The Rubber Cafe' - Holiday Card and Gift Blitz

Hi Everyone- today's project was for the Holiday Card and Gift Blitz going on at The Rubber Cafe'!

For my project I starteed with a plain wood plaque in the shape of a Bird or Cardinal.  It came with a wire branch and simple holly leaves.  I painted it white and distressed it with Ranger Distress Inks, Antique Linen and Tea Dye. 

I made some Pinecones in this grouping using our Fence die!  I cut 2 lengths of fence from chipboard, and rolled them.  I used Scrap Happy Glue and dipped them in Diamond Clear You're So Fine Glitter to give them an icy look. 

 

I accented with aother pine cones and berries, and finished iwth a nice Twill Red/White stripe bow! 

 

The really fun part about this project is the center - I masked off a circle and first sponged in Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.  Than I stamped the Pine Bough stamp in Staz-on Timber brown, I accented the pine leaves with my Distress Markers in Peeled paint, and took my White Gel Signo Pen to add some highlights to the Pine Cones.  To soften the edge of the circle I 'doodle' drew lines around the edge with my Black Pen.   Finally I took the phrase 'Merry Christams' from my Christmas Tidings set and 'curved' in my block before stamping in black around the curve of my circle.  It came out a bit stark at first so I took my distress sponge from lil Inkerz kit and pounced some more cream die ink on it and all over my cardinal.  The beak needed a bit of attention so I tore a piece of Bazzill tissue weight paper, and applied it with Scrap Happy Glue.  Another cluster of smaller pine cones, berries and skinny stripped ribbon finishes the top!

 

 

 

That's it- be sure to check back on The Rubber Cafe' blog here- to see what else we have! 

 

Thanks and have a good week!

 

Supplies:
Stamps:  The Rubber Cafe' - Pine Bough, Christmas Tidings
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Sta-zon Timber brown, Ranger Distress inks, Tumbled Glass, Antinque Linen, Tea Dye, Distress Marker, Peeled Paint, White cloud paint Dauber, Clear snap Cream cat eye
Adhesives:  The Rubber Cafe' - Scrap Happy Glue
Embellishments:  Misc pulled apart greenery, wired leaves, berries, pinecones, and jingle bells Ribbon, You're so Fine, Diamond Clear Glitter
Tools and Dies:  Spellbinders - Fence die! for The Rubber Cafe', Lil Inkerz

Pine Bough	Christmas Tidings	Scrap Happy Glue-4 oz - New Big Girl Size!	Lil inkerz
Your So Fine Glitter Diamond	Spellbinders - On the Fence	On the Fence Bundle

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The Rubber Cafe' - Christmas Cheer!

Hi - I have a quick post today -Over at the Rubber Cafe' - we're getting ready for our Holiday Blitz we are hosting here on Sunday, and came upon the Acetate piece that had been embossed with the snowflake design. So I decided to make it the focal point of today's card.
   Here it is

 

In the front flap - I've sandwiched the acetate piece, while stamping and coloring directly to the card on the inside with the Carolers from the Christmas Cheer set.

Here's those sweet images found in the inside of my card.

That's really it for now. Be sure to check back in here tomorrow, for the Holiday Card and Gift Blitz!

We will have several fun Cards, and projects to share for the holidays with you!

Enjoy your weekend!

An Update on Liberty !

Hi Everyone!! -  I have just a quick post-today, I wanted to share some new photos to share of Liberty - she's about 4 months old now - and today at her check-up she weighed in at 4 lbs 8 oz!  She's growing way too fast!!

Now...

 

Here she was when I first got her.   Only about 8 weeks old, and 2 lbs 3 oz.

These I took just last week!  

It's hard to get her quiet, to take pictures, this was on my craft table, so  I happened to have my camera handy.  You can see she's always in the middle of whatever I'm doing!

Look at the size of those feet ! She has the longest legs..

Here's she's 'helping' me with my photos and blog post! :)

 

 

have a great weekend!

 

 

 

The Rubber Cafe' - More Burnished Velvet

Hi There! 

Today's post over on the Rubber Cafe' - I've made another card using the Burnished Velvet techique

This time with my Your So Fine Glitter- Bronze Medal, I used the Distress Embossing Powder, Black Soot. I really love the contrast this gave me!

Get more info here on my post with the Rubber Cafe!

The Rubber Cafe' - Burnished Velet and Tutorials

My post today over at the Rubber Cafe' blog is featuring a tutorial and background technique, commonly referred to as Burnished Velvet. The twist here, is that instead of both colors being glitter - I combined it with Rangers Distress powder (Vintage Photo) I've seen this technique before but always with glitter! So really wanted to try this out!

This is just a sneak peek the rest of the story is on The Rubber Cafe' -blog HERE !

Happy Halloween - Tim Holtz- 12 Tags of 2012-Oct

Spooky Greetings to you all on this all Hallows Eve!!

I have some last final projects to share - and due to some computer issues, was unable to get some of these posted until now. 

First of all - here's my October Tag for Tim Holtz' Tags of 2012 - or in my case my ATC size!  I am so loving the shape of this little cutie, and it is packed w/ some fun new techniques.  2 were shared by Tim in his project tag for this month.

I used my Spellbinders - pumpkin dies.  This is the next to the largest one, so it would fit in my ATC size and adhered Tim Holtz' new Tissue paper to it.  I followed his paint techniques with Yellow, Orange and Brown daubers, than wiped those areas in each layer to difuse the color with a 'Wipe' - I used from my 'Tub o' Towels' we sell in the Rubber Cafe.

The other fun technique is I colored my glitter using our The Rubber Cafe's-  You're So Fine - Diamond Cool highlight glitter and Pitch Black Alcohol ink as described in Tim's Post.  I got mine to a charcoal color which I loved - as it looked great with the newsprint and distress of my ATC.   If you want it darker just keep adding more alcohol ink!  It's really cool... initially it clumps the glitter but as the alchohol dissipates it leaves your colored glitter. 

I made my own sticky paper using Scrap Happy Glue from The Rubber Cafe- and laid parchment paper down once it was set.  I prepared a piece of 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of cardstock.  And before using cut it into 4 pieces so I could use it more easily.  I used this for creating my pumpkin and the tissue paper adhered beautitfully!  And I cut my '31' numbers out with it also after peeling away the parchment paper added my glitter.  The numbers were Tim's Sizzix Word Play die!


Silhouette 3d Fun
I've been playing with my Silhouette's 3D images.  I have the new Cameo and I am sooooo loving the additional 3 1/2 " of cutting width I gained- which gives me more cool opportunities for dimensional items with some size!

Here's a couple of Halloween cuties that I really had fun with !  I cut and than stamped with my Rubber Cafe' - dots and stripes background stamps from the Background Basics 2 set.  I laced my 'witchy' shoe with black/white bakers twine, and used scrappers floss and a cordoroy button to embellish my pumpkin.

The Pumpkin is sealed shut, but I thought about trying this again, and making it a box that you could open and close with goodies inside.  Possibilities are endless!  These are the actual size of the orig design but as you know with all electronic cutting machines the flexibility in re-sizing to fit your needs is always an option!

The pumpkin I ahered close with my Scrap Happy Glue from the Rubber Cafe, but the shoe I used my 3-in-1 or Fabritac by Beacons.  There were so many curves I needed a faster drying glue to keep in place as I set the inserts.  I stamped and distressed with Mustard Seed, used Black Soot on my shoe.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a safe and Happy Halloween!!

Supplies:
Stamps:  The Rubber Cafe' - Background Basics 2, Tim Holtz - ticket tag stamps
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Inks- Mustard Seed, Black soot,  Paint daubers, Yellow, orange and brown
Paper:  The Rubber Cafe' -Pugnacious white, and SU colored cardstock, Tim Holtz Tissue paper
Adhesives:  The Rubber Cafe' - Scrap Happy Glue, Beacons Fabri-tac
Tools:  Spellbinder Pumpking die set, and Sizzix leaf and Wordplay dies
Embellishments:  G45 chipboard buttons, SU cordoroy button, Scrappers Floss, Blk/Wht bakers Twine, Basic Grey velvet rick rack, The Rubber Cafe' - You're So Fine Diamond glitter and Pitch Black Alchohol ink

Background Basics 2	Spellbinders - Pumpkin Dies	Silouette Cameo	Sizzix Bigz XL Die- Word Play
Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabbers	Tim Holtz - Alcohol Inks	You're So Fine Glitter - Diamond	Tim Holtz - Tissue Wrap
Scrap Happy Glue	Pugnacious White Paper	Pugnacious Cream paper

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The Rubber Cafe's - Monster Mash

The Rubber Cafe is honored to be a sponsor for the 3rd Annual "Hope You Can Cling To" campaign at SplitCoastStampers.

This challenge event runs the entire month of October and is designed to benefit The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and those affected by breast cancer. Go here for the rest of the details!

Today I'm bringing you a project, that I have been working on all month - and finally finished. And am pleased to say it also fits in well with Day 12's e 'Hope You Can Cling To' Challenge - Monster Mash. Along with the challenge, I was inspired from Kristina Werner's card- and video Here.

Here's just a sneak peek!  You can catch the rest of my post over on The Rubber Caf'e blog.