rub-ons

Hello again. I’m here with my card for the new challenge we have just started at Cardz 4 Galz. Billie A is hosting, and she has chosen the theme of:

Add an animal

Here is my card:

I decided to use the bear die set from Spellbinders, created with Concord & 9th card stock – he is such a cute and fun bear.

For the background, I used rub-ons from a recent virtual event – I think from Spellbinders.

I die cut the stitched rectangle, then placed the sentiment down, rubbed – hey presto – instant sentiment.

The next step was to add the balloon rub-on – the bear was placed so I could work out placement of the balloon and stars – again the perfect result.

I added the bear with 3D foam, matted with a pink layer then glued onto a white card base.

I hope you can come and join us with your creations featuring an animal. xx

Hello again. I may not have posted for a few days, but I have been playing in my craft room. I thought it was time to play with my Spellbinders BetterPress system again, and created a lot of backgrounds and sentiments – all ready to go for future cards.

Whilst playing, I found the package from recent ‘Oh! What Fun‘ event, so decided to use some of the rub-ons and ephemera in the kit to enter the current challenge at 52CCT, which is a sketch challenge.

Here is the sketch:

and here is my card:

The two rectangles and the two squares were die cut with Gina K Designs Master Series dies which gave a stitched edge

Once cut, I then used rub-on images for the squares, adding a rub-on sentiment too. I then chose two ephemera pieces from that kit – larger and longer – more suited to the size of the rectangles.

Before adding the ephemera, I used a Spellbinders embossing folder on a white 7×5 inch panel, and ran a small light blue ink cube over the embossed panel to highlight some of the detail.

I ink blended the same blue along the bottom of each square and rectangle, then ran those pieces through the same embossing folder.

The ephemera were added to the rectangles, and all four pieces adhered to the background embossed panel. The final touch being the sentiment.

As an aside, I am going to join the Mona Toth online class this weekend to teach me how to take better photos of my cards – I really struggle with lighting – so hopefully these will be better once I have completed the class.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

52CCT – sketch

CYHTP – embossing folder, option of bees not taken

Peace On Earth – anything goes Christmas

Christmas Cards All Year Round – Christmas with R & S – rub-ons & snowflakes