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Hey everyone! Rubber Dance is proud to sponsor the  CASology challenge blog  again this week , and the cue word this time is FLY.  You can interpret the word any way you like - use your imagination and run fly with it! ;-) If you are unfamiliar with the CASology challenge, it's all about C lean  A nd  S imple. Less is more, remember? For us mixed media lovers, this is a challenge in the true sense of the word. Try it and you might be surprised what you discover. Sometimes creating out of our comfort zone is just what we need in order to kick-start our muse and make her ....fly!   We've made some inspiration cards for you, using stamps from Rubber Dance : Melina: Debs: Sue: Anita: Bibi: To enter this challenge, jump over to the  CASology challenge blog . You have until Monday to enter your CAS fly creations. The winner will get a whole sheet of stamps from Rubber Dance, full of go...

Hey everyone! Rubber Dance is proud to sponsor the CASology challenge blog this week , where the cue word is HOUSE.  You can interpret the word any way you like - use your imagination and run with it. If you are unfamiliar with the CASology challenge, it's all about C lean A nd S imple. Less is more, remember? For us mixed media lovers, this is a challenge in the true sense of the word. Try it and you might be surprised what you discover. Sometimes creating out of our comfort zone is just what we need in order to expand our horizon.   We've made some inspiration cards for you to get your muse in the right mood: Marie-Christine made this house for a bird: Stamps from Nesting Bibi invites to some fun at her house: Stamps Happy Birthday and Whimsical Summer (The latter is 20 % off this week! See more info here ) Sue hearts her house: Stamps from Textured Houses Anita is telling the truth: Stamps from Textured H...

This week's cue word at the CASology challenge is BEACH - one of my favourite words!  I love the beach, I love the view of the sea, I love the salt air in my hair (and nostrils), I love collecting shells, stones and other treasures from the beach, and I love beach stamps and beach cards. That's why it says "1st Card" in the headline, as I'm sure I will be making more than one for this challenge! (Edit: And I was right.... my second entry is here - on my brand new blog!) I stamped the three nautilus shells with Archival Coffee and coloured them in with Inktense watercolour pencils (baked earth and sun yellow), blended with a waterbrush. The text stamp is also stamped with Archival Coffee, it just looks a lot darker on the photo. Sun stamped with Distress Ink (fossilized amber) and coloured in with the same Inktense yellow as the shells. Top panel mounted on a slightly larger panel in matching yellow/orange on a white card base. All stamps by Rubber ...