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Inspired Tag

The Inspiration Challenge on SCS today is Mackintosh Enamels.  I chose to work with the warm patterns and would have loved to put a thumbnail here for you to see but couldn't figure out how to copy it from the site. I used a tag and stamped Kittie Kits trees, leaves and sprigs in SU craft inks and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I then sponged on Distress Scattered Straw and Antique Linen to add highlights to the images.  I then used clear embossing powder over the complete tag to create the enameled look of the art inspiration pieces.

 

 

 

Stamps:  Kittie Kits-Cause a Scene Outdoors

Paper:  Shipping Tag

Ink:  SU Craft, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Ruby Red

Accessories:  Grosgrain, Oval Punches, Clear Embossing Powder, Distressing Tool, Sponges and Daubers, Hole Punch

 

 

 

Happy 4th

  The Limited Supply Challenge on SCS today was to use red, white and blue.  I have these adorable Rubbernecker images that have not seen ink yet and decided they all had to be used for my challenge card. All images were stamped with versafine black on watercolor paper, watercolored with reinkers-SU Brocade Blue, Distress Fired Brick, SU Grey, Mustard and White Craft Ink and cut out. I have a very hard time painting with red when it is near anything white.  I got so frustrated at the bleeding that I eventually got out white craft ink, painted over the necessary white areas and embossed with white embossing powder.  Thus....all the blobby white stripes and stars.  I loved the three little guys all together anyway...no matter how smudgy they looked. I used some Christmas red and white striped dp for the background along with plain white and Brocade Blue cardstock.  Fun challenge.

                                                                              

         Celebrate Your Freedom

                




          

Riley-Moose Me?

I love Riley.  I think he is one of the cutest stamped images ever and he has quickly become a favorite of mine.  I was lucky enough a couple of weeks ago to be asked to join the Hanna Stamps design team and I jumped at the chance as I knew there would be more Riley's images in my future. I am thrilled to work with the wonderful group of designers on this team and appreciate so much that Kristi invited me to be a member.

I thought it would be fun to use Riley for the Ways to Use It challenge to use scoring.  I scored my little "Moose Me?" sentiment.  It really doesn't show very well in the photo.  I stamped Riley on watercolor paper and watercolored him with reinkers. I added the tree images from my Kittie Kit Outdoor set, watercolored them and sponged on the background area for the ground and trees.  I used a tiny leaf image from my set to fill in the tree leaves and a small grass sprig image for the ground area. I sponged on a little grey for the country road that Riley is driving down.  I think he is so adorable in his little car.  If you notice a couple of lines on the car that really aren't on the stamp....it is because I accidentally made a mark on the car with a marker after the scene was totally assembled and I wasn't going to give it up after all that work.  I decided to add a trunk and hood to the car instead.

Stamps:  Hanna Stamps-Riley, Kittie Kits Outdoor

Paper:  Brocade Blue, Pumpkin, Watercolor

Ink:  Versafine Black, Brocade Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Adirondack Lettus, Vintage Photo Distress Ink, Grey

Accessories:  Scorpal, Grosgrain, Brushes, Sponges and Daubers

Treasure Hunt Tuesday and Rubbernecker and Card Positioning Systems Combine Challenges

It's Tuesday!! That means there’s a Treasure Hunt.    As always, you can find all the and info, including the first clue, on the Rubbernecker Home Page.    Linda and Tami are offering up some Rubbernecker Blog Candy today too! Make sure you leave a comment for a chance to win a $10 Rubbernecker Gift Card.  You will need to check back tomorrow on our blogs to see who the happy winners will be. 

 

      Rubbernecker  Blogger & Card Positioning Systems Combine Challenges

Rubbernecker is sponsoring the weekly Card Positioning Systems sketch challenge this week.Rubbernecker -Stamp Oasis line is the stamp line to be used for the challenge. Our RBC16 challenge is to use Grungeboard or Chipboard. We decided it would be fun to combine the two into one project. 

Sherry and Jeanne have been visiting me as they came to town to work the Rubbernecker Booth at the Orlando Stampfest.  While Sherry was available I decided to take advantage of her wonderful distressing skills and get a step by step lesson on how to use Grungeboard combining it with distressing -Kittie Style. I dabbed the tree and fence stamps with Adirondack Acrylic Lettus and Mushroom paints and stamped directly on the plain Grungeboard. I heated to dry and then sponged white craft ink over the image, cleaning off the excess paint from the tree and fence as I went. I sponged on Distressed Scattered Straw over the tree to high light and then sponged Weathered Blue and Vintage Photo around the borders to add age and character to my scene. I distressed the borders with scissors and sponged ink allong the edges. I stamped the whole scene with SU Sanded background image inked with Vintage Photo.  I love the element of aging this produced. I finished the scene by painting white craft reinker on the fence posts and ground area, stamping snowflakes in white craft ink and then embossed with white embossing powder.  I added the ribbon tabs and snowflakes to represent the three oblong layers of the sketch. I know this is a little project is a little out of season but it is really hot in Florida and I wanted to cool off a little.

 

Stamps:  Rubbernecker Stamp Oasis-Tree set, Kittie Kits Fence

Paper:  Wasabi, Naturals White

Ink:  Adirondack Acrylic Dabbers-Mushroom and Lettus, White Craft SU, Distress Vintage Photo, Weathered Wood, Scattered Straw, SU Wasabi

Accessories:  Grosgrain, Cuttlebug Snowflake Die, Brads, White Enbossing Powder

Stampfest Orlando and Kittie Kit "Cause a Scene" What a thrill for Me!

Our Rubbernecker gang had a great first day working the Stampfest. We had so much fun meeting so many of our friends and sharing hugs. Sherry, Jeanne, Broni, Pat (Mrs. Rubbernecker) and I demonstrated all day and were met with so much stamping interest and enthusiasm.  What a kick. We go back for day two today and although my feet are tired I am really looking forward to it.

My husband came down to the show and took photos before it got too crowded.  I wish he had gotten a picture of our whole gang but I think Sherry will have some of those to share.  Candy (cwilliams) came down a little after the show opened and spent the day with us as well.

Needless to say, this was a thrilling day for me.  I got to stand and demonstrate my new Kittie Kit "Cause a Scene" stamp sets.  I was so excited I could hardly stand myself. 

Jeanne, Broni and Sherry were laughing at me Friday night as I kept worrying about what I needed to take with me to "do my thing" at the show. "Do I need to take anything other than my brushes?" "Does Dave have scrap paper for me to put under my watercolor paper?" "Should I take my own acrylic blocks with me?" Finally, as I saw their eyes rolling to the back of their heads I decided I need to give it up and go to bed.

 

We all demo'd and tried to spell each other for little breaks but there were not  many breaks to be had. Jeanne relieved me to go get a little lunch and when I came back Sherry handed off her "Distressed Tag Demo" to me.     You gotta be kidding me!!!  I had never used dabber acrylic paints directly to a stamp, spray mist, etc on a tag in my life.  Sherry just laughed at me as she walked away leaving me with a table full of customers and told me she expected to see a tag when she got back.   

Jeanne ..Help me!!!

 Thank goodness Jeanne was standing right by me at the next table and gave me step by step instructions as she was having to keep her Kittie Card demo going. 

It was a thrill for me to see Dave's Rubbernecker Booth, all the stamped images he has and all the product.  His display is gorgeous and it was especially touching to me to see all of our design team cards displayed all around the upper booth.  I feel so privileged and honored to work with such a  wonderful company and design team.

StampFest Orlando 2008 and On the Ranch

Hi Central Florida stampers!!!!! Are you going to come to the Orlando this coming weekend?  If you do, please stop by the Rubbernecker booth.  Jeanne S-Jeanne Streiff, BadSherry-Sherry Cheever, Waterchild-Broni Holcombe, CWilliams-Candy Williams and I will all be there.  I am really excited to be demonstrating "Kittie Cards" using my new stamp line Kittie Kits "Cause a Scene" released yesterday on Rubbernecker Stamps. 

 

 

 

StampFest Orlando 2008
Convention:  June 28-29
Classes:  June 27-28
Radisson WorldGate Resort
3011 Maingate Lane, Kissimmee, Florida 34747

Hours:  Saturday, 28th 9:00-5:00  Sunday, 29th 10:00-3:00

SCS Thursday Ways to Use It Challenge -Use Birds

We are on vacation at Cape Hatteras, NC with my sisters and brother-out-laws and I am having lots of fun.  I'm enjoying the beach and am enjoying my little portable stamping spot that I set up as well. I love today's challenge as I have my brand new resized Henry and Henrietta, both Rubbernecker images in the newly released Kittie Kits accessory set - On the Ranch.  I hope a chicken and a rooster qualify as birds.

I stamped the rooster and chicken images, masked,  stamped the coop, masked and then stamped trees and fences from the new Kittie Kits Outdoor set around them.  I also stamped an additional rooster, chicken and coop to cut out and pop up on the scene for dimension. One of the hardest concepts for me when learning to mask was that I had to start off putting down the image I wanted to be in front and layer backwards.  I always seemed to want to do it in reverse and messed up plenty of good paper. I painted all the images with a watercolor brush and reinkers. I added grass, sprigs and leaves also from the Outdoor set. I wanted the grass to have brown dirt showing through to make it look more farmy and not perfect.  I distressed up the four sides of the card front and attached to guava and banana paper.  This was a fun project.  I love the chicken coop in this On the Ranch set as it is so perfectly rustic.

Stamps:  Rubbernecker-Kittie Kits On the Ranch and Outdoor Landscape

Paper:  Papertrey Yellow, Guava, Watercolor

Ink:  Versafine Black, Distress Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Fired Brick, SU Mustard, Banana, Guava, Caramel, River Rock, Bashful Blue

Accessories:  Papertrey Twill, Diamond Glaze, Glue Dots, Watercolor Brushes, Sponges and Daubers

 

Kittie Kits "Cause a Scene" Release- A Rubbernecker Stamps Exclusive

Today is a proud day for me!!!!!  Kittie Kits "Cause a Scene" is being released exclusively on Rubbernecker Stamps .  I am so excited to present two original landscaping image sets that will allow others to create their own wonderful "Scene Cards". 

I started having fun creating and uploading my own scene cards on Splitcoaststampers a couple of years ago.  I had never drawn anything in my life with the exception of a few stick men, but found I wanted to add a tree or fence to a stamped focal image and create a little scene. There are lots of trees and fence images on the market but not ones that may work perfectly with the focal image I was using at the time. So out of necessity I drew my own. Little did I know that all my experimenting would turn into a "scene" technique referred to on Splitcoaststampers as "Kittie Cards".  I was totally thrilled and shocked in March 2007 when Beth, Showmestamper uploaded  the Monday "Technique Lover's Challenge" to create Kittie Cards.  WooHoo!  I knew I could play in that challenge.  The response that day was overwhelming to me.  As time passed I started getting requests from SCS members asking me for instructions on creating scene cards.  They wanted to know everything from the watercoloring technique to how to sketch in an image. I so loved helping others learn and to enjoy the feeling of accomplishment from learning and creating something new. My own personal sense of accomplishment has been such a joy and pleasure to me. 

It was exactly one year ago this very week that Sherry (BadSherry) and Jeanne S came to visit me while in Orlando to attend the Orlando Stamp Fest with Kim and MFTstamps. As we sat on my back porch visiting, the girls suggested I should try my hand at doing a set of landscaping images and possibly tutorials to accompany them. They thought SCSmembers would love to have them. I have to admit that I would not have thought of doing this on my own, and thanks to Sherry and Jeanne a dream was born. It is because of their ongoing encouragement that I decided to try. I love them both so very much for it. 

Dave Miller of Rubbernecker Stamps graciously accepted the task of exclusively producing my images. Kittie Kits originals are landscaping images created in various sizes to work with many sizes of focal images. Dave and his son, Rob worked tirelessly with me not only to create Kittie Kits original sets but to also resize many of my favorite "Rubbernecker images" into accompanying "Kittie Kits" sets. You can go to town and "Cause a Scene". Keep an eye out on Rubbernecker Stamps because soon I will start uploading YouTube step by step tutorials and the techniques involved in watercoloring, masking, and sponging.

 

Kittie Kits "Cause a Scene" Outdoor Landscape Master

In My Garden

On the Ranch

The Moose is Loose

                                                        

Kittie Kits "Cause a Scene" Beach Master

Day at the Beach

Fun in the Sun

What's for Lunch
 

I've uploaded several cards this week using lots of my new images.  No one really noticed as they looked just the all the cards I've produced over the last couple of years.  That gave me a chuckle.  I was dropping hints but not many were noticing.  I created this card for my release article as it is truly represents what Kittie Kits is all about to me.  I love outdoor garden scenes and the garden cart, pots and watering cans are perfect focal images to use my trees and fence.  Did you happen to notice I drew out my own mini fern image?  All of you who missed the opportunity to get the SU Watercolor Mini Fern image before the set retired can now have mine to work with.  You will also notice there are lots of other little sprigs, weeds, leaves and flowers that work beautifully into scenes to create lush background.  I am in heaven!!!!!........my own "Kittie Kit" heaven. If you dream....you can achieve!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

  

Stamps:  Kittie Kits- Cause a Scene, Rubbernecker In My Garden

Paper:  Olive, Rose, Watercolor

Ink:  Black Versafine, Rose, Red, Olive, Rust, Mustard, Yellow, Carmel

Accessories:  Watercolor Brushes, Sponges, Daubers, Glue Dots, Mounting Tape, Red, Rose and Olive Markers

Rubbernecker Bucks winner is comment number 17: Congratulations to Morrisa Sweeney

I am so glad that I finally ran across your blog. I have always been a fan of your work! I will definitely be checking back regularly.

Posted by: stampinsweeney | June 24, 2008 at 03:11 PM

I am on vacation and am using "dial up" .  HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I couldn't get Random.org to come up for me this morning so I asked my brother-out-law, Lou to pick a number between 1 and 24.  He chose 17.  Itg is truly random as he had no clue why I was asking.  Morrisa....get in touch with me and I will tell you how to claim your Treasure Hunt Rubbernecker Bucks!

Treasure Hunt Tuesday, Rubbernecker Blog Challenge "RBC15" and Something Fun is Happening Tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s Tuesday!! That means there’s a Treasure Hunt.    As always, you can find all the and info, including the first clue, on the Rubbernecker Home Page.  Broni and I are offering up some Rubbernecker Blog Candy today too! Make sure you leave a comment for a chance to win a $10 Rubbernecker Gift Card.  You will need to check back tomorrow on our blogs to see who the happy winnders will be.  Besides....there is going to be a big "Rubbernecker Announcement " tomorrow that you will not want to miss.  Yahoo!!!! It's celebration time for one of our design team members!!!

 

 Today's Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge is a sketch challenge. Jeanne picked a good one for today.  I think this can be a really long card or one that fits into the normal "bill paying" envelope.  7 inches give or take.  I haven't decided yet what I am going to do but will be back in a while with my entry. Check out Jeanne's blog for more details.

Check out all the Design Teams cards here: Sherry , Shelly  Jeanne, Broni , Linda, Leigh, Tami

This was a fun project.  I combined the RBC15 sketch with the SCS color challenge.  It is a little short on white but....oh well!  Notice any familiar images here??? Trees, fences, and leaves?  Hmmm.....is that my old mini fern or something brand new??? Lots of the images are previews of new sets being released tomorrow on Rubbernecker. Come over and check out the celebration.  One of our design team is really, really excited.  Can you guess who it is????????

I did lots of stamping and masking with this scene.  I made a couple of huge booboos and had to cover them up with stuff!  Happy mistakes....you gotta love them.

Stamps:  Rubbernecker Moose images and new...new....new things to come

Paper:  Tempting Turquoise, Wasabi, Watercolor

Ink:  Versafine Black, Wasabi, Turquoise, Caramel

Accessories:  Nestabilities, Glue Dots, Deckle Scissors, Masks

Hittin' the Bottle....of Reinker that is!!!!! and Image Previews of New Stuff at Rubbernecker Stamps

It has been a while since I was able to post a blog article or upload any cards to SCS.  Whew!  I have been going through withdrawal. I am Cape Hatteras for our annual family vacation and brought tons of stamping stuff with me to play with.  All though I love sitting out on the beach and watching the ocean I just can't take the sun and heat like I used to.  It is raining here today and has given me lots of time to play.  I am having  fun playing with images that will release on Rubbernecker Stamps this coming Wednesday.  Watch my blog and those of the Rubbernecker Design Team for more information and updates. I thought you guys would enjoy a little preview of what is coming.  See anything new?  See anything familiar?

I love this lighthouse image and the dune setting with it.  The little sprigs of sea oats are just the right touch along the beach fence.  I got a little carried away with the seagulls in the sky but I have seen the sky full of them here at Cape Hatteras.  I couldn't resist creating the little puffy clouds an popping them up in the sky.

The lighthouse is a newly resized Rubbernecker image.  It is much smaller than the original and more user friendly for normal card sizes. I stamped it with distress vintage photo ink and embossed with clear EP.  I didn't want the lighthouse to be in black and to distract from the scene. I have no brown waterproof ink with me so embossing the image was a way to keep the ink from  running when watercoloring it. I used a few of the brand new images, fence dunes and sea oats that  coming out Wednesday to create the scene.  I sponged in the sand area with caramel and the sky and water with cool caribbean.  I used a Staedtler triplus multiliner marker to color in the sea oats. I love adding liquid applique to the water to create sea foam.  The trick to not getting the dreaded blobs with LA is to dab around on it with your finger to spread it and create a fine layer vs a thick one. I lightly brushed caribbean around the outline of the clouds but left them fairly white in the center for good contrast. 

Treasure Hunt Tuesday and Rubbernecker Blog Challenge "RBC14"

It’s Tuesday!! That means there’s a Treasure Hunt.    As always, you can find all the and info, including the first clue, on the Rubbernecker Home Page. Candy and Shelly are offering up some Rubbernecker Blog Candy today too! Make sure you visit them and leave a comment for a chance to win a $10 Rubbernecker Gift Card.  

  Today's Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge is a color challenge to use black, white with a pop of color.  I love black and white cards that have just an accent of some color as it makes a dramatic statement. I chose to work with a couple of Jeanne's images from the new Jeanne Streiff Collection. I especially love the foliage image and thought it would look great done with black embossing against the white background.  I stamped and embossed a few additional images on scrap paper so I could cut them out and pop up for added dimension.  I'm not sure it shows well in the photo. I added additional stem length to the bottom of my bouquet with a black Gelly Roll Glaze pen. I also love the wheat flourish and stamped and embossed it on the main black card layer. Regal Rose is one of my all time favorite SU colors and I thought it would look "regal"   used with this elegant card.

Check out the Rubbernecker DT’s challenge cards!

Sherry , Jeanne, Broni , Linda, Leigh, Tami

Stamps: Jeanne Streiff Collection-Just Leaves and Wheat Swirls Flourish

Paper:  White, Regal, Black

Accessories:  Versa, Grosgrain, Clear and Black Embossing Powder, Black Glaze Pen

 

 

 

 

 

Anna Wight's Good Times and Sweet Sentiments

Look what I have.  Woo Hoo!  Whipper Snapper Designs and Anna Wight has released two more adorable sets-Good Times and Sweet Sentiments. They are adorable small images and sentiments that you will love to work with.  I sure had fun playing with them. I know Anna will have something really special for you to see on her blog- Sassy & Sweet

       

Stamps:  Sweet Sentiments

Stamps:  Good Times

Little Lovin's Kids-Annie

The Color Challenge on SCS today was to use Real Red, Regal Rose and So Saffron.  I decided to play with Rubbernecker's Annie from the Little Lovin's Kids collection. I stamped her on watercolor paper with versafine black and watercolored her with reinkers.  Wow!  regal rose reinker is so vibrant that it came out very red so I ended up coloring all of her clothes red.  I redid her head and scarf area and painted lightly with regal rose and added red polka dots. I cut it out and popped over the image. Brother!!  This may be one of my all time strangest cards.  Annie is really cute though. I sponged caramel around the beach area and masked off the water line to create an ocean in the background.  I finished off the sky with a sponge and cloud template. I added Diamond Glaze to the beach ball to make it look rubbery.

Stamps:  Rubbernecker Stamps-Little Lovin's Kids-Annie, Sand Dune from Beach Party Collection

Paper:  Regal Rose, Real Red, So Saffron

Ink:  Versafine Black, Real Red, Regal Rose, So Saffron, Caramel, Soft Sky, Blush Blossom

Accessories:  Grosgrain, Diamond Glaze, Sponge, Watercolor Brushes

"Got Paint" RBC13

Today (4am -9pm PST) is Tuesday Treasure Hunt day at Rubbernecker Stamp Co! For Treasure Hunt details and the first clue  —-> Click HERE to go the Rubbernecker Home Page.

Treasure Hunt Blog Candy is being offered by Leigh and Sherry.

Today’s Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge (RBC13) is to make a card using paint.

You can use Crackle Paint, acrylic paint or any paint you have!

Please link your card or project back to Jeanne's blog post using at least one Rubbernecker (or Stamp Oasis or KK Originals image) to be entered in a random monthly prize drawing.

Three ways to enter:

♦ Post a card with the RBC13 Challenge (Paint).

♦ Post a card using this week’s Splitcoast Color Challenge colors.

Link will follow when posted.

♦ Post a card using this week’s Splitcoast Sketch Challenge.

Link will follow when posted.***Don’t have a blog? That’s OK. Just link your card from any online gallery!!!

***Feel free to participate in the challenge with other images, but they won’t be entered into the monthly drawing.

For more Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge deets go —> HERE

Check out the Rubbernecker DT’s challenge cards!

Sherry , Jeanne, Candy , Broni , Shelly, Linda, Leigh, Tami

I decided this was a perfect opportunity for me to use my new Adirondack Dabber Acrylic Paints and one of Jeanne's new floral and flourish images. I dabbed and painted the paint directly on the stamp and stamped on plain white paper.  I stamped a few extra flowers to pop up over the bouquet. I filled in the flower centers with a brush adding Distress Crackle Vintage Photo and Scattered Straw. I stamped  the flourish image on my main background layer with versa and also added versa to the flower image layer and embossed with clear ep. I finshed the card with a grosgrain ribbon and added Diamond Glaze to the flowers for shine to match the embossing.

Gardening Riley

The Limited Supply Challenge on SCS today was to make a card for one of the Silly Celebrations.

According to this website: http://holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/index.htm
today, June 6, is

National Doughnut Day

National Gardening Day

National Yo-Yo Day

I chose to do a fun Riley gardening scene for National Gardening Day. This is the first time I have been able to play with this image and I think it is so cute.  I sketched in a tree, fence, a few extra flowers and a bag of soil and a couple of flower pots tossed on the ground.  I painted the images with reinkers and filled in the leaf area with the mini fern stamp. I used an Inkssentials white gel pen to create the flower centers and added Diamond Glaze to the watering can, boots, and pots. I cut the frame with a Nestabilities die and attached the little ribbon loops for embellishment.  I put the brown strip through the ribbons for a fun embellishment addition and tied a knot to it.  Fun card to make.

 

Stamps:  Hanna Stamps

Paper:  Celery, Red, Watercolor

Ink:  Versafine Black, Distress Fired Brick, Adirondack Lettuce, Caramel, Gey, Banana

Accessories:  Gingham, Watercolor Brushes, Artist Pen, Inkssential Gel Pen, Diamond Glaze

Rubbernecker Stamp Company Introduces The Jeanne Streiff Collection

Today is the long awaited day! INTRODUCING               

.....drum roll please....

The Jeanne Streiff Collection for Rubbernecker Stamp Company.

The last few weeks have been very exciting for the Rubbernecker design team as we waited to see Jeanne's new floral and flourish images and finally getting them in our hands to play with. Rubbernecker is releasing them on the site today so hop on over and take a look.

I found these solid images wonderful to work with on watercolor paper.  I inked up the stamp, sprayed with water and stamped the on the paper. I love to go back with a marker and add some lines and then wash a bit with a wet brush to create a soft and muted look but still showing some dimension in the flower. The possibilities are endless with these gorgeous images.  I love Sherry's idea to have two of each image-one to keep whole and one to cut apart to use in a variety of ways. I can visualize everything from old fashioned floral bouquets created with the green foliage image and flowers to totally modern designs.

You will certainly want to check out all the senior design team blog posts today to see what they have all come up with. Broni, Candy, Linda , Shelly,Sherry  and our course our very own

Jeanne.       

I made this card for the Tuesday color challenge on SCS using red, soft sky and bayou blue. I love the elegant flourish with the wheat design as a simple background for my three flower blossoms.  I added a touch of gold embossing to the flowers,  red layer and the spiral hardware to add a vintage look. The flowers and leaves are popped up for added dimension.

    

Stamps:  Rubbernecker -Jeanne Streiff Collection

Paper:  Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, Watercolor, Red

Ink:  Adirondack Lettuce, Distress Fired Brick, Soft Sky, Real Red, Bayou Blue, Banana

Accessories:  Gold Ribbon, Spiral Hardware, Versa, Gold EP, Glue Dots. Sponge, Watercolor Brushes, Sage and Burgundy Markers

 

So Much News

It is an exciting day for all of us involved with Rubbernecker Stamp Company today. There is lots going on so keep on reading.

Please help us    our two new Guest Designers, Leigh O’Brien and Tami Mayberry. Please stop by their blogs and see what they have been up to. We are so excited to have them stamping with us over the next couple of months!

It’s also Tuesday. That means there’s a Treasure Hunt   as well. As always, you can find all the and info, including the first clue, on the Rubbernecker Home Page. Jeanne and Linda are offering up some Rubbernecker Blog Candy today too! Make sure you visit them and leave a comment for a chance to win a $10 Rubbernecker Gift Card.

Last but not least, it’s another Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge today - RBC12, and it’s a sketch challenge. Don’t forget that we have changed our challenges up so that you can incorporate the SCS Color and Sketch Challenge into your RN Blogger Challenge card if you wish. All the requirements for for participation can be found on Jeanne’s blog.

 

As you are blog hopping among the Design Team’s blogs today, take a note of all of the images used. The Senior Design Team Members (Sherry. Candy, Broni, Shelly, Linda and Jeanne) have all posted previews with the new line of stamps designed by one of our very own design team members. This line will be released tomorrow, June 4th, so I’m sure you’ll be seeing more samples tomorrow too!

 

I created this floral bouquet by using markers and paint brushes with reinker directly on the stamp, spraying with water and then stamping the image on watercolor paper. I then used a wet brush with reinker to add depth and added definition with a marker to the flower centers.  I used white and purple Liquid Applique to add texture to some of the flowers. I cut out a few small pieces of foliage to pop up with a few flowers to add dimension. You are going to love these new images.

Stamps:  Rubbernecker

Paper:  Coral, Eggplant, Watercolor

Ink:  Adirondack Lettuce, Regal Rose, Eggplant, Banana

Accessories:  Brush, Artichoke, Regal Rose, Rose Red, Eggplant Markers, Blender Pen, Grosgrain, Glue Dots, Snips, Liquid Applique

 

 

Patriotic Flag Chickie

he Featured Stamper Challenge on SCS today has MMBC  aka Maren as our featured artist. I love the layout she used for this card. I used almost repeated her layout perfectly but changed up the subject matter and color combination. I chose to work with Rubbernecker's Flag Chickie and create a fun and patriotic card.  I think he is so cute.  I stamped him on watercolor paper and painted him with reinkers and a brush.  I stamped the image again so I could have second helmet and flag to pop up in the little scene. I added a long flag pole. I used diamond glaze to coat the the popped up pieces to add shine.  I added a scalloped blue layer and red polka dot layer with the red gingham ribbon for a fun background to the image.  This was a fun project to do.

 

Stamps:  Rubbernecker-Patriotic Flag Chickie

Paper: Brilliant Blue, White, Designer Paper

Ink:  Black Versafine, Brilliant Blue, Red, White Craft

Accessories:  Gingham, Diamond Glaze, Inkssential White Pen, Nestabilities, Glue Dots, Mounting Tape

Inspired Evergreens and Pond

Kittie Kraft Card Sales

I've listed a few of my cards for sale on Ebay if you are interested in checking them out. See the link on the right under eBay My World.  Thanks for taking a look.

The Inspiration Challenge on SCS today is a link to movie dresses .  They were fun to look at. I was not just inspired  with the dress worn by Winonna Ryder in Age of Innocence but also the green trees around her. I ended up with a piece far different than I started out with.  I had planned to use the muted moss as those colors were part of her her dress collar along with a satin moss bow. I sketched out my evergreen trees with marker in ever so pale moss and lightly sponged the moss ground area around them. The more I worked the more I was displeased with how pale the colors were so I added darker greens to enhance the trees. I used a light grey to create a muted pond of water for the scene. I filled in the ground area with the mini fern and then added some brown texture with the itty bitty background image and a small sponge dauber to add brown earth tone to water's edge and hillside.  I added some brown tree trunks and bushes on the hill top and created little trees for the scene.  I didn't want to distract from the muted green theme so I did the sky in yellow and adding no blue.  I love this scene as it reminds me of my grand father's pond on the property I grew up on . I would like to walk there and put a bamboo rod with a string and hooked worm on it to see if there are any bluegills to catch.

Stamps:  Itty Bitty Background, Watercolor Minis

Paper:  Spring Moss, White

Ink:  Adirondack Latte, Willow, Lettuce, Lake Mist, Lemonade

Accessories: Waterproof Artist Pens, Twill, Sponge Daubers, Watercolor Brushes

Cape Hatteras Bound

Kittie Kraft Card Sales

I've listed a few of my cards for sale on Ebay if you are interested in checking them out. See the link on the right under eBay My World.  Thanks for taking a look.

The Ways to Use It challenge on SCS Thursday was to use anything to do with packing, such as packing tape, shipping tags, bubble wrap or to go the other direction and create a project having to do with packing for a trip or vacation.  This was a fitting challenge for me as we are leaving in three weeks for our annual family reunion beach vacation in Cape Hatteras, NC. For my project I packed up my little Loads of Love truck with our suit cases and beach umbrella and headed toward the Outer Banks.

I stamped the truck and lighthouse on scrap watercolor paper, painted with a watercolor brush and  Tempting Turquoise reinker and cut out.  I created two little suit cases by embossing kraft paper with a cuttlebug folder, ran distress vintage photo ink over it and cutting to the appropriate size.  I added little handles on the cases and used a gold pen to add the tiny hardware to hold the handles on.I adhered the cases to the truck bed with glue dots. I used striped designer paper and a scalloped Nestabilities die to create the umbrella. I accordion folded in between the scallops to form the umbrella and attached a little rolled up piece of white paper for the stand. I tied the umbrella on top the truck with linen thread. I stamped the truck a second time on my first sand dune layer to pop the cut out truck over but leaves the wheels available. I sponged Latte  ink over both dune layers to create the sand and used Itty Bitty BG and Rubbernecker Beach Party Sand Dune image to add texture to the sand. I used a marker to add sea oats and grass sprigs to the sand. I cut a wavey border on a mask and attached to the white background layer and sponged with turquoise to create the rolling ocean. The water at Cape Hatteras is very rough as it is sixty miles out into the gulf stream.  The Outer Banks area is known as the grave yard of the Atlantic as there have been so many ship wrecks there. Hatteras light is the tallest lighthouse in America. OK...back to the scene.  I sponged the sky in using Soft Sky and my cloud template. I used liquid applique to add some white caps and sea foam to the water and finished the scene by adding sea gulls from the Rubbernecker collection. I popped the truck image up over the stamped image on the dune and assembled the rest of the card. It has been a long time since I used my "little truck" but I got tickled as I was loading the photo into my file that this is the 39th card made with it. I have used this image more than any other one image other than, of course, my beloved mini fern stamp.  

Stamps: SU Hatteras Lighthouse, Loads of Love, Itty Bitty Background, Rubbernecker Gulls and Sand Dune

Paper:  Tempting Turquoise, Watercolor, White

Ink:  Versafine Black, Latte, Vintage Photo, Tempting Turquoise, Soft Sky, Banana, Grey, Black Soot

Accessories:  Grosgrain, Markers, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Gold Pen, Mounting Tape, Liquid Applique

Kittie Kraft Card Sales and Dirt Bike Riley

I've listed a few of my cards for sale on Ebay if you are interested in checking them out. See the link on the right under eBay My World.  Thanks for taking a look.

I created my project "Dirt Bike Riley" for the Wednesday Sketch Challenge on SCS.  Although the layout of the card had  several layers I decided to create a scene and represent layer 2 with color.

I sponged a blue stripe across the watercolor paper to create a stream of water for my scene (layer 2).  It is a little off set from one side to the other for interest. I sponged a base of green on both sides of the stream and used a small dauber to sponge brown on to create the dirt bike path.  I cut the small square of watercolor paper for layer 3 and lined it directly over the scene where it would be placed for the layout and sponged on the blue water line, green grass and brown dirt path to it and set aside.  I sketched in two tree trunks and three evergreen trees in the scene and watercolored with a brush. I sponged green on the tree tops to create the leaf base and then filled in leaves and added ground texture with my mini fern stamp. I sponged yellow and blue in for the sky. I stamped Riley on a scrap of watercolor paper, painted with reinkers and cut him out.  I used a craft knife to cut the little details and sort of ruined the inside of the wheels. I completely cut them out and left the outer base of the wheel and knew I could draw the spokes in with an artist pen on the base that Riley would be attached to.  I sketched out a little bridge, painted and cut out to pop up over the stream and to represent layer 4.  I layered layer 3 with chocolate chip cardstock, lined it up and adhered it to the scene.  I attached Riley's wheels to the bridge, sketched in the wheel spokes and attached dimensionals to the bridge and Riley and popped them up over the scene. I distressed  the borders of the main scene and sponged with brown carrying some of it into the scene on all four sides and then attached to the card base.  I had painted Riley's bike bright red but it looked out of place in this wooded scene so I brushed on a light coat of brown to tone down the color. The final touch was to add a little diamond glaze to his bike and antlers. I am in love with the Riley images and still have three more new ones that have not seen ink.  I can't wait to play with them and see what kind of scene I will use them in.

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Stamps:  Hanna Stamps-Riley on Bike, Watercolor Minis

Paper:  Chocolate Chip, Watercolor

Ink:  Versafine Black, Distress Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint, Adironadack Latte, SU Bashful Blue, Real Red, Banana

Accessories:  Craft Knife, Watercolor Brushes, Artist Pen, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Sponge Daubers, Distressing Tool

Treasure Hunt Tuesday and RBC11

 The winner for this week's blog candy is comment number 18 from Lacyquilter -Melody Schwartz.  Congratulation, Melody!!!  Contact me and I will give you the comment code to claim your treasure.

I think my favorite technique is embossing. There are so many ways to use it.

Posted by: lacyquilter| May 27, 2008 at 03:08 PM         

 It's Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker today from 4:00AM PST - 9:00 PM PST. You’ll need to follow the clues to find the treasure. You can find the first clue to the Treasure Hunt on the Rubbernecker Home Page.   Broni and I are offering Treasure Hunt Blog Candy and you are welcome to enter on both to qualify for the prize.  All you have to do to qualify for my prize is leave a comment regarding your favorite stamping technique. Be sure and check out the new weekly RBC rules below and how many ways you can qualify to win free stamps. 

If this is your first visit on a Treasure Hunt Tuesday, you can find all the details on the Rubbernecker Home Page. 

Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge

We’re making a few changes to the Rubbernecker Blogger Challenges that will make it even easier (and hopefully more fun!) to qualify for the monthly drawing.

The Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge will now be on Tuesdays.

In addition to the weekly challenge Jeanne will be posting each week you may now use either the SCS Color Challenge colors OR the SCS Sketch Challenge (or any combination of the 3!!!) for that week using any Rubbernecker image. Be sure and post a comment with a link to your entries on Jeanne's blog and enter as often as you wish for the monthly drawing!

To qualify for the drawing you can enter in all these ways by linking to the Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge post each week using a Rubbernecker, Stamp Oasis or KK Original image:

1. Make a card using my weekly posted Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge.

2. Make a card using the SCS Color Challenge colors.

3. Make a card using the SCS Sketch Challenge.

4. Make a card using any combination of the above!!!!!

Today's challenge is paper piecing.  I love to paper piece on my projects.  It adds so much added dimension. Today my project is a scene created totally by piecing with darling designer paper and colored images. I stamped my images several times on the coordinating papers with black craft ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I started building my layers with the different paper and had lots of fun.  This project has lots of popped up images to create dimension and interest. The rooster, chicken and board walk were stamped and painted on white cardstock or watercolor paper with reinkers and a brush.  Fun project. Jeanne has two paper piecing tutorials on her blog that are very helpful if this is a new technique to you.

Stamps:  Rubbernecker- On the Farm Collection

Paper:  SU Designer Paper, Watercolor, White

Ink:  Black Craft, Distress Spiced Marmalade, Vintage Photo, Adirondack Lemonade, Latte

Accessories:  Glue dots, Dimensionals, Watercolor Brushes, Grosgrain, Mounting Tape, Clear Embossing Powder, Black Glaze Pen

Here's another entry for today's RBC11 challenge combined with the SCS color challenge to use chocolate chip, sage and vanilla.  I stamped the house image, sketched in additional hill lines, trees and a fence with a copic multiliner and painted with reinkers and a watercolor brush. The sage reinker is much darker than the ink pad and not dark enough to show up on itself so I added a little texture with hunter green and my mini fern stamp. I added lighter brown to the house and moose image by using Adirondack latte in addition to the chocolate.  I cut the moose and an additional head and popped him up over the scene.  Fun project.

Stamps:  Rubbernecker-Moose Collection

Paper:  Sage, Chocolate, Vanilla, Watercolor

Ink:  Versafine Black, Sage, Chocolate Chip, Adirondack Latte

Accessories:  Grosgrain, Watercolor Brushes, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Copic Multiliner, Eyelets, Corner Punch

Time Goes By So Fast

My nephew, Sam is graduating from high school this coming week. It only seems like yesterday that he was just a baby and now he is on his way to college.  Sam is a remarkable young man.  He is a gifted student, an athlete and a musician. There is so much talent wrapped up in this kid.  Sam's father died just about a year ago and we have all been amazed that he has made his highest grade point average ever this past year, worked at a youth camp after school every day and plays local country sports. He takes guitar lessons and has written many songs, and a few really special ones about his father.  Needless to say I am proud of Sam and love him very much.  I made this fun card for him.  I thought it was appropriate to use a wise owl since Sam is such a smarty!

I was inspired to make an owl with a mortar board by a card Paula Bloommade for the DD/DDA monthly challenge. I stamped the owl with black craft ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I painted him with a blender pen using Adirondack Latte and Distress Vintage Photo.  I masked the owl and sponged on Distress Peeled Paint and then stamped the mini fern around for the appearance of leaves.  I hand sketched and colored the little mortar board with a black marker and created the little tassel with SU gold cord. I attached the cord to the board and popped it up on the owl's head with rolled up glue dots. The rest is pretty self explanatory.  This was made with lots of love fand admiration for Sam. By the way....Sam has the best mother any kid could have...I know because she is the best sister a girl could have. 

Stamps:  Inkadinkado Aviary, Watercolor Minis

Paper:  Black, Watercolor Paper, Speciality Crimped Paper-Gold

Ink:  Black Craft, Distress Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint, Adirondack Latte

Accessories:  Gold and White EP, Brads, Cord, Grosgrain, Mounting Tape

Soft Beach Scene

The Featured Stamper for today's challenge on SCS is Peanutbee aka Denise.  Here is a link to her wonderful gallery.  I copied and pasted a picture of Denise's darling card that inspired me below.

Seaside Girl by Peanutbee

I chose to use Rubbernecker Beach Party images to create my project.  I love the little umbrella and chair image and wanted to keep the same soft look and feel of Denise's scene.  I chose to work with River Rock and Bordering Blue ink.  I stamped the images, colored and cut them out.  I created a sandy beach with a dry brush in a stipple motion,masked off the water line, sponged it with the blue and then sponged in the sky with a lighter layer of the blue.  I attached the cut out images to the scene.  I used a seashell background image for the large base and embossed the long layer with a Cuttlebug folder.  I love this soft scene.  I have gotten stuck on beach cards recently.

 

Stamps:  All images Rubbernecker Beach Party Collection

Paper:  River Rock. Buckaroo Blue, Watercolor

Ink:  Distress Old Paper, Bordering Blue

Accessories:  Grosgrain-French Blue, Clear Embossing Powder, Sponge Dauber, Cuttlebug, Brushes

Peaceful Beach

The Inspiration Challenge on SCS today used some gorgeous chairs and fabrics by F. Schumacher & Company. I fell in love with one of the three because of the soft blues and beige colors.

I felt these colors were so peaceful and they made me think of a beach house.  I took my inspiration to an outdoor beach scene with a lighthouse, dunes and water but 't want anything to pop out drastically.  I wanted to create the same peace that I felt with the chair scene.

I chose to work with images from the Rubbernecker Beach Party collection. I stamped the lighthouse with Sahara Sand by masking off a portion of it so I could tuck it behind a dune with a fence and grass.  I stamped the fence and grass with Sahara Sand as well and then sponged it on the beach area as well.  I filled in texture in the sand with a small sand dune image.  I painted the fence and light house with a blender pen using Sahara and Bordering Blue.  I lost lots of the fence detail so I added it back with a gray marker. I masked off the water line and sponged on Bordering Blue for the water.  I sponged the sky with a lighter layer of Bordering blue and then stamped the gulls.  I love this scene.  I only have one more month before we leave to go on our annual family reunion at Cape Hatteras, NC.  I can't wait.

Stamps:  Rubbernecker Beach Party

Paper:  Buckaroo Blue, Watercolor

Ink:  Sahara Sand, Bordering Blue

Accessories:  Grey Marker, Sponge Daubers, Blender Pens, River Rock Grosgrain

No Hardware

The Limited Supply Challenge on SCS today was to use no hardware such as brads, rhinestones, ribbons, etc.  We were challenged to use small stamped images as embellishments and that is something I really love to do.  I chose to play with images from the Rubbernecker Beach Party collection since there are so many fun pieces.  I stamped the Adirondack chair, masked it and stamped the fence beside it.  I watercolored the images with a brush and reinker.  I used a large dry brush to stipple on the caramel beach area and then used a sand dune image to add texture. I cut out the chair/sand scene so I could pop it up over the water layer.  I masked off a portion of the white bottom layer with a straight edge t create a calm water line.  I cut out the fence sections with a craft knife.  I stamped the umbrella and small embellishment images on scrap watercolor paper , painted and cut out.  I added the soft sky scalloped border across the bottom of the scene to mimic the scallop border of the umbrella and to use to apply the embellishments.  I popped the umbrella up over the chair to make a fun multi level scene. This was a fun project to create.

Stamp:  Rubbernecker Beach Party Collection

Paper:  Soft Sky, Bayou Blue, White, Watercolor

Ink:  Versafine Black, Caramel, Banana, Soft Sky, Bayou Blue

Accessories:  Diamond Glaze, Scalloped Scis