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 Hello arty friends, How are you? Today I’m going to show you what I do to use up some of the scraps most of us accumulate. I collect mine in a tin and when it starts to overflow it’s time to do some collaging! I also have quite a collection of these cute tags, perfect for the job. I stamped some images on book pages and some on the scraps, then cut them out. The next job is to look through the scraps and find bits that will go together.  I try to avoid straight lines, tearing the paper rather than cutting it and arranging it at angles. I also tend to work in one corner. If the background is colourful I chose an image that’s been stamped on a book page, and the other way round. Sometimes I add a little bit of background stamping. Little bits punched from the same paper scraps also work well. I arrange all the bits first, glue them down when I’m happy and then trim around the edges. Finally I stamped some words onto a piece of card and cut out the ones I wanted to use. Give it ...

 Hi, Kate here today I am going to show you how to use gelli prints in home decor. I had a quite scratched metal box from Ikea, it was really good storage but after many years it turned into ugly box. Still useful but ugly. So I took gelli prints and I made collage and over collage I made decoupage. Two awesome techniques turned my box into beautiful one. Like in Cinderella fairytale :-) I made my gelli prints with awesome Mandalas stamp set Here is video where I show you box in detail. Here are some detail photos: Have a nice day Kate

 Hi friends!  Lisa today to share with you another art journal inspiration for Rubber Dance Design Team!  To start I glued some pieces of patterned paper that I made with Gelli Plate. Then I used acrylic paints directly with my fingers to have more control of the background. I let it dry very well and I added some white acrylic paint. I chose Grungy Stuff and Mix A Sentiment 2 stamp sets and I used on my page with archival inks. I stamped Believe word from Affirmations stamp set on a piece of white cardstock and I added as my focal point. As usual I made splatters with teal liquid paint for the final touch. I used these products from the shop: https://www.rubberdance.de/small-sheets/grungy-stuff/#cc-m-product-14004441033 https://www.rubberdance.de/small-sheets/mix-a-sentiment-2/ https://www.rubberdance.de/big-sheets/affirmations/#cc-m-product-13963533333 I hope you enjoyed my art journal inspiration for today! Thanks for stopping here with us! Hugs, Lisa

  Hi Rubber Dance friends!! Josi is writing to show you a new project. Do you like collage? I love it! It entertains and relaxes me in a special way and it also helps me to use the small pieces of paper that I couldn't use otherwise and don't want to throw away. It is very easy to do. You only need collections of scrap paper that you don't use because they aren't complete or because the papers are small.   In my case I combined different collections and also book sheets.  I tear the papers in different sizes and I arranged them in a way that I liked the result. I took the opportunity to include the beautiful branch of Pencil Marks 2 (I painted it yellow), the circles of  Grungy Stuff (trimmed on the inside) and the lovely word "dream" of Affirmations .  Finally, to give it and aged look, I have stained it with white paint applied with my fingers and stamped my dear stamp Vintage Script with black ink.     I hope you like it and enjoyed!...

 Hello arty friends, how are you? I've been very much inspired by all the collage fodder posts popping up on Instagram lately so I thought I would have a go at making some. Collage fodder really just means ready made embellishment pieces to use in your art. It's also great for using up all the bits and pieces we have laying around! I started off by white embossing on a piece of watercolour paper using a variety of background stamps. I cut this paper into different sized tags and then used watercolours to create simple backgrounds. As you can see, the white embossing creates a lovely resist. I then used leftover bits and pieces from previous projects to add interest. Next I added some background stamping, this time using black ink. and finally, some focal images.  These little pieces of art are really useful when you're art journaling, junk journaling, need to make a quick card or a tag. You can always add some writing, a quote, some doodling - whatever you feel like or need...

  A collage of the whale today, with diecuts and adhered to a watercolor background.  When the watercolor was still wet, I put household foil on top of it until it was dry.  That makes for the beautiful structure in the background.  The images were fussycut to make them stand out more.  The whale looks quite happy.  Rubber Dance Stamps: The Rubber Dance Webshop Whale Wishes Art Defined

For today's post two cards on a gelliprint, a yellow and reddish one.  I added a little light blue around the stamped images to make them pop more.  Also, the white added with an acrylic marker gives it more dimension.  The Mixed Media Marks stamp set stamped in the background adds to the collage feel of the stamped images.  And, of course, adding more color to the images themselves, adds depth.  As easy as that.  I can keep on adding to this way of stamping and coloring for hours.     Rubber Dance Stamps: The Rubber Dance Webshop Textured Flowers  Mixed Media Marks Vintage Script Art Defined