Rubber Dance Art Stamps - Blog

Dear friends and fans of Rubber Dance, It's Bibi here (the stamp maker and owner of Rubber Dance) to share some good news and bad news. The bad news is that I have so many health issues that I am no longer able to run this stamp company, but the good news is that my very dear friend Susanne Rose in Germany is taking over! Susanne has been with me since the very beginning of Rubber Dance, first as a monthly Guest Designer before joining the regular Design Team. She has also designed many of the Rubber Dance stamps, such as the bestseller sheet 'Textured Flowers, and the very adorable 'Playful Penguins' and 'Whale Wishes'. Susanne has been my DT & Social Media Manager for the past two years, so my stepping down and passing the torch over to Susanne won't change much, everything will continue like before - just better! Even if it has been difficult for me to come to the realisation that I can no longer run this stamp company, knowing that Susanne ...

Hi everyone, It's Donna here today with a very Wintery Christmas card for you all as I decided that I really must get started on making them!! I made the background by masking off a circle for the moon on some thick card and then blending a mixture of purple and blue Distress Inks to create a snowy looking sky. I used the middle sized snowflake stamp from the Whimsical Winter set to add to the background and used the tree from Carved Whimsy Wood to frame the edges of the scene. I tore some white paper to replicate the look of newly fallen snow and added that to the background. The ultra cute log cabin from Whimsical Winter was stamped onto a piece of Strathmore Mixed Media paper and coloured in with Zig Clean Colour pens as I find they blend really well together on this surface. I adhered the cabin to the background with foam pads for some extra dimension. The finishing touches were to add a Tom Holtz metallic sentiment and some lovely glittery Stickles for the snow...

It is Simplicity Sunday over on the Rubber Dance blog . Today it's my turn for a little inspiration. The stamps used are all from Dancing Star. The background in the center panel is from some left-over scraps when playing with Distress Oxides. We all have a little stash of left-overs don't we? They come in handy sometimes. The background took a little working out on some scrap paper. But the swirls and background fit beautifully when you stamp twice down on one side, once across the top and once across the bottom, and then twice down the other side. I then trimmed the card and coloured in the stars and swirls. The words are from the same set too. I had to add 're to the word you so that it reads correctly. Stamps played with are from: Dancing Star Other Products Used: Distress Oxides Jane Davenport markers Thank you so much for stopping by today. Happy Stamping! Dot x

Hi there! I have a Christmas card to share with you today and also a new stamping technique. I used the holly leaves from the Cozy Christmas stamp set and inked them up with watercolor brush pens.   I used a stamping tool, because I stamped every image twice. Once to create that watercolor effect and once to get the details. Check out my video to see how this works. I am looking forward to trying this technique with other stamps, too. I'm sure it will turn out really nice. Especially for greeting cards. Thank you so much for stopping by today xx Susanne Due to illnes, our store is temporary closed.  Please check out our retailers page: http://rubberdance.blogspot.com/p/retailers.html Supplies: Rubber Dance Stamps: Cozy Christmas Happy Christmas Others: Arteza Real Brush Pens Gold Embossing Powder

 Hello! It´s Melina here today sharing a little idea on how to use all those coins  you are creating. I know, they are addictive, aren´t they!? Christmas is getting closer, and I had this idea to use coins as Christmas tree ornaments or labels. You can give away a little piece of your art as a label on the present,  and then the recipient can hang it in the Christmas tree if she or he wish to. I kept these ones simple because it´s a Simplicity Sunday blog post, but clearly you can go totally nuts with embellishments and glitter on the coins for this purpose ;) For these coins I used the Whimsical Winter stamp set. I stamped with Memento ink and used my Chameleon alcohol markers to colour them in. Added some splatters with diluted  gesso as a final step. The coins are greyboard coins from That´s Crafty! Thank you so much for stopping by today, and hope you liked my idea on how to use coins as gift labels and/or Chri...

It's coming up to the busy time of the year so it is important to remember to take some time for yourself and have fun with stamps. Today I'm sharing an Art Journal page that I made using paints. As I was playing at finger painting I thought it might be fun to stamp with the paints too. To start with I added a thin layer of gesso to my pages, I tend to do this each time I use paints as it makes the colours more vibrant. Then I added some more paint, purely because finger painting is so much fun. I added a watered-down coat of gesso to tone the colour down a little. Then came some stamping with Round in Circles and some stenciling. A little more stamping, but this time I added some stamping with paint. There are a couple of things to remember when stamping with paint ... Firstly, spread your paint out on your craft sheet thinly.  It is easy to have the paint too thick and this leads to 'gluggy' stampin...

Hello.  Gail here with a bit of news. The wonderful Bibi, owner of Rubber Dance stamps and one-person all singing, all dancing stamp company employee has hurt her hand!! As a result she has taken the difficult decision to close the webstore this week as she is unable to press stamps at the moment. We are really sorry for this but I am sure you will join me in wishing Bibi a swift recovery, and hopefully the shop will be back in business again very soon. Big HUGZ Bibi. God Bedring.  I have decided to send Bibi a cyber get well soon wish by sharing this card I made a while ago.  I only shared it on my own blog so maybe now's a good time to show it here. Here's a giraffe to make it all better, because as you all know, nothing beats the healing power of a giraffe's stare. Hugz

Hi everyone, It's Donna here today and as the nights get longer and there is a chill in the air my thoughts turn to the more Wintery themed side of things hence my card for you today ;) I drew a circle and cut it out from a sticky note pad (make sure you still have some of the sticky side still on the circle after cutting of course). I used this as a mask for the moon so I could add Distress Inks in two shades of blue for a dusky sky around it. When you take the mask off, go around the edge of the moon with a little more Distress Ink to soften the whiteness of it. Next step was to use the smallest of the cute snowflakes from  Whimsical Winter  which were randomly stamped on the background using a blue archival ink. The star from  Whimsical Summer  and the trees, in both sizes, from  Carved Whimsy Wood  were stamped on a book page and then fussy cut and adhered to the background. I drew a little line with a black fine liner pen to 'hang' the...

Hello! It´s Melina here today with a video tutorial to share. I made these four rather quick Christmas cards and I´m quite happy with the outcome - simple with a touch of gold. I used the Music and Whimsical Winter stamp sets for the background and  one of the trees from Four Seasons as focal image. The trees are stamped and cut out from a piece of Brusho coloured paper. Here is the video, hope you´ll enjoy! Thank you so much for stopping by today! Hope you´ll get a wonderful and creative weekend, hugs Melina Rubber Dance stamps used: Four Seasons Music Whimsical Winter

Hi there! Susanne writing today, I have to share a very quick and easy card with our Crazy Flowers stamps. I used Distress Inks together with an embossing folder to create the background. I inked up the folder before I embossed a piece of watercolor paper with Pine Needles. The rest of the colour was added by squishing the ink onto my glass plate. I gave it a spritz of water and dipped the paper into it. I used Fired Brick and Walnut Stain. My main image, the flower, is stamped onto a piece of watercolor paper that was coloured with Distress Inks before. I cut it out and adhered it to another piece of white paper. I cut this also to add some white space at the outside of the flower. This makes it pop more from the background. My sentiment is embossed onto black cardstock. It comes with the Floral Wreath stamp set. I added some glitter washi tape to the bottom of my cardbase before I adhered my front. You will find a process video at the end of this post. Thanks for ...

Hi there! We've just uploaded the November Challenge Folder! We have moved the challenge to our new group on Facebook, the Rubber Dance Stamping Lounge , so do pop over and join ! If you are not on Facebook, you can always enter our Forever Challenge here on our blog for all your projects featuring Rubber Dance Stamps. The team will be posting inspiration here and in the Rubber Dance Stamping Lounge throughout the month so don't forget to check it out and also join up your stamped makes using those lovely autumn shades and/or make a greeting card. Big Hugs, The Rubber Dance Crew ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥