Meet New DT Rita Barakat

My name is Rita Barakat and I am so excited about

becoming part of the team at the Rubber Cafe!

A little about me...

I have been married to my wonderful hubby for over 20 years.

             I am blessed to be a SAHM (stay at home mom) to five beautiful children,

 biological and adopted! 

I hand painted murals for a living before stumbling onto scrapbooking.

I love incorporating art into my pages and cards. Journaling my heart onto my pages is my passion. I am on several
manufacturer teams and have been published in Creating Keepsakes
and other scrapbooking magzines.

Here are a few of my favorite projects...

Playing with my new stamps Vintage Treasures in my art journal! Yay!

 A card - I love texture!

Three of my five kids on a layout!

You can see more of my work on my blog here http://letsembellish.blogspot.com

and I will posting soon (on Tuesdays) so be on the lookout!

Meet New Design Team Member - Renea Harrison

Hi Everybody! My name is Renea Harrison a.k.a. Reneabouquets in the virtual world. I am delighted to be a part of the Design Team here at The Rubber Cafe. Let me start by saying, that I am passionate about scrapbooking, and love every aspect of this ever changing, multi- media art form. I don't have just one artistic style, I tend to change how I create with whatever mood I happen to be in. I love texture, dimension, and coming up with creative, new ways to use materials. 

I currently work as a Design Team member for Scraps Of Darkness, Scraps of Elegance, Berry Bleu Pages and Tags, and Twisted Sketches. I also run my own Etsy Shop, and have been published in Scrap Book News And Reviews online magazine, and have been featured along with my Scraps of Darkness Sisters at Bo Bunny, The Robin's Nest and Creative Imaginations.

I am really looking forward to getting to create with all the quality, and unique products here at The Rubber Cafe, and I hope that my work inspires you to create something beautiful of your own~

Here are some of my recent projects:

 Believe

 

 Fragile Handle With Care

 Altered Memory Box Top View

Altered Memory Box Side View

 Find Your Way Home

Please feel free to visit me at my blog, My Glitter Coated Life 

for loads of inspiration, video tutorials and links to other great sites!  

 
I really appreciate you stopping by for my introduction. Be sure to drop back by, over the next week, as each of the Design Team members introduce themselves . I hope you will join all of us as we come together to create unique and wonderful projects with all The Rubber Cafe stamps and products. Happy Scrapping!!

Be Good…

I have a vintage card to share today. I had so much fun making this one, playing with loads of layers, inking and distressing and misting.

I started with some soft colored papers in beige and blue and stamped them with the Oh So FAB Paris Nights Background using Distress ink and weathered wood.  All the layers are distressed with my edge scraper and inked with some Vintage Photo.

The Dress form is from the Steampunk Charity Wings Set. A favorite!

I framed it all with pearls made with the White Pearl Pen – it’s wonderful to play with!!!

Love the sentiment from Be Stylish Set. I tried to fit in the Corset too, but didn’t manage so I’ll save it for next time. It’s a stunner! :)

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great new week!

With Special Thoughts of You

Time for a masculine card I say....and clean and simple it is for me this week for my Rubber Cafe project.

I wanted a soft watercolor effect on my card, so I stamped my trees with Tim Holtz Peeled Paint Distress  Stain!  I stamped the Barbed Wire Fence in Memento ink and then colored it with my brown Copic marker.  I then diluted the stains a bit with water to watercolor my sky/grass background.

For the background I *painted* my Pine Bough image with more distress stains.  I stamped my image and then blotted up any puddles of ink. 

A touch of faux stitching and the With Special Thoughts of You image finish off my card. 

Michelle Pearson - Inspiration Blooms

Love Bugs

I know Valentines Day has come and gone, but it's still February so I couldn't resist sharing these adorable 'Love Bugs' with you. 

I wanted to keep these simple so I stamped and created my own backgrounds, by using 3 different phrases from both sets.  Each of the bugs were colored with Copic markers, cut out and popped up with pop dots.   The cards measure just 3x3 and would make the perfect gift card for any occasion. 

Well that's it for now.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

~Karen   

 Stamps:

Love Bugs - The Rubber Cafe 

Just My Type - The Rubber Cafe

Paper:

Kraft Bazzill Cardstock

Ink:

Memento Cocoa Dye Ink

Ranger's Distress Ink- Festive Berries

Copic markers

Signo Broad White Gel Pen