Most Wonderful Time | Rubbernecker Stamps

Hello friends!  Today I'm sharing a quick and easy holiday card using Rubbernecker Stamps Blossoms in Spring stamps and coordinating dies.  I've taken this non-holiday stamp set and created a shiny, heat embossed card that was really fun to make! 

Here are the steps for my card base:

• Adhere some patterned paper to an A2 top-folding card base.  I used a piece from Honey Bee Stamps Holiday Cheer paper pad.
• Die cut the Diamond w/Stitch Cover die three times from 80# Neenah Solar White card stock.  Adhere the layers together with glue and then to the card base.

• Next I stamped the outline of the flower from the Blossoms in Spring stamp set with Versamark ink.  Then I sprinkled on some silver embossing powder and heat set it.  Then I stamped and heat embossed the flower center and leaf outline with silver embossing powder.
• I stamped the detailed layer of the flower with Silver ink from the Color Fuse set #12.
• I used both Silver and Chill inks to stamp the leaves.
• Next I used the coordinating dies to cut out the flower and leaves.  I added foam squares to the flower and adhered it to the card front.
• I arranged the leaves, then added some glue to the ends to adhere them to the card.
• Next I stamped sentiment that's in the Snowmen with Presents stamp set with black ink.  I used a Nested Square Stitch die to cut it out.  I added some foam squares to the back to pop it up.
• For a bit more shiny bling, I added some silver metallic pearls from Pretty Pink Posh to the card.

I hope you've enjoyed my quick holiday card today.  Thank you so very much for stopping by!

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Christmas in July with Rubbernecker Stamps

It's Christmas in July over at Rubbernecker Stamps and we are getting a head start on our Christmas cards!  I absolutely love snowmen stamps and this one by Rubbernecker is no exception!  It's a single red rubber stamp (don't you love the crisp lines from this type?!) and also has a coordinating die.  I decided to color this adorable image with my Copic markers in some non-traditional Christmas time colors.

The steps for this card are fairly simple.  I have some photos of my coloring progression for you below.

• Stamp the image in Copic safe ink.  I always use Neenah Solar White 80# card stock.
• I stamped it at the bottom of the card stock piece, thinking I would use the coordinating die.  As I progressed into my coloring, I decided I wanted a scene.
• I'm not a Copic coloring expert, however, I have learned that when an object is white, don't leave it totally white!  Even white objects have shadows and shading.  Here is a collage of my shading progress.  I hope these show you what a difference the shadows make.

Also, I colored the tree and rabbit in darker colors.  I think that helps to highlight the adorable snowmen even more!

• After I finished the coloring, I used the fourth largest Nested Rectangle Small Stitch Die to cut the image out.  Then I masked the edges with some removable tape.  I colored in the background with dark blue Copic markers to create a night time scene.  I used B69, B28, B18 and FB2.
• Next I added shadows under the snowmen.  I used BV20, C1, and B0000 adding 0 colorless blender along the edges.
• Next I pulled away the masking tape.  I love the white edge!
• However, there was some bleeding of the darkest blue around the edges.  Normally I would use a white gel pen.  I have found that, especially with dark Copic colors, the color will bleed up through the gel pen when I try to cover those bleeds.  The pen I used, and love, is a Posca white pen (I found mine at my local Michael's).  I went around the edges and cleaned them up.  I also used this pen on the pink striped scarf and yellow scarf to add in the white stripes and dots.
• Next I used the white pen to add in dots for the snow.

• Next I added the snowman panel to a black card stock layer.  Then I added foam tape to the back.
• I used the largest Nested Rectangle Small Stitched die and dry embossed the front of my card base.  I just used the embossing sandwich for my die cutting machine.
• Then I adhered the matted panel to the card front.
• I used a sentiment from the Snowmen with Presents stamp set and stamped it in black ink.  I trimmed it into a strip, matted it with black card stock and adhered it to the card.
• Of course, a Christmas card needs all the sparkle (at least I think so!)  So I added sparkle with a clear glitter pen to the snowmen and the snow on the ground.  In real life, it's so pretty and sparkly!

I hope I've inspired you to get out your holiday sets and get started on the cards before the rush of Christmas comes!  Thank you for stopping by!

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