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Birthday Bash Celebration!

Birthday Bash Celebration at Red Rubber Designs! 
It's Pam's birthday and she wants to 
celebrate BIG!
 
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Pam says, "My Birthday Bash starts Wednesday, August 22 and goes
through Sunday, August 26 because everyone should celebrate their 
birthday for more than just one day!"

Thanks Pam! For being such a thoughtful and generous person.

Happy Birthday!

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 Products used...most from the Red Rubber Designs store!

Stamp stamp: Happily Grateful    Patterned cardstock: Maggie Patterned card stock collection, solid card stock  inks: Tsukineko Momento

Other: Handmade flowers, leaf punches, Spellbinders dies and Grand Caliber

Ruche

Ruche... just say the word. Draw out that "che" ending, Ruchhhhhe. Sounds so rich, so textured, so majestic. And for paper it is all that!

I have a wonderful package of 11 colors of Ruche. I find myself hoarding it... it's just so pretty, ya know? Well, I decided to use some of it so I can share it's beauty with you...I can always pop into the PaperTemptress store for more!

Here's what I've been working on for "welcome back to school" gifts for the teachers where my DH is the principal.

 

 

These little bundles contain chocolate treats and the paper rose clip has a magnet strip on the back. Cute to pin on the fridge or your filing cabinet at work with a picture that makes you happy. 

I made about 50 of these using assorted card stock weights and textures. Then I tried the Ruche and fell in love. This lovely textured card stock works beautifully for making these roses, gives them such pretty texture.

 

Such a simple project, yet with the right papers makes for a really beautiful little gift.   My sweet doilies are cut from the Solar White Skinny Columns card stock. Very subtle lined texture and beautiful when edges are sponged with ink. Die cut shapes come out so crisp and nice with this card stock as well. 

You can find many great tutorials for paper roses on You Tube, and so many amazing card stock styles to try them out on at the PaperTemptress store!

 

 

Mister Penguin

Oh Mister Penguin, she says, "I've been shopping again!" And just look at that happy, content face...

I'm thinking her little kraft sack has some sweets for the little penguins and the ice-cube bag has a nice fish dinner in it for the Mister. Now that's the kind of shopping that makes every penguin family happy!

For this little penguin and three more, check out the Red Rubber Designs store. There is a lot of wintry fun going on in the featured stamp section of the store.   ;D

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Products used:

stamps: Red Rubber Designs Mister Penguin stamp set and sentiment from the Holiday Wreaths stamp set

paper and card stock: Red Rubber Designs Tuscany Spice paper stack and card stock in white and black. 

ink: Tsukineko Momento Black, Copic Markers

 

Mimi in Paris

I just love Mimi! She's normally such a busy gal... today she's in a tiny but charming cafe not far from the Eiffel Tower. She needed this time to relax and soak in the view!

 

 

Mimi is from Penny Black. The lacy "frame" Mimi is sitting in is stamped with another Penny Black stamp called Floral Thread. A beautiful background stamp! And what would I do without my Spellbinders Paper Arts Products?!  ;D  Ink is Tsukineko Memento Black from the Red Rubber Designs store.

 

Red Rubber Designs "Just Because" Challenge JB0712

Today I'm announcing a brand new challenge over at The Red Rubber Designs Flickr group.

Come join in for some great crafty inspiration and a chance to win one of two $10.00 gift cretificates to the RRD store!

 

July is a sketch challenge...

The sketch is for inspiration - you can choose to interpret it any way you wish (i.e., your project doesn't have to be exactly like the sketch) in any medium you wish (doesn't have to be a card, either).

This is my card for the challenge:

I used my favorite stamp set from the RRD new release this month... Every Leaf. All paper, card stock, ribbon and Tsukineko ink are from the Red Rubber Designs store well. One stop shopping... I like that!

I stamped my design in Fimo clay, dusted it with Perfect Pearls, baked it and my medallion was done.  ;D  It was fun, I'll have to play with Fimo again soon!

 

New Creations

I've been playing with my kraft card stock lately. It's a wonderful color and textured look for manly cards... but I like to dress it up sometimes as well. In this card I paired the kraft with the hot fudge pop tones card stock. The base of my card is where I started the "dressing up". It's a beautiful glimmering  card stock called autumn hay glimmer. It's a nice heavy weight for card bases.

  

 

The rest of this card was quite simple thanks to this one gorgeous stamp from Red Rubber designs called New Creation and some embossing powder.

These pretty border dies are from Spellbinders Paper Arts. Stop by the newly re-designed PaperTemptress store for some great specials right now!  One of my favorites on sale right now is the pop tones package.

There are also some fun new products... go check them out too! PT is now carrying Hand Silk Screen Print Clear Overlays, Hand Silk Screen Prints, and Stickers.  

No Scary Cats Allowed

At my house, we like soft pretty, black kitties... not the scary kind! Especially around Halloween.  ;D     

Every year my daughter tells me "no scary black cat cards!" She prefers the sweeter side of Halloween... like all that candy!

Soooo here is a sweet Halloween cat from Red Rubber Designs new release:

This sleeping sweetie is from the Trick or Treat rubber stamp set. All paper, Bazzill card stock, ribbon and Tsukineko inks can be found in the Red rubber Designs store as well. My back ground paper is stamped with the same design on the kittie's pillow only larger.

Cute set, right?  ;D  Lots more sweet not scary cards coming up next week, hope you check in again soon!

 

Every Leaf Lantern

Hi...it’s time for a Tuesday Tutorial at the Red Rubber Designs blog. It's also my turn to share a Fall project that you may enjoy creating as well!  

 

 

I created a pretty paper lantern for Fall featuring the "Every Leaf" stamp set. I hope you have time to check out the entire lantern and the tutorial I have created for it.

First Thursday Blog Hop

It's first Thursday at Red Rubber Designs...that means newly released stamp sets. So stop by the store and shop around! 

This card was made with the new Every Leaf stamp set...

 

 

Each blog on the hop (except the Red Rubber Designs Blog) has one word that will complete a phrase somewhere in their blog hop post. Once you find all six words (that's a hint!) put them together to form a phrase. You may have to rearrange them a little bit!

Note: The word you need from each blog will be obvious if you read carefully.... it looks just a little different from the rest of the letters!

Once you figure it out, email the phrase to [email protected] and be sure to put your name and email address in the email with the phrase. Every correct answer will be entered into a drawing for the featured stamp set - "Every Leaf" - and one winner will be chosen at random. Good luck!

Contest ends Sunday, July 8th at Midnight (US-CDT).

Now start hopping!  ;D

 
Red Rubber Designs  (There will be a post with contest details) 

 

Here is the Blog Hop Order:

Sarah

Paula-Kay 
Louise

KC

Kate

Diana

 

 

God Bless The USA

 

The first time I heard this song was at a fireworks display in the small town where I lived. I think I cried...

‘Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land, God bless the USA!

Lee Greenwood says it well. Have a safe and happy Independence Day. And do take the time to remember the men and women who died to preserve our right to enjoy our freedom and love our country.

God Bless The USA

by Lee Greenwood

If tomorrow all the things were gone, I'd worked for all my life. And I had to start again, with just my children and my wife.

I'd thank my lucky stars, to be livin here today. ‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom, and they can't take that away.

And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free. And I wont forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.

And I gladly stand up, next to you and defend her still today. ‘Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land, God bless the USA.

 

 

All bold and beautiful card stock used in this card is from The PaperTemptress store. The wonderfully sturdy base is Heavenly White 120# Ultrasmooth. My Statue of Liberty is also stamped on a panel of the Heavenly White. The red is Wild Cherry Pop Tones  and the blue is from my Basis Card Stock package. You can find the gold I used for my stars in the Mica/Metallic Card Stock  package. Stamps can be found at Red Rubber Designs.

God bless the USA and God bless you!