Wishing You Smiles - Brass & Bliss Craft Co

I'm up on the blog over at Brass & Bliss Craft Co with this one!

I hope you'll join me there for the details! 

Rubbernecker Stamps - Be Silly!

Hello!  Today I'm sharing a silly card using the awesome Be Brave stamp set from Rubbernecker Stamps!

I had a ton of fun putting this one together and used every fox in the set.  You can find details on how I put it together up on the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog here!

I just love this scene of these cuties being silly so I thought the sentiment was perfect!

Thanks so much for stopping and hope you'll come again soon!

 I've provided links below for all of the Rubbernecker products I used today!  Should you decide to purchase using these links I will receive a small compensation at no additional cost to you.

Double Trouble Challenges Guestie-A Die-lirious Holiday Season!

Excited to be guesting with the ladies over at Double Trouble Challenges this month!  Yup!  I am the Crazy Cousin for December!

And this is me in the Double Trouble Challenges world!  I love that I'm holding my favorite coffee cup and that awesome coffee plant sprig in my crazy Quarantine hair! And can we talk about the pajamas???  I WISH I had a pair just like that!  My mom does these awesome graphics and I am quite impressed!

So this challenge is called A Die-lirious Holiday Season and as is every time, Double Trouble has a partner challenge.  This time around it's Bitten By The Bug 2!  The headline Graphic  has all of the details in short form, but basically the challenge is to create a Holiday Card!  Feeling cheeky??  You can choose to take on the twist which this month is "Wrap or Tie It Up"!  Use some design paper/wrapping paper and/or some kind of tie... ribbon, twine, yarn... you name it!  And if you want double the chance to win, use your favorite cutting tool (not including scissors).  You can use scissors... but must also use a tool such as your Cricut or other Digital Cutting Machine, Die Cutting Machine, Punches!  You will find all of the details over at the Double Trouble Challenges post here!

Now!  Here's how I was inspired:

I am loving this new Santa Post Card stamp set from Rubbernecker and that beautiful Snow Flake Frame!  It was perfect for this scene.. Santa out delivering... the mail??

Love this fun image!  I used that plaid design paper for the base and die cut the trees.

This Santa is on the set too and I used it along with more of that plaid and that cool wreath die and one of my favorite frames!

And of course I scattered sequins everywhere!

That's me!  Now be sure to head on over to the Double Trouble blog to see what everyone else has created for you and see how to play along!

Come again soon!

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You're The Best! - Rubbernecker Stamps

Welcome back!  Today I'm sharing a masculine card that would make a great Father's Day card!

I just love this Old Truck stamp!  It's fun to color up and it's great for any man card.  And how about that great stripey background!  I love the Graduated Horizontal Stripe Background stamp... it's such a great simple but bold background and depending on the colors you choose it can be used for any kind of card.  I'll be using it quite a bit this month! 

And the Frases En Espanol #1 stamp set!  I just love the fonts and it contains a bunch of great sentiments.  This one says You're The Best.  Perfect, right?

I very rarely create masculine cards, but I really enjoyed making this one!

Here's how I created it!

1. I cut a piece of white cardstock approximately 6x6.  Usually I'll die cut my panel first, however it was easiest to stamp the stripey background using a larger piece because I was able to place the cardstock in the corner and still use the magnets to hold it into place leaving room for the stamp and so I could stamp more than once to get a nice solid stripe.
2. To give a sort of Ombre effect, all four of the browns in Color Fuse Set #3 were used.  I started with the lightest and inked up the first three skinny stripes or so and stamped... I didn't worry about overlapping so that the varying colors would have a bit of a transition and blend.  I cleaned off the stamp and repeated the process with next few wider stripes using the next darkest ink in the set and then twice more with the two darkest colors.  I did go over in the same fashion a second time again to blend the colors better.
3. Once my striped background was complete, I used the largest of the Rectangle Small Stitch Dies and taped it into place with some washi tape placed on the outside of the die to be sure my stripes would be straight and ran it through the Gemini to cut the panel.  (I like to place the tape on the outside when I can in case the washi decides to stick so I don't tear my panel at all).
4. I stamped, die cut and colored the truck using YG61, YG63 and YG67 and just a bit of E15 for the rust.
5. Next a smaller stitched panel was cut and the background was ink blended with green, yellow, orange and red Distress Oxides.
6. Then using the Misti to be sure of a good impression, I stamped the sentiment using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.
7. I adhered the ink blended piece to a piece of brown (the same color as my base would be) and cut it down leaving a slight border.  I added the striped background to the 5 1/2 x 4 1/4" base and then popped up the smaller rectangle onto the center.
8. Some trees and the sun were cut from white cardstock and I colored them by ink blending some of the same colors onto the diecut pieces and then placed them and the truck over and around the piece using varying thicknesses of foam tape.  I had to trim the sides of some of the trees so they would fit a little better, but as you can see, I still let some of the die cuts hang over the edge.  I love the feeling that the scene cannot be contained on that little rectangle and it just goes on...
9. Finally I just added a few sequins and metal studs that coordinated with the masculine feel of the card.

That's me for today!  Thanks for stopping and I hope you enjoyed it!  Come again soon for some more Rubbernecker inspiration!

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