Butterfly Spread Your Wings

 Today I have a card to share with you that is alittle different from my usual card.  It's very vintage and that's something I usually have a hard time doing.  I got this Large Highwing Butterfly stamp the other day and just knew I wanted to make a card using it.

Here is a picture of my supplies....

To make the butterfly, I stamped the Large Highwing Butterfly image onto some patterned paper and painted Scrap Happy Sheer glue all over the image.  I let the glue dry for a few seconds and then poured You're So Fine - Diamond Clear Cool Highlight Glitter all over it and rubbed it into the glue with my fingers.  I let that dry for a few more minutes and cut out the butterfly.  I stamped the Spread Your Wings Sentiment onto the bottom of the patterned paper using Rich Cocoa Memento ink pad.  The flower was made using Rose Creations die templates and Media Mixage 100# Fine Art Paper.  I spritzed the flower with some shimmer mist after I assembled all the layers.  Here is a close-up of the butterfly......

Hope you are having a great week and Spreading Your Wings! LOL

Supplies:

Stamps:  The Rubber Cafe' - Large Highwing Butterfly, Spread Your Wing Sentiment

Paper - Prima- Fairy Rhymes Collection; Disc Cardstock.com-Kraft ; Spellbinders Paper Arts- Media Mixage' 100# Fine Art Paper

Ink - Rich Cocoa Memento Ink pad
Adhesives: The Rubber Cafe'- Scrap Happy Sheer Glue; foam squares
Embellishments:  The Rubber Cafe'- You're So Fine Diamond Cool Clear Highlight Glitter; Misc- paper doily, pearls, seam binding ribbon; shimmer mist
Tools/Dies: Spellbinders Paper Arts- Rose Creations

Large Highwing Butterfly	Spread Your Wings	Memento Ink- Cocoa	Scrap Happy Glue-4 oz - New Big Girl Size!
Your So Fine Glitter Diamond	Spellbinders - Rose Creations

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Altered Chocolate Box

Hi! Happy Monday!

Tesa here, with a little something I made for a friend. She loves her chocolate, and by dressing up the box, she will still have it when she’s eaten the chocolate.

The box is covered with patterned paper from Prima in beautiful soft pastels. The lid is decorated with die cuts from Spellbinders and some of my favorite stamps: Steampunk (the dress form), Friends and Card Labels.

Some flowers, a ribbon and sequins finish off the design.

And here is the inside. The butterfly stamp is called Large Highwing Butterfly and It’s adhered to a stamp from the Card Labels set.

I secured the lid with a magnet so that it will close properly.

Thank you for popping in today!

Stamps: The Rubber Cafe' – Steampunk, Friends, Card Labels, Large Highwing Butterfly and Card Labels. Ink: Archival ink – Coffee, Distress ink – Vintage photo. Papers: Kraft cardstock and Prima patterned paper. Adhesives: The Rubber Cafe' - Scrap Happy Glue ; Kool Tak foam Embellishments: Roses and Hydrangeas, vintage brad, gem brads, metal brads, champagne colored satin ribbon, lace, sequins, glass branches. Spellbinders Marvelous Squares.

Large Highwing Butterfly	Steampunk Charity Wings	Card Labels	Friends
Kool Tak Foam	Spellbinder's -Marvelous Squares	Scrap Happy Glue-4 oz - New Big Girl Size!

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I'm your biggest fan!

Hello everyone!
A few days ago I accidentally got to know that David Beckham has officially announced about his retirement as a football player. I'm not his fan, actually. But I was amazed by the number of his fans. Can you imagine they are more than 26 million on his Facebook page? I wish The Rubber Cafe will have twice more followers someday :)
Well, this fact pushed me forward and I created a card with my new Biggest Fan stamp. I fell in love with it at once I saw it. Here it is.

Isn't it cute? I bet you like it as well as I do. I think this fun card can be great for a best friend or just for a person with good sense of humor.

I stamped the image to a ticket and found out that in spite of its thin lines it is still clear and crispy. That is why I love rubber stamps most.

The title can be also used separately, but together these stamps can absolutely make someone smile. I hope you smiled!
Wishing you a fabulous day!

Supplies: 

Stamps: The Rubber Cafe' Biggest Fan

Ink: Ranger Archival Ink

Paper: American Crafts

Adhesive: The Rubber Cafe'- Scrap Happy Glue 

Embellishments: American Crafts brad, Idea-Logy ticket and sticker

Biggest Fan

Scrap Happy Glue-4 oz - New Big Girl Size!

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Leaving the Shore

May is a month of graduations and new beginnings.  The New Oceans quote from The Rubber Café is a poignant reminder that change and growth takes courage.

 

I have always loved vintage photos and ephemera.  I don't know where this photo originated or who is in it, but I do know that the photo is an original black and white photo circa 1945.  I stamped the sentiment directly on the photo.  Using black photo corners, I mounted it to a background stamped with the Wood Grain stamp.  The Large Nautilus was stamped using various colors of distress ink and accented with a white pen.  

 

 

This project reminds me of a bygone era when kitschy travel postcards were sold in souvenir shops.

 

Happy Stamping!

 

 

Supplies:

Stamps: The Rubber Cafe' – Wood Grain, New Oceans, Large Nautilus
Ink: Versa Fine – Onyx black. Distress ink
Papers: Grey cardstock, Pugnacious Signature Paper-White, vintage photo
Adhesives: The Rubber Cafe' - Scrap Happy Glue
Embellishments: twine, photo corners

 



Woodgrain Stamp

New Oceans

Large Nautilus shell

Pugnacious Paper, White

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A True Friend

Hi!  I made today's card for a special friend's birthday and loved it so much that I just had to share it with all of you!

 

I started by embossing the light purple panel with a cuttlebug embossing folder and then adhered the embossed panel to the card with Scrap Happy Glue.  Then I tied black and white twine around the top of the card.

 

 

I used the On the Fence Die and wood grain stamp to create the fence.

That beautiful flower is African Violets.

 

 

I stamped the sentiment, True Friend, on vellum and adhered it to the fence with vellum tape.

 

I finished the inside of the card too!

The Happy birthday is part of the two set True Friend Sentiment set.

 

 

I hope today's project put you in the mood to stamp because the weekend is coming up!

I know that's what I'll be doing!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supplies:
Stamps: The Rubber Cafe'- wood grain stamp, True Friend, African Violets 

Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad  , Tim Holtz Vintage Photo and Concord distress ink, markers

Paper: The Rubber Cafe'- Pugnacious Signature Paper, Bazzill Basic colored card stock, vellum
Embellishments: Doodle Bug Twine,

Adhesive: The Rubber Cafe'-Scrap Happy Glue 

Dies: Spellbinders die made for The Rubber Cafe'-On the Fence Die

True Friend Set	Woodgrain Stamp	African Violets	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
Pugnacious Paper, White	Spellbinders - On the Fence

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