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  Baby, it's COLD outside!  So we've been indoors stamping! Here are some of the cool pretties we've made in January: Majo Gabriele Bibi Steph Frosty Foto Frames by Helen (video tut  here ) Frosty Journal Page by Katy (step by step tut  here ) Majo Majo Gabriele Majo We don't want anyone to get frostbites, so here's some hot kisses to warm you up! Kissing performed by Majo Gabriele Irit Irit Majo Greetings in a Pocket by Majo (tutorial here ) Ellie Mixed Media Canvas by Susanne (video tut  here ) Gabriele (technique explained here ) Susanne And last, but not least - this art journal spread by Gabriele whose word for 2015 is: May this new year have lots of fun sparkle for us all! To make sure you don't miss out on any of the artwork, challenges and more - subscribe to our blog by email (you'll find it on the right side ...

February 1st - July 31st, 2015 I can't believe it's been six months since my very first Design Team started (art)working for me! I can't believe I never had one before!! Honestly, I was quite nervous about how it would work out - I've never been on a DT myself, so I had no idea what to expect or what they would expect of me! I did quite a bit of research before I wrote the DT Call back in the spring of 2014, looking at a numerous amount of other DT Calls, and after weeks of drafting, rewriting, editing and starting all over, I was finally relatively content with my own DT Call, put my brave hat on and published it ... It didn't take long before the first application arrived. I was blown away when I saw her artwork and I asked myself why such a talented artist would want to be on MY Design Team! Seriously! I had just recently launched my blog, my stamp company was not well known at all , and all I could offer in return for being on my DT was a few lousy stamps ...

Once more, we have the pleasure of sharing some work by Ellie Knol! Check out the details she's added to create the cool backgrounds on these! :-) Background has been made with walnut spray inks from Imagine Crafts. Add salt and leave to dry, to create those little bubbles of color. Vintage Script stamped on background with black ink as well as white heat embossing. The leaf has been stamped on seperate cardstock, cut out and colored with watercolor pencils, adhered to the background and highlighted with a white Molotow acrylic marker.  Matching Card and ATC: Notice the torn background on this card Matching ATC Close-up: Background colored randomly in pools of wet Distress inks. Vintage Script stamped on background with black ink as well as white embossing. Leaf stamps are also embossed with white. Card with tag: The stamped leaves are embossed with white, background sponged with Distress inks. Some script stamped in backgro...

Hey, fans and faeries! It's Bibi here today to brag about my NEW stamps! Hot off the press, here are some of them (there are 6 new sheets - look at New Arrivals at the top menu here ) Images are reduced. Actual size of rubber sheets are 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 inches) I Heart Art  For the coolest Valentine's cards ever! The look and size of these invites for use in art journals, too (example, left heart upper row is 5 x 6 cm). All made by me (these were so much fun to make!) Antique Botanicals Old etchings with a.m.a.z.i.n.g. details - found and revised by Katy on the Design Team: Round in Circles Perfectly imperfect circles for art journals and other cool stuff (actual size is much bigger). Sprial by Gabriele on the DT, all the rest by me: ....and three more sheets/sets - see them all here: www.rubberdance.com (New Arrivals, top menu line) I hope you'll like'em! Remember that I offer a flat rate shipping on all orders - only €4.50, ...

Hi Everyone My turn to share a tutorial with you today.  The Design Team were given the prompt of frosty for this months projects and what started out as a potential Christmas Card ended up as a Snowy Valentine - the choice is yours! I mixed up my stamp sets this month and used a bird from Vintage Birds, a sprig of pine from Pines Fir Yew (love that title) and last but not least the sentiment and kiss came from Winter Wonderland.  All of course are available from your local Rubber Dance shop!!! Once I had stamped my two little birds canoodling on the wire my card took a romantic turn. Don't you just love the little kisses stamp that comes with this set of wintery sentiments?!  On the video tutorial I will walk you through how to create this frosty looking card for yourself.  Hope you enjoy watching and get inspired to get frosty yourself! Cutting Guide: White Card Base:  11 1/2" x 5 3/4" scored at 5 3/4" or 29 cm x 14.5 cm scored at 14.5 cm Bl...

Hello everyone! It's Irit from the Design Team here today. Last year I picked a word for my crafty life. The word was DARE. I think I followed this word in my crafting and dared to try things I never did before. Some of those things were successful, some  were less, but at least I tried hard to follow my path. The only thing I didn't try last year was a real art journalling. I didn't even have a real journal to work with. I have one now and today I want to share with you my very first art journal double spread with this so obvious title : DARE. I am not sure if this is the way art journal should look, but it's my journal and my way of art expression, so I think I like it this way. I made the background with lots of mediums, paper pieces, mesh, tapes and a lot of stencils used with texture paste. I stamped with Rubber Dance background stamps and added the main sentiment using Think Again set. The word Dare was made with stencil and black ink. The eyes are th...

Hi everyone! It's me, Susanne, today and I am really proud to share with you my "Birds" mixed media canvas. It's one of the canvases I created for the Faber-Castell Paperworld booth, which is at the end of January in Germany. When I received the awesome "Vintage Birds" stamps from Rubber Dance I could only think about spring! So I tried to get some "winter-to-spring" feeling in my canvas. I used the browns to show the wet ground and the old grass. The blue stands for a blue and sunny sky. Additionally to the lovely stamps I used some stencils. You will get all the information about the supplies in the video description. I had so much fun creating. Hopefully you will have fun watching the process video. Have a nice day everyone! See you soon, Susanne . To find the stamps I have used, here's the Rubber Dance web shop: www.rubberdance.com