Rubber Dance Art Stamps - Blog

Good afternoon and happy Saturday. I've been having lots of fun playing with the new Grungy stamps sets and the very happy cows. It's ages since I made a page for my tag book, so here's one now! I started by making some Oxide backgrounds then stamping with the new Grungy Borders and Grungy Stuff stamps.   Then I stamped, coloured, and cut out the cows, and added some die cuts. All of the cows are on one large stamp plate From Moo To You , and they are also available individually. This is Christmas Cow .   Cute Cow And Birthday Cow This is quite a sad post for me as it's my last one as part of the Rubber Dance design team. I've had a fab 2 years here and would like to say a huge thank you to Bibi, Susanne, everyone on the team, and to all the Rubber Dance lovers out there. Don't forget to join in with our colour/anything goes challenge over in the Stamping Lounge. Stamps Used Grungy Borders Grungy Stuff From Moo To Yo...

Good afternoon and happy Sunday.  I'm really pleased to be sharing my mixed media take on this months colour/theme challenge. This time around I've gone with the colours.   I started by creating a couple of gelli print backgrounds using this month's icy colours. I removed some of the paint before I made my print by stamping the music stamp. This means that the white card shows underneath and is perfect for backgrounds. The only thing to remember is that any text is reversed. I trimmed one sheet to use as the background, and used to other to stamp my whales, and die cut the seaweed. Don't you just love these colours! To finish off I just added some liquid glass, sequins, glimmer sprays, and of course some stitching. Stamps used: Have a very happy weekend, and thanks so much for looking x

Good afternoon and happy Tuesday.  I'm really happy to be sharing my piece with you today - it's one of those that's turned out pretty much as I had it in my head.  Obviously I'm not showing you the practice pieces that ended up in the bin - or am I.... At the moment I'm going through a bit of a black and white phase. It's hot on the heels of the kraft card phase, and C&S is still dead to me. I recently went on a doodling course (oh yes I did) because I seriously went into panic mode whenever I had to doodle. This isn't what I learned on the course, but if I hadn't taken it, I could never have made this (and what a loss that would be ;-) ) So we start with some black card and a white pen I've used a Signo Uni Ball this time, but I also love my white Posca pen. I've also used a circle die to draw around. I've drawn around the inside and outside edge with the white pen. I've used the magnets from my stamping platf...

Good afternoon and happy Sunday. I'm really happy to be sharing my Simplicity Sunday tag with you today.  These Fish Diet  stamps that Melina designed just make me laugh, I love them! The tag was cut from a sheet of watercolour card that had been sprayed with inks. It wasn't what I wanted at the time, but it was perfect for this project as it had a 'filled in' piece that I used for the tag, and the less intense bits around the edges were used to stamp the fish on. It didn't matter if I couldn't get a full fish 'cos they were chopped up anyway. A little bit of cutting and sticking,  some beaded texture paste for the bubbles, a few googly eyes (sorry ;-)) and we're all done. All of the stamps can be found over at the store, Have a lovely Sunday, and thanks very much for looking x Fish Diet

Good afternoon and happy Thursday. It's Sue here to show you how I colour my flowers really quickly and easily. I know that some people love to colour, and shade, and highlight, and I think it looks fantastic, but I can't do it, and I'm not prepared to put in the hours to learn! Sooo I needed an alternative, and this is one that I learned from the lovely Tracy Scott (and she's very happy for me to share)   You simply finger paint patches of colour onto you card. It doesn't have to be in circles, that's just the way this one worked out. I was a bit dubious at first about using my fingers, but it's easy and fun!   I've started with opaque colour and then gone on to more translucent ones.   And I've filled in any gaps with a translucent yellow, 'cos this is my happy colour and it makes a new colour where it overlaps.   I've also made a green one for my leaves.   Then I've stamped away, covering ever...

Good afternoon and happy Friday 13th! It's Sue here, and it's my turn to share my CAS-ual Friday project.  I've made a birthday card 'cos birthdays never go out of fashion, in fact I've had lots, and lots, and lots ... It may not be high tech, but I like it, and more importantly it could be used as a Man Card - I know, that's almost a swear word isn't it! I won't blind you with the science of how this was made ;-) suffice to say small ink pads were used. I've deliberately made the lines a bit wonky 'cos I think that people would pay extra for that! I've used stamps from  Merry Magpie  and Happy Birthday   All of the wonderful stamps can be found here. Have a very happy weekend - no walking under ladders, and be kind to black cats.  Thanks very much for looking x Merry Magpie Happy Birthday ...

Good morning and happy Tuesday, it's Sue here with my tutorial for my very easy to make mini album. Here's the front and here's the back.   I started by cutting the pages for my album. I've used the Eileen Hull passport die as I think this is a fab size. Plenty of room for your images but not so big as to be intimidating. I've used chipboard for my covers, and a mixture of black, white, and watercolour card for the pages.   I've used canvas for the binding as this is really tough and flexible. I've inked it up with Distress Inks just using the primary colours, that way where they meet they will make new colours and not mud. I know you probably know this but it took me years of mud before I really got it!   Just look at the size of this Music  stamp, it's a real whopper! I inked it up and laid my binding on top of it.   These were two practice pieces from a previous project. The stencilling was too intense for my card, but ...