Inspirational #110 Stamp Your Own Background

Kendra has challenged us this week on Red Rubber Inspirationals to stamp our own background.  This is fun, and sometimes challenging.  I get too accustomed to using patterned paper backgrounds, but we can make our own.  I've used Fly Fairy and Background Soup stamps sets from Red Rubber Designs to create this background.  I chose three colors to stamp with Palette inks - Burnt Umber, Raw Sienna, and Landscape.  Then I sponged the edges with more of the Raw Sienna color.  The image is colored with Copic markers, and I added a bow for accent beside the sentiment.

Supplies:

Fly Fairy by Red Rubber Designs

Background Soup by Red Rubber Designs

Cream cardstock

Bazzill Green cardstock

Memento Tuxedo Black inkpad

Palette ink pads - Burnt Umber, Raw Sienna, Landscape

Festive die and Paper Piercing Kit by SU

green ribbon

sponge

Copics - E01. E13, BV000, R21, YR21, YR23, YR24, YG61, YG63, YG67

Challenges:
Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes
EHA Challenge - Make Your Own Background
Hobbybook Designer Challenge - Girly
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
Sweet Stamping Challenge - Cute

Wonder and Joy

Red Rubber Inspirationals #104 is Let Your Stamping Sparkle by 

using glitter, mist or other sparkles.  I decided to join in the 

challenge and stamp my background using Background Soup, adding a touch of sparkle to it with a clear Wink of Stella pen.  This is a stamp from Wonder and Joy by Red Rubber Designs.  She is a sweetie. 

You can see the sparkle a little better in the close-up photo.

Won't you join the Inspirational Challenge with your sparkly creation?

Supplies:

Wonder and Joy by Red Rubber Designs

Background Soup by Red Rubber Designs

Premium White Cardstock

XPress Blending Card

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Kaledicolor Calypso ink pad

Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 10

Scor-Buddy

Scor-Bug
Cloud template

Palette Reflection Blue ink pad

sponge

Clear Wink of Stella pen

Copic markers - E00, E01, E13, BV000, R24, R29, B12, B16, B18, E21, E35, E39, YG07, YG09



Challenges entered:
Red Rubber Inspirationals - #104 Let Your Stamping Sparkle
4 Crafty Girls - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
7 Kids College Fund - Anything Goes
Crafter's Cafe - Funny or Whimsical
Crafting By Design - Girly
Crafting for All Seasons - Girly
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Journal with Tea Stain background

This project features the newly released background stamp Tea Stain.  I thought it would make a great background for a journal.  Starting with Premium White Cardstock cut to fit the journal, I stamped the Tea Stain stamps with Palette Cognac ink.  I also stamped Fern Frond in Palette Landscape ink on the background and a border from Background Soup with Palette Burnt Umber ink.  Then I sponged Palette Haystack ink over the edges.

The saying is Gratitude to God, stamped in Palette Noir and backed with Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Squares cut from Brown Bazzill cardstock.  

Challenges:
Make it Monday - Always Anything Goes
Tammy's Scrappin' Corner - Anything Goes

Sew Thankful Blog Hop

September at Red Rubber Designs is Vintage month.  Our Featured Stamp set is Sew Thankful, which we as the Design Team are all using for our September Blog Hop.  You will see a variety of ways to use this stamp set as you hop from blog to blog. 

For my project I have made a tri-fold slant card using only background stamps (instead of printed papers) for the panels.  Each of the images from Sew Thankful are embossed with  pigment ink and a heat tool.  I colored the images with a few Copic markers.  The background cardstock is black and the images are mounted on red and black cardstock.  I used Spellbinders Lacy Circles die for the sewing machine and backed it with a circle cut with a circle cutter.

 

Here is the card opened up so you can see both sides of the card.  The accent flower is Red Homemade Crocheted Flowers with a button in the middle and red Scrappers Floss.

Suppies:
Stamps:    Sew Thankful, Background Stripes, Background Soup,  Gingham Background
Inks:  Black pigment ink, L'Amore Palette Ink,  Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock:  White, black, red
Other:  Clear Embossing powder, heat tool, button, Red Scrapper's Floss, Spellbinder's Lacy Circles die, circle cutter

Blog Hop and Contest

 Can you guess how many spools of thread will fit in a quart canning jar?  That is the challenge.  Check out the Red Rubber Designs Blog for all the details of our contest. 

Here is the order of our Blog Hop:

Red Rubber Designs

Sarah

Paula-Kay (You are here)

Louise

KC

Kate

Diana