Paula's Birthday Card

Welcome back and Nancy Hill for The Rubber Buggy Design Team.  I love making easel cards attached to a drawer.  If you haven't seen my step-by-step visual and written instructions on how to make an easel card with a drawer, click HERE.  If you have additional questions, don't hesitate to contact me. 

The gorgeous coordinating Heartfelt Creations Botanical Orchid  paper pad, dies and stamps as well as the Heartfelt Creations Sunrise Lily flower dies and stamps are sold at The Rubber Buggy on-line store.   

To get you started on making the flowers, watch the videos Heartfelt Creations Orchid and Heartfelt Creations Sunrise Flower U-Tube video.   I made my flowers using shimmer cardstock and sponged with my fingers the NUVO Embellishment Mousse colors:  Lilac Lavender, Peony Pink, Pink Flambe before shaping each petal using a flower shaping tools and pad.  

The top sentiment is from the Heartfelt Creations Pampered Pooch Pawfect stamped set, "Life Is Better With You In It".  The inside sentiment is from the Heartfelt Creations Botanic Orchid Wishes.  I used colored pencils and Copic markers on the flowers, leaves and hummingbirds. I glued the oval on the Heartfelt Creations Eyelet Oval die.  The butterfly is from the Heartfelt Creations Butterfly Medley collection and colored with Copic markers.  

I used 1" Scor Pal-Scor Tape to adhere more of this together and advise using heavy weight cardstock for the drawer.  I used the Heartfelt Creations Fleur Border and Pocket die set cut out with white cardstock and adhered it around the drawer.  

I stamped a retired Heartfelt Creation sentiment inside the drawer and colored it with pencils.  When I gave this to her, I had chocolates and other fun gifts inside the drawer.  

I can't wait to see the possibilities that you will create making an easel card attached to a drawer using the Heartfelt Creations paper, dies and stamp sets. I really encourage you to purchase the entire coordinating Heartfelt Classic Sunflower collections from The Rubber Buggy.

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

Nancy Hill
The Rubber Buggy Design Team

Tying the Knot

This is the first challenge for 2017 for The Rubber Buggy Challenge.  Come join the fun and you might be our first winner this year for a $15.00 gift certificate for The Rubber Buggy on-line store.

This is a scrap book page of my son's and daughter-in-law wedding this past month.  The gorgeous paper, tabs on the right of the photo and bottom white oval die cut are from the Heartfelt Creations Classic Wedding collection.

You will most likely see ribbons and flowers on all of my projects.  I made these flowers from the Heartfelt Creations Sunrise Lily and Heartfelt Creations Classic Rose die and stamp sets.  You can view how I made my cottage roses by click HERE to view a You-Tube video that I created for you. 

 I love using the NUVO Mousse to color my flowers.  This time, I used the NUVO Calypso Coral, Mother-of-Pearl and Peony Pink and sponged the petals of the flowers before assembling each flower.  

I typed in "Tying the Knot" using a Word software and Vivalda Italic font.  Did you know that most printer inks have ink that embossing powder will stick to it.  I printed this sentiment on shimmer card stock and immediately embossed the printer ink with silver embossing powder and heated it with the embossing tool. 

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Nancy Hill
Design Team