Red Rubber Inspirational #117 - Postage Due

Here's a postcard I designed for the Red Rubber Inspirational #117 - Postage Due.  I've used the two stamp sets, Fanciful Vintage and Fly Fairy for all the collage elements.  I didn't know I liked this girl with wings stamp so much, but I've used it several times recently.

Supplies:
Fanciful Vintage rubber stamp set by Red Rubber Designs
Fly Fairy rubber stamp set by Red Rubber Designs
Copic markers:  BG11, BG13, BG18, V01, V04, V06, V09
Palette Ink pads -  Prussian Blue, Lavendar Sachet
Color Box Chalk ink pad - Aquamarine
white cardstock 4x6

Challenges entered:
Nutcrackers - Go Girly 
Ruby's Rainbow - Ladies 
Sisterhood of Crafters - Things with Wings
Stampotique Designers - Postcard

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

Designer Diamonds Background

My card today features the background stamp Designer Diamonds.  The center of this stamp has a solid diamond, which I decided to cut open to reveal an image behind it.  I chose Fly Fairy to peek through the opening.  Also on the background I stamped images from Fly Fairy using Palette Burnt Umber ink and used the sentiment as well. Palette Cognac ink matched the golden cardstock I used, so I made that the primary background color, and I even sponged some on the distressed edges of the open flaps.  The image inside is colored with Copic markers.  A golden ribbon and bow wrapped around the card and under the sentiment finished it off.

Here's a closer look.