Thankful for RubberMoon

I know I gush about the RubberMoon Mail Club all the time, but only because it really is that great. Every month I look forward to whatever surprise is going to land in my mailbox. When my beloved comes home from work, he always stops to get the mail on the way in. Each month there comes a point that he walks through the door and announces, "You got something from RubberMoon." I will not confirm it as fact, but it is entirely possible that I emit a squeak of delight when I hear that.

I will, however, confirm that I emitted such a squeak this month upon actually opening my package. Because... Wow! What a great bunch of goodies! Just look - it felt like my birthday or Christmas or something.

This month, not only did I get the very cool, exclusive frame stamp from RubberMoon (which I used to make the card above) and art sample (inspiring as ever from our own Kae Pea), but a bunch of other goodies from other noteworthy companies that joined in the fun. There was an extra rubber stamp from 100 Proof Press, Art Squares from Inchie Arts, chip board die cuts from Gina's Designs, and an ink pad from Impress Cards & Crafts!

All of this makes it the perfect time to say how very thankful I am for RubberMoon and the constant inspiration I get from RubberMoon stamps, yes, but also for Kae Pea who tirelessly (I'm sure it only seems that way... she must be exhausted) runs the place all while making art of her own, and for the amazing, creative group of fine folks that make up the MoonMail Club. You may have noticed that when I end these blog posts, I always ask, "Where will your imagination take you?" I always hope that you'll take it both literally and figuratively. After years of playing with all kinds of different rubber stamps from nearly every company there is, my imagination took me to the doorstep of RubberMoon... and for that, I am truly thankful.

I used the frame stamp to make a quilted looking Christmas card because I was already in Christmas card making mode and had all my other Christmas stamps and colors out already. I used various other RubberMoon stamps to fill in the frames. Those stamps include:

FaLaLa
6-sided Snowflake - Small
Sprinkles Cube
Tiny Elf
Party Planning Penny (last month's MoonMail offering)
Reindeer Border
Christmas String o' Lights


Other Products Used:
StazOn Solvent Ink various colors
Stickles
Gold Gel Pen
Liquid Pearls
Water-based markers
StazOn Studio Glaze
Glossy cardstock

It's a Hoot!

I was so thrilled to receive another package from the RubberMoon Mail Club last week. Look at all that stuff! I got, as usual, the exclusive stamp that only Moon Mail Club members get, plus a couple of pre-folded card backings from Inchie Arts, plus a piece from Gina's Designs Mixed Media Fragments 1. As always it was accompanied by a newsy note from RubberMoon's Kae Pea, as well as a fun print of her art work.

I have Father's Day on the brain, and knew immediately what I wanted to do with the piece from Gina's Designs. I thought it would work perfectly with RubberMoon's Happy Father's Day stamp.

I began by using the piece from Gina's Designs as a stencil. I simply set it on my cardstock and liberally spritzed the entire thing with Fireworks spray. Then I lifted the piece off and coated it with Brilliance Pearlescent Chocolate ink, to which I added clear embossing powder. I heat set the embossing powder and it gives the piece a really cool, slightly metallic shine.

By then, my cardstock was dry, so I used the same color of ink again to stamp the sentiment. To give it a little extra something, I dotted on some Liquid Pearls in dark chocolate.

(Is all this talk of chocolate making anyone else hungry?)

I assembled my card and adhered it to one of the pre-folded cards from Inchie Arts.

I thought I was done, but that adorable owl stamp that came with my package would not stop staring at me! So, I made a bookmark.

For the bookmark, I stamped the owl twice with StazOn Jet Black ink then colored in the owls using Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils. I gave the eyes a little extra sparkle with some yellow Stickles and finished off the "hoot" by hand-lettering the "h" and "t". All it needed was a colorful ribbon.

I love getting these surprise packages in the mail from RubberMoon Mail Club. It's like a little bit of Christmas on an ordinary day. I never know what's going to be in the package, so the inspiration kind of leaps out of the package along with the goodies. Add to that the fun and inspiration we have in the Facebook group... well, what's not to love?! You could say it's a hoot!

See you next week and Happy Crafting!

Whimsical Village Canvas

This is Carmen sharing with you this whimsical village canvas which has some of my favorite collage and ephemera pieces.  Last year I found a New York City "Street Listings and Maps" book from 1964.  It was perfect for creating the houses with my RubberMoon stamps.

The stamps I used were Lovely Loft House, Crooked Chimney House, and Row House.  The background is layers of vintage music sheets that were created on a Gelli Plate.  I have quite a stash of them and that makes it easy to pick and choose.

I wanted to add a little bit more texture and dimension to the canvas so I used some chipboard texture sheet in Checkerboard from Gina's Designs.  It's very easy to cut into the size you want.  I then spritzed it with Imagine Crafts Irresistible in Bronze, and shaded the edges with the new StazOn midi in Ganache.

I adhered it to the canvas with some tacky glue and then sealed it with gel medium.

The houses were highlighted with Elementz metallic markers and Fude Ball black pen on the edges.

I love it when so many random things come together to create something lovely!  

Thanks so much friends for visiting with me today.  

Blessings,

Holiday ATC's - RubberMoon & Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko Product Swap

 

  IMAGINE Crafts and RubberMoon Art Stamps are excited to share with you the amazing projects that our design teams have created to kick off the Holiday Season! Over the next few days, we'll be sharing with you inspiration and techniques using IMAGINE Crafts' line of ink products featuring rubber stamps from RubberMoon. Be sure to visit the IMAGINE Crafts and RubberMoon blogs daily for more projects and ideas!

Hello friends, this is Carmen, and I'm sharing with you today some ATC cards with a Holiday theme.  I started off with some cards from Inchies Arts squares, they are so easy to work with and take all kinds of mediums.

I painted a layer of acrylic paint first then used a texture sheet from Gina's Designs as a stencil with Imagine Crafts Fireworks spray in Summer sky.  It's a very soft look.

The Peace on Earth stamp was used with the Delicata pigment ink pad in Silvery Shimmer.

I cut part of the texture sheet and embossed it with black powder using the Versamark embossing pad

The embossed texture sheet was adhered with some Creative Gel Medium.

A final spritz of Shimmer spray in Frost and it's done.

The second card I started with a layer of acrylic paint and adhered some book page strips for a more vintage look.

I gave it some more color by adding StazOn midi pad in Emerald City with Ink Blushers sponges.

I had a couple of pieces of wood embellishments and enhanced them with some Fireworks spray in Lady bug.

For this card I used the lovely Ornaments Border stamp with Delicata in Gold.

I painted in the ornaments with the Fireworks in Lady Bug.

And the finished card...

I made one last one completely different from the Holiday theme.  This steampunk card of gears is made with the Gears stamp, irRESIStible texture sprays, and texture sheet in gears.

I love how all of them came out, each one of them unique, colorful and full of texture.  All of these products worked great together.  The only problem I had was trying to decide which ones to use!  Which I guess is a good problem.

Thanks so much for visiting with us today!  Please browse around and check out the other great projects by our team.

Happy Holidays!

"Flying Diva" Mixed Media Canvas by Kim Imagine Crafts Cross Promotion

Hello friends! Today I am thrilled to share my mixed media canvas featuring the products of Imagine Crafts and of course Rubbermoon goodies as well!  I really love doing canvas work, and was truly inspired by the inks and sprays from Imagine Crafts, they work so well with the stamps, this was really a fun project.

I started off with a 10 x 10 canvas and started to layer on some vintage music paper, drywall tape and two of my favorite colors of Fireworks! sprays, in Bahama Blue, and Paris Dusk.  These sprays are really vibrant and work so wonderfully on the canvas, they come in a huge range of colors as well.

Next, I worked on some of the chipboard pieces from Gina's Designs that I wanted to add to my canvas. Imagine Crafts has such a great line of inks and embossing powders, I used a mixture of both to add life to the blank chipboard. First, I used the Memento Luxe Bahama Blue all over the Butterfly of Gears chipboard piece from Gina's, then when the ink was wet, I added some silver and black embossing powder to it. This really gave the illusion of layers and textures on the butterfly.

 

Once the embossing powder had cooled, I edged all around it with more of the Blue Memento Luxe ink and added a few sequins and bling with a key in the center to finish it off.



I also used the black Imagine Crafts embossing powder on the diamond texture sheet from Gina's Designs. I love this embossing powder, it is very fine and gives fantastic coverage!

I also used the Something Shiny Stamp as well. I stamped it on top of one of the 3 x 3 Inchie Art Squares that are sold in the Rubbermoon shop.  I also layered on some more embossing powder using the Versa Mark Pen, so I could just edge the mat board and control where the embossing powder went.  I added some more of the blue Memento Luxe ink and some of the Black Pico Embellisher, from Imagine Crafts on the corners to finish it off.

Here you can see some of the texture in the background of the canvas with the music paper, embossing paste and a circle stencil. I also used the Dots and Circles Stamps (one of my favorites!) to the background as well, using the black Stayzon Ink from Imagine Crafts.



 I also used some of the Vertigo Sheets from Imagine Crafts, I really love this stuff!! I thought it might be fun to play around with it, so I used the new Wings stamp by Kae Pea, and stamped on top with more of the black Stayz On Ink.  I then cut out the wing shapes, and used the Bahama Blue and Pear Tart Memento Luxe inks on the back of the wings to give them color.

 

This is the result!  I added some tiny keys from my stash and a coordinating flower to the center of the butterfly and flanked them beside more of the Gina's Designs Chipboard number plates, I am super happy with the result.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing my project today, and will hop over to Imagine Crafts website to check out all the amazing items they have in their store, I know I am totally a customer for life!

Thanks so much!

Rubbermoon Items Used

Dots and Circles Stamp

Something Shiny Stamp

3 x 3 Inchie Arts Mat Board

Wings Stamp by Kae Pea

Other Items Used

Gina's Designs Chipboard

Imagine Crafts Ink, Fireworks! Sprays, Embossing Powder, Vertigo

Vintage Music Paper and Drywall Tape From My Stash

Lace, Metal and Flowers From My Stash

Have a Very Meowy Christmas!

 

Hello friends, Kim here today, I would like to share some fun Christmas themed cards I have created using Rubbermoon Stamps and some fun products from Imagine Crafts.

First up is my very "meowy" Christmas card. I love the whimsy with this card and the "Impurrfect" kitty cat stamp I used as a focal point.

 

 

 Behind the kitty I used a scroll frame from Gina's Designs, and painted it a soft ivory color, then stamped the "stardust" in the background behind the cat.  I used some Imagine Crafts gold embossing powder to give a lovely shimmery look to the frame.

 

 

Behind the card I spritzed some of the Imagine Crafts Shimmer Spritz in gold and sparkle tones. Then used the Dots and Circles Stamp with some silver Delicata Ink from Imagine Crafts to create a fun background on the card.

 

 

Finally I added some metal snowflakes to each of the corners of the frame to finish it off

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Here are some of the fun products I used from Imagine Crafts, I just adore their items and they really made my cards sparkle!

 

 

For this next card I used the 3 Snowman Stamp in the center, and colored them in with some copics to give some Christmas tones to the card.

 

 

For the background I used some of the Gina's Designs cardstock doilies. I laid them on my card and then used some of the  Fire works sprays from Imagine Crafts in Bahama Blue and Paris Dusk. I love the tones it gave, I really wanted to give the image of a wintery background.

 

 

I love the effect the sprays and doilies give, they really look like snowflakes!

 



 

 

After the sprays had dried I then used the Box O'Flakes Stamp and some silver embossing powder on top to add to the background. I really wanted a nice shimmer to the card, I also layered more of the Shimmer Spritz Spray on top as well.

 

I used some of the Art Squares precision cut matboard to layer on top of the background and used some of the Irresistible Pico Embellisher to draw snowflakes and dots on it. I then used more of the Fireworks sprays to complete the background look on the matboard.

 

 

I used some lace from my stash and a few more metal snowflakes and pearls, then popped the snowmen up with some foam tape.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my whimsical cards today, thanks for taking a peek and have yourself a very "meowy" Christmas!

 

Rubbermoon Products Used

Impurrfect Stamp

3 Snowman Stamp

Box O' Flakes

Dots and Circles

Inchie Arts Matboard

 

Other Items Used

Imagine Crafts Inks, Sprays and Embossing Powders

Gina's Designs Doilies and Scroll Frame

Lace and Metal Snowflakes From My Stash

 

 

 

Sweet Dreams

Happy Friday friends, it's Kim Fuller here! I have a fun project to share with you today using the Art On The Block Kit from the Rubbermoon shop. I really love these kits, as you get enough goodies to make three little houses and it includes some fun chipboard from Gina's Designs.

I chose a fun theme for this house and made it kind of based in a night time dream state. Things are a bit out of scale and wonky!  I topped the house off with the Man in the Moon stamp which I stamped and inked in a lovely yellow pigment ink, then added some diamond stickles to make it sparkle.

I added some embossing paste to the background using a circle stencil from my stash to give the house some texture. I then added some of the chipboard windows from the kit, which I embossed.

 I then used the Love This Face stamp for the attic window. which I really do love!! It gives the illusion of someone peeking out, and has a real dreamy look to it. In the window below, I used the same embossing technique and added some lace to give the look of curtains, then stamped the Bow Wow stamp inside it.

For the front door I used a fun technique using some black embossing powder and the Dots & Circles Stamp to make an impression in the hot embossing powder, it worked amazingly well!

Once I had made my impression with the stamp, I used my silver Gilder's Paste and rubbed it on to give it a metallic look.  After that I got out some sapphire blue Inka Gold and my water brush and highlighted the impressions with it.

Here is the final look of the door, its a fun and different way to use your stamps!  You can also see in the background I have used the Stardust stamp for more added texture and design.

I hope you enjoyed my project, thanks for taking a peek.

Sweet Dreams everyone!

Rubbermoon Items Used

Art on the Block

Man in the Moon

Love  This Face

Bow Wow

Dots & Circles

Stardust