enter, for we know that everyone is VERY busy!!The winner will be announced on Saturday! You can find the HOP ROUTE below! Thanks again for joining Rubbernecker Stamps for their NEW RELEASE DAY!!! Hope you enjoy the HOP!!
Oh my goodness, I had more fun creating these projects. Maybe it is because of the colors, but I don’t know, I just love the look of these. I hope you do too.
So, I started out making this card by stamping the leaves.
First I inked the medium sized leaves (you get three different sizes in the set) with Peeled Paint Distress Ink, stamped it once and then without re-inking, stamped again, moving it slightly. Next I inked the smaller leaf stamp with the same ink and stamped it over the previous images. Nice. I then punched the flowers using Martha Stewart’s 3 in 1 hydrangea and two shades of purple card stock. I added dimension by using my stylus and pressing the centers into a mouse pad. Those were glued onto the image, then I added the small pearls to the centers. The sentiment (also included in this set) was stamped using Lavender Lace ink. Now, what to use in that upper left corner? I used diluted reinker in a plastic bag to color my seam binding, scrunching it up and then drying it with my heat tool. I love the different shades it takes on when you do this. I tied a simple bow, leaving the ends nice and long and adhering them where I wanted them with glue dots. Hmmm, I wanted more! So, I punched the edge with the Martha Stewart Swirling lace punch. The inside of the card has the smallest leaves stamped there as well. You can see them peeking out if you look carefully. Ahhhhh! I love this girly girl card. How about you?
I love this one so much, I created more using basically the same ideas.
Thinking this would be a great gift set, I created a little holder for several of these cards using the same punches and a Spellbinders dies.
I added a bit of shimmer to the sentiment of this one with AtYou pens.
Stamps: 560 Garden Shrub Set, Blooms 237-SO
Accessories: Martha Stewart 3 in 1 hydrangea punch, swirling lace corner and border punches, Spellbinders Parisian Motifs and Parisian Accents, liquid pearls, half pearls
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This card features the new set Poppies 3. Whenever I see poppies like these, it reminds me of the olden days when I was a little girl. When stopping for red lights while driving around town, men would come by our car selling these poppies to help support our veterans. To check my memory, I did a google search and found more information which I have put at the end of the post.
I stamped the image and sentiment onto white card stock using Tuxedo Black Memento ink. It is colored with Copic markers. The bottom right corner is punched with a Martha Stewart Swirling Lace corner punch. I adhered a piece of red gingham ribbon around the card, used another length of ribbon to tie a bow and added a button before gluing it to the ribbon. The white panel is matted onto the black card front. I added black brads to the centers of the flowers. This sentiment even fits our great veterans, don't you think?
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Q. Why are red poppies worn on Veterans Day, and where can I obtain them?
A. The wearing of poppies in honor of America's war dead is traditionally done on Memorial Day, not Veterans Day. The practice of wearing of poppies takes its origin from the poem In Flanders Fields, written in 1915 by John McCrae.
Welcome to Rubbernecker Stamps PREVIEW days!! Today is DAY ONE!! Rubbernecker will be releasing NEW STAMPS on Tuesday 5/17/11. You will want to visit EVERY one of the TALENTED design team participants, for on ONE of their blogs, is a chance to win a $15 Rubbernecker Stamps gift certificate! You can find the complete list of today’s participants on the RUBBENECKER BLOG! Hope to see you on RELEASE day; we have a FUN game planned for everyone!! Thanks for stopping by, enjoy all of the creations, and GOOD LUCK!!
This one uses Wild Garden Corner 539-01
I don’t often use orange, but I really like it on this card. The card base is orange cardstock which was embossed with a Sizzix Happy Birthday folder and the corners rounded. The next layer is green to match the greenery in the image just cut in a square to really show off the main panel with those lacey edges. I colored the stamp with markers and then stamped onto white card stock before cutting/embossing with Spellbinders Lacey Squares. I added a little yellow shimmer to the centers of the flowers with an AtYou pen. The sentiment is only part of a sentiment, inked with a marker to omit the rest of it. That is from the Butterflies are Free set 538. I stamped onto the orange cardstock using pumpkin pie ink and that is matted with pumpkin pie cardstock before being adhered to the white Lacey Square. To embellish, I punched a 1/4” circle from the green cardstock and adhered the shimmery orange dome to that before adding it to the top of the sentiment panel. I also added three loops of the green ribbon for some balance.
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Stamps: Wildflower Corner 01 539-01, Butterflies are Free 538
Both of these card were created with the new set American Made!
This one features that great image of the Statue of Liberty. Love it. I stamped the image with versmark ink onto red cardstock and embossed with silver before mounting onto white and dark blue card stock. The red and white panels, as well as the blue star are embossed with the Cuttlebug Stars folder. The USA is inked with versmark ink and embossed with white before being cut and popped up. I added the blue star with the white brad in the center.
This card utilizes some dp by Kaiser Scrapbook. The wonderful eagle image is inked with Black Tuxedo Memento ink but the flag colored blue with a blue marker. The image panel is matted onto the starred designer paper. I added more panels of the designer papers and used machine stitching around all of them. The sentiment was added to the bottom right corner with star brads embellishments. The brads were ivory so I colored them with Copic markers to match. The bow is actually regular old cotton twine with one length colored with my blue marker.
Stamps: American Made
I need to send some cards to some military men I know. These will be perfect.
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Here are two cards I created using this new set: Big BoyToys! I love this set with such great images for those masculine cards we have such a hard time creating. Also included is a great big rig image and lots of wonderful sentiments to go with them.
For this one, I stamped the image using Rich Cocoa memento ink onto white and then colored with Copic markers before cutting/embossing using Spellbinders Deckle Rectangles. I mounted it onto a light blue mat with the corners punched. That is popped up onto a brown strip and then onto a dp layer which are both embossed with Sizzix Woodgrain folder. I added the clip with the sentiment and then a bit of baker’s twine (also from MFP) knotted onto the clip. No bows – it is for men after all.
Now, if you don’t like to color you can still create a fabulous card like this. I stamped the same image using Black memento ink onto a caramel colored card stock and sponging the edges with Vintage Photo distress ink before mounting onto the red cardstock. The black panel behind the truck is embossed with Cuttlebug diamond folder. Under that is a bit of designer paper mounted onto the red card front. The sentiment panel is created by stamping the tread mark with Vintage Photo ink, stamped off once and then the sentiment added using black ink, mounting onto black and then cutting the ends. I added black brads and popped it up.
So you see, you can create great manly cards coloring or not. Easy Peasy!
Stamps: Big Boy Toys
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Isn’t this a great graduation set? YES! I used three of the images from the set, stamped with dark blue ink onto this great textured ivory card stock (also from MFP). The images are cut/embossed using Spellbinders Rectangle dies and matted with dark blue card stock before being mounted onto the card front. Now – see that sentiment . . . it is the name of the set and each stamp set comes with one of those, but isn’t it just perfect for this year’s grads? Oh please say yes! 
I hope you like it.
Stamps: Here Comes the Grad
It is time for some previews of new sets being released next week by Mark's Finest Papers. Both sets are very timely with the recent world events and graduations just around the corner.
This card shows a fabulous new patriotic set which is called American Made. It has lots of great patriotic images. For this card I used markers to color the stamps to get both the red and blue on them. I love the star embossing folder with these patriotic images. Let me just give a shout out to our magnificent troops!
This card is for a graduate, of course. This set is called Here Comes the Graduate. I used the cap stamp to create my own dp for the card front, coloring only the tassel. The “book” is created by stamping the wonderful sentiment onto some textured vanilla cardstock and cutting/embossing using Spellbinders Labels Seven. After scoring it in the center, I popped each “page” up a bit to give it more dimension. I then added the tassel which was stamped and embossed with black onto red cardstock and I added a brad. The card front is also scored for just a little more interest. This is an easily mailable card which is my goal lately.
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Today is Rubbernecker Stamps RELEASE DAY!! Thank you for joining us for the fun!!
To change it up a bit, our RELEASE hop is MORE than a HOP!!! How about a game? For some Release Day fun, we are having a WORD SCRAMBLE!! All you have to do is travel to EACH of the FABULOUS design team blogs, like usual, and leave them some LOVE!! However, while you are there, you will pick up a LETTER at EACH stop!! At the end of your journey you will UNSCRAMBLE the letters and figure out what the WORD should be!! You will then leave your ANSWER on the RUBBERNECKER BLOG! ONE lucky entry will receive a PRIZE……………………………….
**A $25 RUBBERNECKER STAMPS GIFT CERTIFICATE**
MY LETTER IS “ E”
You will have until THURSDAY to enter, for we know that everyone is VERY busy!! You can find the HOP ROUTE below! Thanks again for joining Rubbernecker Stamps for their NEW RELEASE DAY!!! Hope you enjoy the HOP!!
New stamps are available at Rubbernecker today! Here is one of them that I really love. 
The card front is bashful blue cardstock. The French Script bg stamp is inked with tea dye and vintage photo distress ink and then the edges were sponged with the same colors. The background flouris was inked with vintage photo distress ink and stamped twice on the diagonal. The main flourish was inked with Versamark ink, stamped and embossed with white embossing powder. That layer is mounted onto a dark brown cardstock. The bow is seam binding which was colored with bashful blue ink and also the vintage photo distress ink, crumpled and dried. I then tied a bow and added the jewel to the center before attaching to the card front.
Stamps: 2 Part Flourish set 1 546-01, French Script 448
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