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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

Hi everyone! It's Bibi here today (owner of Rubber Dance) to let you know that I'm sponsoring this week's challenge over at Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge .   Too early for Christmas, you say? That's true, but I want to have a pile of cards ready when the time comes and what better way to make that happen than to join the Christmas challenges (I know I need that nudge!). Hazel has a new challenge every Saturday, all year 'round.  Today's challenge is to use gold - a little or a lot, and this is the card I made: If you have ever tried to take photos of gold cardstock, you know how tricky it can be! I tested from different angels and with different light. This one was shot outdoors and even if I tilted the card to better catch the light, you can still see the shadow in the middle there... which is my camera. Oh, well - you get the idea: Gold panel in the back behind he pressies and the swirls cut out from the same gold cardstock. The swirls...

Hi my dear Rubber Dance Friends! This will definitely be my last Christmas Card to share! I used the Cozy Christmas Set and the Frosty Friends Set. I tried to work with non-traditional colors. For the background I used Twinkling H2Os to stamp the cones. On my main image I used the big bow first, cut a mask from scrap paper and stamped the candle on top. So the result is the candle sits behind the bow. I colored the images with Distress Inks. To be true. This card is not my style. I was sure nobody likes it. But no. A friend of mine picked some of my Christmas cards and she also chose this one! (For her grandma - LOL). I wish you some awesome holidays and a Happy New Year! Hugs, Susanne. Stamp sets from Rubber Dance: Cozy Christmas Frosty Friends You will get 15% discount   on your next order in the Rubber Dance Online Store when you enter " susanne2015 " during checkout. www.rubberdance.com

Hi my dear Rubber Dance Friends! I have so much fun creating Pocket Letters and I'd like to share one of my techniques today. I used the new Christmas stamp sets together with the "Affirmations", "Music Notes" and the "Pines Fir Yew" set. Let's start! I used a piece of watercolor cardstock that I cut to the size 10.5" by 7.5" and embossed some of the branches from the Pine Fir Yew set with white powder. I colored the background with the Marabu Art Spray. I really like these sprays,  because they are waterproof when they are dry. I used Distress Ink Walnut Stain to add some droplets. I pressed the the ink pad onto an acrylic block, added some water and let the drops fall down. Finally I made some smaller splatters and used a bit of Pearlescent watercolors to make it shimmering. I stamped some circles from the "Round in Circles" set, some of the cones from the "Frosty Friends" set and the ...