Halee's Box

It is the time of year that both sides of our family have birthdays. The Rubber Buggy on-line store has your Stamperia collection of paper pads that contain ten sheets of 12x12 sheets of double sided paper, each with a different designs.  

I love how I can personalize my projects with this gorgeous Stamperia Alphabet Flower papers in this pad that captures the beauty and tranquility of shabby chic or vintage handmade cards, mini albums, journals, and scrapbook pages along with unaltered projects like covering my wooden box that will be filled with  chocolates, card and a gift certificate.  This Stamperia Alphabet Flower paper pad has gorgeous tags, bookmarker, note pads and alphabet squares in this paper pad.  

Stamperia Alphabet Flower

This gorgeous paper with the bookmarkers and note pads are in the Stamperia Alphabet Flower paper pad.  Look at all of the variety of flowers and nature on this paper.

Venise Lace - 1.75 wide White
Graphic 45 Shabby Chic Door Pull

The Rubber Buggy carries a variety of Venise Lace.  I used the white Venise Lace.  The Graphic 45 Shabby Chic Door Pull handle was painted in areas with white gesso from The Rubber Buggy to give it more of a style of vintage and Shabby Chic.  I used a hot glue gun to adhere the lace and handle on the box.

Below photos, I used pink and white foam sheets along with Heartfelt Creations Large Peony and Heartfelt Creations flowers dies and not any stamps to make these handmade flowers.  I lightly added Prima Marketing Prima Soft Oil Pastel crayon magenta along the edges of some of the petals before shaping these petals.  Some people use a sponge for a dried up diaper sheet to apply the soft oil pastels on each petal but that didn't work for me.  I just like applying it lightly around the petals with the Prima Soft Oil Pastel crayons. Don't worry if you get a line or more since the colors will be smooth when you start putting each petal on an iron on medium for about ten seconds and then start shaping the petals. 

Heartfelt Creations Large Sweet Peony Die Set
Heartfelt Creations Berry Blossom Die Set
Prima Marketing Soft Oil Pastels
LeCrea Flower Foam

Heartfelt Creations Bridal Bouquet Small Stamen

Note:  Also, I don't use a stamp but just the die for my petals.  The Rubber Buggy sells each of these items to make foam flowers along with the Heartfelt Creations Bridal small stamen.  Rather than buying stamens in different colors, I like using Copic Markers or just regular inks to color the stamens.  It doesn't take much time and you can rub several stamens on an ink pad at once.  I poke a hole in the center of my flower and use a crochet needle to pull the stamen through the flower and use a hot glue gun on the back of the flower to adhere it.  

So I hope I have inspired you to get started on making your foam flowers and using the Stamperia products.   You can purchase these dies and Stamperia papers from The Rubber Buggy on-line store.

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

Nancy Hill
The Rubber Buggy Design Team

Lemon Craft Violet Silence Envelope

 Welcome back and wanted to share an envelope and card that I made using the Lemon Craft Violet Silence collection of papers purchased from The Rubber Buggy.   Isn't the paper collection from Lemon Craft Violet Silence just so stunning?  I am using the Lemon Craft butterflies on several of my cards and projects.  Plus the flowers and stamped sentiment always looks more wonderful using the NUVO Aqua Glitter Gloss Pen.  I use this pen somewhere on all of my projects and cards.  It provides just enough glitter to highlight where you use it.  

I used basic heavy weight card stock for the base and glued the Lemon Craft Violet Silence paper to the front.  Here is one of my tutorial HERE that will help you make your envelope.

The number 16 for the age is a free die in the Tattered Lace #3 Magazine.  I use this free die of alphabets and numbers often and the size is perfect for many of my projects and cards.  My friends borrow this die often since they like it so much.  


I ran out of time to make my flowers and used the beautiful Wild Orchid Craft flowers from The Rubber Buggy on-line store. 

Since I have a grand daughter turning 16, I personalized it by adding the 16 to the front of the envelope and adding a typed/printed card glued to the purple paper found in the Lemon Craft Violent Silence paper pack. 

The beautiful white border on the envelope is from the Heartfelt Creations Delicate Border die set and the beautiful sentiment is from the Heartfelt Creations Small Petunia stamp set. 

The stamped scrolls on each corner is from the Wild Rose Studio Bella Party #2 stamp collection in which you will be seeing one of these stamps from this collection in many of my card in the near future since I just got it.  Look at the adorable butterflies flying around with the Happy Birthday banner.  

Wild Rose Studio Bella Party #2 Stamp Set

So I hope I have inspired you to make a card with the gorgeous Lemon Craft Violet Silence paper collection and other craft dies, stamps and supplies from The Rubber Buggy on-line store.

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

Nancy Hill
The Rubber Buggy Design Team

Wild Rose Studio Duckie

 Springtime is showing up at times in the Northwest and soon there will be young duckling in our pond on the farm.  
The Rubber Buggy on-line store just got in several new Wild Rose Studio stamps and I love the two Wild Rose Studio stamps sets on my card called Wild Rose Studio Little Duck along with the very versatile stamp set called Wild Rose Studio Bella's Party 2 that included the stamp with the butterflies holding the Happy Birthday banner.  

The card measures 7" x 8".  I colored the duck with PanPastels and Copic Markers. I added a tiny bow and glued a tiny heart shaped pearl.   The patterned paper behind the image is from the Heartfelt Creations Celebrate The Seasons paper collection.  I used 1/8" wide Scor-Tape to adhere the 3mm flat back string of pearls around the image and inside near the duck.  I used Scor-Tape to adhere each layer of this card besides some glue. I love Scor-Tape on  variety of projects because I can lift the Scor-Tape off to reposition it and the tape remains sticky.  I don't lift it off of most paper to do this but objects like adhering bows, pearls and flowers.   The Rubber Buggy carries a variety of widths of Scor-Tape.  

Wild Rose Studio Bella's Party #2 stamp set

Wild Rose Studio Little Duck stamp

 
I die cut 6 of the small Tattered Lace Echinacea flowers with white cardstock using the smallest die in this set and glued two flowers together after using my fingers to bend each petal.  I added

US Artquest Mini Prills - You Had Me At Yellow in the center of the small flowers and for the large Echinacea flower, I took a large flat back pearl and glued prills on it before gluing it in the center of this flower.  I cut out a butterfly with white cardstock and glued it behind the large flower. 

Tattered Lace Floral Layer Echinacea Die Set

So I hope I have inspired you to make a card with the adorable Wild Rose Studio stamp sets along with the gorgeous Tattered Lace Floral Layer Echinacea die set.   You can purchase these dies and supplies from The Rubber Buggy on-line store.

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

Nancy Hill
The Rubber Buggy Design Team

Heaven and Earth

Welcome back and excited to share another gorgeous Stamperia 12" x 12" Paper Pack called 
Stamperia Flower Alphabet that includes 1 each of 10 double-sided sheets all from The Rubber Buggy on-line store.  Since each sheet was so stunning, I had a difficult time wanting to cut this this gorgeous sheet from this paper pack.  Make sure to get your order in for this paper since The Stamperia Flower Alphabet paper pack will sell out soon!

I love the saying on this tag (see below)  that was included in the Stamperia Flower Alphabet  paper pack.  One sheet has a variety of different flower tags with beautiful sentiments.  

Each tag coordinated beautifully with the flowers on each sheet.  My photo doesn't do justice on how gorgeous the color of these flowers on this paper.

 I cut out this gorgeous butterfly and used NUVO Glitter Gloss pen on the tag and this butterfly.  

I hand made the foamiran flowers using the Heartfelt Creations Berry Blossom flower die set and colored each pearl found in  the Heartfelt Creations Bridal Bouquet Small Stamen with a yellow Copic Marker before using a hot glue gun to glue each pearl stamen to the center of the foamiran flowers.  

Heartfelt Creations Berry Blossom flower die set 
Heartfelt Creations Bridal Bouquet Small Stamen

I added a white feather and unraveled a small amount of cheese cloth and glued behind the bouquet of flowers and tag.  

Stamperia Flower Alphabet Paper Pack

I cut the 12" x 12" paper on the bottom measuring a 6" square and adhered the tag next to the patterned paper with tags which coordinated so well.  

Here are a few other examples of  sheets with the gorgeous flowers in the Stamperia Flower Alphabet paper:  

Check out the other Stamperia paper pads and products that just came in this month to The Rubber Buggy on-line store.  

Nancy Hill
The Rubber Buggy Design Team

Wild Rose Studio Mouse and Deer with Presents

Welcome back and I love sharing my cards and projects with you each Saturday and really appreciated your comments each week.  The Rubber Buggy on-line store has so many new top name-brand craft items in the store this past month and new supplies are arriving each day but supplies won't last due to the popularity.  I learned that if I wait another month, not only The Rubby Buggy will be sold out but the company will also be sold out as well due to demands.  Therefore, don't wait to long to make that order.   

I am so excited to show you more adorable Wild Rose Studio Stamp sets and with another gorgeous Wild Rose paper pack.  With the Wild Rose Studio coordinating collections of stamps and paper, it makes it so much fun and easier to make a card with such beautiful colors and adorable images such as the Wild Rose Studio Mouse on Presents stamp along with the very versatile Wild Rose Studio Vivianna Sentiment Stamp Set.  The Wild Rose Studio stamps of the smiles on the animals and little children remind me of the happiness of children of all ages as well as grown up.  

What I like about the Vianna stamp sentiment set is that there are two sets of sentiments stamps that goes in different curves like the "Happy Birthday" that curves up in the center or down in the center.  Also, the stamp set has the most used occasions sentiments all in one stamp set (see below).  

Make sure to check out the new and very adorable Wild Rose Studio Stamps sets that arrived this last month. 

Wild Rose Studio Mouse On Presents stamp

Wild Rose Studio Bella Paper Pack

Wild Rose Studio Vivianna Stamp Set

Check out the other adorable Wild Rose Paper Packs that can be purchased at The Rubber Buggy..  

Wild Rose Paper Packs offered from The Rubber Buggy

I colored the image with Copic markers and stamped the Wild Rose Studio Vivianna Happy Birthday stamp with Memento Tuxedo Black. The image of the elephant is already on the paper.

 The flowers were handmade with Heartfelt Creations Berry Flower set and foamiran yellow and pink foam along with the Heartfelt Creations Bridal Bouquet Small flower center.  Instead of purchasing a variety of colors of small flower centers, I rather use the white Heartfelt Creations White Bridal Bouquest stamens and color it with a variety of colors in the 24-colored set of Prima Marketing Soft Oil Pastels.  I use these same Prima Soft Oil Pastels to color my foamiran flowers except for these flowers on this card which is a colored foamiran.  The Prima Soft Oil Pastel set cost is very reasonable and if you plan to do foamiran flowers, the variety of 24 soft oil pastel colors will be very useful in coloring the foamiran flower petals, leaves and stamen as well as some of your images.  I just rub the pastel on the stamen or foam cut petal and use my fingers to rub it in.  

Prima Marketing Soft Oil Pastels

I added the pink ribbon with Prima Marketing Artisan 1" adhesive double-sided tape.  

So I hope I have inspired you to make a card with the adorable Wild Rose Studio stamp set along with the gorgeous Heartfelt Creations flower dies You can purchase these dies and supplies from The Rubber Buggy on-line store.

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Outlaw Monday Challenge:  Animals

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

Nancy Hill
The Rubber Buggy Design Team